Resolution 13421CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO.13421
CERTIFYING AN ADDENDUM TO THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
FOR THE CATELLUS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT (STATE CLEARINGHOUSE #
1998112078)
WHEREAS, the City issued a Notice of Preparation (NOP) of an Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) for the Catellus Mixed Use Development on November 23, 1998; and
WHEREAS, in 1998, the City conducted an extensive scoping process to identify
potential environmental issues and concerns that would be raised by the Catellus Mixed Use
Development including placing notices in local newspapers, conducting a public meeting
(December 16, 1998) and using direct mail; and
WHEREAS, the City issued an amended NOP on August 12, 1999; and
WHEREAS, a Draft Environmental Impact Report (December 1999) was circulated for
public comment between December 13, 1999 and January 31, 2000; and written and oral
comments were received; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board held a public hearing to accept comments on the draft
EIR on January 29, 2000; and
WHEREAS, written responses were prepared addressing all significant environmental
issues raised by commentors during the public review period and published as the EIR
Response to Comments Addendum (April 2000), incorporated by reference into this document;
and
WHEREAS, the Final EIR, consisting of the Draft EIR and EIR Response to
Comments Addendum, was made available to the public on May 2, 2000 for a ten -day public
review; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board held a public hearing on this Final Environmental
Impact Report on May 13, 2000, examined pertinent maps and documents, considered the
testimony and written comments received; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board recommended that City Council certify the Final
Environmental Impact Report; and
WHEREAS, on May 31, 2000, the City Council certified the Final Environmental
Impact Report and adopted a statement of overriding considerations; and
WHEREAS, an Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report was prepared in
November, 2001 to address any environmental effects of amendments to the General Plan,
Master Plan, Development Agreement and Tentative Map; and
WHEREAS, the EIR Addendum concluded that the proposed revisions would not
trigger the need for subsequent environmental review pursuant to section 15162 of the CEQA
Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board held a public hearing on the Addendum to the Final
Environmental Impact Report on November 26, 2001, examined pertinent maps and
documents, considered the testimony and written comments received and approved the
Addendum; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has made the following findings:
1. The project, as revised, would not introduce new significant
environmental effects or substantially increase the severity of previously
identified significant effects; and
2 . No substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances
under which the project would be undertaken and there has been no
discovery of new information of substantial importance that would
require major revisions to the previous EIR.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Alameda
hereby approves an Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Catellus
Mixed Use Development.
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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 regular meeting assembled on the
18th day of December, 2001, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
Councilmcmbcrs Daysog, DeWitt, Johnson, and
Mayor Appezzato 4.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Councilmember Ke
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City this
19th day of December, 2001.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda