RESOLUTION NO. 23-25
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE RICHARD T. STEED MEMORIAL PARK MASTER PLAN, MAKING A FINDING OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE SAN CLEMENTE CENTENNIAL GENERAL PLAN AND AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 03-32 WHEREAS, on April 1, 2003, the City Council of the City of San Clemente adopted Resolution No. 03-32, approving a master plan for Richard T. Steed Memorial Park; and WHEREAS, the Centennial General Plan recommends an update to the Beaches, Parks and Recreation Master Plan; and WHEREAS, the City of San Clemente Beaches, Parks and Recreation Master Plan must remain consistent with the Centennial General Plan Element BPR-2.04; and WHEREAS, the recommended update to the Richard T. Steed Memorial Park Master Plan was developed by using the input and ideas provided by the community and key staff members, as well as other sources of information including the physical characteristics and location of the site; the core values of the San Clemente community; and the City's parks and recreation needs; and WHEREAS, on December 14, 2021, and February 14, 2023, the Beaches, Parks & Recreation Commission reviewed and recommended that the City Council approve the Richard T. Steed Memorial Park Master Plan update; and WHEREAS, the City Council is being asked to make a finding of compliance with the Centennial General Plan; and WHEREAS, on May 2, 2023, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on the subject application and considered evidence presented by the City staff, and other interested parties; and WHEREAS, on May 2, 2023, at said duly noticed public hearing, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 23-___confirming and certifying the findings of the Initial Study pursuant to CEQA Section 15063(d) and adopting and approving the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation, Monitoring and Reporting Program for the master plan update; and WHEREAS, these changes require an amendment to the existing master plan resolution for Richard T. Steed Memorial Park, Resolution No. 03-32.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of San Clemente does hereby resolve as follows:
Section 1. The City Council finds that the above recitations are true and correct.
Section 2. The City Council finds and determines as follows with regard to the Richard T. Steed Memorial Park Master Plan update:
The proposed Park improvements comply with the objectives of the San Clemente Centennial General Plan, and the purpose and intent of the zone in which the development is being proposed in that the proposed project is consistent with the Land Use Element and the Conservation and Open Space Element of the Plan in that is has been determined that no designated open space encroachment will occur as a result of the development of this project.
The site is suitable for the type and intensity of development that is proposed in that it is a regional-scale public park surrounded by commercial, industrial, and open space development.
The proposed update will not be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare to properties in the vicinity, in that it serves recreational and open space needs defined as beneficial to public health, safety, and welfare in the Centennial General Plan and Beaches, Parks & Recreation Master Plan, and it will be constructed to meet all building, health and safety codes, or guidelines for public parks and buildings.
The proposed update will minimize or eliminate adverse physical or visual effects which might otherwise result from unplanned or inappropriate development, design, or location. It serves recreational needs previously considered and planned, which mitigate the pressures of urban development.
Section 3. The City Council finds that the adoption of the final Richard T. Steed Memorial Park Master Plan is necessary, desirable, and in the public interest. The City Council hereby adopts the final Richard T. Steed Memorial Park Master Plan, attached hereto and incorporated herein and referenced as Exhibit “A” as if set forth in full. In this adoption in full, the City Council hereby reclassifies the subject park as a Regional Park.
Section 4. Resolution No. 03-32 is hereby amended to the extent necessary to be consistent with this Resolution.
Section 5. 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
Exhibit “A”
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