Item 3.3 - Environmental Assessment 17-002, Zone Change 17-001, General Plan Amendment 17-001, Zoning Ordinance Amendment 17-002, & Specific Plan Amendment 17-001 for the Poway Road Specific PlanG�� OF GWAY
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December 5, 2017
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Resolution No./7 / 7-ZZ+P-) -7 Z3
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
Robert Manis, Director of Development Services
Joseph Lim, City Planner
(858) 668-4604 orjlim@po org
SUBJECT: Adoption of a resolution for Environmental Assessment
(EA) 17-002 [Final Environmental Impact Report
(FEIR)], a resolution for General Plan Amendment
(GPA) 17-001, an ordinance for Zone Change (ZC) 17-
001, an ordinance for Specific Plan Amendment (SPA)
17-001, and an ordinance for Zoning Text Amendment
(ZTA) 17-002 for the Poway Road corridor.
Summary:
In 2014, the City began work on the Poway Road Corridor Study (PRCS). The purpose
of the study was to provide recommendations and an implementation strategy that will
help guide land use, transportation, design/aesthetics, and economic development
decisions for Poway Road, between Oak Knoll Road and Garden Road. Significant
outreach has been conducted over the past two years with the community and various
stakeholders. Since 2015, staff has also been working with an advisory committee whose
members have provided valuable input to the study and development of the proposed
Poway Road Specific Plan. The purpose of this public hearing is for City Council to
consider adoption and approval of the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), the
Poway Road Specific Plan (PRSP) and other amendments consistent with the PRSP.
Recommended Action:
It is recommended that the City Council take public input; close the public hearing, adopt
the attached resolutions (Attachments A & B) as noted below and introduce the attached
Ordinances (Attachment C, D & E) as noted below for first reading by title only, waiving
further reading, and schedule adoption of the attached Ordinances for December 19,
2017:
1. Adopt the resolution certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report, adopting
findings and a statement of overriding considerations for the Poway Road
Specific Plan (EA 17-002);
2. Adopt the resolution approving General Plan Amendment (GPA) 17-001;
3. Adopt an ordinance approving the Poway Road Specific Plan (SPA 17-001);
4. Adopt an ordinance amending the City's Zoning and General Plan Land Use
Map (ZC 17-001); and
5. Adopt an ordinance amending the City's Zoning Code (ZTA 17-002).
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access and safety for pedestrians and bicyclists, which should encourage more use of
those facilities through implementation of mobility policies outlined in the prop osed PRSP.
Fiscal Impact:
None.
Environmental Review:
In March 2017, it was determined that a program EIR would be prepared for the Poway
Road Specific Plan amendment. A Notice of Preparation (NOP) was issued on March 13,
2017 and a Scoping Meeting was held on March 22, 2017. Based on the Initial Study and
the comments received from the NOP, an EIR was prepared for the Poway Road Specific
Plan amendment which evaluated 11 major environmental categories for potential impacts,
including: Aesthetics, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Geology and Soils, Hazards and
Hazardous Materials, Hydrology and Water Quality, Noise, Traffic and Circulation, Public
Services, Utilities and Service Systems, and Urban Decay. Both project-specific and
cumulative impacts were evaluated. The EIR considered a reasonable range of project
alternatives, including a no project alternative. The FEIR concludes that the potential
impacts associated with the Specific Plan amendment, through the incorporation of
mitigation measures, will be mitigated to a level of insignificance. The FEIR discusses the
project alternatives, the issue areas, and the mitigation measures in detail.
The advantage of certifying a program EIR is that it 1) provides a more comprehensive
consideration of effects and alternatives than an EIR would on an individual project, 2)
ensures a broader consideration of cumulative impacts than might occur on a case-by-case
basis, and 3) simplifies and minimizes future environmental review on projects that are
consistent with approved policies within the Poway Road Specific Plan.
The Final EIR consists of three volumes.
Volume I: Draft EIR
Volume II: Technical Appendices
Volume Ill: Comment Letters, Responses to Comments, and an Errata that discusses all
revisions proposed to the Draft EIR
Volumes I and II have previously been distributed and are posted on the City's website
(http://poway.org/812/Poway-Road-Corridor-Study) and in the Poway Library. Volume Ill is
included in this report as Attachment H.
Public Notification:
Notice of this hearing was published in the Poway News Chieftain on Nove mber 23, 2017.
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Attachments:
A.Resolution certifying the EIR. (Page# 8)
B.Resolution approving General Plan Amendment 17-001. (Page# 13)
C.Ordinance amending the City Zoning and General Plan Land Use Map
(Page# 16).
D.Ordinance approving the Poway Road Specific Plan. (Page# 25)
E.Ordinance amending Title 17 of the Poway Municipal Code. (Page# 28)
F.Poway Road Specific Plan Amendment (is electronically located at
http://poway.org/DocumentCenter/HomeNiew/4919). (Page# 39)
G.Preferred Land Use Map. (Page# 40)
H.Final Environmental Impact Report Volume Ill. (Page# 41)
Reviewed/Approved By: Reviewed By:
Wendy Kaserman
Assistant City Manager
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Tina M. White
City Manager
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