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' RESOLUTION NO. 18228
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM
• SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT REGARDING
r ANNEXATION OF UNINCORPORATED TERRITORY IN THE
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE TO THE CITY OF PALM
SPRINGS WITH U.S. WINDPOWER ON BEHALF OF THE
CITY.
WHEREAS the City of Palm Springs, pursuant to Government Code
Section 56000 et seq, has made application to the Riverside Local
Agency Formation Commission for annexation (Annexation #26) of some
1334 square miles of land to be included within the City' s municipal
boundaries; and
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WHEREAS U.S. Windpower (USW) , a California corporation, holds
certain wind energy conversion systems (WECS) permits previously
• issued by the County of Riverside. In addition, USW has certain
applications currently pending with the County for issuance of
" additional or modified WECS permits and contemplates pursuing
further applications for such facilities; and
WHEREAS USW is concerned that any transfer of jurisdictional
authority pursuant to Annexation #26 not imperil the status of
their current WECS permits, nor prolong the time for processing of
its current WECS permit applications; and
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WHEREAS the City wishes to successfully complete Annexation #26,
and wishes to provide USW with certain assurances regarding the
City's recognition of existing WECS permits, to provide for
procedures regarding the processing of currently pending WECS
permit applications, and to clarify the standards for processing of
any future WECS permit applications; and
• WHEREAS the City Council, on May 19, 1993, certified the
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) regarding Annexation #26 which
identified significant effects that may occur as a result of the
annexation and adopted appropriate findings; and
` WHEREAS the EIR included analysis of the impacts of Annexation #26
as a whole, including subsequent actions to cause the annexation of
properties identified in the Annexation Study, and the approval of
the subject agreement is consistent with the existing and proposed
land uses fully discussed in the EIR, and as such will not create
any impacts beyond those analyzed in the program EIR for the
Annexation Study, and is a logical part in the chain of
contemplated actions for Annexation #26; and
WHEREAS the City finds that since the time of the certification of
the EIR there have been no changes in the annexation program or the
circumstances of such program involving new significant
environmental impacts which would require important revisions in
the EIR; and
WHEREAS no new information of substantial importance to the
' annexation has become available since the certification of the EIR
which indicates new environmental effects, greater severity of
previously identified effects, the feasibility of mitigation
measures previously considered infeasible, or new mitigation
measures which would substantially lessen one or more significant
environmental effects; and
WHEREAS staff has reviewed the site specific operations
contemplated by the subject agreement and determined the
environmental effects were covered in the EIR.
Res. 18228
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of .I
Palm Springs, California, as follows:
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Section 1. The City Council finds that the subject agreement J
is merely a part of the program of the Annexation 1
Study such that no further CEQA compliance is
required.
Section 2 . The City Manager is hereby authorized and requested
to execute on. behalf of the City the .Agreement
Regarding Annexation of Unincorporated Territory in
the County of :Riverside to the City of Palm Springs
with U.S. Windpower, a copy of which is on file in
the Office of the City Clerk and incorporated
herein by this reference.
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ADOPTED this 17th day of _Novernber 1992 .
AYES: Councilmembers Hodges, Lyons, Reller-Spurgin,Schlendorf & Mayor Maryanov
NOES : None •w
ABSENT: None
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ATTEST: CITY OF PALM SP f(1S, CALIFORNIA
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By
City Clerk City ager
REVIEWED & APPROVED:
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