R-6937
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CA:RMM:PJS/CSR
C1ty Counc11 Meeting 10/ /84
Santa Mon1ca, Ca1iforn1a
RESOLUTION NO. 6937 (CCS)
(City Counc11 Ser1es)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA CERTIFYING
THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT ON THE
LAND USE AND THE CIRCULATION ELEMENTS OF THE
GENERAL PLAN FOR THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
WHEREAS, Draft Land Use and Circulation Elements were
prepared beginning 1n June 1983; and
WHEREAS, an In1t1al Study was prepared on the proposed
proJect 1n June 1983; and
WHEREAS, a Not1ce of Preparat10n of an Env1ronmental
Impact Report was 1ssued 1n July 1983; and
WHEREAS, Not1ce of Cornplet10n of a Draft Env1ronmental
Impact Report was pub11shed 1n November 1983, 1n comp11ance w1th
the Ca11forn1a Env1ronmental Qua11ty Act; and
WHEREAS, a pub11c review per10d was extended beyond the
m1n1mum requ1red and ended on January 24, 1984; and
WHEREAS, on February 3, 1984, the complet1on of the F1nal
Environmental Impact Report on - the proposed project, cons1st1ng
of the Draft Environmental Impact Report, co~~ents on the
document, and responses to comments was certif1ed by the
Commun1ty and Economic Development D1rectorf and
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WHEREAS, on February 4 and 6, 1984 the City P1ann~ng
Comnuss~on
conducted
on
the
publ~cly
not~ced
hear~ng
a
Env~ronmental Impact Report; and
WHEREAS, on May 5, 1984, the C~ty Plann~ng Commission
recommended that the C~ty CouncIl certlfy the F~nal Environmental
Impact Report with the follow~ng reV1Slons:
o Page 16 paragraph 3 of the Final Env~ronmental Impact
Report descrlb~ng the eXlstlng cl~mate sett~n9
(Sect~on 5.1) to delete the last sentence to read as
follows:
AS illustrated, each ten feet of added he~ght at the
property Ilne throws approx~mately an extra twelve
feet of shadow on the street. [Therefore, ~f one
w~shes to preserve sunsh~ne on the oppos~te s~dewalk,
the max~mum helght at the property l~ne should be
approx~mately 42 feet, or about three storles.]
o Page 24 paragraph 3 of the Flnal Envlronmental Impact
Report describ~ng the eXlstlng land use commerc~al
development intens~ty (Sec~ton 5.5) to delete the
second sentence as follows:
The pract~cal max~mum development ~ntens~ty of recent
projects has to a great extent been Ilmited by park~ng
requHements. [Off~ce bu~ldings have typ~cally been
s~x to twelve storles wlth four levels of below grade
parking.] A h~gh water table and construct~on
econom~cs prevent deeper excavatlon. Th~s y~elds a
max~mum ~ntens~ty ~n the range of a 3.1 to 3.8 FAR.
Most retail and ~ndustr ~al proJects provide surface
parklng, except ~n the Downtown Park~ng D~strlct. The
park~ng requ~rements generate an amount of park~ng
demand equal to the buillhng squar e footage. ThlS
y~elds an ~ntenslty of 0.5 to 1.0 FAR.
WHEREAS, the C~ty Plann~ng Commlsslon forwarded to the
C~ty Councll the Flnal Environmental Impact Report, and
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WHEREAS. on August 28 and September 11,
Counc1l conducted a publ1cly not1ced hear1ng
Env1ronmental Impact Report.
1984, the City
on the F1nal
WHEREAS, the addendum analys1s to the F1nal Environmental
Impact Report f1nds that the 1mpacts attributable to the City
Counc1l's mod1f1catlons to prevlous drafts of the Land Use and
Clrculatlon Elements remaln with1n the context of the analysls
and concluslons In the F1nal Env1ronmental Impact Report and thus
10111 have no slgnlflcant effect on the enVlronment.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
1I0NlCA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The C1ty Counc1l of the Clty of Santa Monica
does hereby cert1fy that the Flnal Env1ronmental Impact Report on
the Land Use and C1rculation Elements has been completed In full
compl1ance wlth the Callforn1a Envlronmental Qual1ty Act (CEQA)
and the C1ty of Santa Monlca CEQA GUldelines, and that lt has
revlewed and consldered the contents of the F1nal Envlronmental
Impact Report In ltS dec1slon-maklng process. In con)Unctlon
wlth thlS certiflcat1on, the C1ty Councll flnds as follows:
a.
The F1nal
tha t no
defined
EnVlronmental Impact
slgnlf1cant effect on
In Tltle 14 Cal1forn1a
Report has 1nd1cated
the envlronment, as
Admlnistratlve Code,
Sectlon 15040, w1l1 resul t from the adoption of the
Land Use and Clrculatlon Elements of the General Plan.
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b. Because the adoption of the Land Use and Ci~culation
Elements of the Gene~al Plan w1ll not ~esult 1n a
slgn1f1cant effect on the env1~onment, it is not
necessa~y to make the f1ndings requ1red 1n Public
Resources Code Sect10n 21081 and Tltle 14 California
Adm1n1strat1ve Code Sect10n 15088.
SECTION 2. The C1ty Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this ResolutIon, and thenceforh and thereafter the same shall
be in full fo~ce and effect.
App~oved as to fo~rn:
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Robe~t M. Myers
C1ty Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 23rd day of October, 1984.
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I hereby certlfy that the foregolng Resolutlon No. 6937(CCS)
was duly adopted by the Clty Council of the City of Santa Monica
at a meeting thereof held on October 23, 1984 by the followlng
Councll vote:
Ayes: Councllmembers: Conn, Epsteln, Jennings, Press,
Reed, Zane and Mayor Edwards
Noes: Councllmembers: None
Abstaln: Councllmembers: None
Absent: Councllmembers: None
ATTEST:
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