CC Resolution No. 6137•
RESOLUTION 1•:0. 6137
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A RIiSOLUTION OF TIIL CITY COUNCIL. OF fill. CITY OF CUPERTINO CERTIFYING
CFiE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR A GENERAL PLAN AIIENDMF.NT AS TO
ITS COMPLIANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT AND SPATE
AND LOCALLY ADOPTED GUIDELINES
WHEREAS, at a public hearing held this date the City Council has
reviewed and considered the contents on the final Environmental Impact
Report as a part of the decision making process concerning the proposed
general plan amendment and
WHEREAS, upon conclusion of said review, the Council has found the
final Environmental Impact Report to be in complete compliance with the
California Environmental Quality Act and State and locally adopted guidelines
for the implementation of said Act.
WHEREAS, the significant environmental effects of the project identified
in the Environmental Impact Report have been mitigated by the following
General Plan policies.
SIGNIFLCANT EFFECT MITIGATION MEASURES
A. Increased Evening Activity Policy 6c (1) discourages late
B. Employment growth relative
to housing
C. Traffic Impacts
evening activities on properties
which are in close proximity to
residential areas.
Policy 6a A land development intensify
ceiling on properties which would have
otherwise redeveloped and developed to
a greater intensity.
Policy 6a (6) allows property owners/
developers of commercial, office and
Industrial projects to add residential
dwelling units in excess of normal
development constraints.
(lousing Element Policy 1-14
requires residential developers building
in excess of 10 dwelling units and 6
dwelling units per acre to provide 10%
of units at a price affordable by moderato
income families.
Policy 6 a regulates land use intensity
commensurate with the carry capacity of
the City's surface street system.
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Resolution No. 6137 (continued)
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Traffic Impacts (continued)
Fiscal Impact and Community
Services
Policies 7-13 establish standards
for acceptable levels of traffic on
various street types; establishes the need
for traffic management plans to protect
residential neighborhoods from through
traffic, and facilitates the installation
of mass transit and "para" transit
systems.
policies 14 and 15 will ensure that new
development will not overburden public
services, particularly fire and police.
Policy 18 establishes guidelines for
th,- acquisition of park land and Policy
19 establishes a system to monitor the
long term fiscal impact associated with
various forms of development.
WHEREAS, the following significant environmental effect of the project
identified in the Environmental Impact Report cannot be mitigated, a statement
of overriding considerations based upon information of record and the Final
Environmental Impact Report are set forth below:
SIGNIFICANT EFFECT
A Conversion of Agricultural Land
OVERRIDING C014SIDERATION
The eventual development of the community
based upon either the Existing or Proposed
General Plan, will result in the conversim
of approximatrely 225 acres of agriculture.
land to urban uses. A recently prepared
EIR assessed the viability of continued
agricultural land use on a 140 acre
parcel on the City's urban fringe. Th,�
report indicated that continued agricullm
use on said parcel was not economically
viable. Since said parcel is the largest
agricultural holding in the City, it Is
highly unlikely that remaining small
infill parcels with present agriculturaL
uses can remain indefinitely. (Refer to
the Seven Springs Ranch Development
Environmental impact Report for a
detailed discussion of the viability of
agricultural activities in the City).
NOW, 11IEREFORE, It is hereby found, determined and ordered that the City
Council of the City of Cupertino, as responsible agency, has considered said
Environmental Impact Report and hereby certifies that It has reviewed and
considered the information contained therein and that the Environmental Impact
Report has been completed in compliance with the CEQA and State Guidelines. City
Council finds further that alterations have been incorporated into the project
which mitigate or avoid each significant environmental Lnpact identified in the
Environmental Impact Report to an acceptable level as defined in Section 8.7 of the.
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Cupertino Environmental Cuidelfnes. CiLy Council further resolves that the
Director of Planning and Development Is to file it Notice of Determination as
required under the California Environmental Quality Act.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at it regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Cupertino this __ 1;3C11day of _ July _ _ , 1983 by the following vote:
VOTE. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
AYES: Johnson, I'lungy, Rogers, Sparks, Catto
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Notre
APPROVED:
Mayo , Ci[y of Cupe tino
ATTEST
City Clerk