HomeMy WebLinkAboutPC RES 4340 RESOLUTION NO. 4340
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING THAT THE
TUSTIN CITY COUNCIL APPROVE GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT (GPA) 2015-02 FOR MINOR TEXT AMENDMENT
TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH THE PROPOSED
SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMNET 2015-01.
The Planning Commission of the City of Tustin does hereby resolve as follows:
I. The Planning Commission finds and determines as follows:
A. That as the economic climate improved in 2013, the City embarked on a
re-visioning effort to bring focus back to development of the remaining
City-owned lands. The re-visioning process resulted in a decision by City
Council to update the Specific Plan to address desired changes in the mix
of uses, development regulations and building form, and implementation
of open space, circulation, and other infrastructure for the remaining
project area.
B. That to facilitate the re-visioning and implementation of the remaining land
at Tustin Legacy through Specific Plan Amendment 2015-01, a General
Plan Amendment (GPA) for minor text amendment to ensure consistency
with the proposed Specific Plan is necessary.
C. That the proposed text amendments are minor in nature and involves
clean up items. The proposed General Plan Amendment does not change
the goals and policy of the Tustin General Plan.
D. That a public hearing was duly called, noticed, and held on said
application on .tune 13, 2017, by the Planning Commission.
E. On January 16, 2001, the City of Tustin certified the program Final
Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (FEISIEIR)
for the reuse and disposal of MCAS Tustin. On December 6, 2004, the City
Council adopted Resolution No. 04-76 approving a Supplement to the
FEISIEIR for the extension of Tustin Ranch road between Walnut Avenue
and the future alignment of Valencia north loop road. On April 3, 2006, the
City Council adopted Resolution No. 06-43 approving an Addendum to the
FEISIEIR and, on May 13, 2013, the City Council adopted Resolution No.
13-32 approving a second Addendum to the FEISIEIR. The FEISIEIR,
along with its Addenda and Supplement, is a program E1R under the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The FEISIEIR, Addenda and
Supplement considered the potential environmental impacts associated with
development on the former Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Tustin.
Resolution No. 4340
GPA 2015-02
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A Draft Final Supplemental EI R (FSEIR) for the Tustin Legacy Specific Plan
Amendment and General Plan Amendment has been completed. Pursuant
to Public Resources Code and CEQA Guidelines, the changes proposed by
the project would not result in any new environmental impacts, or increase
the severity of environmental impacts.
IL The Planning Commission hereby recommends that the City Council approve
General Plan Amendment 2015-02 attached hereto as Exhibit 1,
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Planning Commission, of the City of Tustin at a regular
meeting on the 10th day of June, 2017,
/R" TODD SMITH
Chairperson
ELIZABETH A. BIN ACK
Planning Commission Secretary
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF TI TIN
1, Elizabeth A. Binsack, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am the Planning
Commission Secretary of the City of Tustin, California; that Resolution No. 4340 was,
duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin, Planning Commission, held
on the 13 th day of Mune, 2017.
PLANNING COMMISSIONER AYEKozak, Mason, Thompson (3)
PLANNING COMMISSIONER NOES:
PLANNING COMMISSIONER ABSTAINED: Luqt�qrd.,, �Smfth (9)
PLANNING COMMISSIONER ABSENT,
ELIZABETH A. IBIIINSAC.
Planning Commission Secretary