Item 19 Additional Material posted 6-16-20M EM ORAN DLJ M City of Poway
ADDITIONAL MATERIALS
(Agenda Related Writings/Documents provided to City Council or Staff after distribution of the
Agenda Packet for the June 16, 2020 Council Meeting)
DATE: June 16, 2020
TO:
FROM:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
Robert Manis, Director of Development Services�
David De Vries, City Planner ��JCONTACT:
SUBJECT:
858-668-4604 or ddevries@poway.org
Item #19 -Specific Plan 18-001, Environmental Assessment 19-001, Zone Change
19-001, Zoning Ordinance Amendment 20-001, General Plan Amendment 19-
001, Tentative Tract Map 19-002, Development Review 19-001 and Conditional
Use Permit Application 19-005, a Request to Adopt a Specific Plan, Subdivide 117
Acres of Land and Construct up to 160 Homes with Recreational, Agricultural and
Commercial Amenities at the Decommissioned StoneRidge Country Club and
Certify the Associated Environmental Report
After the close of the public review comment period of the Draft Environmental Impact Report
(EIR) and after the posting of the Final EIR, several comment letter(s) were submitted related to
the subject project and these comments were distributed as Additional Materials for this item.
Although these comments were not received during the public review period, these letters have
been reviewed and it was determined that no new California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
topics or issues have been presented that were not adequately addressed in the Final EIR. The
Final EIR remains legally adequate under CEQA and does not require modification or
recirculation per the CEQA Guidelines 15088.5. To provide some further clarification and
information for the administrative record, the following general responses are provided:
1.One comment indicates that the EIR does not address the Covid-19 or other pandemic
public health risks. CEQA requires the analysis and focus of a project's significant effects
on the physical environment. The topic of Covid-19 is speculative at this time and is not
a CEQA issue. The City acknowledges the commenter's general concern about public
health and the well-being of the residents of Poway. Based on current legal guidance
and the State Public Health Officer's list of essential workers, construction workers who
support construction projects, such as but not limited to housing, are allowed to work. It
should be noted that any construction workers at the site would be required to follow
all executive orders, public health directives and applicable laws at the time of
construction to ensure public safety. Similarly, any uses allowed during operation of the
project would be required to follow all executive orders, public health directive and
applicable laws. Further, CEQA does not require analysis of the impacts of the existing
environment on a proposed project (California Bldg. Indus. Assn. v. Bay Area Air Quality
1 of 2 June 16, 2020, Item #19
Mgmt. Dist. (2015) 62 Cal. 4th 369.).
2.One comment indicates that the EIR project description is contradictory regarding public
accessibility. The City does not agree because the EIR project description does not say,
or imply, that the project will be "fully open to the public" as the commenter suggests.
For clarification purposes, it is correct that there would be membership based
recreational facilities, such as The Club, but it is also correct that there would be publicly
accessible trails and parks.
Additionally, in the Traffic and Transportation Improvements section of the Agenda Report for
this item, it is incorrectly stated that "a curb-separated left turn lane into the project will be added
and the existing left turn lane onto Martincoit Road will also become curb-separated." These left
turn lanes will not be curb separated and will continue to be striped.
Reviewed/ Approved By:
Wendyaserman
Assistant City Manager
2 of 2
Reviewed By:
Alan Fenstermacher
City Attorney
Approved By:
City Manager
June 16, 2020, Item #19