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WOODRUFF, SPRADLIN & SMA.
A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
MEMORANDUM
NO. 12
2-3!97
TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
City of Tustin
FROM:
City Attorney
DATE:
RE:
January 29, 1997
Designation of Assistant City Manager and DirectOr of Community
DeveloPment as Persons Authorized on behalf of the City of Tustin to
Review and Execute CEQA and NEPA Documents
RECOMMENDATION:
Adopt the enclosed resolution designating the Assistant City Manager and/or the
Director of Community Development as persons authorized on behalf of the City to review
and execute CEQA and NEPA documents. ,
DISCUSSION:
The' designation of persons who are authorized to approve and execute CEQA and
NEPA documents will centralize the environmental review process and ensure that
knowledgeable persons are reviewing and executing CEQA and NEPA documents on
behalf of the City. As various City departments are engaged in projects that require CEQA
and NEPA review, centralized review responsibility is imperative.
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Enclosure
cc: William A. Huston, City Manager '
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RESOLUTION NO. 97-9
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TUSTIN, DESIGNATING THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
AND/OR THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS
PERSONS AUTHORIZED ON BEHALF OF THE CITY TO
REVIEW AND EXECUTE CEQA AND NEPA DOCUMENTS
WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act (~CEQA") and
the National 'Environmental Policy Act (~NEPA") require the City to
6 assign internal responsibility for determining the adequacy of
environmental documents; and
WHEREAS, due to the number of City projects in a variety of
8 departments, it is desirable to centralize that responsibility for
ensuring compliance with CEQA and NEPA.
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
10 CALIFORNIA, finds, determines and orders as follows:
1~ SECTION 1: That the Assistant City Manager and/or the
Director of Community Development are designated as persons
12 authorized on behalf of the City to review and execute CEQA and NEPA
documents.
SECTION 2: The above-referenced designation, is not intended
14 to and does not relieve the City Council from its responsibilities
under CEQA and/orNEPA to review and consider environmental documents
1§ and certify as to their adequacy before approving a project.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of
the City of Tustin on the 3RD day of FEBRUARY , 1997.
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TRACY WILLS WORLEY, MAYOR
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ATTEST:
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PAMELA STOKER
23 CITY CLERK
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