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Home My WebLink About1992-01-14 - RESOLUTIONS - LOH PROJ 86-237 (2)r. RESOLUTION NO. 92-7 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA, CALIFORNIA, TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY REGARDING THE PROPOSED "LOH" RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, PROJECT NO. 86-237 VESTING TENTATIVE TRACT 31803 IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE SANTA CLARITA VALLEY REQUESTING THE COUNTY TO IDENTIFY AND MITIGATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS TO THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA WHEREAS, the County of Los Angeles Regional Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors will be considering the approval of the proposed Loh development, which is a 206 acre project, including 879 single and multi -family residential units and a 5 -acre park site; and WHEREAS, the project applicant has requested the following entitlements: approval of Vesting Tentative Tract 31803, Case No. 86-237, including a Zone Change, Conditional Use Permit, and Oak Tree Permit; and WHEREAS, the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) prepared for this project identifies areas of substantial environmental impact, including traffic and circulation, geotechnical, biota, flood hazard, noise, air quality, water service, sewage disposal, fire and police protection, educational facilities, library services, and solid waste disposal; and WHEREAS, the DEIR did not identify or did not adequately address other areas of substantial environmental impact to the City of Santa Clarita, including land use, specific traffic and circulation impacts, ridgeline impacts, visual impacts, cumulative impacts, biota impacts, and did not include a reasonable range of project alternatives; and WHEREAS, the project is located on the ridgeline between Soledad and Plum Canyons, west of Sky Blue Mesa, north of the City of Santa Clarita and adjacent to the northern boundary of the City; and WHEREAS, the ridgeline and its subsidiary ridges have been designated by the City as Significant Primary and Secondary Ridgelines according to the Santa Clarita Draft Significant Ridgeline Map and Draft Ridgeline Preservation and Hillside Development Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the proposed grading for this project will reduce the Primary Ridgeline by more than one hundred feet in elevation, and will affect the remainder of the ridgelines on the site; and WHEREAS, the proposed development may have a substantial impact upon the City of Santa Clarita, its visual environment, and its circulation network, infrastructure and levels of service; and WHEREAS, the City of Santa Clarita desires to provide formal comment and testimony to the County of Los Angeles on the proposed project and the related DEIR, all to be a part of the official record; Reso 92-7 NOV, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DETERMINE AND FIND AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The City finds that although some of the impacts of this project may be adequately mitigated by measures identified in the DEIR, project impacts to the City circulation network, infrastructure, and levels of service, and its visual environment, and the cumulative project impacts have not been adequately addressed nor appropriate mitigation measures proposed, as addressed in the City's comment on the Draft EIR, dated December 31, 1991, incorporated herein by reference as Attachment 1. The City requests that the County accept the responsibility for the identification and mitigation of the impacts of this project, and the cumulative project impacts on the City circulation network, infrastructure, and levels of service. SECTION 2. In light of the County's recent approval of a comprehensive amendment to the Santa Clarita Valley Areawide Plan, including amendments to Plan designations of this property, the City recognizes that the Plan designates this property for mixed residential uses, with a density range indicated in the DEIR of 390.7 to 943.8 units. The City requests that no units that would cause the project density to exceed the midpoint density be permitted unless substantial community benefits are realized. SECTION 3. The City finds that the single development alternative identified and rejected in the DEIR, appears to have been designed to maximize the number of single-family units on the site, rather than to lessen or avoid significant environmental effects as required by Section 21002 of the ,., California Environmental Quality Act. The City requests that further consideration of alternatives be performed in order to determine the appropriate use and development of the property, which contains significant primary and secondary ridgelines, an oak tree, and riparian/wetland areas. SECTION 4. The City strongly opposes any grading or encroachment of Significant Primary or Secondary Ridgelines. The City requests that the County utilize the City's Draft Significant Ridgeline Map and Draft Ridgeline Preservation and Hillside Development Ordinance in consideration of project alternatives. SECTION 5. The City requests that the DEIR be revised and recirculated, in order that appropriate environmental assessment be conducted on this project. The City requests that the revised DEIR demonstrate a good faith effort to evaluate potentially significant individual and cumulative impacts to the City, as identified in Attachment 1. The City further requests that feasible alternatives and mitigation measures be identified for this site which would lessen the significant environmental effects of the proposed project. SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and certify this record to be a full true correct copy of the action taken. PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 14th day of January 1992. r , Jill Klajic, MaAr Reso 92-7 ATTEST: r� D NA GRIND Y CLERK I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita, at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 14th day of January 1992, by the following vote of the Council: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS Boyer, Darcy, Heidt, Klajic NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS None ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS McKeon D NA GRINDEY, C TY CLERK Reso 92-7 �`I IT � I.�a..`oai+ )r —T avT i + vr�•f• t I`; � c' I . s.0 r,Ra, n ' 1 1i Inua.+�f c. �.•i r d kms(.`! .F� . `u urwf wx C, I 1 + 8 • Cdr' I 2Y.' � II ( ; rli;6°"' 'Y, '--;-'4� ' t.w.w. .0 r a > eawwf a I- t f DR • '�,Rj I 1 I I : J I iwf^' S '°i • s i` --5 - + ♦ 4-x- 4 _�r _ _ 6 T' ? +^ T ORn TSO, n tq �" / : tM 19a �Ybr • I iron.Wl er is woA.W �r + I�10QI[ V1Y it �.1� iww�.P If fvM .r 3� it R. +ms i +s� 1 •' °i ,r .. I .1 Of ]I oei UK[iT • a. ` + rSIFF) nwu+.w, sr i0fiY 0,0 D, �Cy+� J I ' +r•••f•a•t I. 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