HomeMy WebLinkAbout17-43 CC Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 17-43
' A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
TEMECULA APPROVING AN AGREEMENT FOR THE
INSTALLATION AND MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRICAL
AND TELECOMMUNICATION LINES IN PUBLIC RIGHT OF
WAY ON PECHANGA PARKWAY BETWEEN THE CITY OF
TEMECULA AND THE PECHANGA BAND OF LUISENO
INDIANS AND FINDING THE CITY'S ACTION EXEMPT
FROM CEQA
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TEMECULA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Approval of Agreement. The City Council hereby approves that
certain agreement entitled "Agreement for the Installation and Maintenance of Electrical
and Telecommunication Lines in Public Right of Way" ("Agreement") between the City of
Temecula ("City') and Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians, a federally-recognized Indian
tribe ("Tribe"), and authorizes the Mayor to execute the Agreement on behalf of the City
in the form presented to the City Council with such non-substantive changes as may be
approved by the City Attorney as necessary and convenient to implement the purposes
of the Agreement.
' Section 2. City Manager Authority. The City Manager is authorized and
directed to take all actions necessary and convenient to implement the Agreement and to
enter into such additional agreements as may be necessary and convenient to implement
the agreements, including but not limited to, executing operating memoranda and
agreements, certifications, escrow, amendments to the Agreement, and similar
agreements and actions.
Section 3. CEQA. In accordance with the California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA), the City's approval of the Agreement is exempt from CEQA and
further environmental review and a Notice of Exemption will be filed in compliance with
CEQA under Section 15061(b)(3) of the CEQA Guidelines. The Agreement provides for
the addition of an electrical line in the same location as an existing telecommunications
line that has been in place since February 2009. The proposed electrical line is designed
to assist in the integration of the electrical systems of the Tribal Lands and Tribal
Government Center easterly of Pechanga Parkway with the Pechanga Resort and Casino
and its recently approved expansion. The electrical loads for the electrical systems of the
Tribal Lands and Tribal Government Center easterly of Pechanga Parkway and the
Pechanga Resort and Casino and its recently approved expansion will not be increased
by the installation of the lines approved by this Agreement. The recently approved
expansion of the Pechanga Resort and Casino was approved following the certification
of a Tribal Environmental Impact Report for the project prepared in accordance with the
' Tribal Compact between the Tribe and the State of California. The Agreement does not
approve any facilities for the generation of electricity and does not authorize the
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construction of any structures or facilities for the generation of electricity. As such, there
is no possibility that the Agreement will have a significant effect on the environment.
Section 4. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Temecula
this 25th day of July, 2017.
Maryann Edwards, Mayor
ATTEST:
Randi Johl, i y 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. 17-43 was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Temecula at a meeting thereof held on the 25'" day of July, 2017, by the following vote:
AYES: 5 COUNCIL MEMBERS: Comerchero, Naggar, Rahn, Stewart,
Edwards
NOES: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSTAIN: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: 0 COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
Randi Johl, City Clerk
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