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RESOLUTION NO. 8879
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA CERTIFYING
THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT ON
THE UPWARD BOUND AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT AT
1011 11TH STREET AND 1020 12TH STREET
WHEREAS, a Notice of Preparation of an Env~ronmental Impact Report
was issued in October, 1992; and
WHEREAS, a Notice of Completlon of a Draft Environmental Impact
Report as published in March, 1993, in compllance with the
Callfornla Environmental Quallty Act and the City of Santa Monica
CEQA Guidellnes; and
WHEREAS, in August, 1993, the Final Environmental Impact Report was
published; and
WHEREAS, on October 27, 1993 the Plann~ng Commlsslon, as Lead City
Agency, reviewed and certified the Final Environmental Impact
Report,
WHEREAS, on January 18, 1994, the Clty Council revlewed the F~nal
Envlronmental Impact Report after the Planning Commission's
certlflcation was appealed,
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Councll has reviewed and considered the
Flnal Environmental Impact Report on the Upward Bound Affordable
Housing ProJect located at 1011 11th Street and 1020 12th Street
prior to and in connection with its determination of whether or not
to approve the proJect.
SECTION 2. The City Councll certlfles that the envlronmental
review for the proJect was conducted and the Environmental Impact
Report was prepared ln full compllance wlth State and Clty CEQA
Guidellnes, that there was adequate public review of the Draft
Environmental Impact Report, that it has consldered all comments on
the Draft Envlronmental Impact Report and responses to comments,
that the Final Envlronmental Impact Report adequately dlscusses all
significant environmental issues, and that the City Council has
consldered the contents of the Flnal Environmental Impact Report in
ltS declslon-making process.
SECTION 3 Consistent with Article VI, Sectlon 12 of the Clty
CEQA Guidelines and Sectlon 15091 of the State CEQA Guidelines, the
Clty Councll finds that there are no reasonable and available
alternatives to the project that would slgnlflcantly and
substantially reduce the lmpact on the environment WhlCh would
accompllsh the project objectives, and would be consistent with the
land use goals of the Clty as set forth in the standards of the
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Zoning Ordinance and General Plan The only unavo~dable adverse
impact ldentlfled ln the Final EIR is the lmpact of constructlon at
the slte, whlch will be temporary and w~ll be substantially
mitigated by a number of construction mit~gation measures,
includ~ng, but not l~mlted to, limiting the hours during which
construction will be permitted, requiring measures to mlnlmlze dust
emiss~ons, and reduclng the amount of noise generated during
constructlon, The proJect lS consistent with affordable hous~ng
objectlves contained withln the Housing Element of the General Plan
and residential land use objectives contalned wlthin the Land Use
and Clrculation Element of the General Plan. The short-term
impacts of constructlon are considered acceptable and are found to
be over-riden by the consideration that the proJect wlll provide a
number of long-term beneflts, lncluding the provision of housing
for low income seniors and homeless families and the provls~on of
addltlonal off-street parklng in the neighborhood.
SECTION 4. The Clty Council hereby makes a Statement of
Overriding Considerations, pursuant to Article VI, Section 13 of
the Clty CEQA Guidelines and Sectlons 15091 and 15093 of the State
CEQA Guidelines I and flnds that whlle the Flnal Environmental
Impact Report lndlcates that there may be slgnlflcant effect nOlse,
dust levels and exhaust emissions during construction, these
effects will be temporary ln nature and will be substantlally
mitigated by conditions limiting the hours during which
construction will be permitted, requiring measures to minimize dust
emisslons, and reducing the amount of noise generated during
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construction.
The City councll, therefore finds that, as
substantlally mitigated by the specified requirements, the
potent~al ~mpact on noise, dust levels and exhaust emissions during
construction is acceptable,
SECTION 5.
The C~ty Council 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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Lawrence
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved thIS 24th of January. 1994
Mayor
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I hereby certIfy that the foregomg ResolutIOn 8879 (CCS) was duly adopted at a
meetmg of the City Council held on the 24th of January, 1994 by the followmg vote
Ayes Councilmembers
Vazquez, Rosenstem, Olsen, Holbrook, Genser, Abdo
Noes Councilmembers
None
Abstam CouncIlmembers
Greenberg
Absent' Councllmembers:
None
ATTEST
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CIty Clerk