HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 23-2005 RESOLUTION NO. 23-2005
CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE REPORT TO COUNCIL ON
PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT PLAN AMENDMENTS AND FISCAL
MERGER, ADOPTING FINDINGS THAT A PROJECT AREA
COMMITTEE IS NOT REQUIRED AND THAT ADEQUATE
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND
CONSENTING TO A JOINT PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PLAN
AMENDMENTS AND FISCAL MERGER
WHEREAS, on March 10, 2004, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 25-2004 which
designated a Survey Area for the purpose of amending the Downtown/Central Redevelopment
Project Area ("Project Area") to add territory to the Project Area; and
WHEREAS, on April 15, 2004, the Planning Commission of the City of South San Francisco
("Planning Commission") adopted Resolution No. 2633 establishing the boundaries of the area
proposed to be added to the Project Area (the "Added Area"), approving a Preliminary Plan for the
Added Area in accordance with Health and Safety Code Section 33324, and recommending that the
Agency accept the Preliminary Plan; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 06-2004, adopted on May 12, 2004, the Redevelopment
Agency of the City of South San Francisco ("Agency") approved the Preliminary Plan and directed
staff to prepare amendments to add the Added Area to the Downtown/Central Project Area and to
fiscally merge the Downtown/Central, Gateway, and U.S. Steel/Shearwater project areas; and
WHEREAS, the Agency subsequently resolved that the fiscal merger should also include the
E1 Camino Corridor project area; and
WHEREAS, the Agency is in the process of preparing: (i) an amendment to the
redevelopment plan for the Downtown/Central project area to add the Added Area to the Project
Area, (ii) amendments to the redevelopment plans for the E1 Camino Corridor project area and the
Downtown/Central project area to extend the time period within which the Agency will have
authority to acquire nonresidential property by eminent domain within such project areas, and (iii)
amendments to the redevelopment plans for the Downtown/Central project area, the E1 Camino
Corridor project area, the U.S. Steel/Shearwater project area and the Gateway project area in order to
effectuate a fiscal merger of such project areas; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing amendments, the Agency has caused to be
prepared, and by adoption of Resolution No. 13-2004, adopted December 8, 2004, has approved a
Preliminary Report pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33344.5 and has authorized
transmittal of the Preliminary Report to affected taxing entities, the Planning Commission and the
community; and
WHEREAS, the Agency has consulted with representatives of the affected taxing entities and
with project area residents, property owners, businesses and community organizations, and the
Agency has scheduled a series of community meetings to continue such consultation; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing amendments, the Agency has caused to be
prepared a Report to Council pursuant to Health & Safety Code Section 33352; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments will not authorize the Agency to use eminent domain
to acquire property on which persons reside and do not provide for public projects that will displace
a substantial number of low- and moderate-income persons; and
WHEREAS, Agency and Planning Department staffhave determined that the fiscal merger,
as a financing mechanism for unspecified future projects and which will itself have no significant
effect on the environment, is exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061
(b)(3); and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments do not alter the projects and activities proposed to be
implemented in the project areas, and do not extend the financial and time limitations set forth in the
existing redevelopment plans; and
WHEREAS, the potential environmental effects of the activities proposed to be undertaken in
the existing project areas and in the proposed Added Area were analyzed in the East of 101 Area
Plan Environmental Impact Report which was adopted and certified in 1994 and in the General Plan
Environmental Impact Report, a program level EIR that was adopted and certified in October, 1999;
and
WHEREAS, the City's Chief Planner has reviewed the proposed amendments and has
determined that in connection with the adoption of the plan amendments, the Agency and the City
Council may properly rely upon the prior EIRs because no new impacts are associated with the
amendments, no projects have been specified that were not analyzed in the prior EIRs, there are no
substantial changes to the circumstances under which the previously analyzed project will be
undertaken, and there is no new information that was unavailable at the time the prior EIRs were
certified; and
WHEREAS, Sections 33348 and 33349 of the Health and Safety Code require both the City
Council and the Agency to conduct public hearings on the proposed amendments; and
WHEREAS, Section 33355 of the Health and Safety Code authorizes the Agency and the
City Council to hold a joint public hearing upon the consent of both.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San
Francisco that the City Council:
Section 1. Receives the Report to Council on the proposed plan amendments and fiscal
merger and consents to a joint public hearing with the Agency to consider the proposed plan
amendments and fiscal merger on April 27, 2005, at 7:00 p.m. at 400 South Grand Avenue, South
San Francisco, California.
Section 2. Authorizes the Agency to comply with all noticing requirements for the joint
public hearing set forth in the Community Redevelopment Law on behalf of the City Council, and
directs the Agency to continue consultation with community organizations, businesses, property
owners and residents of the project areas, to hold at least one community meeting prior to the joint
public heating on the proposed amendments, and to make the proposed ordinances adopting the
amendments available for public inspection prior to submitting them to the City Council.
Section 3. Finds that the formation of a Project Area Committee is not required because the
proposed amendments do not authorize the use of eminent domain for property on which persons
reside and do not propose public projects that will cause displacement of a substantial number of
low- and moderate-income households.
Section 4. Finds that adequate environmental review has been completed for the proposed
amendments and fiscal merger because (i) the fiscal merger is exempt from CEQA pursuant to
CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 (b)(3), and (ii) the potential environmental effects of the proposed
amendments have been analyzed in previously certified Environmental Impact Reports, and no new
projects are proposed, no new impacts have been identified, there are no substantial changes in the
circumstances under which the prior EIRs were certified, and there is no new information that was
unavailable at the time the prior EIRs were certified.
I hereby certi~ that the foregoing Resolution was regularly introduced and adopted by
the City Council of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting held on the 9th day of March
2005 by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilmembers Richard A. Garbarino, Pedro Gonzalez, and Karyl Matsumoto,
Mayor Pro Tem Joseph A. Fernekes and Mayor Raymond L. Green
NOES: None.
ABSTAIN: None.
ABSENT: None.
ATTEST:
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