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Document No. 94-0653685
RESOLUTION NO. 94-93
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, FINDING THAT
AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
FOR THE COSTA MESA DOWNTOWN REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF
CEQA AND AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A NOTICE OF
EXEMPTION UPON APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NO. 3.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa, California, (the "City Council")
did duly pass and adopt Ordinance No. 73-44 on December 24, 1973, and did thereby adopt and
approve the Redevelopment Plan for the Costa Mesa Downtown Redevelopment Project (the
"Redevelopment Plan"); and
WHEREAS, the Redevelopment Plan was amended by the City Council by Ordinance
No. 77-27 which was duly passed and adopted on July 5, 1977, Ordinance No. 80-22 which was
duly passed and adopted on November 1, 1980, and Ordinance No. 86-24 which was duly
passed and adopted on December 15, 1986; and
WHEREAS, the Costa Mesa Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency") is considering the
adoption of a proposed amendment ("Amendment No. 3") to the Redevelopment Plan and has
prepared a proposed Redevelopment Plan therefore; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the proposed Amendment No. 3 is to revise certain portions
of the Redevelopment Plan to ensure that the provisions of the Redevelopment Plan comply with
the City's General Plan as required by Section 33331 of the Community Redevelopment Law,
California Health and Safety Code Sections 33000, et seq. (the "Community Redevelopment
Law"), and to allow the Agency to delegate its land use approval authority under the
Redevelopment Plan to certain designated officials and boards; and
WHEREAS, Section 21083.3 of the California Environmental Quality Act, California
Public Resources Code Sections 21000, et seq. ("CEQA"), provides that if an environmental
impact report ("EIR") was certified with respect to a general plan and a project is consistent with
the general plan, further environmental assessment under CEQA is only required to the extent
that the proposed project has significant impacts not sufficiently mitigated by the general plan
EIR or if there is substantial new information showing that an environmental impact will be
more significant than described in the general plan EIR; and
WHEREAS, Section 15061 of the Guidelines for CEQA, Title 14, California Code of
Regulations, Sections 15000, et seq. (the "CEQA Guidelines"), provides that after a preliminary
review a public agency may determine that a project is exempt from the provisions of CEQA
if the project has no potential for causing a significant effect on the environment; after
determining that a project is exempt, the agency may prepare a notice of exemption which may
be filed with the county clerk after the project is approved; and
WHEREAS, the Final EIR 1044 for the City's 1990 General Plan, State Clearinghouse
Number 88-122-116, was certified by the City Council on March 16, 1992, by Resolution No.
92-26; and
WHEREAS, a Preliminary Review of Environmental Impacts was prepared in connection
with Amendment No. 3 pursuant to which it was determined that Amendment No. 3 has no
potential for causing a significant effect on the environment; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. 94-66 on August 8, 1994,
and thereby found that Amendment No. 3 conforms to the City's General Plan and determined
that Amendment No. 3 is exempt from further environmental review pursuant to Section 15061
of the CEQA Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, the Preliminary Review of Environmental Impacts prepared in connection
with Amendment No. 3 and Planning Commission Resolution No. 94-66 are included in the
Report to the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa on Amendment No. 3 to the
Redevelopment Plan for the Costa Mesa Downtown Redevelopment Project which was prepared
by the Agency pursuant to Sections 33457.1 and 33352 of the Community Redevelopment Law,
transmitted to the City Council and made available for public review.
NOW, THEREFORE, BY IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa as follows:
Section 1. The City Council having reviewed the Preliminary Review of Environmental
Impacts prepared in connection with Amendment No. 3 hereby finds and determines that
Amendment No. 3 to the Redevelopment Plan for the Costa Mesa Downtown Redevelopment
Project is exempt from further environmental review pursuant to Section 21083.3 of CEQA and
Section 15061 of the CEQA Guidelines.
Section 2. The City Clerk is hereby authorized to prepare and file a Notice of Exemption
with the Clerk for the County of Orange upon approval of Amendment No. 3 by the City
Council.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of October, 1994.
Mayor of the City of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
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Deputy City erk of the City of Costa Mesa
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, MARY T. ELLIOTT, Deputy City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of
the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 94-93 was
duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a special joint City
Council/Redevelopment Agency meeting, held on the day of 12th October, 1994.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the City
of Costa Mesa this 13th day of October, 1994.
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Deputy Cityrk and ex -officio Clerk of
the City Counc of the City of Costa Mesa
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