RESOLUTION NO. 23-24
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, CERTIFYING AN INITIAL STUDY, ADOPTING A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION, MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM FOR THE RICHARD T. STEED MEMORIAL PARK/BARON VON WILLARD DOG PARK MASTER PLAN UPDATE WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente is considering adopting an update to the master plan for Richard T. Steed Memorial Park/Baron Von Willard Dog Park (hereinafter referred to as the “Project”); and WHEREAS, the proposed Project includes (1) improvements to existing park features; (2) construction of various new park structures (i.e. pickleball facility, pump/bike track, and sand volleyball courts) and features including the relocation of existing park features (i.e. dog park); (3) utilities improvements; and (4) project site amenities (including structures, trellis, stairs) and landscaping; and WHEREAS, an Initial Study, Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation, Monitoring and Reporting Program were prepared and circulated to the public for review and comment at the State Clearinghouse (2023030298) for the required thirty (30) days from March 8, 2023 to April 10, 2023; and WHEREAS, on May 2, 2023, the City Council of the City of San Clemente held a duly noticed public hearing and received and considered information, evidence and testimony provided before and at such hearing concerning the proposed Project and related environmental documents; and WHEREAS, this Resolution reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City as the lead agency and is based upon the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration, the Mitigation Monitoring Program, any comments received, any information the City Council gathered by viewing the site and the area as disclosed at the hearing, and any other evidence presented at the hearing.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby resolve as follows:
Section 1. The City Council finds and determines that the above recitations are true and correct.
Section 2. The City Council finds and determines on the basis of the whole record before it that there is no substantial evidence that the Project will have a significant effect on the environment, because the mitigation measures described in the Initial Study/ Mitigated Negative Declaration in conjunction with the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program will reduce the potentially significant environmental effects of the Project to a less than significant level.
Section 3. The City Council approves and certifies the Initial Study for the Project.
Section 4. The City Council approves and adopts the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Project.
Section 5. The City Council approves and adopts the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the Project.
Section 6. The City Council authorizes and directs staff to file a Notice of Determination in accordance with Public Resources Code section 21152.
Section 7. The Beaches, Parks & Recreation Director is the custodian of record for those records making up the record of the proceedings for the Mitigated Negative Declaration. Those records are retained in the Beaches, Parks & Recreation Department of the City of San Clemente.
Section 8. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this _____ day of ____________________, 2023.
ATTEST:
___________________________ __________________________
City Clerk of the City of Mayor of the City of San
San Clemente, California Clemente, California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) §
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE )
I, LAURA CAMPAGNOLO, City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. _________ was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on the _______ day of _______________________, _________, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of San Clemente, California, this _____ day of _________________, ________. __________________________
CITY CLERK of the City of
San Clemente, California
Approved as to form:
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Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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