RES-10330 Readopting City's Bikeways Master PlanRESOLUTION NO. 10330
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE READOPTING THE CITY'S
BIKEWAYS MASTER PLAN.
WHEREAS, by the adoption of Resolution No. 9418 on February 27,2001, the City
Council of the City of Orange amended the Circulation Element of the City's General Plan to
update the Bikeways Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, prior to the adoption of said Resolution No. 9418 and as the lead agency
under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the City Council of the City of
Orange determined that the amendment of the Circulation Element of the City's General Plan
to update the Bikeways Master Plan would not have a significant effect upon the
environment and, accordingly, adopted a Negative Declaration therefor; and
WHEREAS, the California Department of Transportation ("Caltrans") Bicycle
Transportation Account grant program (the Program), provides state funding for the
construction of bicycle lanes and routes for local agencies that meet specific eligibility
requirements, including having a Bicycle Master Plan that has been adopted between January
1, 2004 and December 31, 2008; and
WHEREAS, Caltrans' Bicycle Facilities Unit administers the Program; and
WHEREAS, this City Council wishes to submit an application to the Bicycle
Facilities Unit for funds under the Program to design and construct a Class I bikeway along
the northerly side of Bond Avenue between Prospect Street and Hewes Street (the Project) as
part of the City's Santiago Creek Bike Trail; and
WHEREAS, in order to meet the eligibility requirements under the Program, this
City Council desires to re-adopt, without modification or amendment, the City's
Bikeways Master Plan;
and WHEREAS, this City Council finds and determines, as the lead agency under
CEQA,that the re-adoption of the City's Bikeways Master Plan is exempt from the
provisions ofCEQA under Section 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines because it can be seen
with certainty that there is no possibility that the re-adoption of the Bikeways Master Plan
may have a significant effect
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Orange as follows:
1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.
2. The City's Bikeways Master Plan, in the form presented at the meeting at
which this Resolution was considered and adopted, is hereby re-adopted,
without modification or amendment, which Bikeways Master Plan shall remain a part of
the Circulation Element of the General
Plan.ADOPTED this 28th day of October,
2008
ATTEST:I, MARY E. MURPHY, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council
of the City of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 28th day of October, 2008, by
the following
vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:COUNCILMEMBERS: Smith, Murphy, Cavecche, Dumitru,
Bilodeau COUNCILMEMBERS:
None COUNCILMEMBERS:
None COUNCILMEMBERS:
None