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Home My WebLink AboutReso 2000-309 RESOLUTION NO. 2000-309 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE OTAY RANCH SECTIONAL PLANNING AREA (SPA) ONE PLAN INCLUDING THE SPA ONE PUBLIC FACILITIES FINANCE PLAN TO MOVE THE CURRENT LOCATION OF THE VILLAGE TWO HIGH SCHOOL WHEREAS, the property which is the subject matter o fthis resolution is identified as Exhibit "A," and described on Chula Vista Tract 96-04A, and is commonly known as Village Two ("Property"); and WHEREAS, an application to amend the Sectional Planning Area (SPA) One Plan and Public Facilities Finance Plan land use exhibits ("Project") was filed with the City of Chula Vista Planning and Building Department on November 10, 1999 by Otay Project, LLC, The Otay Ranch Company ("Applicant"); and WHEREAS, the application requests to move the current location of the Village Two high school in Otay Ranch SPA One (a 50-net acre site) approximately 700 feet to the east, to a site acceptable for the Sweetwater Union High School District; and WHEREAS, the development of the Property has been the subject matter of a Sectional Planning Area One Plan ("SPA One Plan") previously approved by the City Council on June 4, 1996, by Resolution No. 18286, and as amended on February 16, 1999, by Resolution No. 19375, wherein the City Council, in the environmental evaluation of said SPA One Plan, relied in part on the original Otay Ranch SPA One Plan Final Environmental Impact Report No. 95-01, SCH #94101046 CEIR 95 -01 "), and the amended Otay Ranch SPA One Plan Final Environmental Impact Report No. 97-03, SCH #97091079 CEIR 97-03"); and WHEREAS, the Applicant filed an amendment to the SPA One Plan, PCM 97-11, and said amendment was adopted by the City Council on February 16, 1999 by Resolution No. 19375; and WHEREAS, this Project is a subsequent activity in the program of development environmentally evaluated under Program E1R 90-01, FEIR 95-01, FEIR 97~03, that is virtually identical in all relevant respects, including lot size, lot numbers, lot configurations, transportation corridors, etc., to the project descriptions in said fonner environmental evaluations; and WHEREAS, the City's Environmental Review Coordinator has determined that any impacts associated with the proposed Otay Ranch Sectional Planning Area (SPA) One Plan amendment relocating the Village Two high school site have been previously identified in amended SPA One Plan EIR-97-03 and has therefore, prepared an addendnm to that document; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission set the time and place for a hearing on said Otay Ranch Sectional Planning Area (SPA) One Plan amendment (PCM-00-14) and notice of said hearing, together with its purpose, was given by its publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the City and its mailing to property owners within 500 feet of the exterior boundaries of the Project site at least ten days prior to the hearing; and Ni~ T Resolution 2000-309 ' ~ Page 2 WHEREAS, the heating was held at the time and place as advertised on August 9, 2000, in the Council Chambers, 276 Fourth Avenue, before the Planning Commission, and was thereafter closed; and WHEREAS, by a vote of 6-0-0-1 the Planning Commission recommended approval the project; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was scheduled before the City Council of the City of Chula Vista on the Otay Ranch SPA One Plan Amendment, which includes the SPA One Public Facilities Finance Plan. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby find, determine, resolve and order as follows: I. PLANNING COMMISSION RECORD The proceedings and all evidence introduced before the Planning Commission at their public heating held on this Project on August 9, 2000, and the minutes and resolutions resulting therefrom, are hereby incorporated into the record of this proceeding. II. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH CEQA "'- The City Council hereby finds that the Project, as described and analyzed in the FEIR 97-03, would have no new effects that were not examined in said FEIR [Guideline 15168 (c)(2)]; and III. CEQA F1NDING REGARDING PROJECT WITHIN SCOPE OF PRIOR PROGRAM EIR The City Council hereby finds that: (1) there were no changes in the Project from the FEIR 97-03 which would require revisions of said reports; (2) no substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under which the Project is undertaken since the previous reports; (3) and no new information of substantial importance to the Project has become available since the issuance and approval of the prior reports; and that, therefore, no new effects could occur or no new mitigation measures will be required in addition to those already in existence and made a condition for Project implementation. Therefore, the City Council approves the Project as an activity that is within the scope of the project covered by the FEIR 97-03 [Guideline 15168(c)(2) and 15162(a)]. IV. INDEPENDENT JUDGEMENT OF CITY COUNCIL The City Council finds that the Addendum prepared to EIR 97-03 reflects the independent judgement of the City Council of the City of Chula Vista and hereby adopts the Addendure to EIR 97-03. V. INCORPORATION OF ALL REASONABLE MITIGATION MEASURES AND ALTERNATIVES ~ Resolution 2000-309 Page 3 The City Council does hereby re-adopt and incorporate herein as conditions for this approval all applicable mitigation measures and alternatives, as set forth in the findings adopted in the Mitigation Monitoring Program for FEIR 97-03. VI. NOTICE WITH LATER ACTIVITIES The City Council does hereby give notice, to the extent required by law, that this Project was fully described and analyzed and is within the scope of the FEIR 97-03 adequately describes and analyzes this project for the purposes of CEQA [Guideline 15168(e)]. Notice of EIR 97- 03 was given on November 10, 1998. VII. CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN The City Council hereby adopts the Project and finds that the proposed Project is consistent with the General Plan for the following reasons: A. THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENTS ARE IN CONFORMITY WITH THE CHULA VISTA GENERAL PLAN. The Otay Ranch Sectional Planning Area One (SPA) Plan Amendment reflects the General Development Plan Amendment that relocated a high school in Village Two. This land use is consistent with the Otay Ranch General Development Plan and Chula Vista General Plan. B. THE PROPOSED SECTIONAL PLANNING AREA PLAN AMENDMENT WILL PROMOTE THE ORDERLY SEQUENTIALIZED DEVELOPMENT OF THE INVOLVED SECTIONAL PLANNING AREA. The SPA One Plan Amendment does not modify the approved provisions and requirements to ensure the orderly, phased development of the project. C. THE PROPOSED SECTIONAL PLANNING AREA PLAN AMENDMENT WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT ADJACENT LAND USE, RESIDENTIAL ENJOYMENT, CIRCULATION OR ENViRONMENTAL QUALITY. The land uses within Otay Ranch are designed with an open space buffer adjacent to other existing projects, and future developments off-site and within the Otay Ranch Sectional Planning Area One. A Sectional Planning Area Plan for Village Two will be required to contain a comprehensive street network that serves the project and provides for access to off-site adjacent properties. The proposed plan closely follows all existing environmental protection guidelines and will avoid unacceptable off-site impacts through the provision and implementation of mitigation measures specified in EiR 97-03. Resolution 2000-309 ~"'~. Page 4 Presented by Approved as to form by Robert Leiter J . Kaheny Planning and Building Director ey PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 22nd day of August, 2000, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Davis, Moot, Salas, and Horton NAYS: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: Padilia ATTEST: Shirley Horton~/~or Susan Bigelow, City Clerl~ STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, Susan Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2000-309 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 22n day of August, 2000. Executed this 22"d day of August, 2000. Susan Bigelow, City Cleft(