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Resolution making findings and recommending that the City Council certify the Environmental Impact Report, including adoption of a Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, for the Southline Project.
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WHEREAS, Lane Partners ("Applicant") has submitted an application requesting approval of a General Plan Amendment, Zoning Text Amendment, Zoning Map Amendment, Specific Plan, Phase 1 Precise Plan, a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Plan, Design Review, Vesting Tentative Map, and a Development Agreement to redevelop a 28.5-acre industrial site in the Lindenville Sub-Area with up to 2.8 million square feet of R&D / office development, commercial amenities, open space improvements, and on- and off-site infrastructure improvements at the intersection of Tanforan and South Maple Avenues (30 Tanforan Avenue, 40 Tanforan, 50 Tanforan Avenue, 54 Tanforan Avenue, 80 Tanforan Avenue, 315 S. Maple Avenue, 319 S. Maple Avenue, 325 S. Maple Avenue, 347 S. Maple Avenue, 349 S. Maple Avenue, 160 S. Linden Avenue, 180 S. Linden Avenue, 240 Dollar Avenue) ("Southline Project" or "Project"); and
WHEREAS, approval of the Applicant's proposal is considered a "project" for purposes of the California Environmental Quality Act, Pub. Resources Code ?21000, et seq. ("CEQA"); and,
WHEREAS, in accordance with CEQA the City determined that an Environmental Impact Report ("EIR") was required to evaluate the impacts of the proposed Project; and,
WHEREAS, the Final EIR ("FEIR") for the Project consists of the Draft EIR, Response to Comments, and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program; and
WHEREAS, the City issued a Notice of Preparation on May 22, 2020; and,
WHEREAS, the City prepared a Draft EIR ("DEIR") (State Clearinghouse No. 2020050452), which was circulated for 45-day public/agency review period from September 28 through November 12, 2021; and,
WHEREAS, Notices of the Availability of the DEIR were posted to the San...
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