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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7792 RESOLUTION NO. 7792 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS ADOPTING THE INCORPORATION OF THE TRANSIT VILLAGE OVERLAY AND ALL ASSOCIATED POLICIES INTO THE UPDATED REDLANDS GENERAL PLAN WHEREAS, on March 3, 2015, and May 5, 2015, the City Council affirmed its intent to update the Redlands General Plan and requested the City's Development Services Department line project management staff and a consultant to support the effort, and WHEREAS, on July 31, 2015, the City Council appointed the General Plan Steering Conunittee, an advisory connrnittee cornposed of 34 membeis of the conninunity, to guide the development of the General Plan update, and said cormnittee held seventeen public meetings throughout 2015 to 2017 to review and develop proposed policies for the updated Genial Plain, and WHEREAS, an extensive public outreach effort was conducted to obtain resident input into the updated General Plan nicludnng two public workshops held in August 2015, a connnunity survey held in September 2015, seventeen stakeholder meetings held, a project website www iedlands2035 pig nnade available, an open house held in September 2016, and point public workshops of the Planning Conunnssion and City Council held on June 1, 2016, and March 30, 2017, and WHEREAS, two preliminary draft General Plans were published in August 26, 2016, and January 3, 2017, for public review and comrnent, and WHEREAS, City staff and consultants considered continents received on the prehininary drafts of the updated General Plan, made revisions to the drafts, and forwarded the revised drafts to the Steering Conn innttee for review, and WHEREAS, the proposed updated General Plan meets legal adequacy requirements pursuant to California Government Code Sections 65300 through 65302, and WHEREAS, a Climate Action Plan was developed in conjunction with the updated General Plan to analyze Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) in accordance CEQA, and WHEREAS, a Draft Environninental Impact Report (DEIR) for the updated Genial Plan and the Climate Action Plan was published on April 28, 2017, and circulated for a 45-day public review and comment period ending on June 23, 2017, and WHEREAS, a Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR) was published on July 21, 2017, with responses to cominents, and 1 I lcclerklResolutionlslRes 7700-779917792 GP CC TVOZ doex WHEREAS, revisions to the updated General Plan were published on July 21, 2017, in a Public Review Draft General Plan, to ensure consistency with the Final EIR, and WHEREAS, on August 31, 2017, the Planning Division caused a public notice display advertisement concerning the proposed project to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, in accordance with Redlands Municipal Code and applicable Govermnent Code provisions, and WHEREAS, on September 12 and 26, 2017, the Planning Commission held duly noticed public hearings on the updated General Plan update, and considered the staff report, oral report, the testimony and any written evidence submitted by the general public, and WHEREAS,on September 26,2017,the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council incorporate the Transit Village Overlay and all associated policies concerning the transit villages, including section 4 5, Transit Villages of the draft General Plan, into the updated General Plan, and WHEREAS, on November 9, 2017, and December 5, 2017, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on the updated General Plan and considered the Climate Action Plan and the DEIR, along with the City staff's written and verbal reports, and the written and verbal testimony submitted by members of the general public NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS AS FOLLOWS SECTION 1 CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL OUALITY ACT The Draft and Final Environmental Impact Report for the proposed General Plan Update has been prepared in compliance with the California Enviromnental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to applicable sections of Articles 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the CEQA Guidelines SECTION 2 APPROVAL The City Council hereby incorporates the Transit Village Overlay and all associated policies concerning the transit villages, including section 4 5, Transit Villages of the draft General Plan, into the updated General Plan APPROVED AND ADOPTED THIS 5TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2017 Paul W Oster, Mayor ATTEST nne Donaldson, City Clerk 2 1 lcclerk\Resolutions\Res 7700-779917792 GP CC TVOZ docx 1, Jeanne Donaldson, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 5' day of December, 2017, by the following vote AYES Councilmembers Harrison, Tejeda, Momberger, Mayor Foster NOES None ABSTAIN Councilmeinber Barich ABSENT None J �DonOdso�n, City Clerk 3 I Icclerk\ResolutionslRes 7700-779917792 GP CC TVOZ docx