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City Council Meeting: January 26, 1988
santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NO. 7548(CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTrON OF THE CITY CrTY COUNcrL
OF THE CrTY OF SANTA MONrCA
CERTIFYING THE FINAL ENVrRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
ON THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE J. H. SNYDER COMPANY II AND THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
WHEREAS, a Notice of Preparation of an Environmental
Impact Report was issued in March 1987~ and
WHEREAS, a Notice of Completion of a Draft Environmental
Impact Report was Published in May 1987, in compliance with the
California Environmental Quality Act and the City of Santa Monica
CEQA Guidelines~ and
WHEREAS, in November 1987, the Final Environmental Impact
Report was published; and
WHEREAS, in December 1987, the City Planning Commission
reviewed the Final Environmental Impact Report and recommended
its certification to the City Council; and
WHEREAS, on January 26, 1987, the City Council, as Lead
city Agency, reviewed the Final Environmental Impact Report,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. The City has reviewed and considered the Final
Environmental Impact Report on the proposed Development Agreement
between J. H. Snyder Company II and the City of santa Monica
prior to acting on the project.
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. Consistent with Article VI, section 12 of the
City CEQA Guidelines and section 15091 of the State CEQA
Guidelines, the City Council finds that there are no reasonable
and available alternatives to the project that would
significantly and substantially reduce the impact on the
environment which would accomplish the project objectives, and
would be consistent with the land use goals of the City as set
forth in the standards of the Land Use Element of the City's
General Plan for the Special Office District of the City, within
which the project is located.
Objective 1.8 of the Land Use Element establishes a goal
of promoting large-floor office uses in the Special Office
District; the project is consistent with this goal. Policy 1.8.7
of the Land Use Element allows development to occur within the
Special Office District at a Floor Area Ratio of 2.0.
In response to potential adverse effects, the project
would be developed with a Floor Area Ratio of less than 2.0;
however, significant further Floor Area reductions would
jeopardize the adopted goals of the city in its 1984 Land Use
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Element which are currently in effect, and the goal of the
project applicant to develop a project consistent with the
policies of the Land Use Element. Further, as specified in
sections 4 and 5 of this Resolution, requirements have been
incorporated into the project which will mitigate the significant
environmental effects identified in the environmental analysis.
SECTION 4. The City Council hereby makes a statement of
Overriding Considerations, pursuant to Article VI, section 13 of
the city CEQA Guidelines and sections 15091 and 15093 of the
state CEQA Guidelines, and finds that while the Final
Environmental Impact Report indicates that there may be
significant effects on circulation during peak hour traffic due
to the project and the cumulative developments in the project
area, the Development Agreement includes the following specific
requirements which will substantially lessen the significant
effects identified in the environmental analysis: (a) design and
implement a Traffic Systems Management ("TSM") Program; (b)
comply with any future transportation systems management
ordinance adopted by the City; (c) remain subject to any future
traffic assessment district created by the city; (d) perform the
substantial circulation improvements identified in Exhibit D to
the Development Agreement to mitigate the traffic impacts of the
project; (e) restrict service deliveries to the project during
the PM peak traffic period; ef) maintain an on-site staging area
for construction vehicles during the construction of the project;
and (g) provide to the City $6,586,500 in Traffic Improvement
Fees to be used by the City to implement a Citywide TSM ordinance
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and fund circulation improvements in the area of the project, or
to acquire land related to such improvements. The City council
finds that, therefore, as substantially mitigated by the
specified requirements, the potential impact on circulation is
acceptable.
SECTION 5. The City council hereby makes a statement of
Overriding Considerations, pursuant to Article VI, section 13 of
the city CEQA Guidelines and sections 15091 and 15093 of the
state CEQA Guidelines, and finds that while the Final
Environmental Impact Report indicates that there may be
significant effects on air quality, the proposed project
incorporates the following specific mitigation measures which
will reduce, although not eliminate, air quality effects: (a) a
requirement to keep construction equipment in proper tune, and
that such equipment not be operated during first or second stage
smog alerts, and that the developer use reasonable watering
techniques to reduce dust during construction; (b) a requirement
to design and implement a Traffic Systems Management and
Emissions Abatement Program; (e) a provision that the project
remain subject to any future City transportation systems
management ordinance; (d) a condition that the developer perform
the circulation improvements specified in Exhibit D to the
Development Agreement, which will facilitate traffic flow,
thereby reducing air quality impacts which would otherwise occur;
and (e) a requirement that the project comply with the energy
conservation features specified in section 6 of the Development
Agreement, which will reduce energy consumption from that which
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would otherwise occur, thereby reducing emissions associated with
energy generation.
Therefore, the city council finds that the potential
impact on air quality will be mitigated to a level which is
acceptable and which cannot be reasonably avoided, since the
proj ect area already currently exceeds the 8 -hour federal and
state standards for carbon monoxide concentrations.
SECTION 6.
The City Council
certifies that the
environmental review for the project was conducted in full
compliance with State and City CEQA Guidelines, that there was
adequate public review of the Draft Environmental Impact Report,
that the City council has considered all comments on the Draft
Environmental Impact Report and responses to comments, that the
Final Environmental Impact Report adequately discusses all
significant environmental issues, and that the City Council has
considered the contents of the Final Environmental Impact Report
in its decision-making process.
SECTION 7. 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:
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ROBERT M. MYERS ~
city Attorney
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I hereby certify tha
January, 1988.
Adopted and appro
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Resolution No. 7548(CCS)
was duly adopted by the Ci
Council of the City of Santa Monica
at a meeting thereof held on January 26, 1988 by the following
Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Finkel, Jennings, A. Katz, H.
Katz, Reed, Zane, Mayor Conn
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: None
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