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RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JOSE ADOPTING AN ADDENDUM TO THE ELECTRONIC
SIGNS ON CITY -OWNED PROPERTY – WEST MISSION
STREET AND MABURY ROAD SITES PROJECT
MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION, FOR WHICH AN
INITIAL STUDY WAS PREPARED, ALL IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
ACT, AS AMENDED
WHEREAS, the City of San José ("City") , acting as lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, together with state and local guidelines implementing said Act, all as amended to date (collectively "CEQA"), prepared the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration ("IS/MND") for the Electronic Signs on City-Owned Property – West Mission Street and Mabury Road Sites Project, which analyzed the environmental impacts of the proposed electronic signs installations at two different City- owned parcels located at the southeast corner of Guadalupe Parkway and West Mission Street and at 1404 Mabury Road; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing was held on June 17, 2025, by the City Council, and the City Council adopted Resolution No. RES 2025-255 setting forth certain findings pertaining to the Electronic Signs on City -Owned Property – West Mission Street and Mabury Road Sites Project IS/MND (Planning File No. ER23 -052) and adopting a mitigation monitoring and reporting program, all pursuant to the provisions of CEQA; and
WHEREAS, prior to the adoption of this Resolution, the Director of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement of the City of San José prepared an Addendum to the Electronic Signs on City-Owned Property – West Mission Street and Mabury Road Sites Project IS/MND under Planning File No. ER25-247 (“Addendum”), all in accordance with CEQA; and
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WHEREAS, the modifications to the Electronic Signs on City -Owned Property – West Mission Street and Mabury Road Sites Project (the “Modified Project”) analyzed under the Addendum consists of the installation and operation of one double-sided programmable electronic sign and one single-sided programmable electronic sign on two separate City-owned parcels in San José area in accordance with Title 23 of the San José Municipal Code and Council Policy 6-4 in San José, California; and
WHEREAS, as further described in the Addendum, the implementation of the Modified Project would not result in new significant effects on the environment beyond those already identified in the previously approved Electronic Signs on City-Owned Property – West Mission Street and Mabury Road Sites Project IS/MND, nor will the Modified Project result in an increase in the severity of significant effects identified in the Electronic Signs on City-Owned Property – West Mission Street and Mabury Road Sites Project IS/MND, and identified mitigation measures would continue to reduce each of those significant effects to a less-than-significant level; and
WHEREAS, the City of San José is the lead agency on the Modified Project, and the City Council is the decision-making body for the proposed approval to undertake the Modified Project; and
WHEREAS, City Council has reviewed and considered the Electronic Signs on City - Owned Property – West Mission Street and Mabury Road Sites Project IS/MND and the Addendum for the Modified Project and intends to take actions on the Modified Project in compliance with CEQA and state and local guidelines implementing CEQA; and
WHEREAS, the Electronic Signs on City -Owned Property – West Mission Street and Mabury Road Sites Project IS/MND and the Addendum thereto for the Modified Project are 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, are SAW:DHZ:KMF
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available for inspection by any interested person at that location and are, by this reference, incorporated into this Resolution as if fully set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JOSE:
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL does hereby incorporate the foregoing recitals into this Resolution.
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL does hereby make the following findings: (1) it has independently reviewed and analyzed the Electronic Signs on City -Owned Property – West Mission Street and Mabury Road Sites Project IS/MND, as modified by the Addendum, and other information in the administrative record and has considered the information contained therein, prior to acting upon or approving the Modified Project, (2) the Addendum prepared for the Modified Project 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 Modified Project. The City Council designates the Director of Planning, Building and Code Enforcement at the Director’s Office at 200 East Santa Clara Street, 3rd Floor Tower, San José, California, 95113, as the custodian of documents and records of proceedings on which this decision is based.
THAT THE CITY COUNCIL does hereby find that based upon the entire record of proceedings before it and all information received that there is no substantial evidence that the Modified Project will have a significant effect on the environment and does hereby adopt the Addendum prepared for the Modified Project (Planning File No. ER2 5-247).
The Electronic Signs on City -Owned Property – West Mission Street and Mabury Road Sites Project IS/MND 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 SAW:DHZ:KMF
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Floor Tower, San José, California, 95113 and (2) available for inspection by any interested person.
ADOPTED this _____ day of __________, 2026, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
MATT MAHAN
Mayor
ATTEST:
TONI J. TABER, MMC
City Clerk