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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 78-002RESOLUTION NO. 78-2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AND CERTIFYING AS COMPLETE THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE COLLEGE OF THE DESERT AREA SPECIFIC PLAN. CASE NO. GPA 02-77(EIR) WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, has held a Public Hearing on January 12, 1978, on the final Environmental Impact Report prepared in connection with the College of the Desert Area Specific Plan and has considered the testimony of all persons wishing to be heard on this matter; and, WHEREAS, the final EIR conforms to all requirements of the Cali- fornia Environmental Quality Act, the State Guidelines for the Imple- mentation of CEQA, and the City of Palm Desert Resolution on Environ- mental Quality Procedures; and, WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the proposed project ade- quately mitigates drainage, loss of open space, increased traffic, in- creased noise pollution, municipal service demands, depletion of scarce energy and water resources, displacement and relocation, seismic hazard, and construction noise problems identified in the final EIR; and, WHEREAS, the Palm Desert Planning Commission by Resolution No. 314, has recommended certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report; and, WHEREAS, the City Council finds that mitigation measures for in- creased air pollution and higher demand on utility and special district services is essentially within the responsibility and jurisdiction of other public agencies and not the City of Palm Desert. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: 1. That it does hereby approve the Planning Commission's action on Case No. GPA 02-77(EIR) approving and certifying as complete the final EIR for the COD Specific Plan as expressed in Planning Commission Resolution No. 314. 2. That the final EIR for the College of the Desert Area Specific Plan, which consists of the attached draft EIR labeled Exhibit A) and the staff report on the final EIR, which contains the comments received on the draft EIR, a list of agencies commenting on the draft EIR, and the responses of the City to significant environmental points raised in the review and consultation process and public impact received during the public hearing held on the EIR on January 12, 1978, is hereby certified as complete. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on this 12th day of January 1978, by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, by the fol- lowing vote, to wit: AYES: Brush, McPherson, Newbrander, Wilson & Mullins NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: None None None l/ f / 1.19 ATTEST: DW Mayor ARD D. LINS Zeecl-g"- t ZJ SHEILA R. GILLIGAN, Citg%Clerk City of Palm Desert, California BIB] 40219-U01 CC-U02 RES-U02 78-2-U02 LI15148-U03 FO15149-U03 FO29997-U03 FO30004-U03 DO38161-U03 C22-U03 RESOLUTIONS-U03 2/23/2009-U04 SANDRAC-U04 78-2-U06 1/12/1978-U07 PUBLIC-U08 HEARING-U08 U08 ENVIRONMENTAL-U08 IMPACT-U08 OF-U08 COLLEGE-U08 OF-U08 DESERT-U08 TRUE-U015