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RDA Resolution 2004-009 RESOLUTION NO. RA 2004-009 - i , ! A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF , THE CITY OF LA QUINT A CERTIFYING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE HAMMER PROPERTY, ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 2004-506. WHEREAS, an Initial Study and Negative Declaration has been prepared for the acquisition of the approximately 27. 75-acre site generally located north of Avenue 48 and west of Dune Palms Road, by the La Quinta Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency"). WHEREAS, the Agency prepared the Initial Study and Negative Declaration in compliance with CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 1 4, section 1 5000; and WHEREAS, the Agency published a notice of its. intention to adopt the Negative Declaration and associated Initial Study in the Desert Sun on May 8, 2004, which notice also included the date of the public meeting before the Agency Board on -- June 1 st, 2004, and further caused the notice to be filed with the Riverside County Clerk in accordance with the CEQA Guidelines; and . WHEREAS, during the comment period, the Agency received no comment letters on the Negative Declaration; and, WHEREAS, the La Quinta Redevelopment Agency Board (the "Board") held a duly noticed public meeting on June 1 st, 2004, on the Initial Study and Negative Declaration, during which public hearing testimony and other evidence was accepted. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Redevelopment Agency Board of the City of La Quinta, as follows: SECTION 1: The above recitations are true and correct and are adopted as the findings of the Agency. SECTION 2: The Agency Board finds that the Negative Declaration has been prepared and processed in compliance with CECA, the State CEQA Guidelines and the City's implementation procedures. The Agency Board has independently reviewed and considered the information contained in the Negative Declaration, and - finds that it adequately describes and addresses the environmental effects of the Hammer Property acquisition, and that, based upon the Initial Study and the entire Resolution No. RA 2004-009 Environmental Assessment 2004-506 - Hammer Acquisition Adopted: June 1. 2004 Page 2 administrative record for this Project, there is no substantial evidence in light of the whole record that there may be significant adverse environmental effects as a result of the approval of the Hammer Property acquisition. SECTION 3: The Hammer Property acquisition will not be detrimental to the health, safety, or general welfare of the community, either indirectly, or directly, in that no significant impacts were identified by Environmental Assessment 2004-506. SECTION 4: The Hammer Property acquisition 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. SECTION 5: There is no evidence before the City that the Hammer Property acquisition will have the potential for an adverse effect on wildlife resources - or the habitat on which the wildlife depends. SECTION 6: The Hammer Property acquisition 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 Environmental Assessment. SECTION 7: The Hammer Property acquisition 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 proposed project. SECTION 8: The Hammer Property acquisition will not have the 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. SECTION 9: The Agency Board has on the basis of substantial evidence, rebutted the presumption of adverse effect set forth in 14 CAL Code Regulations " 753.5(d). SECTION 10: The Agency Board has fully considered the proposed Negative Declaration. .- ..-.- . - -.- , Resolution No. RA 2004-009 !-- environmental A...aament 2004-506 - Hemmer Acquisition [ Adopted: Jun. 1. 2004 í ¡ Peg. 3 I ~ SECTION 11: The Negative Declaration reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the Agency. SECTION 12: The location of the documents which constitute the record of proceedings upon which the Agency Board decision is based is the La Quinta City Hall, Community Development Department, 78-495 Calle Tampico, La Quinta, California 92253, and the custodian of those records in Jerry Herman, Community Development Director. SECTION 13: Based upon the Initial Study and the entire record of proceedings, the Project has no potential for adverse effects on wildlife as that term is defined in Fish and Game Code Section 711.2. SECTION 14: The Negative Declaration is hereby certified and adopted. SECTION 15: The Community Development Director shall cause to be filed with the Riverside County Clerk a Notice of Determination pursuant to CEQA r- Guidelines Section15075(a). I i I . PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED at a special meeting of the La Quinta Redevelopment Agency held on this 1 st day of June 2004, by the vote to wit: AYES: Members Adolph, Osborne, Perkins, Sniff, Chair Henderson NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None ~ - T~EN D ERSO N, Cha i r La Qulnta Redevelopment Agency -- ¡ ¡ , , I , . . Resolution No. RA 2004-009 Environmental Assessment 2004-506 - Hammer Acquisition Adopted: June 1. 2004 Page 4 ATTEST: ~~ kd~~~~ J S. GREEK, CMC, Age.. Secretary La Quinta Redevelopment Agency (SEAL) APPROVED AS TO FORM: M. KATH INE JENSON en y C La Quinta Redevelopment Agency ... - ...---... - --. ._.. -- - -.. .- .. .--.