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RESOLUTION NO.
Adopted by the Sacramento City Council
February 27, 2024
CERTIFYING THE MASTER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND
ADOPTING THE MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM FOR THE
SACRAMENTO 2040 GENERAL PLAN AND CLIMATE ACTION & ADAPTATION
PLAN PROJECT
BACKGROUND
A. On January 25, 2024, the City Planning and Design Commission conducted a public hearing on the Sacramento 2040 General Plan and, Climate Action & Adaptation Plan, and considered the Master EIR prepared for the project, and forwarded them to the City Council with a recommendation to approve.
B. On February 27, 2024, the City Council conducted a noticed public hearing (Sacramento City Code Section 17.812.030 (B)3(b) (publication) and received and considered evidence concerning the Sacramento 2040 General Plan and Climate Action & Adaptation Plan Master EIR (Project).
BASED ON THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE BACKGROUND, THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council finds that the Master Environmental Impact Report for the Sacramento 2040 General Plan and Climate Action & Adaptation Plan (MEIR), which consists of the Draft MEIR, and the Final MEIR (Response to Comments and Mitigation Monitoring Program), has been completed in accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the State CEQA Guidelines, and the Sacramento Local Environmental Procedures.
Section 2. The City Council certifies that the MEIR was prepared, published, circulated, and reviewed in accordance with the requirements of CEQA, the State CEQA Guidelines, and the Sacramento Local Environmental Procedures, and that it constitutes an adequate, accurate, objective, and complete Final MEIR in full compliance with the requirements of CEQA, the State CEQA Guidelines, and the Sacramento Local Environmental Procedures.
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Section 3. The City Council certifies that the MEIR has been presented to the City Council and that the City Council has reviewed the MEIR and has considered the information contained in the MEIR prior to acting on the Project, and that the MEIR reflects the City Council’s independent judgment and analysis.
Section 4. Following circulation of the Draft Master EIR for public review and comment, changes have been made in the text of the 2040 General Plan and Climate Action & Adaptation Plan in response to comments received on the Draft Master EIR during the public comment period. Changes have been made in the MEIR to include such text changes, for minor corrections in MEIR text and figures, to clarify policies and impact analysis, to include additional policies inadvertently omitted from the general plan, and to include Missing Middle Housing policies, consistent with the policies of the 2040 General Plan and Climate Action & Adaptation Plan. The changes in the MEIR are described in Attachment 3 of the staff report do not change the analysis or conclusions of the MEIR, and do not constitute significant new information as defined in CEQA Guidelines section 15088.5.
Section 5. Pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21081 and CEQA Guidelines Sections 15091 and 15093, and in support of its approval of the Project, the City Council adopts the attached Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations in support of approval of the Project as set forth in the attached Exhibit A of this Resolution.
Section 6. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 21081.6 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15091, and in support of its approval of the Project, the City Council adopts the Mitigation Monitoring Program to require all reasonably feasible mitigation measures be implemented by means of Project modifications and other measures, as set forth in the Mitigation Monitoring Program in the attached Exhibit B of this Resolution. To the extent the mitigation measures identified in the Mitigation Monitoring program may be inconsistent with the Final MEIR, the mitigation measures in the Final MEIR control.
Section 7. The City Council directs that, upon approval of the Project, the City’s Environmental Planning Services shall file a notice of determination with the County Clerk of Sacramento County and with the State Office of Planning and Research, pursuant to the provisions of CEQA Guidelines Section 21152.
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Section 8. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15091(e), the documents and other materials that constitute the record of proceedings upon which the City Council has based its decision are located in and may be obtained from, the Office of the City Clerk at 915 I Street, Sacramento, California.
The City Clerk is the custodian of records for all matters before the City Council.
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Exhibit A – CEQA Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations for the Sacramento 2040 General Plan and Climate Action & Adaptation Plan Exhibit B – Mitigation Monitoring Program for the Sacramento 2040 General Plan Resolution 2024 - February 27, 2024 Page 4 of 86