RES-10916 Mitigation Monitoring & Reporting ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 10916
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE APPROVING AND ADOPTING
MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION NO. 1832-
14 INCLUDING ADOPTION OF A MITIGATION
MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA).
CITY OF ORANGE
METROLINK PARKING STRUCTURE PROJECT
130 N. LEMON STREET
WHEREAS, the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is working to expand
Metrolink service in Orange County and at full roll out projects that the Orange Transportation
Center (OTC) will need 900 parking spaces to accommodate demand; and
WHEREAS, the OTC currently has 375 spaces; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to construct a parking structure in cooperation with OCTA
and in early 2009 entered into a cooperative agreement with OCTA to plan for a new parking
structure to serve the OTC and the Metrolink Service Expansion; and
WHEREAS, the City retained a design firm to prepare project concepts and design plans
and held a series of community workshops between 2010 and 2013; and
WHEREAS, schematic design plans for the Metrolink Parking Structure Project were
completed in 2014; and
WHEREAS, approval and development of the project involves a discretionary action by
the City of Orange, a public agency, and is therefore subject to the provisions of the CEQA; and
WHEREAS, an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) No. 1832 -14
was prepared in accordance with CEQA requirements and concluded that the environmental
impacts of the Metrolink Parking Structure Project would be less than significant with the
incorporation of mitigation measures; and
WHEREAS, MND No. 1832 -14 was circulated for public review for at least 30 days as
required by CEQA, with the comment period beginning June 10, 2015 and ending on July 15,
2015; and
WHEREAS, the Notice of Intent to adopt MND No. 1832 -14 was filed with the County
Clerk, posted onsite, published in the local newspaper and mailed to property owners and tenants
within 500 feet of the project site; and
WHEREAS, the Notice of Intent and MND No. 1832 -14 was also filed with the State
Clearinghouse (SCH #2015061022) for review by State Agencies; and
WHEREAS, 19 comments were received during the CEQA review period; and
WHEREAS, although not required, the City prepared a response to comments and
included those responses in Final MND No 1832 -14; and
WHEREAS, on May 27, 2015, City departments reviewed the Metrolink Parking
Structure Project and recommended the project proceed to hearings subject to certain requirements
and conditions; and
WHEREAS, on November 4, 2015, the City's Design Review Committee reviewed the
Metrolink Parking Structure Project including the information presented in the staff report and in
MND 1832 -14 and recommended approval subject to conditions by a vote of three ayes and none
opposed; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted a duly advertised public hearing on
December 7, 2015, at which time interested persons had an opportunity to testify either in support
of or opposition to the Project; and
WHEREAS, on December 7, 2015, the Planning Commission reviewed the Metrolink
Parking Structure Project including the information presented in the staff report and in Final MND
1832 -14 and, having received public testimony on the item, recommended approval subject to
conditions by a vote of four ayes and none opposed; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, having considered the Metrolink Parking Structure Project
at a duly advertised public hearing held on January 12, 2016 including reviewing and considering
the information presented in the staff report and Final MND No. 1832 -14 and having received
public testimony on the item;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Orange
hereby approves and adopts Final MND No. 1832 -14 and the associated Mitigation Monitoring
and Reporting Program (included as an attachment to the City Council staff report), based on the
following findings:
SECTION 1— FINDINGS
The City Council finds that the MND adequately analyzes the environmental effects of
the proposed project and is the appropriate CEQA compliance document because it
concludes that the project has the potential to cause significant environmental impacts,
but mitigation measures have been incorporated and required to reduce environmental
impacts to a less than significant level.
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SECTION 2— CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following conditions are imposed with this
approval:
Mitigation Measures as outlined in the adopted Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program,
included in Final MND 1832 -14 as an attachment to the City Council staff report, are hereby
adopted as conditions of approval for the project.
ADOPTED this 12th day of January 2016.
Teresa E. Smith, Mayor, City of Orange
ATTEST:
Mary E. ity C t, i y ange
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 12th day of January 2016, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: Whitaker, Smith, Murphy
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: Nichols
ABSENT (RECUSED): COUNCILMEMBERS: Alvarez
Mary E. ity Clerk, i y ange
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