HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2012-25RESOLUTION NO. 2012 — 25
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
ADOPTING A GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, INCLUDING A GENERAL PLAN LAND USE
MAP AMENDMENT; ADOPTING A DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT,
AND SPECIFIC PLAN MAP AMENDMENT; ADOPTING A CLIMATE ACTION PLAN;
APPROVING, IN CONCEPT ONLY, FIVE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS, INCLUDING
STREET CONVERSIONS/COMMUNITY CORRIDORS, SENIOR VILLAGE EXPANSION,
LAS PALMAS PARK AND FACILITIES VISION CONCEPT PLAN, KIMBALL PARK
MASTER PLAN, AND EL TOYON PARK MASTER PLAN; APPROVING THE WATER
SUPPLY ASSESSMENT, AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION NO. 2011-119
CASE FILE NO. 2011-17 GPA, ZC, SPA, IS
WHEREAS, the City has held a total of 23 community workshops/meeting
regarding the Comprehensive Land Use Update ("CLUU"); and
WHEREAS, on May 16, 2011, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution No.
14-2011, recommending that the City Council approve the Comprehensive Land Use Update;
and
WHEREAS, litigation has been filed challenging the validity of the Planning
Commission's recommendations in Resolution 14-2011, and any actions "based on' that
resolution, which Plaintiffs contended at oral argument included the amendments to the General
Plan, the Land Use Code, and the Downtown Specific Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City now desires to take further action to eliminate any
uncertainty over the validity of the Planning Commission's Resolution and the City Council's
subsequent approvals concerning tha Comprehensive Land Use Update. to avoid costs and
further litigation, and to further provide maximum opportunities for public review and public
participation in City actions concerning the Comprehensive Land Use Update; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of National City again reviewed
and considered a Final Environmental Impact Report, Findings, Mitigation Monitoring and
Reporting Program ("MMRP"), and Statement of Overriding Considerations prepared to assess
and mitigate the project impacts from the proposed adoption of components of the
Comprehensive Land Use Update, at a duly advertised public hearing held on January 9, 2012,
at which time, oral and documentary evidence was presented on the Comprehensive Land Use
Update ("CLUU"); and
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Land Use Update includes a General Plan
Update, a Land Use Code Amendment, a Downtown Specific Plan Amendment, a Climate
Action Plan, and five conceptual development proposals, namely, Street
Conversions/Community Corridors, Senior Village Expansion, Las Palmas Park and Facilities
Vision Concept Plan, Kimball Park Master Plan, and El Toyon Park Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan is the City's principal policy document to guide
growth, development, and conservation, and is the foundation for all planning decisions; and
WHEREAS, the Downtown Specific Plan regulates the use and development of
land within the downtown area of National City; and
WHEREAS, the Climate Action Plan establishes a strategy to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions that contribute to climate change; and
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WHEREAS, at the January 9, 2012 public hearing the Planning Commission
considered the staff report contained in Case File No. 2011-17 GPA, ZC, SPA, IS, which is
maintained by the City and incorporated herein by reference along with evidence and testimony
at said hearing; and
WHEREAS at said hearing, the Planning Commission reviewed and considered
components of the proposed Comprehensive Land Use Update, along with all evidence and
testimony presented at said hearing, and along with the Environmental Impact Report to assess
project impacts of approving the Comprehensive Land Use Update, together with any
comments received; and
WHEREAS, at said hearing the Planning Commission voted to adopt Resolution
2-2012, which rescinded their prior recommendations on the CLUU contained in Resolution 14-
2011, and further recommended that the City Council certify the Final Environmental Impact
Report; adopt a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; adopt Findings of Fact and a
Statement of Overriding Considerations; adopt the General Plan Update, including a General
Plan and Land Use Map amendment, adopt a Land Use Code (Zoning) amendment and Official
Zoning Map amendment; adopt a Downtown Specific Plan amendment and Specific Plan Map
amendment; adopt a Climate Action Plan; and approve, in concept only, five development
proposals, including Street Conversions/Community Corridors, Senior Village Expansion, Las
Palmas Park and Facilities Vision Concept Plan, Kimball Park Master Plan, and El Toyon Park
Master Plan (identified as the "proposed project" in the EIR); and
WHEREAS, prior to said hearing, the City sought out and incorporated public
input throughout the preparation of the Comprehensive Land Use Update. As part of the public
outreach and participation efforts, the City held a total of 23 public workshops, community
meetings, and other public engagement events at different locations throughout the City in
addition to public hearings before the Planning Commission and City Council; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the need and desirability to conduct
reviews of, and consider amendments to, the General Plan to accommodate the changing
needs of the community; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the need and desirability to consider
amendments to the Downtown Specific Plan to be consistent with and implement the General
Plan Update; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the need and desirability to consider the
policies and programs of the Climate Action Plan to be consistent with and implement the
General Plan Update and to comply with State law; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the need and desirability to consider the
five development proposals that are a part of the Comprehensive Land Use Update to be
consistent with and implement the General Plan Update; and
WHEREAS, this action is taken pursuant to all applicable procedures required by
state law and City law; and
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WHEREAS, the action recited herein is found to be essential for the preservation
of public health, safety, and general welfare.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
National City that the above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by
reference as if set forth in full.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council has reviewed and considered
the Planning Commission's recommendations contained in Planning Commission Resolution 2-
2012.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council has reviewed and considered
the information contained in the Final Environmental Impact Report, which addressed the
environmental impacts of the Comprehensive Land Use Update (SCH No. 2010051009)
(Exhibits "E-2", "E-3", and "E-4").
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the testimony and evidence presented to the
City Council at the public hearing held on January 24, 2012, support the Findings of Fact, the
Statement of Overriding Considerations, and the MMRP attached hereto as Exhibit "E-1" and
Exhibit "G' and incorporated herein as though fully set forth. The City further finds and certifies
that there has been no change to the project or substantial changes in circumstances or new
information that would warrant subsequent or supplemental environmental analysis in
accordance with CEQA, including Public Resources Code section 21166 and CEQA Guideline
sections 15162 and 15163.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council hereby rescinds City Council
Resolution No. 2011-119, which adopted components of the National City Comprehensive Land
Use Update, which included (1) an Update of the General Plan and Land Use Map; (2) an
amendment of the Downtown Specific Plan and Specific Plan Map; (3) a Climate Action Plan;
(4) five development proposals in concept only (Street Conversions/Community Corridors,
Senior Village Expansion, Las Palmas Park and Facilities Vision Concept Plan, Kimball Park
Master Plan, and El Toyon Park Master Plan); and (5) Water Supply Assessment.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council has reviewed and considered
the Water Supply Assessment ("WSA") contained in Exhibit "I" and approves the WSA.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council has reviewed and considered
the information in the agenda packet (including, but not limited to the Final EIR, the "proposed
project" and the alternatives in the Final EIR, the proposed General Plan, the proposed Land
Use Code. the proposed Downtown Specific Plan, the proposed Climate Action Plan), and
hereby approves and adopts the General Plan Update (Exhibit A), adopts the proposed
Downtown Specific Plan Amendment (Exhibit C-1) and Map (Exhibit C-4), adopts the Climate
Action Plan (Exhibit D), adopts, in concept only, the five development proposals described in the
EIR (SCH No. 2010051009), including Street Conversions/Community Corridors, Senior Village
Expansion, Las Palmas Park and Facilities Vision Concept Plan, Kimball Park Master Plan, and
El Toyon Park Master Plan (collectively titled "Development Proposals'). These exhibits are
consistent with the "proposed project" described in the Final EIR, as modified by the MMRP and
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the minor revisions recommended by Staff and the Planning Commission (as described in the
Planning Commission's Staff Report for January 9, 2012). These approvals are based upon the
following findings:
1. The amended General Plan, Land Use Code, Downtown Specific Plan, Climate Action
Plan, and the Development Proposals reflect the desired future vision of the City that
was expressed by the community through the public participation process over the
course of more than two years of development of the Update.
2. The amended General Plan, Land Use Code, Downtown Specific Plan, Climate Action
Plan, and the Development Proposals are in the public interest, and the Update would
meet the current needs of the community by providing for the types of land uses that are
necessary and desirable to the community.
3. The amended General Plan, Land Use Code, Downtown Specific Plan, Climate Action
Plan, and the Development Proposals would ensure consistency between the General
Plan, the Land Use Code, the Climate Action Plan, the Downtown Specific Plan
Amendment, and the five development projects that would implement the
Comprehensive Land Use Update.
4. The amended General Plan, Land Use Code, Downtown Specific Plan, Climate Action
Plan, and the Development Proposals are deemed essential and desirable to the public
health, safety, and general welfare of the community since these items comprehensively
address community issues identified through the public participation process and during
the development of the Update.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall become effective and
final on the day following the City Council meeting where the resolution is adopted.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 24th day of Januar 12.
r
on Morrison, Mayor
ATTEST:
Michael R. Da la, City Clerk
VED _S TO FORM:
C - •ia Gaci 1�.ilva
City Attorney
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on January
24, 2012 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Morrison, Natividad, Rios, Zarate.
Nays: None.
Absent: Councilmember Sotelo-Solis.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: RON MORRISON
Mayor of the City of National City, California
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City Clerk of the City of Nl City, California
By:
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2012-25 the City of National City, Califomia, passed and adopted
by the Council of said City on January 24, 2012.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy