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City Council Meeting 11-23-93
Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER 8684
(city Council series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA
CERTIFYING THE CIVIC CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
WHEREAS,
a Notice of Preparation of an Environmental
Impact Report was issued in August, 1989; and
WHEREAS, a Notice of Completion of a Draft Environmental
Impact Report was pUblished in April, 1992; and
WHEREAS, the Draft Environmental Impact Report was
circulated for a 45 day period; and
WHEREAS, in August, 1992, the Final Environmental Impact
Report was publishedj and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed and
considered the contents of the Final Environmental Impact Report in
its decision-making process; and
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WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has recommended
certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report; and
WHEREAS, subsequent to completion of the Final
Environmental Impact Report, an Urban Design Plan was prepared at
the request of and with participation of the Planning Commission
and has been incorporated into the civic Center Specific Plan, an
Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report has been prepared
to assess the impacts of the changes incorporated into the Civic
Center Specific Plan by the Urban Design Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Final Environmental Impact Report and
Addendum contains a full discussion of the environmental
consequences of the civic Center Specific Plan with the
incorporated Urban Design Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Civic Center Specific Plan with the
incorporated Urban Design Plan has the same basic environmental
impacts as the project did before incorporation of the Urban Design
Plan, but are fewer in number and of lesser magnitude; and
WHEREAS, the changes to the Final Environmental Impact
Report made by the Addendum incorporate only minor technical
changes and do not raise important new issues about significant
effects on the environment; and
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WHEREAS, the Final Environmental Impact Report and
Addendum adequately discusses all significant environmental issues.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1.
The City Council finds that the Final
Environmental Impact Report and Addendum adequately discusses all
significant environmental issues and certifies that the Final
Environmental Impact Report and Addendum was prepared in compliance
with CEQA, the State EIR Guidelines and the City of Santa Monica
CEQA Guidelines, and that the City Council has reviewed and
considered the contents of the Final Environmental Impact Report
and Addendum in its decision-making process.
SECTION 2. The city Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall
be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
SANTA MONICA CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
By ~ ~7?;J1L.
MARTIN T. TACHIKI
Deputy City Attorney
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Adopted and approved tlns
23rd
day of
November
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I hereby certIfy that the foregomg Resolunon No. 8684 was duly adopted at a
meenng of the City CouncIl on the 23rd
day of
November
.1993 by the
followmg vote'
AYES:
Councilmembers Abdo, Genser, Greenberg, Holbrook, Olsen,
Rosenste~n, Vazaquez
NOES:
ABSTAIN'
ABSENT
ATTEST:
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