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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 Infinite 131 Project.
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WHEREAS, US 131 Terminal Court Owner, LLC ("Applicant") has submitted an application requesting approval to redevelop a 17.67-acre industrial site in the Lindenville Sub-Area with up to 1.7 million square feet of R&D / office development, commercial amenities, open space improvements, and on- and off-site infrastructure improvements at 131 Terminal Court, which would require approval of Design Review, Vesting Tentative Map, Transportation Demand Management Plan and a Development Agreement, as well as amendments of the General Plan, Lindenville Specific Plan and Zoning Map to change the existing land use and zoning designations from Mixed Industrial High ("MIH") to Business Technology Park - High ("BTP-H") ("Infinite 131 Project"); and
WHEREAS, in addition to the 131 Terminal Court site, five parcels north of the project site at 120 Terminal Court, 196 Produce Avenue, 160 Produce Avenue and 140 Produce Avenue would also be redesignated from MIH to BTP-H ("Off-Site Redesignation Parcels") in the General Plan, Lindenville Specific Plan, and Zoning Map; and
WHEREAS, approval of the entitlements for the Infinite 131 Project and the Off-Site Redesignation Parcels 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 City issued a Notice of Preparation of an EIR for the Project on November 1, 2023; and
WHEREAS, per CEQA Guidelines Section 15063(c)(3) an Initial Study was prepared prior to the EIR, which determined that the potential environmental effects of the...
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