HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-31 PC ResolutionPC RESOLUTION NO.2021-31
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
THE CITY OF TEMECULA MAKING A FINDING OF
CONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN FOR THE
AMENDMENT OF FISCAL YEARS 2022-2026 CAPITAL
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ("CIP"), TO ADD ONE NEW
PROJECT TITLED "TRAFFIC SIGNAL — PROMENADE
MALL RING ROAD", AND MAKING A FINDING OF
EXEMPTION UNDER SECTIONS 15061(B)(3) AND
15378(B)(4) OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL
QUALITY ACT ("CEQA") (LONG RANGE PLANNING
PROJECT NO. LR21-1160)
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Procedural Findings. The Planning Commission of the City of Temecula
does hereby find, determine and declare that:
A. The City of Temecula originally adopted a comprehensive General Plan in 2005,
which has been amended to include specific policies and objectives for infrastructure,
construction and maintenance of public facilities; and
B. Pursuant to California Government Code Sections 65402 and 65403, the Planning
Commission is required to review the Capital Improvement Program to determine that it is
consistent with the City's adopted General Plan; and
C. Staff is proposing to add the Traffic Signal — Promenade Mall Ring Road to the
Fiscal Year 2022-2026 Capital Improvement Program. Staff has reviewed the General Plan and
has determined that the project is consistent with the provisions of the Circulation Element of the
adopted General Plan. On October 6, 2021, the Planning Commission of the City of Temecula
held a public meeting to consider whether to add the Traffic Signal — Promenade Mall Ring Road
is consistent with the General Plan.
Section 2. Environmental Findings. The Planning Commission hereby makes the
following environmental findings and determinations in connection with the adoption of this
resolution:
A. The Fiscal Year 2022-26 Capital Improvement Program is not a "project" within
the meaning of Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines and is therefore exempt from the
requirements of CEQA. Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines states that a project does
not include the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities
which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially
significant physical impact on the environment. The Planning Commission's review and
determination that the Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2022-26 Capital Improvement Program is
consistent with the City of Temecula General Plan, does not result in the construction nor cause
the construction of any specific CIP project, and will have no effect on the environment, and
therefore, no environmental impact assessment is necessary. Furthermore, the Amendment for FY
2022-26 CIP project is exempt under Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines, the
commonsense exemption, which provides that CEQA applies only to projects which have the
potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty
that there is no possibility that the activity in questions may have a significant effect on the
environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. The Planning Commission's review and
determination that the Amendment to the FY 2022-26 Capital Improvement Program is consistent
with the City of Temecula's General Plan, does not result in the construction nor cause the
construction of any specific CIP project, and will have no effect on the environment, and therefore,
no environmental impact assessment is necessary.
Section 3. The Planning Commission hereby finds that the Traffic Signal — Promenade
Mall Ring Road Project is consistent with the General Plan. Specifically, this project is consistent
with provisions of the Circulation Element, Policy 3.1 that require proper spacing and
interconnected traffic signals where feasible to maximize the smooth progression of traffic flows
and to minimize delay and stop -and -go conditions.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City of Temecula Planning
Commission this 6`h day of October, 2021. 4147 A
Gary Watts, Chairperson
ATTEST:
Luke Watson
Secretary
[SEAL]
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE )ss
CITY OF TEMECULA )
I, Luke Watson, Secretary of the Temecula Planning Commission, do hereby certify that
the forgoing PC Resolution No. 2021-31 was duly and regularly adopted by the Planning
Commission of the City of Temecula at a regular meeting thereof held on the 6th day of October
2021, by the following vote:
AYES: 4 PLANNING COMMISSIONERS: Hagel, Telesio, Turley-Trejo, Watts
NOES: 0 PLANNING COMMISSIONERS: None
ABSTAIN: 0 PLANNING COMMISSIONERS: None
ABSENT: I PLANNING COMMISSIONERS
Ruiz
` Luke Watson
Secretary