MEMORANDUM
DATE: May 3, 2022
TO: Justin Hess, City Manager
FROM: Patrick Prescott, Community Development Director
Via: Fred Ramirez, Assistant Community Development Director By: Karen Pan, Administrative Officer
SUBJECT: Supplemental Memo for the May 3, 2022 Public Hearing Titled “Adoption of a Resolution Adopting a Negative Declaration and Approv ing the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan Update (Project No. 22-0000935)”
This is a supplemental memo for the May 3, 2022 public hearing titled “ Adoption of a Resolution Adopting a Negative Declaration and Approving the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan Update (Project No. 22-0000935)” The purpose of this memo to make the following changes for the record, which includes the following below. Please note that additions are noted in bold underline and deletions are in strikeout in text below:
Staff Report (page 5):
Labor is not an environmental resource and, therefore, is not an appropriate topic to analyze under CEQA a required topic analyzed under CEQA . The commenter’s requests for changes to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan are included herein for Council consideration, but they do not raise issues with the adequacy of the analysis or conclusions in the IS/ND. The purpose of the IS/ND is an informational document that is intended to provide public agencies and the public with detailed information about the effect that the project is likely to have on the environment. It is t The City’s assessment that is not required to consider such comments or requests to change the project in its CEQA analysis absent a commenter providing substantial evidence that the proposed change would feasibly reduce one or more environmental impacts identified in the IS/ND is not appropriate . It is staff’s assessment that the commenters requests are best addressed through a separate City Council discussion related to Citywide planning and policy assessment process that is outside the scope of the Project’s CEQA process. The City’s response to these comments was provided to the respondents on April 21, 2022 and is included herein as Attachment 9.
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Attachment 1: Resolution
1. Pursuant to CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines (Public Resources Code, Division 13 and California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3), the City has ev aluated potential environmental effects of the GGRP Update through the preparation of the Initial Study (Exhibit 2 of Attachment 1). The GGRP Update is applicable citywide. The Initial Study found that there would be either no impact or a less than significant impact on all resource categories with the implementation of the Project. In addition, projects implemented in support of the GGRP Update would be reviewed for consistency with the General Plan, other applicable regulatory land use actions, and would be subject to any required environmental assessment that would be completed prior to approval of the project. Therefore, the City Council has determined that the GGRP Update will not create a substantial environmental effect as defined by CEQA and h ereby adopts the Negative Declaration (Exhibit 2 of Attachment 1) . Furthermore, the City Council directs staff to prepare and file the Notice of Determination with the Los Angeles County Clerk within five working days of the execution of this Resolution and approval of the Project and with the California Office of Planning and Research.
2. The GGRP Update, Project No. 22- 0000935, is hereby approved and adopted with its associated Negative Declaration, consistent with the Burbank2035 General Plan.
3. The City Council directs staff to prepare and file the Notice of Determination with the Los Angeles County Clerk within five working days of the execution of this Resolution and approval of the Project and with the California Office of Planning and Research.
Attachment 9: City’s Response to Public Comments
The City thanks the Union and its representative for the comprehensive discussion of the potential benefits that could arise from hiring local labor. However, Labor is not a n environmental resource and therefore, is not an appropriate topic to analyze required topic under California Environmental Quality Act ( CEQA). The commenter’s requests for changes to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan are noted, but do not raise issues with the adequacy of the analysis or conclusions in the Draft Initial Study/Negative Declaration (IS/ND). T he Draft IS/ND is an informational doc ument that is intended to provide public agencies, decision makers, and the public with detailed information about the effect that the project is likely to have on the environment. It is t The City ’s assessment is not required to consider that such comments or requests to change the project in its CEQA analysis absent a commenter providing substantial evidence that the proposed change would feasibly reduce one or more environmental impacts identified in the IS/ND is not appropriate . However, all comments hav e been included in the administrative record presented to the City Council as part of its consideration of the proposed project.
ATTACHMENT
Attachment 1 – Resolution Redline Version