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CIty Counc~l Mect~ng: 4/22/86
Santa MonIca, CalIfornIa
RESOLUTION NO. 7204(CCS)
(C~ty CounCIl SerIes)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA CERTIFYING
THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT ON
THE SANTA MONICA PIER RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT
wHEREAS, an Inl tIal Study was prepar2d on the San ta Mon lea
PIer ReconstructIon proJect In July 1985; and
~HEREAS, a NotIce of Preparat~on of an EnVIronmental Impact
Report was lssued In September 1985; and
WHEReAS, NotIce of Co~pletl0n of a Draft EnVIronmental
Impact Repor t was publIshed ~n January 1986, In complIance WI to
the Callforn la Env lronmen tal ;;Juall ty Act and the C~ ty of Santa
MonIca CEQA ~uldellnes; and
~.yHEREAS, a publIC reVIew perIod expIred In February 1986:
and
WHEREA3,
1 n Ma r chI 9 8 6 ,
the completIon of the FInal
Env 1 rOl1ffien tal Impact Repor t on the proposed proJect, conSl stIng
of the Draft Env~ronmental Impact Report, comments on the
document, and responses to commencs was certIfIed; and
WHEREAS, on AprIl 22, 1986, the CIty CounCIl, as Lead CIty
Agency, ~2vlewej the FInal Env~rJn~ental I~pact Report,
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NOW, THEREFORE, TdE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOwS:
SECTIOH 1. The C1 ty
Envlronmental I~pact ReporL
CouncIl
has
reV12wea
the FInal
(SeH ~85091823, EIA #790)
cons1stlng
of the July 15, 1985, InItIal SLudy, the January 13, 1986, Draft
EnVIronmental Impact Report, publIC comments and CIty responses.
SECTI;)N 2. The
CIty
CouncIl
fInds
that
the
FInal
EnVIronmental Impact Report adequately reVIews and analyzes
potentIal envlronm~ntal effects of tae proposed proJect.
SEC~ION 3. The CIty CounCIl fInds
L~a.sonabl e and avaIlable al ternd t 1 ves to
slgnIfu::antly reduce tne Impact on the
accompl13h the prOject obJectIves.
that there are no
the pr oJ ect that would
enVIronment and would
SECTION 4. The C1 ty CounCIl hereby makes a Statement of
OverrIdIng ConSIderatIons, pursuant to ArtIcle VI, SectIon 13 of
the C1 LY CEQA GUIde lInes and SectIon 15093 of the Sta te CEQA
GUIde lInes, and flnd s tha t wh11e the Final Env 1 ronmental Impac L
Report 1ndlcates that chere illay be temporary slgn1flcant effects
on
recreatIon
opportunlLles
for
the
duratIon
of
prOject
construction, tnese impacts Will be mitigated to an acceptable
level by a r2qu~rem2nt thac major constructlon actlv~t1es begln
In the fall or WInter to lTIlnlffilZe Impacts on VISitors to the
P12r, that, as feaSlble, construction actIVities be concentrated
lfl one general area at 3 time to mInimIze the interruption of
v lews to and from the P12r, that constructIon Impacts Will be
temporary, ll~ely lasting less than one year, and that unless no
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PIer reconscructlon IS undertaken, WhICh IS an Important socIal,
r ec rea tlonal, and econom lC 9031 of the Cl ty ef 3an ta I>lonlca,
these t2mporary lmpacts Gannot be reasonably avoIded.
SECTION 5.
The CI ty Councll hereby makes a Statement of
Overrldl~g ConsIderatIons, pursuant to ArtIcle VI, SectIon 13 of
toe CIty CEQA Gu Idellnes ::lnd Sec t lon 15093 of the Sta te CEQA
GUldellnes, and fInds -chat whlle the Flnal Envlronmental Impact
Repor t lnd icates th3. t the r e inay be tempor ary slgn1 f lcan t no lse
effects caused by constructIon actlvltles, these Impacts WIll be
ffil tlgated to an acceptable level by restr letlon on the hours
dur 109 whl co COOS tr uctlon may occur to
ordlnances, the temper ary na ture of the
less than one year, aod tha t unless no
those allowed by CI ty
lmpacts, lIkely lastIng
PIer reconstructIon lS
undertaken, WhICh IS an lmportant soclal, recreational, and
economlC goal of the Clty of Santa Monlca, these temporary
~mpacts cannot be r2asonably 3volded.
SECTION 6. rhe CIty Councll
enVlronmen~dl reVIew for tne proJect
certIfIes
th3t
the
full
was conducted In
complEmce WIth State and CIty CEQA GUIdelInes, that there was
adequdtG publIC reVIew of the Draft EnVIronmental Impact Report,
tnat the Cl ty CounCIl has consldered all comments on the Draft
EnVironmental Report, and staff responses to comments, and that
toe
FInal
EnVlronmental
Impact
Report
and
adequ3tely dlSCUSS2S
all
Significant envIronmental
considered the contents of
the
tha t the Cl ty Counc 11 has
EnVIronmental Impact Report
Issues
FInal
In Its deCISIon-makIng process.
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SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certlfy to the adoption of
thiS Resolution, and tnenceforth and thereafter the same shall be
in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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R:JBERT M. MYERS
City Attorney
ccspler
4/15/86
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Adopted and approved thls 22~d aay of AprIl, 1986.
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Ma-yor- . --
I hereby certlfy that the foregOIng ResolutIon No. 7204(CCS)
was duly adopted by the CIty Councll of the Clty of Santa MonIca
at a meetIng thereof held on AprIl 22nd, 1986 by the follOWing
CounCIl vote:
Ayes: Councllmernbers:
Conn, Epstein, JennIngs, A. Katz,
H. Katz, Zane and Mayor Reed
Noes: Councllmembers:
None
Abstain: Councllmembers:
None
Absent: Councllmembers:
None
ATTEST:
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C"l ty Clerk'