RESOLUTION NO. 23-132
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE SAN GORGONIO PARK MASTER PLAN, DISCONTINUING PICKLEBALL USE AT CERTAIN COURTS AND ESTABLISHING ONE COURT FOR TENNIS USE ONLY, AND FINDING THE PROJECT CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER CLASS 1 (14 CCR SECTION 15301) AND CLASS 2 (14 CCR SECTION 15302) WHEREAS, in 1988, the master plan for San Gorgonio Park was adopted with two tennis courts located at the north west side of the park, identified in Exhibit A hereto which is incorporated by this reference; and WHEREAS, in 2018, the master plan for San Gorgonio Park was amended to add pickleball as a planned use of the park with four pickleball courts to be established in the court #2 area; and WHEREAS, in 2019, the City Council approved the conversion of tennis court #2 into four permanent pickleball courts and the dual-lining of court #1 to be used for both pickleball and tennis; and WHEREAS, at its June 6, 2023 meeting, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 23-47, authorizing the construction of eight temporary pickleball courts at Richard T. Steed Sports Park, and further directing the closure of the pickleball courts in San Gorgonio Park no later than November 7, 2023; and WHEREAS, an amendment to the San Gorgonio Park Site-Specific Master Plan is required to remove pickleball as a use for court #1 and permanently return the court to the use of playing tennis only.
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 San Gorgonio Park Site-Specific Master Plan is hereby amended to discontinue pickleball as an allowed use of the courts located at the north west side of the park shown in Exhibit A, identified as Court #1, and re-establish that Court #1 area for the sole allowed use of playing tennis.
Section 3. Based on the entire record, the City Council finds that the project of resurfacing the Court #1 for tennis use only and amending the San Gorgonio Park Site-Specific Master Plan to remove pickleball as a designated use upon Court #1 are categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act under 14 CCR Section 1 (Class 1: Existing Facilities) and Section 15302 (Class 2: Replacement or Reconstruction) of the State CEQA guidelines because they involve replacing four dual-use pickleball courts with one tennis court and consist of replacement or reconstruction of existing structures and facilities where the new structure will be located on the same site as the structure replaced and will have substantially the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced, and consists of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. The actions will not have any substantial direct or foreseeable indirect effect on the environment.
Section 4. Except as expressly modified by this resolution, San Gorgonio Park Site-Specific Master Plan is not otherwise modified.
Section 5. Staff is authorized and directed to take all steps necessary and proper to proceed with re-establishing the court for tennis use only, including, but not limited to, proceeding with soliciting bids to resurface the court.
Section 6. 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 ____________________, _______.
ATTEST:
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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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City Attorney
Resolution No. Page 2
ATTACHMENT 1
EXHIBIT “A”