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RESOLUTION NO. 89-17
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, CERTIFYING AS COMPLETE
AND ADEQUATE FINAL PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
REPORT NO. 1037 FOR THE NORTH COSTA MESA SPECIFIC
PLAN ARTERIAL IMPROVEMENT STUDY AND GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT GP -89-1B.
WHEREAS, Draft Program Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) No. 1037
(State Clearinghouse No. 87072917) provided environmental assessment for
the North Costa Mesa Arterial Improvement Study, consisting of roadway
improvements at 24 locations in North Costa Mesa; and
WHEREAS, the Addendum to the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) pro-
vided additional environmental assessment to address minor technical
changes and additions to the Study; and
WHEREAS, the Project initiated by the City of Costa Mesa consists of a
General Plan Amendment to amend the Master Plan of Arterial Highways in 19
locations analyzed in the North Costa Mesa Arterial Improvement Study and
EIR; and
WHEREAS, the Draft EIR was prepared in accordance with the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, and the City
of Costa Mesa environmental guidelines; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa distributed a Notice of Preparation of
the Draft Program EIR in accordance with CEQA, incorporated information
from responses thereto, and solicited additional comments formally and
informally as noted below; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa mailed information flyers to over
7,000 residences, businesses, and organizations in the project area; and
WHEREAS, the Draft EIR was circulated to the public for a 45 -day com-
ment and review period held between August 23, 1988, and October 6, 1988,
and during this public review period, conducted public scoping meetings on
September 13, 1988, and September 15, 1988, and from which there were
received and duly responded to a total of eight comments, including seven
from agencies and one from a Costa Mesa resident; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa Transportation Commission held meet-
ings
eetings to review the Draft EIR on September 7, 1988, and September 21, 1988,
and provided recommendations for the Draft EIR and project; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa Planning Commission conducted a public
hearing on September 26, 1988, to receive public testimony with respect to
the Draft EIR, at which time no public comments were received; and
WHEREAS, comments and testimony were fully and adequately responded
to in the manner set forth in California Administrative Code Section 15088,
through infonnation contained in the Final Program EIR; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa Planning Commission conducted a public
hearing on January 9, 1989, for which they reviewed all environmental docu-
ments comprising the Draft EIR, the Response to Comments, and the Addendum,
and found that they consider all environmental impacts of the proposed
North Costa Mesa Specific Plan Arterial Improvement Study and General Plan
Amendment, and are complete and adequate and fully comply with all require-
ments of CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa City Council has reviewed all environ-
mental documentation prepared to evaluate the proposed project, including
all elements of the Final EIR and the recommendations of the Transportation
Cannission and the Planning Commission;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council hereby certifies
Final Environmental Impact Report No. 1037 as complete and adequate in that
it addresses all significant environmental effects of the proposed project
and fully complies with the requirements of the California Environmental
Quality Act and the State CEQA Guidelines. Said Final Program Environ-
mental Impact Report is comprised of the following elements:
1. Draft Program EIR and Technical Appendices
2. Responses to Comments and Errata
3. Addendum No. 1
4. Transportation Commission Minutes
5. Planning Ccmmission Staff Reports
6. Planning Camission Minutes
7. City Council Staff Reports
8. City Council Minutes
9. City Council Resolution
All of the above information shall be on file with the Planning Divi-
sion, City of Costa Mesa, City Hall, 77 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, California,
92626.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of February, 1989.
1
Mayor of the of Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Costa Me
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and fore-
going Resolution No. 89-17 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by
the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 6th day of
February, 1989.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 7th day of February, 1989.
City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of e
City Council of the City of CostaAsa