Resolution 13327CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 13327
APPROVING A NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE
AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN
FOR THE BUSINESS AND WATERFRONT IMPROVEMENT
PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Community Improvement Commission of the City of
Alameda (the "CIC ") has prepared an Amendment to the Community Improvement
Plan (the "Amendment ") for the Business and Waterfront Improvement Project (the
"BWIP "), which would change certain land use designations or descriptions of land
use designations within the BWIP and make other textual changes in connection
therewith; and
WHEREAS, an initial study has been made to determine whether the
proposed Amendment will have a significant effect on the environment; and
WHEREAS, based on the results of the initial study, the CIC has prepared a
Negative Declaration, which has been submitted to and has been considered by the
City Council of the City of Alameda ( the " City Council ") in connection with the
proposed adoption by the City Council of an ordinance adopting the Amendment;
and
WHEREAS, on April 3, 2001, the City Council and the CIC held a joint
public hearing on the proposed Amendment and the Negative Declaration, and the
City Council has considered all comments and testimony received pertaining thereto.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ALAMEDA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council has reviewed and considered the information
contained in the Negative Declaration prepared for the proposed Amendment and
hereby approves the Negative Declaration.
Section 2. Based upon the initial study, the Negative Declaration and
comments and testimony received pertaining thereto, the City Council hereby finds
and determines that the proposed Amendment will not have a significant effect on
the environment based upon the following findings:
The project does not have the potential to degrade the quality of the
environment, substantially reduce the habitat of fish or wildlife
species, cause a fish or wildlife population to drop below sustaining
levels, threaten to eliminate a plant or animal community, reduce the
number or restrict the range of rare or endangered plants or animals
or eliminate important examples of California history because the
project would enhance the existing residential neighborhood
environment and the urbanized site does not contain significant
biological resources. The site contains a residence of potential
historical importance which would be retained and preserved under
the proposed General Plan designation and zoning.
The project does not involve impacts which are individually limited but
"cumulatively considerable" (e.g. that the incremental effects of the
project are considerable when viewed in connection with the effects
of past projects), the effects of other current projects and the effects
of probable future projects, because the project would not involve
environmental impacts which could compound with effects of past,
current or probable future projects.
The project does not have any environmental effects which will cause
substantial adverse effects on human beings, either directly or
indirectly because the project would be consistent with, and
compatible with, the surrounding land uses.
The project does not have the potential to achieve short-term, to the
disadvantage of long -term, environmental goals, because the project
involves redevelopment of a commercial site with residential use,
under a Planned Development and General Plan and Zoning
amendments necessary for the project which would be consistent with
long- teiiii environmental and land use goals.
Section 3. The City Clerk of the City of Alameda is authorized to file a
Notice of Determination with the County Clerk of the County of Alameda and the
Office of Planning and Research, if applicable, following the adoption by the City
Council of an ordinance adopting the Amendment.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a Special Joint City Council and
Community Improvement Commission meeting assembled on the 3rd day of April, 2001, by the
following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, DeWitt, Johnson, and
Mayor Appezzato 4.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilmember Kerr -
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this
4th day of April, 2001.
e Felsch, City Clerk
City of Alameda