PCRES 2006-025PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 2006-025
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF LA QUINTA, CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING TO THE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA
CERTIFICATION OF AN ADDENDUM TO MITIGATED
NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT NO. 2002-453 (SCH # 19990810201, A
WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT AND WATER VERIFICATION
FOR THE SILVERROCK RESORT SPECIFIC PLAN
CASE NO.: EA 06-568
APPLICANT: REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF LA QUINTA
WHEREAS, on May 15, 2002, the Board of the Redevelopment Agency of
the City of La Quinta certified Mitigated Negative Declaration of Environmental
Impact and Environmental Assessment No. 2002-453, State Clearinghouse
Number 1999081020 (the "MND"), for the acquisition of approximately 707 acres
generally located north of Avenue 54, west of Jefferson Street, south of
Avenue 52 and east of the Coral Reef Mountains (the "Ranch") and the subsequent
development of the non-mountainous portion of the Ranch with public golf courses
and resort uses (the "Ranch Project");
WHEREAS, a portion of the Ranch Project has now been completed;
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of La Quinta, California, did,
on the 11`h day of July, 2006, hold a duly noticed Public Hearing to consider an
Addendum to Mitigated Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact and
Environmental Assessment No. 2002-453 and a Water Supply Assessment and
Water Supply Verification, for the SilverRock Resort Specific Plan, which plan
establishes development plans, guidelines and regulations for the development of a
golf course, hotel resort facilities and supporting commercial uses (the "Project"),
and which Specific Plan area is located on a 546-acre portion of the Ranch,
generally bordered by Avenue 52 on the north, Avenue 54 on the south, Jefferson
Street on the East, and the Santa Rosa Mountains on the west, as more particularly
described in the Specific Plan;
WHEREAS, a Notice of Determination for the MND was filed on May 16,
2002. There are no changed circumstances, conditions, or new information, which
would trigger the preparation of a subsequent environmental analysis pursuant to
Public Resources Code section 21166 in connection with the Project;
WHEREAS, an Addendum to the MND has been prepared and it has
determined that the Project does not trigger the need for the preparation of an
additional or subsequent environmental assessment pursuant to CEQA Guideline
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section 15162 or Public Resources Code section 21166, in that the Project does
not involve:
1 ~ Substantial changes to the project analyzed in the MND which would
involve new significant effects on the environment or substantially increase the
severity of previously identified impacts;
21 Substantial changes with respect to the circumstances under which
the project is being undertaken which would involve new significant effects on the
environment not analyzed in the MND; or
3) New information of substantial importance which would involve new
significant effects on the environment not analyzed in the MND substantially
increase the severity of previously identified impacts;
WHEREAS, upon hearing and considering all testimony and arguments, if
any, of all interested persons desiring to be heard, said Planning Commission did
make the following findings to justify certification of said Addendum to Mitigated
Negative Declaration of Environmental Impact and Environmental Assessment
No. 2002-453:
1. The Project will not be detrimental to the health, safety, or general
welfare of the community, either indirectly, or directly, in that no significant
unmitigated impacts were identified by the MND and Addendum.
2. The Project will not have the potential to degrade the quality of the
environment, substantially reduce the habitat of a fish or wildlife population to drop
below self sustaining levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community,
reduce the number or restrict the range of rare or endangered plants or animals or
eliminate important examples of the major periods of California history or prehistory
in that no significant effects on environmental factors have been identified by the
MND and Addendum.
3. There is no evidence before the City that the Project will have the
potential for an adverse effect on wildlife resources or the habitat on which the
wildlife depends in that in that no significant effects on environmental factors have
been identified by the MND and Addendum.
4. The Project does not have the potential to achieve short-term
environmental goals, to the disadvantage of long-term environmental goals, as no
significant effects on environmental factors have been identified by the MND and
Addendum.
5. The Project will not result in impacts which are individually limited or
cumulatively considerable when considering planned or proposed development in
the immediate vicinity, as development patterns in the area will not be significantly
affected by the Project.
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6. The Project will not have environmental effects that will adversely
affect the human population, either directly or indirectly, as no significant impacts
have been identified which would affect human health, risk potential or public
services.
7. There is no substantial evidence in light of the entire record that the
Project may have a significant effect on the environment in that mitigation
measures are imposed on the Project that will reduce impacts to a less than
significant level.
8. The Planning Commission has considered the MND and Addendum and
said MND and Addendum reflects the independent judgment of the City.
9. The City has, on the basis of substantial evidence, rebutted the
presumption of adverse effect set forth in 14 CAL Code Regulations 753.5(d).
10. The location and custodian of the City's records relating to this project
is the Community Development Department located at 78-495 Calle Tampico, La
Quinta, California, 92253;
WHEREAS, in connection with the preparation of the Addendum, the City
requested the Coachella Valley Water District ("CVWD") to prepare a water supply
and demand assessment and written verification of sufficient supply in compliance
with Sections 10910 through 10912, inclusive, of the Water Code, and Sections
65867.5 and 66473.7 of the Government Code, respectively, to evaluate whether
sufficient potable water will be available to serve the water demands associated
with the Project (the "Water Supply Assessment");
WHEREAS, acting on the City's request, the CVWD did prepare the Water
Supply Assessment, which document was approved by the CVWD's governing
body, in accordance with California Water Code section 10910(81111, following a
public meeting held on June 13 2006;
WHEREAS the Water Supply Assessment has been considered by the City,
along with those documents included in the administrative recorded and a true and
correct copy thereof included in the Addendum, in accordance with California
Water Code sections 109111b-cl; and
WHEREAS, upon hearing and considering all testimony and arguments, if
any, of all interested persons desiring to be heard, said Planning Commission did
make the following findings to justify approval of said Water Supply Assessment:
__ 1. In accordance with California Water Code section 1091 1(c), the City
hereby determines, based on the entire record, that projected water supplies will be
sufficient to satisfy the demands of the Project, in addition to existing and planned
future uses.
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Commission of the City
of La Quints, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct and constitute the findings of
the Planning Commission for recommending that the City Council certify the
Addendum to Environmental Assessment 2002-453 and that the City
Council approve the Water Supply Assessment;
2. That it does hereby recommend that the City Council of the City of La
Quints certify the Addendum to Environmental Assessment 2002-453 and
approve the Water Supply Assessment for the reasons set forth in this
Resolution;
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the La
Quints Planning Commission held on this 11`h day of July, 2006, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: Commissioners Alderson, Barrows, Daniels, Ladner, and Chairman
Quill
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
V
DOUGLA R. EVANS
Community Development Director
City of La Quints, California
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Planning Commission
City of La Quints, California