HomeMy WebLinkAbout20-04 CC Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 20-04
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF TEMECULA APPROVING ADDENDUM NO. 5 TO THE
RORIPAUGH RANCH FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
REPORT (SCH NO.97121030)
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Procedural Findings. The City Council does hereby find, determine and
declare that:
A. In November and December 2002, the City Council of the City of Temecula
approved the Roripaugh Ranch Specific Plan, along with other land use entitlements, and a 10-
year Development Agreement for the Roripaugh Ranch Project. At that time,the City certified a
comprehensive Final Environmental Impact Report, State Clearinghouse No. 97121030 ("EIR"),
to comply with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act("CEQA")for all of
the land use approvals and the development agreement for the Project. Addendum No. 1 to the
Final Environmental Impact Report was approved on April 23,2013 by the adoption of Resolution
No. 13-04. Addendum No. 2 to the Final Environmental Impact Report was approved on March
22, 2016 by the adoption of Resolution No. 16-02. Addendum No. 3 to the Final Environmental
Impact Report was approved on January 23, 2018 by the adoption of Resolution No. 18-06.
Addendum No. 4 to the Final Environmental Impact Report was approved on November 6, 2019
by the adoption of Planning Commission Resolution No. 19-24.
B. The Specific Plan provides standards and guidelines for development. Amendment
No. 5 to the Specific Plan would update and modify those standards including an update to the
development standards for a rear yard setback reduction from 20 feet to 10 feet for Planning Areas
18C, 20A,and 24, a rear yard setback reduction from 15 feet to 10 feet for Planning Areas 22 and
23A only if the planning areas are developed as age qualified homes. Amendment No. 5 to the
Specific Plan would also and new language regarding the Municipal Services Community
Facilities District while not increasing the number of dwelling units previously approved within
the Specific Plan.
C. Addendum No. 5 to the Roripaugh Ranch Specific Plan Final Environmental
Impact Report City of Temecula, California, State Clearinghouse No. 97121030("Addendum No.
5")addresses potential environmental impacts that might result from the Amendment.
D. The City has caused Addendum No. 5 ("Addendum") to be prepared for the
Amendment in accordance with Section 15164 of the CEQA Guidelines because the Amendment
does not require the preparation of a new or supplemental environmental impact report pursuant
to CEQA Guidelines section 15164.
E. An addendum need not be circulated for public review but is attached to a final EIR
in accordance with CEQA Guidelines section 15164.
F. The City Council has reviewed and considered Addendum No. 5 in conjunction
with the EIR, Addendum No. 1, Addendum No. 2, Addendum No. 3, and Addendum No. 4.
G. On November 20, 2019 the Planning Commission of the City of Temecula held a
duly noticed public hearing on proposed Addendum No. 5 to the Roripaugh Ranch Final
Environmental Impact Report and proposed Amendment No. 5 to the Roripaugh Ranch Specific
Plan (SP 11) at which time all persons interested in these actions had the opportunity and did
address the Planning Commission. After hearing all written and oral testimony on the proposed
actions and duly considering the comments received, the Planning Commission adopted
Resolution No. 19-29 recommending to the City Council that the Addendum No. 5 to the
Roripaugh Ranch Final Environmental Impact Report be approved. The Planning Commission
also adopted Resolution No. 19-30 recommending to the City Council that the proposed
Amendment No. 5 to the Roripaugh Ranch Specific Plan(SP 11)be approved.
H. On January 14, 2020 the City Council of the City of Temecula held a duly noticed
public hearing on proposed Addendum No. 5 to the Roripaugh Ranch Final Environmental Impact
Report and proposed Amendment No. 5 to the Roripaugh Ranch Specific Plan (SP 11) at which
time all persons interested in the Project had the opportunity and did address the City Council.
I. The City Council has reviewed the findings made in this Resolution and finds that
they are based upon substantial evidence that has been presented to the City Council in the record
of proceedings. The documents, staff reports, and other materials that constitute the record of
proceedings on which this Resolution is based are on file and available for public examination
during normal business hours in City Hall through the office of the Director of Community
Development, who serves as the custodian of these records. The City Council has independently
reviewed and considered the contents of Addendum No. 5 prior to deciding whether to approve
the Amendment.
Section 2. Further Findings. The City Council finds and determines that Addendum
No. 5 is the appropriate environmental document to analyze the proposed Amendment No. 5 to
the Specific Plan("Amendment")because:
A. There are no substantial changes proposed by the Amendment that will require
major revisions of the previous EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental
effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects;
B. No substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances under
which the Amendment are undertaken that will require major revisions of the previous EIR due to
the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity
of previously identified significant effects; and
C. There is no new information of substantial importance, which was not known and
could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR
was adopted, showing that: (a) the Amendment will have one or more significant effects not
discussed in the EIR;(b)there are significant effects previously examined that will be substantially
more severe than shown in the EIR; (c) there are mitigation measures or alternatives previously
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found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible and would substantially reduce one or more
significant effects of the project, but the City declines to adopt the mitigation measure or
alternative; or(d)mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those
analyzed in the EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment,
but the City declines to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative.
Section 3. The City Council hereby adopts Addendum No. 5 which is attached hereto as
Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temecula
this 14th day of January, 2020.
James Stewart, Mayor
ATTEST:
Randi 1 ' Clerk
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Randi Johl, City Clerk of the City of Temecula, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 20-04 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Temecula
at a meeting thereof held on the 14th day of January, 2020, by the following vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Edwards, Naggar, Rahn, Schwank,
Stewart
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
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Randi Johl, City Clerk
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ADDENDUM NO.5 TO RORIPAUGH RANCH SPECIFIC PLAN
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (SCH# 97121030)
Prepared by the City of Temecula
In its capacity as a Lead Agency
PROJECT TITLE: Roripaugh Ranch Specific Plan Amendment#5 (PA19-0408)
PROJECT APPLICANT: Woodside Homes and Wingsweep Corporation
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Planning Application No. PA19-0408, a Specific Plan Amendment to
the Roripaugh Ranch Specific Plan including an update to the development standards for a rear yard
setback reduction from 20 feet to 10 feet for Planning Areas 18C, 20A, and 24; a rear yard setback
reduction from 15 feet to 10 feet for Planning Areas 22 and 23A only if the planning areas are
developed as age qualified homes; new language on the timing of City Services Deficit Payments.
The Specific Plan Amendment will not increase the number of dwelling units previously approved
within the Specific Plan area.
PURPOSE: This addendum to the Environmental Impact Report is being prepared pursuant to
CEQA Guidelines Section 15164 which allows for a lead agency to prepare an addendum to a
previously adopted Environmental impact Report. Specifically, CEQA Guidelines Section
15164(b) provides that an addendum to an adopted Environmental Impact Report may be
prepared if only minor technical changes or additions are necessary or none of the conditions
described in Section 15162 calling for the preparation of a subsequent Environmental Impact
Report have occurred.
Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15162, no subsequent Environmental Impact Report shall
be prepared for the project unless, on a basis of substantial evidence in light of the whole record,
one or more of the following is determined:
1. Substantial changes are proposed in the project that will require major revisions of the
previous Environmental Impact Report due to the involvement of new, significant
environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified
significant effects;
2. Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is
undertaken which will require major revisions of the Environmental Impact Report due to
the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the
severity of previously identified significant effects; or
3. New information of substantial importance identifies one or more significant effects not
discussed in the previous Environmental Impact Report.
FINDINGS CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT:
In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the environmental impacts
of the original project were studied in an ER that was certified in 2002 (SCH 97121030), and in
Roripaugh Ranch Specific Plan Amendment No. 5 (PA19-0408)
Addendum to Initial Environmental Study
October 21, 2019
subsequent addenda prepared in April 2013, March 2016, December 2017, and September 2019,
all of which are now final. In compliance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15164 an Addendum to
the EIR has been prepared which concludes that the proposed amendment to the Specific Plan
which includes an update to the development standards for a rear yard setback reduction from 20 feet
to 10 feet for Planning Areas 18C, 20A, and 24; a rear yard setback reduction from 15 feet to 10 feet
for Planning Areas 22 and 23A only if the planning areas are developed as age qualified homes; and
new language on the timing of City Services Deficit Payments does not result in any new or greater
environmental impacts than were previously analyzed, disclosed, and mitigated and no further
environmental review is necessary. None of the circumstances in CEQA Guidelines Section
15162 exist to require any additional environmental review and no further documentation is
necessary.
By:
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Date: October 21, 2019
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