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AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE
CITY OF COACHELLA
THE COUNCIL SITTING AS THE COACHELLA SANITARY DISTRICT,
COACHELLA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, COACHELLA FINANCING AUTHORITY,
COACHELLA EDUCATIONAL AND GOVERNMENTAL ACCESS CABLE CHANNEL CORPORATION,
COACHELLA WATER AUTHORITY, AND SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE COACHELLA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY August 07, 2023
6:00 PM – SPECIAL MEETING
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Agenda City Council Special Meeting August 07, 2023
CALL TO ORDER: - 6:00 P.M.
ROLL CALL:
APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
“At this time the Council/ Board/Corporation/Authority may announce any items being pulled from the Agenda or continued to another date or request the moving of an item on the agenda” PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
NEW BUSINESS CALENDAR (LEGISLATIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE):
1. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-59 Authorizing an Application by the City of Coachella Requesting the Riverside Local Agency Formation Commission to take Proceeding for a Sphere of Influence Amendment to Include the Pocket 7 Area Within the City of Coachella Sphere of Influence Boundary PUBLIC COMMENTS (NON-AGENDA ITEMS):
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STAFF REPORT
8/7/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Gabriel Perez, Development Services Director
SUBJECT: Adopt Resolution No. 2023-59 authorizing an application by the City of Coachella requesting the Riverside Local Agency Formation Commission to take proceeding for a sphere of influence amendment to include the Pocket 7 area within the City of Coachella sphere of influence boundary.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council Adopt Resolution No. 2023-59 authorizing an application by the City of Coachella requesting the Riverside Local Agency Formation Commission to take proceeding for a sphere of influence amendment to include the Pocket 7 area within the City of Coachella sphere of influence boundary.
BACKGROUND:
The Riverside Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO) is the agency that regulates local public agency boundaries and requires that local governments that request amendments to their sphere of influence approve a resolution authorizing application to amend the sphere of influence.
City staff prepared a resolution for City Council consideration to submit an application to LAFCO to amend the City of Coachella sphere of influence boundary to include the area know as the Pocket 7 area, which is identified as the area bounded by Jackson Street on the west, approximately 0.25 mile north of 51st Avenue on the north, Calhoun Street on the east, and 52nd Avenue on the south.
The area of Pocket 7 was previously within the City of Coachella sphere of influence prior to April 27, 2006 and is currently unincorporated Riverside County. The area is currently not within the sphere of influence of any city and the City of Coachella currently satisfies the LAFCO prerequisites for consideration of the area in its sphere of influence, including general plan provisions to adequately demonstrate that the city has planned for the increased needs associated with a larger geographic boundary.
The City of Coachella held three community outreach meetings for Pocket 7 property owners and residents on October 4, 2022, June 20, 2023, and July 11, 2023 to provide information about the City of Coachella and assess interest of property owners to expand the City of Coachella sphere of influence boundaries to include the Pocket 7 area. In the community meetings, staff identified that the City is best positioned to provide service for the area as it is within the Coachella Sanitary District and the Coachella Water Authority service boundaries and evaluated in the City’s water
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and sewer master plans. Property owners and residents in the Pocket 7 area are currently within the 92236 area code and have Coachella address.
Figure 1: City of Coachella General Plan Land Use for Pocket 7 Figure 2: Pocket 7 in relation to City of Coachella City Boundary and Sphere of Influence
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ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW:
The City Council adopted an Addendum to the certified 2015 Program EIR on July 26, 2023 regarding establishment of general plan land uses in previously undesignated general land use areas of the planning areas of the City of Coachella General Plan 2035, including the Pocket 7 area, and determined that:
The project will have one or more new significant effects not discussed in the 2015 Program EIR;
There are impacts determined to be significant in the 2015 Program EIR that would be substantially more severe;
There are additional mitigation measures or alternatives to the project that would substantially reduce one or more significant effects identified in the 2015 Program EIR; and
There are additional mitigation measures or alternatives rejected by the project proponent that are considerably different from those analyzed in the 2015 Program EIR that would substantially reduce a significant impact identified in that EIR.
ALTERNATIVES:
1) Adopt Resolution No. 2023-59 authorizing an application by the City of Coachella requesting the Riverside Local Agency Formation Commission to take proceeding for a sphere of influence amendment to include the Pocket 7 area within the City of Coachella sphere of influence boundary.
3) Deny Resolution No. 2023-59.
4) Continue this item and provide staff with direction.
RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE(S):
Staff recommends Alternative #1 as noted above.
Attachment:
1. Resolution No. 2023-59
Exhibit A – Pocket 7 Area Map
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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-59
A RESOLUTION OF APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF COACHELLA
REQUESTING THE RIVERSIDE LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION
COMMISSION TO TAKE PROCEEDINGS FOR THE SPHERE OF
INFLUENCE AMENDMENT FOR THE UNINCOPORATED RIVERSIDE
COUNTY AREAS NORTH OF AVENUE 52 BETWEEN JACKSON
STREET AND CALHOUN STREET, POCKET 7 AREA, FOR INCLUSION
WITHIN THE CITY OF COACHELLA SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
BOUNDARY. APPLICANT: CITY-INITIATED
RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Coachella, that WHEREAS, the City of Coachella desires to initiate a proposal pursuant to the CorteseKnox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, commencing with Section 56000 of the California Government Code, for the sphere of influence amendment; and WHEREAS, notice of intent to adopt this resolution of application has been given to the commission, each interested agency and each subject agency at least 21 days prior to the adoption of this resolution; and
WHEREAS, the territory proposed to be incorporated in the sphere of influence boundary is inhabited, and the boundaries of the territory is set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein; and
WHEREAS, this proposal is/is not consistent with the sphere of influence of the affected city and/or district(s); and
WHEREAS, it is desired to provide that the proposed sphere of influence amendment, be subject to the following terms and conditions:
WHEREAS, the reasons for the proposed sphere of influence amendment are as follows:
The Pocket 7 area was previously within the City of Coachella sphere of influence boundary as established by the Riverside Local Agency Formation Commission prior to April 27, 2006; and
The Pocket 7 area is within the Planning Area of the Coachella General Plan of which the City determines is related to its future planning and evaluated within the Coachella General Plan EIR; and
The City of Coachella is best suited to provide essential services to the area as demonstrated by service boundaries of the Coachella Sanitary District and the Coachella Water Authority; and
The City of Coachella staff conducted outreach to property owners within the Pocket 7 area regarding the possible expansion of the sphere of influence to include properties in the Pocket 7 area.
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Resolution No. 2023-59
WHEREAS, this Council certifiesthat based on that analysis which included a comparison of anticipated environmental effects of the General Plan land use established for the Pocket 7 area with those disclosed in the 2015 Certified General Plan EIR to review whether any conditions set forth in Section 15162 of the State CEQA Guidelines requiring preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR are met, the City Council does not require preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR because there is no possibility for new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant environmental effects; and WHEREAS, in 2015, the City of Coachella (“City”) adopted a General Plan Update to guide development and provide a basis for decision-making for the City through 2035; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.) (“CEQA”) and the State CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code of Regs., tit. 14, § 15000 et seq.), in 2015 the City certified the Final Environmental Impact Report (“CGPU EIR”) (SCH # 2009021007), in connection with the General Plan Update; and WHEREAS, the City, as lead agency, approved an Addendum to the certified CGPU EIR on July 26, 2023 for minor technical changes establishing General Plan land uses for the Pocket 7 area which was already identified in the General Plan Planning Area; and NOW, THEREFORE, this Resolution of Application is hereby adopted and approved by the City Council of the City of Coachella, and the Riverside Local Agency Formation Commission is hereby requested to take proceedings for the sphere of influence amendment as described in Exhibit A, according to the terms and conditions stated above and in the manner provided by the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000.
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Resolution No. 2023-59
PASSED APPROVED and ADOPTED this 7
th day of August 2023 by the
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Steven A. Hernandez
Mayor
ATTEST:
___________________________________
Angela M. Zepeda
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Carlos Campos
City Attorney
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4 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE
CITY OF COACHELLA
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 2023-59 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Coachella at a regular meeting thereof, held on this 7
th day of August 2023 by the following vote of Council:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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Delia Granados
Deputy City Clerk
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