HomeMy WebLinkAbout7347_CCv0001.pdf RESOLUTION NO. 7347
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS DETERMINING
THAT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15162 OF THE STATE'S GUIDELINES
IMPLEMENTING THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT NO
SUBSEQUENT ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT IS REQUIRED TO BE PREPARED FOR
THE CONSIDERATION OF THE AWARD OF A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE
CITY'S REDLANDS BOULEVARD AND ALABAMA STREET AND REDLANDS
BOULEVARD AND COLTON AVENUE INTERSECTIONS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
AND FOR THE ACQUISITION OF RIGHTS-OF-WAY
WHEREAS, on June 20, 2006, the City Council approved a mitigated negative
declaration for the Redlands Boulevard and Alabama Street and Redlands Boulevard and Colton
Avenue intersections improvement project(the"Project"); and
WHEREAS, in 2006, the Project description included at the Redlands Boulevard and
Alabama Street intersection, among other items, six lanes of north and south bound lanes,
realignment of the 23 foot offset, additional turn lanes, an eight-phase traffic signal
improvements, and railroad improvements including replacement of the existing signal and
safety improvements necessary to meet California Public Utilities Commission requirements;
and
WHEREAS, the 2006 Project description also included at the Redlands Boulevard and
Colton Avenue intersection, among other items, reconfiguring the intersection to a "T"
intersection, four lanes, raised medians, a new traffic signal which was to be interconnected with
the railroad crossing, and a realignment of a private drive to the Tri-City Center; and
WHEREAS, the Project description currently consists of maintaining the 2006
improvements, with minor adjustments at the Redlands Boulevard and Alabama Street
intersection to include the installation of five lanes of north and south bound lanes; and
WHEREAS, the adjustments at the Redlands Boulevard and Colton Avenue intersection
include not making the realignment of a private drive to the Tri-City Center; and
WHEREAS, the railroad improvements include the installation of new safety warning
devices and concrete crossing materials, and will replace the existing track structure to match the
future alignment of the proposed Redlands Passenger Rail Project, all of which will be
constructed to meet current California Public Utility Commission requirements; and
WHEREAS, the 2006 Project description, with the minor adjustments, will result in a
level of service "C" for the Project intersections in accordance with the June 2006 approved
mitigated negative declaration;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Redlands as
follows:
Section 1. The City Council hereby determines that the proposed award of a
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construction contract for the Project, and the acquisition of rights-of-way, do not require the
preparation of a subsequent negative declaration or other environmental document under the
California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines section
15162 based on the following determinations:
A. No substantial changes are proposed in the Project which will require major
revisions of the previous mitigated negative declaration as there have been no new
significant environmental effects, or a substantial increase in the severity of
previously identified significant effects, with respect to the circumstances under
which the Project will be undertaken, because the Project has not changed
significantly since June 2006, and the Project remains within the scope of the
environmental analysis which was adopted for the Project to mitigate potential
impacts to a less than significant level;
B. No substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under
which the Project will be undertaken that will require major revisions of the
previous mitigated negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant
environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously
identified significant effects. No new significant effects have been identified and
the mitigated negative declaration adopted for the Project remains current relative
to mitigating the potential impacts of the Project to a less than significant level;
and,
C. There is no new information of substantial importance which was not known, and
could not have been known to the City with the exercise of reasonable diligence at
the time the mitigated negative declaration approved, which shows (1) the Project
will have significant effects not identified in the mitigated negative declaration,
(2) significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe, (3)
mitigation measures previously found to be infeasible would now in fact be
feasible, or (4) there are new mitigation measures different from those previously
analyzed which would substantially reduce one or more significant effects, as no
new information of substantial importance has come to light.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 19th day of November, 2013, by the following
vote:
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Pete Aguilar, Mayor
ATTEST:
Sam frwin,'16ity ICJerk
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I, Sam Irwin, City Clerk of the City of Redlands, hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was
adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 19th day of November,
2013,by the following vote:
APES: Councilmembers Harrison, Foster, Gardner, Gilbreath; Mayor Aguilar
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
Sam Irwin, City C'lerk
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