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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Statement 1987/10/27 Item 7aCOUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT • Item 7a Meeting Date 10/27/87 ITEM TITLE: Modification to CEQA Findings: Bonita Long Canyon Estates EIR-79-2-A a) Resolution/~ 9~S Approving modification to CEQA findings for Bonita Long Canyon Estates EIR-719-2-A SUBMITTED BY: Planning Director ~(G REVIEWED BY: City Manager (4/5ths Vote: Yes No X ) Background In April of 1981, the City adopted CEQA findings for the Bonita Long Canyon project. The traffic study on the project assumed that East "H" Street would not be extended from I-805 to Otay Lakes Road. The applicant has requested consideration of the fact that East "H" Street has been extended from I-805 to the project. RECOMMENDATION: Adopt the attached revisions to the CEQA findings • (EIR-79-2-A) on the Bonita Long Canyon Equestrian Estates project. BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: The Planning Commission and the Resource Conservation Commission have recommended adoption of these changes. DISCUSSION: Since the preparation of the environmental documents for this project, East "H" Street has been extended in a two to four lane configuration to serve this and other projects and is now being widened to six lanes from Terra Nova to Otay Lakes Road. .The CEQA findings for the project were based on the old traffic study without this link. Under the previous assumptions many of the trips generated by the project were assigned northerly along Corral Canyon Road and Central Avenue to Bonita Road. This resulted in mitigation measures designed to increase the capacity of these roads. The project proponent has submitted a request, supported with a traffic report, to reevaluate the level of improvements required on Central Avenue to serve this project. The Engineering Department has reviewed the study and the request and concurs that conditions of approval regarding units of development should be modified to reflect current requirements to serve this development. The proponent is being required to widen Central Avenue to provide 36' of pavement, improve the intersection of Bonita Road and Central Avenue and install a signal at Central Avenue and Carrol Canyon Road. In addition, to meet the intent of Council and provide adequate traffic facilities for the • Bonita Long Canyon Project, the capacity of Central Avenue should not be COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT • Item 7b,c,d Meeting Date 10/27/87 ITEM TITLE: b) Resolution Approving Final P1ap and Subdivision Improvement Agreement and authorizing the Mayor to execute said Agreement for Chula Vista Tract 86-3, Bonita Long Canyon Estates Unit No. 4 c) Resolution Accepting offsite easements for drainage purposes in conjunction with Chula Vista Tract 86-3, Bonita Long Canyon Estates Unit No. 4 d) Resolution Approving an Agreement with Bonita Long Canyon Partnership for Chula Vista Tract 86-3, Bonita Long Canyon Unit Nos. 4 through 7 and authorizing the Piayor to execute said Agreement SUBMITTED BY: Director of Publ'c Works/City Engineer REVIEWED BY: City Manager (4/5ths Vote: Yes No ) On December 17, 1985, by Resolution No. 12285, the City Council approved the tentative subdivision map for Chula Vista Tract 86-3, Bonita Long Canyon Units • 2 through 7. The Final trap for Unit 4 of said subdivision and associated items are now before Council for approval. RECOMMENDATION: That Council adopt resolutions "a" through "c" as listed in the item title of this report. BOARDS/COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION: Not applicable. DISCUSSION: Unit No. 4 of Chula Vista Tract 86-3, Bonita Long Canyon, consists of 96 single-family lots. The final map for said unit has been reviewed by the Engineering Department and found to be in conformance with the approved tentative map. Approval of the map constitutes acceptance of all drainage, sewer and access easements within the subdivision and acceptance on behalf of the public of Canyon Drive, Canyon Court, Cumbre View, Overland Court, Elkhorn Court, Pineridge Court and portion of Otay Lakes Road. Approval of the Map also constitutes acceptance of lots H, I, J, K, L and M for open space purposes. The developer (Bonita Long Canyon Partnership) has executed a subdivision improvement agreement and has provided bonds to guarantee construction of the required improvements. The developer has also submitted all necessary documents to grant the offsite drainage easements over those facilities serving Unit 4. Said easements are now before Council for acceptance. • ~'"'~I Page 2, Item 7a • Meeting Date-1~7~TS7 exceeded; therefore, it is proposed that the Development Agreement be amended to state that building permits will not be issued if the ADT on Central Avenue exceeds 8,000 or the facility be widened to four lanes. The drainage, which passes under Central Avenue, is within the Sunny side drainage basin. Only a small portion of the Bonita Long Canyon project is within this basin. Ttiis results in an increase of 0.8% of the basin wide runoff due to development of the Bonita Long Canyon project. Therefore, the final EIR concluded that there would be no significant impact due to this project but rather a subregional cumulative impact on inadequate drainage facilities. Under these conditions, no specific mitigation measures were proposed and only minor references to the Sunnyside basin were made in the CEQA findings. The Public Works Department of the County of San Diego is requiring that the developer extend the existing drainage facility under the interim road. When the road is widened to four lanes, two 9 ft. x 12 ft. culverts will be constructed under the road and other improvements made. This would be financed through County flood control fees and City Facility Benefit Assessments or by the developer with reimbursement by those funding sources. In any event, the provision that the ADT cannot exceed 8,000 without widening to the full four lanes provides encouragement to build the road and, therefore, the drainage facility. This is because without the widening of • Central Avenue to four lanes, no building permits in Bonita Long Canyon will be issued. The current ADT is about 6,600 and, therefore, traffic from about 140 homes will increase the ADT to 8,000. WPC 4424P • Ci~ui~a Vita, Caiiornia Dated ~--`'~~