HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Comm min 1995/10/04 MINUTES OF A SPECIAL JOINT WORKSHOP MEETING
OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION AND
RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE OF
CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA
Conference Rooms 2/3
5:30 p.m. Public Services Building
Wednesday, October 4, 1995 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista
ROLL CALL
PLANNING COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Chair Tuchscher, Commissioners
Fuller, Ray, Salas, Tarantino,
Thomas and Willett
COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: None
RCC MEMBERS PRESENT: Members Yamada and Clark
RCC MEMBERS ABSENT: Members Fisher, Burrascano, and Marquez
STAFF PRESENT: Planning Director Leiter, Assistant Planning
Director Lee, Environmental Coordinator Reid,
Environmental Projects Manager Monaco, Associate
Planner Reid
ITEM 1: CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)
Environmental Projects Manager Monaco presented an overview, the legislative history and the
challenge of CEQA compliance.
Environmental Review Coordinator Reid followed by discussing CEQA implementation by
public agencies, including the procedures, lead agencies, responsible agencies, trustee agencies
and agencies with jurisdiction by law, and public participation.
Associate Planner Reid discussed phases in the environmental review process, timing of CEQA
implementation, projects subject to CEQA, and exemptions for CEQA.
The Environmental Review Coordinator and Associate Planner continued the workshop by
discussing Initial Studies, threshold decisions as to whether an EIR or Negative Declaration
should be prepared, Negative Declarations, preparation and review of an Environmental Impact
Report, contents of an EIR, and agency decision-making under CEQA.
Minutes -2- October 4, 1995
Assistant Planning Director Lee reminded the Planning Commissioners that their meeting of
October 11, 1995, had been cancelled. It was also the consensus of the Commissioners that the
workshop tentatively scheduled for October 18 should not be held, since the
Boards/Commissions banquet was to be held the following evening.
ADJOURNMENT at 7:00 p.m. to the Regular Planning Commission Business Meeting on
October 25, 1995 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, and to the Resource Conservation
Conunittee Regular Business Meeting of October 23, 1995 at 6:30 p.m. in Conference Room 1.
Nahcy Ri~ley, SeCretary
Planning Commission
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