Res 83-065RESOLIFfION NO.. 83-065
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COU~]CIL
OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA
CERTIFYING THE FINAL ENVIRO~{ENTAL
]I~PACT REPORT FOR THE CITY OF PC~AY
COMPREHENSIVE PL~,I
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Poway recognizes the need to
protect the co~m,anity's natural and human environment; and
WHEREAS, it was found that the City of Poway Comprehensive Plan may
have potential adverse environmental effects and a Draft Environmental
Impact Report was caused to be prepared; and
WHEREAS, the Draft Environmental Impact Report was prepared according
to the California Environmental Quality Act utilizinR con. unity meetings
and a formal Notice of Preparation to assist in preparation; and,
WHEREAS, those corments received either verbally or in writing have
been responded to and the Final Environmental Impact Report has been
prepared in accordance with the requirements of the California
Environmental OualityAct.
NCN, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council does hereby certify
the Final Environmental Impact Report of the City of Poway Comprehensive
Plan which includes all con~nents and responses on the Draft Fmvironmental
Impact Report, the Draft Part Three: The Environmental Analysis Section,
Part One: %he General Plan, and Part Two: %he Zoning Development Code.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the City Council adopts the attached Exhibit A,
the STATE~?F OF OVERRIDI~ COt~IDERATIONS for those adverse impacts
identified ia the Final Environmental Impact Report that could not be
adequately mitigated to a insignificant level.
The City Clerk of the City of Poway is hereby directed by the City Council
to file a ~btice of Determination with the County Clerk of the County of
San Diego in accordance with the California Environmental Ouality Act.
PASSED, ADOPTED, AL~ APPROVED by the City Co~mcil of the City of Poway,
State of California, at a regrular meeting thereof this 20th day of
September, 1983.
Linda h. Oravec~.hyor
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EXHIBIT A
STATSMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS
The California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines specifically state that
no public agency shall approve or carry out a project for which an EIR has
been completed which identifies one or more significant environmental
effects of the project unless the public agency makes one or more written
findings for each of those significant effects. The written findings are
commonly known as statements of overriding considerations. Statements of
overriding consideration allow the decision-making body to determine if the
benefits of a project outweigh theunavoidable adverse environmental
effects, the adverse environmental effects may be considered "acceptable."
land Use
The growth anticipated by the Comprehensive Plan will convert undeveloped
areas of the City to some form of development, principally low-density
residential. This is offset by the objectives of the General Plan that
encourage in-fill development and discourage development outside of the
existing developed area. Therefore, although growth will impact the City,
the impact on the coL~unity's desire to retain open space and a rural
character is significantly reduced.
Air Quality
The growth anticipated by the Comprehensive Plan will contribute more air
pollutants than are bein~ contributed today. The Plan has several sections
which reduce the amo~mt of pollutants to the least feasible amount
including an Air Quality Element, but it is impossible to mitigate the
problem entirely. The City of Poway's contribution to increased air
pollutants is a small fraction of the overall increase anticipated on a
regional scale.
Water Oualitv
%he water quality of local surface and groundwater will be affected with
additional pollutants as a result of increased growth. These pollutants
~uld be principally from increased refuse and automobile fluids being
washed from City roadways into the local surface of Kroundwater system.
Although the City's street sweeping proKram will mitigate the impact to a
certain extent, it cannot fully mitigate the problem.
Traffic
%he proposed Midland Road extension from Twin Peaks Road to Espola Road has
been eliminated to reduce the impacts on adjacent residential ~ellin~s.
As a result, the Citvwide Traffic Studv has noted that Espola Road will
have to acco~.n~oda[e more traffic than capacity will allm~ as a secondary
arterial. ~pota Road, however, will remain a secondary arterial to
preserve the rural character of the adjacent area.