RESOLUTION NO. 2024-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA APPROVING ADOPTION OF GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT PGPA-23-0001 TO AMEND THE CIRCUALTION ELEMENT OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA GENERAL PLAN BY ADDING A REFERENCE TO THE COSTA MESA PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN AND REVISING POLICIES ASSOCIATED WITH CIRCULATION ELEMENT GOALS C-1 THROUGH C-12.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA HEREBY FINDS AND DECLARES AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa’s 2015-2035 General Plan was adopted on June 21, 2016; WHEREAS, the 2015-2035 General Plan includes ten elements, one of which is known as the Circulation Element; WHEREAS, the Circulation Element includes policies to implement Goals C-1 through C-12; WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa approved the Active Transportation Plan and an amendment (GP-18-01) to the General Plan’s Circulation Element on June 5, 2018; WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa, through its consultant, conducted a series of public workshops and meetings from 2020 through 2022 concerning active transportation matters, including opportunities to improve pedestrian circulation; WHEREAS, these outreach meetings resulted in the preparation of a draft Costa Mesa Pedestrian Master Plan (“PMP”); WHEREAS, the PMP includes policies that require the Circulation Element of the City of Costa Mesa General Plan be amended in order to provide consistency and implement the PMP; WHEREAS, the PMP policies have been reviewed and recommended by the City Council-appointed Active Transportation Committee to be included as part of the General Plan’s Circulation Element; WHEREAS, General Plan Amendment PGPA-23-0001 includes revisions to the policies contained in Circulation Element Goals C-1 and C-12, which are included as an attachment (Exhibit 1) to this resolution; and WHEREAS, on March 11, 2024, the Planning Commission held a public hearing and recommended approval of the General Plan Amendment PGPA-23-0001 and the Pedestrian Master Plan on a 6-0 vote; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the General Plan Amendment PGPA-23-0001 includes the following revisions to the Circulation Element:
Amend the General Plan Circulation Element to add reference to the Costa Mesa Pedestrian Master Plan.
Amend policies and recommendations under Goals C-1 to C-12 as included in the Excerpt of the Circulation Element itemized in Exhibit 1.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Costa Mesa City Council does hereby find and determine that adoption of this Resolution is expressly predicated upon the activity as described in the staff report for General Plan Amendment PGPA-23-0001 and the Pedestrian Master Plan.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that that the adoption of General Plan Amendment PGPA-23-0001 is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15262 (Feasibility and Planning Studies), 15276 (Transportation Improvement Programs), and section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption).
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any section, division, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this resolution, or the documents in the record in support of this resolution, are for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of May, 2024.
John Stephens, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_______________________________ _______________________________ Brenda Green, City Clerk Kimberly Hall Barlow, City Attorney STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, BRENDA GREEN, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 2024-xx and was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting held on the 7th day of May, 2024, by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 7th day of May 2024. _______________________________
BRENDA GREEN, CITY CLERK (SEAL)
RESOLUTION NO. 2024-XX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA APPROVING THE CITY’S PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa’s 2015-2035 General Plan was adopted on June 21, 2016; WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa approved the Active Transportation Plan (“ATP”) and an amendment to the General Plan Circulation Element (GP-18-01) on June 5, 2018; WHEREAS, the ATP focused on completion of the bicycle network by identifying existing and absent bikeway segments to improve connectivity and providing recommendations for potential improvements to the system and programs; WHEREAS, in accordance with the General Plan Circulation Element Goal C-12, Monitor, Evaluate, and Pursue Funding for Implementation of the Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan, the City was secured grant funding from Southern California Association of Governments to develop a Pedestrian Master Plan (“PMP”); WHEREAS, following the initiation of the Pedestrian Master Plan project, the City Council identified the following Strategic Objective: “Present the Pedestrian Master Plan update to City Council for direction” under the City Council Goal to Advance Environmental Sustainability and Climate Resiliency; WHEREAS, the Community outreach played a central role in the development of the PMP; WHEREAS, the PMP expands upon the pedestrian opportunity zones developed in the ATP with further analysis and provides pedestrian programs, a pedestrian infrastructure treatment toolbox, and specific policy recommendations to improve the pedestrian experience in the City; WHEREAS, following a series of workshops and public meetings in 2020 through 2022, a draft Costa Mesa Pedestrian Master Plan have been reviewed and recommended for approval by the City’s Planning Commission and Active Transportation Committee; and WHEREAS, the PMP is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to pursuant to Section 15262 (Feasibility and Planning Studies), Section 15276 (Transportation Improvement and Congestion Management Program) and Section -515061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby approve the Pedestrian Master Plan as recommended by the Active Transportation Committee and the Planning Commission included as Exhibit 2.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Costa Mesa City Council does hereby find and determine that adoption of this Resolution is expressly predicated upon activity as described in the staff report for General Plan Amendment PGPA-23-0001 and the Pedestrian Master Plan BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any section, division, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this resolution, or the documents in the record in support of this resolution, are for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of May, 2024.
John Stephens, Mayor
ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_______________________________ _______________________________ Brenda Green, City Clerk Kimberly Hall Barlow, City Attorney STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
I, BRENDA GREEN, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 2024-xx and was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular meeting held on the 7th day of May, 2024, by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 7th day of May 2024. _______________________________
BRENDA GREEN, CITY CLERK (SEAL)
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