RESOLUTION NO. (N.C.S.)
RESPOLUTION APPROVING A BUDGET APPROPRIATION INCREASE OF $400,000 TO FUND 2513 FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO SUPPORT
GENERAL PLAN AND HISTORIC RESOURCES SURVEY UPDATES
WHEREAS, the City established the General Plan/Zoning Fee for development permits to help support the costs associated with implementing and updating the General Plan and Zoning Code; and WHEREAS, fees are collected as revenue in Fund 2513 and appropriated annually through the budget process to the General Plan Fund 2513 for expenditures related to implementing and updating the General Plan and Zoning Code, and the appropriation for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 was $726,718.00; and WHEREAS, the City is currently updating its General Plan, Visión Salinas 2040, and has multiple professional services agreements related to the General Plan update that are funded through Fund 2513, and the fund also provides support for one (1) Community Outreach Assistant position, and in December 2024, the City entered into an agreement with Page and Turnbull for preparation of an updated Citywide Historic Resources Survey; and WHEREAS, work on the General Plan Update and Historic Survey Update is proceeding, and staff anticipates needing a supplemental appropriation of $400,000 to cover anticipated costs through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025; and WHEREAS, the City of Salinas has determined that the proposed action is not a project as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378). In addition, CEQA Guidelines Section 15061 includes the general rule that CEQA applies only to activities which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. Because the proposed action and this matter have no potential to cause any effect on the environment, or because it falls within a category of activities excluded as projects pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378, this matter is not a project. Because the matter does not cause a direct or foreseeable indirect physical change on or in the environment, this matter is not a project. Any subsequent discretionary projects resulting from this action will be assessed for CEQA applicability..
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Salinas City Council approves a budget appropriation increase of $400,000 to Fund 2513 for professional services to support the General Plan and the Historic Resources Survey Updates.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 8th day of April 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED:
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Dennis Donohue, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Patricia M. Barajas, City Clerk
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