1 RESOLUTION NO. ______________
A RE
SOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BURBANK RENAMING A PORTION OF EMPIRE AVENUE,
BETWEEN VICTORY PLACE AND WILSON AVENUE, TO
ESTRELLA WAY
T
HE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURBANK FINDS:
A
. Article 10 of Chapter 3 in Title 7 of the Burbank Municipal Code establishes the process for requests relating to the naming or renaming of a City street that includes a petition and the payment of a fee as established by the Burbank Fee Resolution.
B. B
MC Section 7-3-1003 establishes criteria for street name changes, including the prevention of duplication, confusion, uncertainty, or where the street name has a local significance.
C
. ESTRELLA MEDIA, INC. has petitioned the City to rename “old” Empire Avenue to ESTRELLA WAY and has paid the appropriate fee.
D
. In accordance with BMC Section 7-3-1001, the Public Works Director reviewed the request for street name change at their regularly scheduled meeting of January 25, 2023 and has filed their report of their decision to recommend the street name change with the City Clerk.
E
. In accordance with BMC Section 7-3-1002.B, the Council of the City of Burbank at its meeting of June 27, 2023 held a duly noticed public hearing to consider the requested street name change.
F
. T he City Council further exercises its independent judgment and based upon the record before it, finds adoption of this resolution exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Sections 15061(b)(3) (because the renaming of a portion of an existing street has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment), 15301 (because installation of signs are minor alterations of existing public facilities with no expansion of the existing use), and 15302 (because replacement of existing signs would not result in any new environmental effect beyond the previous sign being replaced). No exceptions under 14 CCR § 15300.2 or unusual circumstances apply to preclude these exemptions. As a result, the adoption of this resolution is exempt from CEQA and no further environmental review is necessary Attachment 1
2 THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURBANK RESOLVES:
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n accordance with BMC Section 7-3-1002.B, the street name of a certain section of old Empire Avenue between Victory Place and Wilson Avenue, as set forth in Exhibit A (which is presented as Attachment 2 to the June 27, 2023 staff report), is renamed Estrella Way.
2. T
he City Clerk is authorized to mail copies of the resolution to interested and affected persons and appropriate public and private agencies.
3. T
he Public Works Director is authorized to erect, construct, install, or replace any necessary wayfinding signage to direct roadway users to this section newly named Estrella Way, and any other action necessary to implement this name change.
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ASSED and ADOPTED this ____ day of _____________, 2023. _
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Mr. Konstantine Anthony
Mayor
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ttest: Approved as to Form
Office of the City Attorney
___________________________ By:
Kimberley Clark, City Clerk By: Kane Thuyen,
Senior Assistant City Attorney
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TATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF BURBANK )
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, Kimberley Clark, City Clerk of the City of Burbank, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Burbank at its regular meeting held on the ____ day of ____________ 20 23, by the following vote:
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YES:
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OES:
AB
SENT:
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Kimberley Clark, City Clerk
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3 Exhibit A
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