RESOLUTION NO. XXXX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIALTO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT WITH HOWARD INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS, LLC FOR THE PEPPER AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (MASTER CASE NO. 2020-0014).
WHEREAS, the applicant, Howard Industrial Partners, LLC, proposes to develop and operate a 470,000 square foot industrial warehouse building (“Project”) on approximately 23.82 gross acres of land (APNs: 0264-201-29 & 0264-201-30) located on the east side of Pepper Avenue approximately 500 feet south of the SR-210 Freeway (“Site”); and WHEREAS, in conjunction with the Project, the applicant has submitted Specific Plan Amendment No. 2020-0002 (“SPA No. 2020-0002”) to amend the Pepper Avenue Specific Plan, and SPA No. 2020-0002 is necessary to facilitate the Project; and WHEREAS, the SPA No. 2020-0002 proposes an amended version of the Pepper Avenue Specific Plan with the following components:
Provision of a new “Light Industrial” land use designation that will allow warehouses and logistics centers as permitted uses; and Provision of development standards for the new “Light Industrial” land use designation; and Dividing of Planning Area 1 into two (2) Planning Areas: Planning Area 1, encompassing 2.63 acres, and Planning Area 10, encompassing 11.64 acres; and Amending the land use designations of Planning Areas 2, 3, and 10 from Community Commercial with a development maximum of 476,650 square feet to the new Light Industrial land use designation with a development maximum of 735,185 square feet, the residential overlay on Planning Area 3 will be preserved in place; and Various traffic circulation improvements, such as provisions of new access points and new medians; and Various textual and graphic amendments related to the changes listed above; and WHEREAS, in conjunction with the Project, the applicant submitted Conditional Development Permit No. 2020-0008 (“CDP No. 2020-0008”) to facilitate the development and operation of a 470,000 square foot industrial warehouse building on the Site, and CDP No. 2020-0008 is necessary to facilitate the Project; and WHEREAS, in conjunction with the Project, the applicant has submitted Precise Plan of Design No. 2020-0014 (“PPD No. 2020-0014”) to facilitate the development of a 470,000 square foot industrial warehouse building and related improvements on the Site; and WHEREAS, in conjunction with the Project, the applicant proposes to enter into a Community Benefits Agreement with the City of Rialto to memorialize additional public benefits that the applicant has voluntarily committed to provide as part of the Project; and WHEREAS, the City Council is the approval authority for the Community Benefits Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of Rialto does hereby find, determine, and resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby specifically finds that all facts set forth in the Recitals of this Resolution are true and correct.
SECTION 2. The City Council and the applicant have agreed on the community benefits obligations, through the terms and conditions set forth in the Community Benefits Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Agreement”).
SECTION 3. The City Council hereby authorizes the Acting City Manager to execute the Agreement with Howard Industrial Partners, LLC for the Pepper Avenue Specific Plan Amendment and Industrial Development Project (Master Case No. 2020-0014).
SECTION 4. The Mayor shall sign as to the passage and adoption of this resolution and thereupon the same shall take effect and be in force.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of June, 2023. _________________________________
DEBORAH ROBERTSON, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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BARBARA MCGEE, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ERIC S. VAIL, CITY ATTORNEY
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss
CITY OF RIALTO )
I, BARBARA MCGEE, City Clerk of the City of Rialto, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. _________ was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rialto held on the ______ day of ___________________, 2023.
Upon motion of Councilmember _______________, seconded by Councilmember ___________________, the foregoing Resolution No. _________ was duly passed and adopted.
Vote on the motion:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the Official Seal of the City of Rialto this ______ day of __________________, 2023. ________________________________
BARBARA MCGEE, CITY CLERK
Exhibit “A”
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