1 RESOLUTION NO. 2024-01
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
3 CITY OF RIALTO, CALIFORNIA APPROVING A MITIGATED
NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE FOOTHILL CENTRAL
4 SPECIFIC PLAN (ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT REVIEW
(EAR) NO. 2024-002) TO AMEND AND MERGE THE EXISTING
5 CITY OF RIALTO FOOTHILL BOULEVARD SPECIFIC PLAN
6 AND CENTRAL AREA SPECIFIC PLAN INTO THE "FOOTHILL
CENTRAL SPECIFIC PLAN".
7 8 WHEREAS, the City of Rialto ("applicant") has initiated the Foothill Central Specific Plan 9 Amendment (SPA) No. 2022-004 (Master Case No. 2022- 075) project to update and merge the 10 existing City of Rialto Foothill Boulevard and Central Area Specific Plans into the Foothill Central 11 Specific Plan (Proposed Project). The Proposed Project increases the allowable residential density 12 within the Foothill Central Area and provides updates to the development guidelines for this area 13 while preserving existing land uses located on the east side of Cactus Avenue approximately 360 14 feet south of Foothill Boulevard; and
15 WHEREAS, the The Foothill Central Specific Plan Area encompasses parcels adjacent to 16 the north and south sides of Foothill Boulevard throughout the City of Rialto and is bounded by 17 Maple Avenue to the west and Pepper Avenue to east. The project site also encompasses Merrill 18 Avenue to the south, Foothill Boulevard to the north, Willow Avenue to the west, and Sycamore 19 Avenue to the east; and
20 WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) 21 Section 15164(a), Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et. seq. ("CEQA"), the State's CEQA 22 Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15000 et. seq., and Government 23 Code Section 65962.5(f) (Hazardous Waste and Substances Statement), the City reviewed the 24 Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared, Exhibit "A" hereto, and determined that the proposed 25 Project would result in no new significant impacts with mitigations incorporated, nor would the 26 proposed Project cause a substantial increase in the severity of any previously identified 27 environmental impacts. In addition, there are no substantial changes to the circumstances under 28 which the proposed Project would be undertaken that would result in severe environmental -1-
1 impacts, nor has any new information regarding the potential for new or more severe significant 2 environmental impacts been identified; and
3 WHEREAS, the City placed a 1/8 page public hearing notice for the proposed Project in 4 the San Bernardino Sun newspaper as required by State law; and 5 WHEREAS, on January 10, 2024, the Planning Commission of the City of Rialto 6 conducted a duly noticed public hearing, as required by law, on the project, took testimony, 7 received input from staff, the city attorney, and the Applicant; heard public testimony; discussed 8 the proposed project, and closed the public hearing; and 9 WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred. 10 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Commission of the City of Rialto = as follows:
12 SECTION 1: The Planning Commission hereby finds all of the above recitals to be true 13 and correct.
14 SECTION 2: The City of Rialto is the Lead Agency for the Project, as determined by 15 CEQA. Based on EAR No. 2024-002 and the accompanying technical studies, the Planning 16 Commission finds and determines that:
17 18 1. There are no substantial changes to the Project or the circumstances under which the 19 Project will be carried out.
20 21 2. The Project will not result in significant environmental effects or substantial increases in 22 the severity of the project site.
23 24 3. There is no information of substantial importance, which was known or could have been 25 known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the MND was completed. 26 27 4. No significant effects were identified in the MND with proposed mitigation measures 28 incorporated.
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1 2 SECTION 3: The Planning Commission hereby adopts EAR No. 2024-002, attached 3 hereto as Exhibit "A", prepared in accordance with CEQA for the Project. 4 SECTION 4: The Chairman of the Planning Commission shall sign the passage and 5 adoption of this resolution and thereupon the same shall take effect and be in force. 6 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of _January 2024. 7 JERRY GUTIERREZ, CHAIR
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4 5 1, Kim Dame, Administrative Analyst of the City of Rialto, do hereby certify that the 6 foregoing Resolution No. 2024-01 was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Planning 7 Commission of the City of Rialto held on the 10t day of January 2024. 8 Upon motion of Chair Jerry Gutierrez, second by Vice-Chair John Peukert, foregoing 9 Resolution No. 2024-01 was duly passed and adopted.
10 = Vote on the motion:
12 AYES: 5 (Gutierrez, Peukert, Estvander, Gilbert, Gonzalez) 13 NOES: 0
14 ABSTENTION: 0
15 ABSENT: 0
16 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the Official Seal of the City of' 18 Rialto this 10"h day of January 2024.
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