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Home My WebLink AboutCC RES 91-21 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 I9 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 91-21 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 90-03(b), AN AMENDMENT TO THE CIRCULATION ELEMENT OF THE TUSTIN AREA GENERAL PLAN AND GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT 90-03(a), REDESIGNATING ON THE LAND USE MAP IN THE LAND USE ELEMENT OF THE TUSTIN AREA GENERAL PLAN APPROXIMATELY 126 ACRES OF PROPERTY AS PLANNED COMMUNITY. SAID PROPERTY IS BOUNDED BY RED HILL AVENUE, VALENCIA AVENUE, THE SR-55 (COSTA MESA FREEWAY) AND AN ORANGE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL DIRECTLY NORTH OF EDINGER AVENUE. The City Council of the City of Tustin does hereby resolve as follows: I. The City Council finds and determines as follows: Government Code Section 65358 provides that when it is deemed to be in the public interest, the legislative body may amend a part of the General Plan. Be An application was filed by the City of Tustin requesting amendment to the Tustin Area General Plan. Co The Planning Commission at a regular meeting on January 14, 1991 held a public hearing and recommended to the City Council approval of General Plan Amendments 90-03(a) and (b). Do In accordance with Government Code Section 65353, a public hearing was duly noticed, called, and held on the application by the City Council on February 4, 1991, to recommend designation on the General Plan Land Use Map certain property as Planned Community as shown on the attached Exhibit A of the Tustin General Plan and Circulation Element amendments as shown on Exhibit B and more specifically described as an amendment to the Arterial Highway Plan contained in the Circulation Element as follows: Redesignate a portion of Newport Avenue between the I-5 (Santa Ana) freeway and Sycamore Avenue from a primary arterial to a modified major arterial. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 I. I, i9 20 21 22 23 24 25 2¢ 27 28 Resolution No. 91-21 Page 2 Eo Redesignate a portion of Newport Avenue from Sycamore Avenue south to its existing termination from a secondary arterial to a major arterial and designate a proposed extension of Newport Avenue south to Valencia Avenue as a major arterial. Designate a proposed reconfiguration of Del Amo Avenue from Edinger Avenue to SR- 55 (Costa Mesa) Freeway eastside ramps as a four lane secondary arterial. General Plan Amendments 90-03(a) and 90-03(b) have been reviewed in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act and Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) 90-01 has been prepared certified and considered which adequately addresses the general environmental setting of the proposed project, its significant environmental impacts and the project alternatives and mitigation measures related to each significant environmental effect for the proposed project. Ail impacts, mitigation measures and project alternatives identified in Final EIR 90-01 have been reviewed and considered, mitigation measures have been incorporated into the proposed project that eliminate or substantially lessen the significant environmental effects as identified in the EIR and it is determined that any remaining significant effects on the environment found to be unavoidable have been balanced against the benefits of the project and against the project alternatives and those benefits have been found to be overriding on each significant impact identified in the EIR. Findings and a Statement of Facts supporting such findings are comprehensively listed in Exhibit A of City Council Resolution No. 90- 158 which is incorporated herein by reference. A Statement of Overriding Consideration is contained in Exhibit B of City Council Resolution No. 90-158 which is incorporated herein by reference; and all mitigation 1 2 3 4 5 6 ? 11 12 13 14 16' 17~ 181 22 23 25 27 28 Resolution No. 91-21 Page 3 meas~,res contained in Final EIR 90-1 were adopted with City Council Resolution No. 90- 158 and were automatically incorporated as conditions of approval of subsequent discretionary actions at the appropriate level of project implementation. General Plan Amendment 90-03(a) and 90-03(b) are in the best interest of the public and surrounding property owners based on the following: The proposed Planned Community land use designation is consistent with other elements of the General Plan. The use of the Planned Community designation will encourage a variety of office, commercial, regional and technology uses and provide a mechanism for aesthetic integration of development within the project area while minimizing impacts on surrounding property owners. Proposed amendments to the circulation system will support the Pacific Center East development by providing safe, efficient vehicular movement within and around the project site; provide capacity for other traffic and also provide ~raffic relief for other existing city 'streets. Ge Proposed amendments to the Circulation Element shall be submitted to the County of Orange Environmental Management Agency in order to amend the Master Plan of Arterial Highways to reflect the City's amendments. II. The City Council does hereby approve the following: General Plan Amendment 90-03(a) amending the Land Use Element of the Tustin Area General Plan for properties within the Pacific Center East project area as shown on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ~ 1 14 15 20 22 9.3 25 Resolution No. 91-21 Page 4 Be General Plan Amendment 90-03(b) amending the Arterial Highway Plan contained in the Circulation Element of the Tustin Area General Plan as shown on Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Tustin at a regular meeting held on the 4th day of February, 1991. RICHARD EDGAR ./ Mayor city Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF ORANGE CITY OF TUSTIN CERTIFICATION FOR RESOLUTION NO. 91-21 MARY E. WYNN, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 4th day of February, 1991 by the following vote: COUNCILPERSONS AYES: Edgar, l,uckett, Ponti. ou$, Potty;, I'res(:ott COUNCILPERSONS NOES: None COUNCILPERSONS ABSTAINED: None COUNCILPERSONS ABSENT: None MARY CITY CLERK I? PROJECT AREA EXISTING I (INDUSTRIAL) CHANGE T.O P-C (PLANNED COMMUNITY) PROPOSED LAND USE DESIGNATION PACIFIC CENTER EAST GENERAL PLAN AMMENDMENT 90 - 03 (a) EXHIBIT A A KEY: - DESIGNATE FROM A PRIMARY ARTERIAL TO A MODIFIED MAJOR ARTERIAL B - DESIGNATE FROM A SECONDARY ARTERIAL TO A MAJOR ARTERIAL C - DESIGNATE TO A MAJOR ARTERIAL D - DESIGNATE TO A SECONDARY ARTERIAL PROPOSED CIRCULATION PACIFIC CENTER EAST GENERAL PLAN AMMENDMENT 90 - OG(b) EXHIBIT B