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
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ARD D. LINS
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SHEILA R. GILLIGAN, Citg%Clerk
City of Palm Desert, California
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