HomeMy WebLinkAbout18273 - RESOLUTIONS - 1/19/1994 RESOLUTION NO. 18273
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF' PALK
SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, CERTIFYING THE NEGATIVE
DECLARATION FOR THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT
(CASE 5.0576-GPA•-1.A) , THE AMENDMENT TO THE
CANYON PARK RESORT AND SPA SPECIFIC PLAN #1
(CASE 5. 0576-SP-1.A) , THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT
DISTRICT (CASE 5. 0576-PDD-217A) AND
DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT (CASE 5. 0576-DA-2) FOR A
746 ACRE AREA LOCATED SOUTH OF MURRAY CANYON '
DRIVE, NORTH OF ACANTO WAY AND EAST AND WEST
OF SOUTH PALM CANYON DRIVE, W-R-1-A, W-•R-1-I3,
R-1-A, R•-1-B, R-2, 0-20, W, U-R ZONES, PD78
AND PD228, PORTIONS OF SECTIONS 34, 35 AND 36
WHEREAS Canyon Development has submitted an application for an
amendment to the approved Canyon Park Resort Hotel and Spa Specific
Plan #1 (approved in July of 3.9191) , pursuant to Government Code
Section 65450, entailing the same boundaries and acreage total (746
acres) as in Specific Plan #1; and
WHEREAS the proposed amendment to the Specific Plan includes 340
acres owned or controlled by Canyon Development and 406 acres owned
or controlled by various other parties; and
WHEREAS Canyon Development has submitted an application for, and
the City of Palm Springs has initiated a General Plan Amendment in
favor of the Specific Plan Amendment; and
WHEREAS Canyon Development has filed an application with the City
for Preliminary Planned Development District and a Development
Agreement for a 1, 250, 000 sgUare fool"c resort. hotel and spa
entailing 400 guest rooms, a 91,800 square foot retail and
restaurant complex, 460 single and multi-family residential units, '
an 18-hole golf course and golf clubhouse, a tennis complex,
roadway improvements, :flood control facilities and other public and
private improvements; and
WHEREAS the Planning Commission at its December 22 , 1993, meeting
voted in favor of ordering the filing of the Negative Declaration
(5-0; 1 abstention; 1 absent) ; and
WHEREAS notice of a public hearing of the City Council of the City
of Palm Springs to consider the Applicant's applications for the
General Plan Amendment, the Amendment to the Specific Plan #1, the
Planned Development District 217A and the Negative Declaration; and
WHEREAS in July of 1991 the City Council certified The Canyon
Redevelopment Plan and Canyon ]Park Resort and Spa Specific Plan
Final Environmental Impact :Report, adopted a Statement of Facts and
Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations; and
WHEREAS the proposed General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan
Amendment, Planned Development District and Development Agreement
are considered "projects" pursuant to the terms of the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and a Negative Declaration has
been prepared for the Canyon Park Resort and Spa Hotel amended
project and has been distributed for public review and comment in
accordance with CEQA (beginning on November 8, 1993 and extending
to January 19, 199-4) ; and '
WHEREAS the Negative ]Declaration prepared for the project, finds
that the proposed project will not have a significant negative
impact on the environment and will not create any further impacts
beyond those analyzed in the: Final. EIR for the Canyon Park, Resort
Hotel and Spa Specific; Plan ,h51; and
WHEREAS the City Council has carefully reviewed and considered all
of the evidence presented in connection with the hearing on the
project, including but not limited to the staff report and the
environmental data including the Environmental Analysis and related
comments.
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THE CITY COUNCIL HEREBY FINDS AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: Pursuant to CEQA, the City Council finds as follows:
a. The final Negative Declaration has been completed in
compliance with CEQA, the State CEQA Guidelines and the City's
CEQA procedures. The City Council has independently reviewed
and considered the information contained in the Negative
Declaration and finds that it adequately discusses the
significant environmental effects of the proposed project
(including the proposed PDD-217A, General Plan Amendment,
Amendment to Specific Plan f1 and the Development Agreement) ,
and that, on the basis of the initial study and comments
received during the public review process, there is no
substantial evidence that there will be any new significant
adverse environmental effects as a result of the approval of
this project because mitigation measures identified in the
Negative Declaration and the previous Final EIR have been
incorporated into the project which mitigate any potential
significant environmental effects to a point acceptable within
the community. The mitigation measures are adopted in the
Conditions of Approval of this project as outlined in Exhibit
A (as on file in the Office of the City Clerk) of this
Resolution. The Planning Commission further finds that the
Negative Declaration reflects its independent judgement.
b. The Negative Declaration adequately covers the current
project proposal such that no impacts will result from the
amended project and that no additional impacts will result
which were not already addressed in the Final EIR and the
adopted Statement of Facts and Findings and Statement of
overriding considerations for the for the approved Canyon Park
' Resort Hotel and Spa Specific Plan #1,
C. The Mitigation Monitoring Program is in compliance with
Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 and is required in order
to assure compliance with the above referenced mitigation
measures during project implementation. These mitigation
measures are referenced in the Conditions of Approval.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, based upon the foregoing the
City Council hereby certifies the Negative Declaration (Exhibit A,
as on file in the Office of the City Clerk) as in compliance with
CEQA and adopts the Mitigation Monitoring Program relating to the
General Plan Amendment, the Amendment to the Specific Plan ,#1,
Planned Development District 217A and the Development Agreement.
ADOPTED this 19th day of January 1994.
AYES: Members Hodges, Lyons, Reller-Spurgin, Schlendorf
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Mayor Maryanov
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