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RESOLUTION No. ______
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE ADOPTING THE GENERAL PLAN’S 2025 SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATE AND FINDING THE GENERAL PLAN 2025 SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATE IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
Case No. PGPA2119840
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted a noticed public hearing on March 5, 2025, pursuant to the provisions of section 2.68.130 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 and Chapter 3, Title 7 of the Government Code of the State of California; and WHEREAS, the Council has received, reviewed and accepted the proposed amendments to the General Plan’s Safety Element (Case No. PGPA2119840) (2025 Safety Element Update); and
WHEREAS, the Council has reviewed and considered all materials and exhibits of current record relative to the 2025 Safety Element Update; and WHEREAS, the Council has received and considered the recommendation of the Planning Commission to approval of the 2025 Safety Element Update and findings that the 2025 Safety Element Update exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act; and WHEREAS, the 2025 Safety Element Update addresses recent State legislation related to wildfires, floods, climate change, evacuation and emergency preparedness and response (SB 1035 General Plans, SB 1241 State Responsibility Areas and Very High Fire Severity Zones, SB 379 Climate Adaptation, SB 99 Residential Emergency Evacuation Routes, AB 747 and AB 1409 Evacuation Routes and Designated Evacuation Locations in Safety Elements and AB 1638 Emergency Response Services). The 2025 Safety Element Update includes a new Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (CCVA, Appendix B) and an Evacuation Analysis (Appendix C) to the staff report to Council; and WHEREAS, the proposed amendments, which are primarily limited to policy modifications and updates in compliance with Government Code Section 65302(g)(1) through (g)(9), are related to climate change, evacuations and wildfire risks, and include programs aimed at reducing the loss of life, injury, private property damage, infrastructure damage, economic losses, social dislocation, and other impacts resulting from fire and/or landslide hazards; and
WHEREAS, these policy modifications may result in the implementation of minor alterations to existing facilities such as public utilities providing power, gas, water, sewer, or other public utilities through addition of safety or health protection devices, either during construction or in conjunction with existing structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, including navigational devices, and may involve, for example, installation of traffic signal pre-emption devices for fire response at critical intersections, the 2 1
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installation of signal battery backups to maintain signal operations during power outages, the installation of traffic counters and/or CCTV cameras on freeways, and the installation of netting and vegetation to stabilize hillside slopes with landslide risk; and WHEREAS, the modification to the aforementioned existing facilities will not have the potential for causing significant effects on the environment, and are exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (b) and (f) (Minor alterations to existing facilities), or are exempt pursuant CEQA Guidelines §15060(c)(2) in that policy modifications are not in themselves anticipated to result in either a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the whole of the action as required by CEQA and has conducted a noticed public hearing pursuant to the provisions of section
2.68.130 of the Glendale Municipal Code, 1995 and Chapter 3, Title 7 of the Government Code of the State of California.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The recitals set forth above are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference as an integral part of these findings.
SECTION 2. The City Council has reviewed and considered exemptions under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines §15060(c)(2) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (b) and (f), and finds that the 2025 Safety Element Update will not substantially affect, potentially substantially affect, or change the City's land, air, water, minerals, flora, fauna, ambient noise, and objects of historic or aesthetic resources as all potential changes have been thoroughly considered, and will act to protect the environment by minimizing the potential spread of wildfire or any other natural disasters, and will involve only minor alterations to existing facilities.
PASSED and ADOPTED this _________day of 2025.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
I, Suzie Abajian, Ph.D., City Clerk of the City of Glendale, certify that the foregoing Resolution was adopted by the Council of the City of Glendale, California, at a regular meeting held on the ____ day of ________________, 2025, and that same was adopted by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
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City Clerk