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RESOLUTION NO._______
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JOSE ADOPTING AN ADDENDUM TO THE NEGATIVE
DECLARATION PREPARED FOR THE BRIDGE HOUSING
COMMUNITIES PROJECT ANALYZING THE EXPANSION
OF THE GUADALUPE EMERGENCY INTERIM HOUSING
SITE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
WHEREAS, on September 27, 2016, Assembly Bill (AB) 2176 was signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown, effective January 1, 2017, amending the Shelter Crisis Act to authorize a five (5) -year pilot program allowing the City of San José (“City”), upon declaration of a shelter crisis, to create emergency Bridge Housing Communities for the homeless, including temporary housing in new or existing structures on City -owned or City-leased property; and
WHEREAS, prior to declaring the continued existence of a shelter crisis in the City and approving two recommended sites to be used as emergency Bridge Housing Communities, an Initial Study and Negative Declaration was completed for the Bridge Housing Communities project in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) (Planning File No. PP18-081); and
WHEREAS, on December 18, 2018, the City prepared and circulated a Negative Declaration for Bridge Housing Communities Project (Planning File No. PP18-081), which the City Council certified and adopted via Resolution No. 78926; and WHEREAS, the City has now prepared an A ddendum pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15164 to make minor modifications to the Negative Declaration and allow expansion of the Guadalupe Emergency Interim Housing Site (the “Addendum”); and
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WHEREAS, the Addendum analyzes the proposed expansion of the Guadalupe Emergency Interim Housing Site (the “Project”) and demonstrates that the potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed modifications would be within the envelope of impacts already evaluated in the Negative Declaration; and
WHEREAS, the Project would expand the Guadalupe site by approximately 0.5 acre, include modular buildings constructed off -site and instal led on temporary foundations , include minor landscape improvements such as tree and ground cover planting, require less than 50 feet of trenching for utilities , and will operate in accordance with Chapter
5.09 of the San José Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, implementation of the Project would not result in new significant effects on the environment, nor will the Project result in an increase in the severity of effects identified in the Negative Declaration;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE:
1. The foregoing recitals, the Negative Declaration, and the Addendum thereto are hereby incorporated by reference as if fully set forth in the body of this Resolution.
2. The City Council hereby makes the following findings: (1) it has independently reviewed and analyzed the Negative Declaration, as modified by the Addendum, as well as other information in the record and has considered the information contained therein, prior to acting upon or approving the Project; (2) the Addendum has been completed in compliance with CEQA and is consistent with state and local guidelines implementing CEQA ; and (3) the Addendum represents the independent judgment and analysis of the City of San José, as lead agency for the Project.
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3. The City Council hereby finds that based upon the entire record of proceedings before it and all information received that there is no substantial evidence that the Project will have a significant effect on the environment and does hereby adopt the Addendum prepared for the Project (Planning File No. ER22-198).
4. The City Council designates the Director of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement as the custodian of documents and records of proceedings on which this decision is based. The Negative Declaration and the Addendum are: (1) on file in the Office of the Director of Planning , Building and Code Enforcement, located at 200 East Santa Clara Street, 3rd Floor Tower, San José, California, 95113, and on the Department of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement’s website, and (2) available for inspection by any interested person.
ADOPTED this ______day of ___________, 2022, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
DISQUALIFIED:
SAM LICCARDO
Mayor
ATTEST:
TONI J. TABER, CMC
City Clerk