HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-02-22 - RESOLUTIONS - CRA EXEMPT FROM CEQA (2).�. RESOLUTION NO. IDA
A RESOLUTION OF THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE
SANTA CLARITA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FINDING
THAT THE ADOPTION OF THE SANTA CLARITA
COMMUNITY RECOVERY PLAN AND ALL RELATED
j DOCUMENTS IS EXEMPT AS A PROJECT FROM THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE SANTA CLARITA REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY HEREBY DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The Legislative Body of the Santa Clarita
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Redevelopment Agency does hereby find, determine and declare as
follows:
A. Commencing on January 17, 1994, an earthquake
registering at least 6.6 on the Richter scale occurred, and was
followed by a continuing series of aftershocks in and along fault
lines in and/or adjacent to the City ("Disaster"); and
B. Preliminary estimates of damage to buildings and
structures within the City indicate that damage caused by the
Disaster in the City is estimated at Two Hundred Ten Million
Dollars '($210,000,000.00); and
C. President Bill Clinton declared the area in the
City to be a major disaster under federal law on January 17,
1994; and
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D. Governor Pete Wilson of the State of California
declared a State of Emergency in Los Angeles County on January
17, 1994; and
E. The City Manager and the City Council of the City
issued a Proclamation of Local Emergency in the City of Santa
Clarita on January 17, 1994; and
F. The City Council of the City responded in part to
the Disaster by directing the Santa Clarita Redevelopment Agency
to prepare a Redevelopment Plan for the Santa Clarita Community
Recovery Project Area (the "Project Area") pursuant to the
Community Redevelopment Law of the State of Cafifornia (Health
and Safety Code Section 33000 et sea.) (11C*RI,11) and the Community
Redevelopment Financial Assistance and Disaster Project Law
(Health and Safety Code Section 34000 et seq.) ("Disaster Law");
and
G. The Santa Clarita Redevelopment Agency has
prepared the proposed Santa Clarita Community Recovery Plan
("Plan") in response to said direction; and
H. The adoption of the Plan and all related documents
("Project") is a Project under the California Environmental
Quality Act, Public Resources Code Section 21000 et sea.
("CEQA"); and
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I. The Agency has examined the Declaration of Lynn M.
Harris, Deputy City Manager and the Director of Community
Development for the City who serves as the Environmental Officer
in the City; and
J. The Agency concurs with Ms. Harrisrs findings and
conclusions that the Project is exempt from CEQA as stated below;
and
K. That the Project is exempt from CEQA under Public
Resources Code Section 21080(b)(3) because it is a project
undertaken and carried out by the Santa Clarita Redevelopment
Agency to maintain, repair, restore, demolish,,..br replace
property or facilities damaged or destroyd��'as a result of a
disaster in a disaster -stricken area which the Governor of
California has proclaimed a state of emergency pursuant to
Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 8550) of Division 1 of Title 2
of the Government Code; and
L. The Disaster constitutes an "emergency" within the
meaning of Public Resources Code Section 21060.3 ("Emergency") in
that the -Disaster was a sudden, unexpected occurrence, involving
a clear and imminent danger, demanding immediate action to
prevent or mitigate loss of, or damage to, life, health, property
or essential public services; and that the Project is exempt as a
project from the provisions of CEQA under Public Resources Code
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Section 21080(b)(4) because the Project is necessary to mitigate
such an emergency; and
M. Further, that the Project is exempt from CEQA
under CEQA Guidelines Section 15269(a) and (c) for the above -
stated reasons.
SECTION 2. That the Agency has reviewed the proposed
Notice of Exemption relating to the Project and has determined
that the same was properly prepared in accordance with CEQA and
the State and local guidelines. The said Notice of Exemption is
hereby accepted and ordered filed.
SECTION 3. That the Secretary of the Agency shall
certify the adoption hereof, and forward a certified copy hereof
to the Executive Director of the Agency.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of
Fe 'a , 1994.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing resolution was duly passed and adopted
by the Board of Directors of the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Santa Clarita at a regular
meeting on the 22nd day of February 1994, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: DIRECTORS: Boyer, Darcy, Heidt,pederem
NOES: DIRECTORS: None
ABSENT: DIRECTORS Rlajic
ABSTAIN: DIRECTORS: None
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Secretary