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City Council Meet~ng:
8/12/86
Santa Monica, Cal~fornla
RESOLUTION NO.
7283(CCS)
(CIty CouncIl SerIes)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA CERTIFYING
THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT ON
THE THIRD STREET MALL SPECIFIC PLAN
WHEREAS, a Not1ce of preparatIon of an Environmental
Impact Report was Issued In September 1986; and
WHEREAS, NotIce of CompletIon of a Draft Environmental
Impact Report was publIshed In AprIl 1986, In complIance wIth the
CalifornIa EnvIronmental QualIty Act and the City of Santa MonIca
CEQA GUIdelInes; and
WHEREAS, a publIC reVIew perIod expIred In June 1986;
and
WHEREAS, In July 1986, the comple tion of the Final
EnVHonmental Impact Report on the proposed proJect, consist1ng
of the Draft EnvIronmental Impact Report, comments on the
document, and responses to comments was cert1fled; and
i'lHEREAS, 1n July 1986, the CI ty PlannIng CommISSIon
reviewed the F1nal EnVIronmental Impact Report and recommended
Its certIfIcatIon to the CIty CounCIl; and
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WHEREAS, on August 12, 1986, the Clty CouncIl, as Lead
CIty Agency, revIewed the FInal EnVlronmental Impact Report,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The CIty CounCIl has revIewed the Final
EnvIronmental Impact Report on the ThIrd Street Mall SpecIfIc
Plan consIstIng of the Draft EnvIronmental Impact Report, publIC
comments and CIty responses.
SECTION 2. The CIty CouncIl fInds that the FInal
EnvIronmental Impact Report adequately reVIews and analyzes
potentIal enVIronmental effects of the proposed proJect.
SECTION 3. The CIty CounCIl fInds that there are no
reasonable and avaIlable alternatIves to the proJect that would
SIgnIfIcantly reduce the Impact on the enVIronment and and would
accomplIsh the proJect obJectIves.
SECTION 4. The CIty CouncIl hereby makes a Statement
of OverrIdIng ConsIderatIons, pursuant to ArtIcle VI, SectIon 13
of the CIty CEQA GUIdelInes and SectIon 15093 of the State CEQA
GUIdelInes, and fInds that whIle the Flndl EnvIronmental Impact
Report IndIcates that there may be SIgnIfIcant effects on
cIrculatIon If antIcIpated development substantIally exceeds that
proJected by the Speclflc Plan, these Impacts are unlIkely to
occur, and that wIth the amount of antlcIpated development, there
wIll not be SIgnIfIcant adverse effects on cIrculatIon, and that
as development IS proposed, approprIate analYSIS pursuant to CEQA
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WIll be performed, and If necessary, approprIate mlt~gatlon
measures wlIl be requIred of such development, and that the
development standards proposed by the Speciflc Plan are necessary
to aSSIst In the revltalizatlon of the Thlrd Street Mall, WhICh
15 an lmportant socIal, and economIC goal of the City of Santa
Monlca, and that therefore, the potentIal lmpact on clrculatlon
15 acceptable and cannot be r~asonably avoided w1thout
Jeopardlzlng the fundamental goals of the Third Street Mall
SpeclfIc Plan.
SECI'ION 5. The Cl ty Counc 11 hereby makes a Sta tement
of OverrldIng ConsIderatIons, pursuant of ArtIcle VI, SectIon 13
of the CIty CEQA GUIdellnes and Sectlon 15093 of the State CEQA
GUIdellnes, and flnds that while the FInal EnVIronmental Impact
Report indIcates that there may be SIgnIfIcant effects on aIr
qualIty, the proposed ThIrd Street Mall SpeclfIc plan
incorporates a number of mItIgatIon measures In Its ParkIng and
CIrculation and Conservatlon Elements WhICh WIll reduce, although
not elImInate aIr qualIty effects, that a CItY-WIde
Transporta.tlon Systems t'1anagement plan which Will address
approprIate mItIgatIon measures to reduce veh1cle trIps for
IndIVIdual proJects 15 1n preparation, that the amount of
development proposed by the Th1rd Street Mall Plan 15 necessary
to promote reVItalIzatIon of the area, WhICh 1S an important
soc1al and econom~c goal of the Cl. ty and that therefore, the
potentIal 1mpact on alr qualIty IS acceptable and cannot be
reasonably avo1ded WIthout JeopardIZIng the fundamental goalS of
the ThIrd Street Mall SpeCIfIC Plan.
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SECTION 6. The
CIty
CouncIl
certIfIes
that
the
envIronmental reVIew for the proJect was conducted In full
complIance wIth State and Cl ty CEQA GUIdelInes, that there was
adequate publIC reVIew of the Draft Envlronmental Impact Report,
that the Cl ty Councll has conSIdered all comments on the Draft
EnVIronmental Impact Report, and responses to comments, that the
FInal Envlronmental Impact Report adequately dIscusses all
slgnlflcant envIronmental issues and that the Clty CounCIl has
conSIdered the contents of the Flnal EnVIronmental Impact Report
In Its decISIon-maklng process.
SECTION 7. The Cl ty Clerk
shall
cer tlfy to
the
adoptIon of thIS ResolutIon, and thenceforth and thereafter the
same shall be In full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ROBERT M. MYERS
CIty Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 12th day of August, 1986.
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~ Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 7283(CCS)
was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Monica
a t a meeting thereof' held on August 12, 1986 by the f'ollowing
Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers:
Conn, Epstein, Jennings, A. Katz,
H. Katz, Zane and Mayor Reed
Noes: Councilmembers:
None
Abstain: Councilmembers:
None
Absent: Councilmembers:
None
ATTEST:
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City Clerk