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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-084
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORONA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN UPDATED
URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN AND REPEALING
RESOLUTION NO. 2021-029
WHEREAS, on May 5, 2021, the City Council of the City of Corona (“City”) adopted Resolution No. 2021-029 approving an Urban Forest Management Plan to establish a standard set of guidelines for the care and management of City trees and shared responsibility trees in order toto create a more beautiful community, increase property values and aesthetics, reduce atmosphere carbon, and provide shade and cooling for the community; and WHEREAS, the City has updated the Urban Forest Management Plan to make clarifying amendments and to include policies for the protection of large native trees, a process for property owners to pay for additional pruning of trees in parkways adjacent to their homes, and a process for property owners to appeal the planting of trees in parkways adjacent to their homes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to approve the updated Urban Forest Management Plan and repeal Resolution No. 2021-029.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF CORONA, CALIFORNIA, AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. CEQA Findings. This action is exempt pursuant to Section 15061(b)(3) of the Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), which states that a project is exempt from CEQA if the activity is covered by the common sense exemption that CEQA applies only to projects that have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. This action approves updated guidelines and procedures for the care and protection of trees to promote the health, safety, welfare, and quality of life for all Corona residents, business ownersof all Corona residents, business owners, and visitors. This action does not approve or authorize any construction activity or any disturbance of an environmental resource, and there is no possibility that adopting this resolution will have a significant effect on the environment.
Therefore, no environmental analysis of the Urban Forest Management Plan is required pursuant to CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines.
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SECTION 2. Approval of the Updated Urban Forest Management Plan. The City hereby approves the Urban Forest Management Plan attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 3. Repeal of Resolution No. 2021-029. The City Council hereby repeals Resolution No. 2021-029.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 2
nd day of October 2024.
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Mayor of the City of Corona, California
ATTEST:
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City Clerk of the City of Corona, California
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CERTIFICATION
I, Sylvia Edwards, City Clerk of the City of Corona, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was regularly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Corona, California, at a regular meeting thereof held on the 2 nd day of October 2024 by the
following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAINED:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Corona, California, this 2
nd day of October, 2024.
City Clerk of the City of Corona, California
[SEAL]
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EXHIBIT “A”
URBAN FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN
[SEE ATTACHED THIRTY-EIGHT (38) PAGES]