HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 96-93 RESOLUTION NO. 9 6-9 3
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIFORNIA, CERTIFYING THAT THE
FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (NO. 96-2) FOR THE
HUNTINGTON BEACH REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT HAS BEEN
PREPARED, CIRCULATED AND COMPLETED IN COMPLIANCE
WITH CEQA AND STATE GUIDELINES FOR CEQA AND THAT THE
CITY COUNCIL HAS REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED THE
INFORMATION CONTAINED THEREIN
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach, California ( e "City")
as Lead Agency has prepared a Final Environmental Impact Report (the "Final EIR") for the
proposed Huntington Beach Redevelopment Project; and
WHEREAS, said Final EIR is a program EIR, as defined by the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and State Guidelines for implementation of CEQA; and
WHEREAS, the Draft EIR has been prepared and circulated pursuant to CEQA, and
the State Guidelines for CEQA; and
WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing was held by the City on August 19, 1996, at
which time all interested persons were given an opportunity to be heard; and
WHEREAS, the Final EIR, which includes the Draft EIR and responses to the concerns
raised during the review period and at the public hearing, has been prepared pursuant to said
statute and Guidelines; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California as follows:
1. The City Council hereby certifies that the Final Environmental Impact Report
for the proposed Huntington Beach Redevelopment Project has been prepared,
circulated and completed in compliance with the California Environmental
Quality Act and applicable regulations.
2. The City Council certifies that the information contained in the Final
Environmental Impact Report for the proposed Huntington Beach
Redevelopment Project has been reviewed and considered by the City Council
Members.
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3. That the City Council hereby certifies the Final EIR as complete and adequate
in that it addresses all environmental effects of the Huntington Beach
Redevelopment Project, and fully complies with the requirements of CEQA and
the Guidelines for CEQA. The Final EIR is composed of the following
elements:
a. Draft EIR and appendices; and
b. Comments received on the Draft EIR and responses to those comments.
All of the above information has been and will be on file at the City of
Huntington Beach Community Development Department, 2000 Main Street,
Huntington Beach, California, 92648, and with the City Clerk.
4. That the City finds that the Final EIR has identified all significant
environmental effects of the project detailed in Environmental Impact Report
No. 96-2, together with proposed mitigation measurers to mitigate such effects
(see Exhibit A, attached hereto), and that there are no known potential
environmental impacts not addressed in the Final EIR.
5. That the City finds that the Final EIR has described all reasonable alternatives to
the project that could feasibly obtain the basic objectives of the project
(including the No Project Alternative), even when these alternatives might
impede the attainment of project objectives and might be more costly. Further,
the City finds that a good faith effort was made to incorporate alternatives in the
preparation of the Draft EIR, and all reasonable alternatives were considered in
the review process of the Final EIR and ultimate decisions on the project.
6. The Planning Director is hereby authorized and directed to file with the Office
of the County Clerk and the State Office of Planning and Research a notice of
determination for Environmental Impact Report No. 96-2, as required by
Section 15094 of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 7th day of October ,
1996.
Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Clerk City Attorney
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REVIEWED AND APPROVED: INITIATED AND APPROVED:
City Administrator Di for of Economic Development
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EXHIBIT A
MITIGATION MEASURES
4.2 POPULATION AND HOUSING
4.2.6 MITIGATION MEASURES
4.2-A The Agency shall relocate any persons or families of low and moderate
income displaced by a redevelopment project. The Agency shall adopt and
implement a relocation plan pursuant to Sections 33410 through 33411.1 of
the California Health and Safety Code. The relocation plan ensures that no
families or single persons of low and moderate income are displaced by a
redevelopment project until there is a suitable housing unit available and
ready for occupancy. Such housing units shall be available at rents
comparable to those at the time of displacement. Further, housing units for
relocation are to be suitable for the needs of the displaced household, and
must be decent, safe, sanitary, and otherwise standard dwelling. It is the
Agency's objective that residents be relocated with the minimum of
hardship.
4.5 AIR QUALITY
4.5.6 MITIGATION MEASURES
The following recommendations will assist in reducing air quality impacts resulting
from future development and redevelopment within the Merged Project Area. The
Recommended mitigation measures are as follows:
Construction Exhaust Emissions
4.5-A Mitigation for both heavy equipment and vehicle travel is limited. However,
exhaust emissions from construction equipment shall be controlled by the
applicant's contractor in a manner that is consistent with standard mitigation
measured provided within the AQMP, to the extent feasible. The measures
to be implemented are as follows:
• Use low emission on-site mobile construction equipment;
• Maintain equipment in tune, per manufacturer's specifications;
• Use catalytic converters on gasoline powered equipment;
• Use reformulated, low-emissions diesel fuel;
• Substitute electric and gasoline powered equipment for diesel powered
equipment, where feasible;
• Where applicable, do not leave equipment idling for prolonged periods
(i.e., more than five minutes); and
• Curtail (cease or reduce) construction during periods of high ambient
pollutant concentrations (i.e., Stage 2 smog alerts).
The City shall verify use of the above measure during normal construction
site inspections.
Fugitive Dust
4.5-8 The applicant shall implement standard mitigation measures in accordance
with SCAQMD Rules 402 and 403, to control fugitive dust emissions and
ensure that nuisance dust conditions do not occur during construction.
These measures may include the following:
• Spread soil binders on site, unpaved roads, and in parking areas;
• Water the site and equipment in the morning and evening;
• Reestablish ground over on the construction site through seeding and
watering;
• Phase grading to prevent the susceptibility of larger areas to erosion
over extended periods of time,
• Schedule activities to minimize the amounts of exposed excavated soil
during and after the end of work periods,
• ❑ispose of surplus excavated material in accordance with local
ordinances and use sound engineering practices;
• Restore landscaping and irrigation removed during construction, in
coordination with local public agencies,
• Sweep streets on a daily basis is silt is carried over to adjacent public
thoroughfares or occurs as a result of hauling;
• Suspend grading operations during high winds in accordance with Rule
403 requirements;
• Wash off trucks leaving site;
• Maintain a minimum 12 inch freeboard ratio on haul trucks, and
• Cover payloads on haul trucks using tarps or other suitable means.
Volatile Organic Emissions
4.5-C The application of paints and coatings and asphalt paving material will raise
significant quantities of VOC emissions during their application.
• Where feasible, emulsified asphalt or asphaltic cement shall be utilized.
The use of rapid and medium cure cutback asphalt should be avoided
whenever possible.
• Where feasible, low VOC paints, primers, and coatings, as well as
precoated materials, shall be specified.
Contaminated Soils and Dusts
4.5-D In larger areas of both surface and subsurface contamination, a site
assessment will be conducted before any construction takes place at that
locale. At locations where spillage of fluids from the petroleum extraction
process has occurred, the soil will be remediated using appropriate
techniques. Removal of petroleum contamination will also alleviate the
generation of hydrogen sulfide and its attendant odor. these activities
would fall under the direction of both local and State agencies, which would
"sign off' on the remediation effort upon completion. If unforeseen areas of
subsurface contamination are encountered during excavation activities,
these activities would be curtailed in this area until the area could be
evaluated and remediated as appropriate.
4.5-E Any structures to be demolished will have an asbestos survey performed by
personnel trained and certified in asbestos abatement. Any existing
asbestos will be removed and disposed in accordance with sound
engineering practice and federal regulations. Implementation of these
measures will reduce potentially significant contamination issues to a level
that is less than significant.
4.12 CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESOURCES
4.12.6 MITIGATION MEASURES
The following mitigation measures will assist to reduce impacts to cultural
resources in the Merged Project Area. Although specific project level impacts
cannot be identified at this time, future specific development and redevelopment
projects will comply with the mitigation measures.
4.12-A Prior to the commencement of new construction that would displace or
require demolition of potentially significant resources, a complete
assessment shall be prepared for any of the potentially historic buildings
identified in the present report within the Merged Project Area. At a
minimum, this assessment shall include the following documentation:
A) A full description of each building including architectural style, roof
design, window design, type of foundation, exterior wall treatments,
special architectural features, etc.
B) Black and white photographs showing one or more facades of each
building.
C) A determination of construction date from existing records such as
building permit record books on file in the Planning Department at
the City of Huntington Beach. In the event that records cannot be
located for some of the buildings, interviews should be conducted
with members of the local historical society or other individuals who
may have relevant data to share_
D) A competent architectural historian should be consulted prior to the
demolition of any of the potentially historic buildings identified in the
present study. Additional measures may be implemented as a result,
if necessary to prevent an adverse impact.
4.12-B Should any cultural artifacts, archaeological resources or paleontological
resources be uncovered during grading or excavation, a County of Orange
certified archaeologist or paleontologist shall be contacted by the
Community Development Director to : 1) ascertain the significance of the
resource, 2) establish protocol with the City to protect such resources, 3)
ascertain the presence of additional resources, and 4) provide additional
monitoring of the site, if deemed appropriate.
4.12-C Monitors trained in fossil recognition, fossil recovery and heavy equipment
monitoring shall be on site during grading operations.
4.12-D A copy of the present report shall be placed the collection of historic
documents on file at the Huntington Beach Central Library or another
suitable local archive.
Res. No. 96-93
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, CONNIE BROCKWAY, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of
the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said
City, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of
the City of Huntington Beach is seven;that the foregoing resolution was passed
and adopted by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said
City Council at a regular meeting thereof held on the 7th of October, 1996 by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Harman, Leipzig, Bauer, Sullivan, Dettloff,
Garofalo, Green
NOES: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of Huntington
Beach, California
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