CC Resolution No. 6298
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i l~!HEREF>~S, the ~_~lijerni:i Lnvi'Ofl(!1Bf1t.H1 L?uality Act r=q:!~res
1~c.a! n,o.,~=rnmen*_=. to zdopr proc~~d~~res to determine the potential
~ ~m;,act o~ their der~,ians on the em•ironment: and
~ 4lNEREAS, thr_ California Environmental ~uality Act Guidel~nes
r~nable local governments to adopt said guidelines by reference:
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P1HE-FEAS. 5aid g~~idel~nes rdopted by reierence may contain
at:ldition~l proCed~~ra=_ tailored to meet the specific needs of a
!:~ral jurt~,diciion.
~ tJQ4J, THEFEt=OF.E~ the City Couricil of th~ City of Cupertino
~ does I~ereby rescind previously ~dopted loc~l guidelines and ~ctopt
~ the State CEL~A Guidelines and tlie fullowing lo~al provi=_ions
~aliich estabiish the d;ities of the [nvironmental Review Commll:tee
end set for th a f e~• for Environmental Assessment .
~ CorrEo_ition__ef_En~•ironmPnta2__F;r_vieo-r Comr_~i,ktee
' fhe En:~ironm<_~ntal F:evie~•i Committee (ERC1 is cem{:osed of o:ie
City Cot~nc:l persen, one Flanning Commissicner~ the City
P1ar.agPr, thc L~irector' of Fublic lder-4cs end the Director of
Plenning and 1}«~velpFm~nt, r~r their designated alternates.
C^_~ties of !.he• Envirenmental F'eview Cemmitto~
Al l di~cr r,l t~near; project< <•~hicti are not categoriczl2y
' ~:~einpP ot:l~erwis^ e;:empted frem furl_lier e~vir~nmental
z=.se.=.smrnt, shall 6c ;orwarded tu the Environment=l
Re~•ie?~i Cnmmittce.
b. The Com~ni t t~e shal l evaluate tJ~e Ini ti:il Study of a
prc~~>as~d {r. •~ject to detcrmine ~ahe~ther the~ prpjcct may or
Tay not h;eve a=iqriif~cant effeck on the environment.
c. Tf a ~J~t~-r menation i=. made thaF hhe projert ~ei 11 not have
rsigr~if~r~nl :n+pact un ther env.ronmer~t, the Commi~tf~e
wi 1 l r•w~co~r~r-nd th~cl tlte r i nal r~vi ewing authori k y
(decic-.ivir.na?cer) grar+l a IJe~yetive Declir+ation.
d. t! ~ d~l_~•rmination is m:td~ that the prvject may have a
siqnific~rrl imp_r_t ori Lhe F~m~ironmenL, the Committee
~hall rF~;~~ircr the prrp~~,+t.i~~n of ~n En~•irunme~ttal Impact
F'<_~per t. (I,~> maj.^r areas ~.rf e:nncern, the seleckion of tl7F
~:~r_E~:~•er, ~~rd Lhe pr~F•~r~lion of thcr EIR ~shall be
r.,•t,rrl• n:,~.c~~~ hy th~~ Et~C i~c,t :~~r:l~.r.fincl thca ~i ~_y Ceunci ( and
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f-:~SCli iirrpr~ ~.in. tr.~~~~lim,~,;i~
~ T!~e F~ruject spon~cr may appe.al a decisi~~n to prEpar e an
` EIF io the City Council. The City Cuuncil may reject or
~ susL-ain the appeal. If the City Counr_il determines that
an EIR is not necessary, the prnject shall be returned to
the EkC for fur-ther r_onsidrraLion.
Establishment of [nvironmei7t:~1 Assessment Fee
A fee of f~5 shail be charged to pruject applicants (e;:cept
pub2ic pro~ects! to evaluate the lnitia2 Study ~•~hich
includes the Environmental t~lorl:~heet and relevant supporting
documents.
PASSFD RP1Q AQOFTFp at a regular meeting of the City
Council 04 the City of Cupertinn ±his _13th day of ~rsh__~ 1984,
by the following vete:
V~te Members_of_the_City_Council
F1YE5: Gatto, Johnaon, Plungy
IJO[5: None
/~BSENT: Sparks, Rogers
APSTAIIJ: None
ATTEST: APP~OVED:
Cit Clerl yur, ity of C ti