HomeMy WebLinkAbout17709 - RESOLUTIONS - 12/18/1991 RESOLUTION NO. 17709 4
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OE' PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, RECOMMENDING TO RIVERSIDE COUNTY DENIAL OF
SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 252 , COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT NO. 209, CHANGE OF ZONE NO. 5499, RECLAMATION
PLAN NO. 107 (REVISED NO. 1) , ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
NO. 323 , AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NO. 47 TO ALLOW THE
DEVELOPMENT OF A NON•-HAZARDOUS CLASS III :LANDFILL LOCATED
AT THE KAISER MINE, EAGLE MOUNTAIN, CALIFORNIA.
WHEREAS the City has received a copy of a Specific: Plan and Draft
Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement to allow
the development of a Class III non-hazardous landfill within an
unincorporated portion of Riverside County; and
WHEREAS Riverside County Planning Department has transmitted said
application to the City of Palm Springs for review and comment; and
WHEREAS the Planning and Zoning Department staff evaluated the '.
Specific Plan and the related draft. Environmental Impact
Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the project; and
WHEREAS the Director of Planning and Zoning responded to the
Riverside County Planning Department and the Bureau of Land
Management in a letter dated August 29, 1991, which raises concerns
about regional impacts to air quality, growth impacts, and socio-
economics that were not addressed in the environmental document '
described above; and . ,
WHEREAS the City Council held a duly noticed public meeting on
December 18 , 1991, on said project; and
WHEREAS the City Council has reviewed all evidence provided at the
meeting including the staff report dated December 1.8, 1991, and all
other written and oral testimony and finds the project inconsistent
with the policies of the City of Palm Springs.
WHEREAS the City Council is concerned about the: impact by the +
number of project-related trains traveling through the Coachella
Valley and the future impact on passenger rail trains.NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Palm Springs, California, does :hereby recommend denial to the
Riverside County Planning Department, Planning Commission and
Board of Supervisors of the request by Kaiser Steel Resources, Inc.
and Mine Reclamation Corporation for Specific Plan No. 252 ,
Comprehensive General Plan Amendment No. 209, Change of Zone No.
5499 , Reclamation Plan No. 107 (Revised No. 1) , Environmental
Impact: Report No. 323 , and Development Agreement No. 47 to allow
the development of a Class III non-hazardous landfall for property
hereinabove described.
SECTION 1: The City Council finds: '
a. That the proposed landfill project will result in a
significant air quality impact to the Coachella Valley. The
proposed mitigation measures are not specifically defined
enough to determine effectiveness. The project should be
scaled back or emission reductions should be increased
substantially.
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b. That the future refuse needs of the Coachella Valley have not
been addressed. The project should make sufficient refuse
capacity available to Riverside County, more specifically the
Coachella Valley.
c, That the impacts by the number of project--related trains
traveling through the Coachella Valley and the future impact
on passenger rail trains has not been satisfactorily addressed
in the public record.
d. That a full fiscal impact analysis of this project and
associated agreements should be included in the public record.
The economic impact upon Riverside County was not fully
documented in the public record.
e. That regional air quality, growth, socio-economic, and future
rail traffic issues should be addressed in the Final
Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report.
f. That the City Council will oppose this project until these
issues described hereinabove are resolved and sufficient
information is provided in the public record for the City
Council to re-evaluate this project.
ADOPTED this 18th day of December 1991 .
AYES: Councilmembers Broich, Hodges, Murawski , Neel , and P4ayor Bono
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
� ♦ ATTEST: // CIT OF PALM SPRIN S ALIFORNIA
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REVIEWED & APPROVED:
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