HomeMy WebLinkAbout18-51 CC Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 18-51
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA APPROVING THE PLANS AND
SPECIFICATIONS, AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WORKS TO SOLICIT CONSTRUCTION BIDS FOR
LIBRARY PARKING — PHASE II PROJECT, PW13-09 AND
FINDING THAT THIS PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA
PURSUANT SECTION 15332, CLASS 32, IN-FILL
DEVELOPMENT, OF THE STATE CEQA GUIDELINES
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. CEQA. The City Council does hereby find, determine and declare that:
A. The Library Parking — Phase II Project (PW13-09) is for the design and
construction of an expansion of the current on-site parking at the Ronald H. Roberts
Temecula Public Library("Project"). The Project will create a 44-space parking lot on City-
owned land at a lower elevation from the existing parking lot. The improvements include
grading, asphalt concrete, aggregate base, concrete and drainage improvements,
lighting, landscape and irrigation, striping, and camera infrastructure equipment.
B. The proposed project is categorically exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), Section 15332, Class 32 as it is considered an in-fill
development project. The project meets the following conditions for a Class 32
Exemption:
1. The proposed Project is consistent with the City's General Plan and
.each element thereof. The Project has been on the City's Capital Improvement Program
for Fiscal Years 2017-18 and 2018-19. On June 6, 2018, the Planning Commission of the
City of Temecula found that the City's Capital Improvement Program for 2019 to 2023
and each project on it, including Library Parking — Phase II Project, PW13-09, were
consistent with the Land Use, Circulation, Open Space/Conservation, and Growth
Management/Public Facilities, Public Safety, Community Design, Air Quality, and
Economic Development Elements of the City's adopted General Plan. On May 17, 2017,
the Planning Commission of the City of Temecula found that the City's Capital
Improvement Program for 2018 to 2022 and each project on it, including Library Parking
— Phase II Project, PW13-09, were consistent with the Land Use, Circulation, Open
Space/Conservation, and Growth Management/Public Facilities, Public Safety,
Community Design, Air Quality, and Economic Development Elements of the City's
adopted General Plan.
2. The proposed Project is within the city limits on a project site of no
more than five acres (1.72 acres), substantially surrounded by urban uses.
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3. The proposed Project site has no value as habitat for endangered,
rare or threatened species. An MSCHP Consistency Analysis and Habitat Assessment
Report was prepared for the project and determined that the project site does not have
value as habitat for endangered, rare, or threatened species. The proposed Project Site
is not within a criteria cells or other area for special treatment under the Western Riverside
County Habitat Conservation Plan.
4. Approval of the proposed Project would not result in any significant
effects relating to traffic, noise, air quality or water quality. The City conducted the
following studies: Greenhouse Gas Qualitative Impact Analysis; Cultural Resources
Survey and Findings Report; Geotechnical Report; and Hydrology Report. These studies
establish that there will be no significant environmental impacts associated with the
proposed project. Furthermore, no cultural resources were found on the Site during a
recent survey. The Proposed Project would not generate any new traffic demands at the
Library. The Proposed Project will mitigate the existing parking impacts of Library demand
by providing the additional parking. The capacity of the Library is set by its existing
building size. The additional 44 parking=spaces on the Project Site have been designed
to accommodate traffic, drainage, air quality and water quality in accordance with City
public works construction standards. There will be some minor construction noise during
portions of the construction. Equipment will be required to meet air quality and noise
standards to prevent significant impacts. Lighting will meet City lighting standards.
5. The site of the Proposed Project can be adequately served by all
required utilities and public services.
C: The Director of Public Works or Director of Community Development shall
file a Notice of Exemption within five days of the Council's decision.
SECTION 2. Approval of Plans and Specifications.The City Council hereby approves
the plans and specifications Library Parking —Phase II Project, PW13-09, and authorizes
the Department of Public Works to solicit construction bids for the Project.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Temecula this 26th day of June, 2018.
Matt Rahn, May
ATTEST:
Ran i Johl, City Clerk
[SEAL]
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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. 18-51 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the
City of Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 26th day of June 2018, by the following
vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Comerchero, Edwards, Naggar,
Stewart, Rahn
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
Randi Johl, City Clerk
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