CC RESOLUTION 5302RESOLUTION NO. 5302
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN ADDENDUM (EA-1320) TO THE EL
SEGUNDO PARK PLACE EXTENSION AND GRADE SEPARATION
PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.
The City Council of the city of El Segundo does resolve as follows:
SECTION 1. Recitals. The City Council finds:
A. The Park Place Extension and Grade Separation Project ("Project") will connect
existing segments of Park Place between Allied Way and Nash Street to provide
continuous road access from Douglas Street to Sepulveda Boulevard.
B, On May 7, 2019, the City Council, the City Council certified a Final Environmental
Impact Report (EA-905) ("FEIR") for the Project (State Clearinghouse No.
2016101075) pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"; Pub.
Resources Code, § 21000 et seq.) and CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14
§ 15000 et seq.).
C. In approving the FEIR, the Council found that:
1. The City completed a Draft Environmental Impact Report ("DEIR") for the
and a noticed Public Scoping meeting was conducted pursuant to
California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") Guidelines § 15090. A Notice
of Preparation of the DEIR was circulated for public review pursuant to
CEQA Guidelines § 15082. A Notice of Completion for the DEIR was filed
with the State Office of Planning and Research pursuant to CEQA
Guidelines § 15085. The City provided for a public comment and review
period for the DEIR in compliance with CEQA Guidelines § 15087.
Z The FEIR was reviewed by the City Council and the information contained
in the FEIR was considered by the City Council before approving the
project in accordance with CEQA Guidelines § 15090.
3. The FEIR was prepared under the City's direction and reflects its
independent judgment and analysis of the environmental impacts and
comments received on the DEIR.
4. The DEIR generally identified, for each potentially significant impact of the
project, one or more corresponding mitigation measures to reduce
impacts to a level of insignificance.
5. Written findings were considered for each of the significant environmental
effects identified in the DEIR before certifying the FEIR, which included a
rationale of how mitigation measures lessened the significant
environmental effects to a less than significant level. No significant
impacts were found to occur as a result of Project implementation.
6, The City Council adopted a Statement of Facts and Findings on May 7,
2019.
D, Union Pacific Railroad ("UPRR") and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad
("BNSF") proposed to modify the Project to construct two adjacent grade
separations over the Park Place extension ("Amended Project") instead of one as
originally contemplated under the Project.
E. The City commissioned Michael Baker International to evaluate the environmental
impact of the Amended Project in light of the standards for subsequent
environmental review outlined in Public Resources Code § 21166 and CEQA
Guidelines § 15162. Based on Michael Baker International's evaluation of the
environmental impact of the proposed modifications to the Project, it prepared an
Addendum pursuant to CEQA Guidelines § 15164.
F. The Amended Project has two key components:
1. Altering the railroad overcrossing of Park Place from a consolidated single
bridge structure to two separate bridge structures; and
2. Adding two BNSF storage tracks alongside the relocated BNSF yard and
tracks to the northeast of the grade separation.
SECTION 2. Approval and Findings in Support. The City Council approves the
Addendum to the FEIR based upon the following:
A. The City is the lead agency for the Project. The Addendum, which is incorporated
by reference, was prepared for the Amended Project in compliance with the
requirements of CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines and is adequate and appropriate
for the City's use as the lead agency.
B. Based upon the totality of the evidence in the record and as demonstrated by the
analysis set forth in the Addendum, none of the conditions described in Sections
15162 or 15163 of the CEQA Guidelines calling for the preparation of a subsequent
or supplemental EIR or negative declaration have occurred. Specifically:
1. The proposed modifications to the Project do not constitute substantial
changes in the Project that will require major revisions to the FEIR due to
the involvement of new significant environmental effects.
2. No substantial changes have occurred with respect to the circumstances
under which the Project is being undertaken which will require major
revisions of the FEIR due to the involvement of new significant
environmental effects.
3. There is no new information of substantial importance, which was not known
and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at
the time the previous FEIR was certified, that shows any of the following: (A)
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the modifications will have one or more significant effects not discussed in
the certified FEIR; (B) significant effects previously examined will be
substantially more severe than shown in the certified FEIR; (C) mitigation
measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be
feasible and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the
project, but the project proponent declines to adopt the mitigation measures
or alternative; or (D) mitigation measures or alternatives which are
considerably different from those analyzed in the certified FEIR would
substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but
the project proponent declines to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative.
C. The evaluation of the proposed modifications to the Project, FEIR, and Addendum
reflects the City Council's independent judgment and analysis based on its review
of the entire administrative record.
D. The City Council finds and determines that the FEIR, together with the Addendum,
satisfy of all the requirements of CEQA and are adequate to serve as the required
environmental documentation for the Amended Project.
E. The FEIR, is on file with the State of California (SCH # 2016101075), remain in full
force and effect.
F. Per State CEQA Guidelines section 15164(c), the Addendum is not required to be
circulated for public review but can be attached to the adopted FEIR.
SECTION 3. Reliance on Record. Each and every one of the findings and
determination in this Resolution are based on the competent and substantial evidence,
both oral and written, contained in the entire record relating to the Amended Project. The
findings and determinations constitute the independent findings and determinations of the
City Council in all respects and are fully and completely supported by substantial evidence
in the record as a whole.
SECTION 4. Severability. If any part of this Resolution or its application is deemed
invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the City Council intends that such invalidity will
not affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions or applications and, to this end, the
provisions of this Resolution are severable.
SECTION 5. Electronic Signatures. This Resolution may be executed with
electronic signatures in accordance with Government Code § 16.5. Such electronic
signatures will be treated in all respects as having the same effect as an original signature.
SECTION 6, Signature Authority. The Mayor, or presiding officer, is hereby
authorized to affix his signature to this Resolution signifying its adoption by the City Council
of the City of El Segundo, and the City Clerk, or her duly appointed deputy, is directed to
attest thereto.
SECTION 7. Effective Date. This Resolution will take effect immediately upon
adoption.
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SECTION 8. City Clerk Direction. The City Clerk will certify to the passage and
adoption of this Resolution, enter it in the City's book of original Resolutions, and make a
record of this action in the meeting's minutes.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 21St day of December, 2021,
rewlayor
ATTEST:
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Resolution No. 5302 was duly passed and adopted by said City Council, approved and
signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested to by the City Clerk of said City, all at a
regular meeting of said Council held on the 21 st day of December 2021, and the same was
so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tern Pimentel, Council Member Pirsztuk, Council
Member Nichol, and Council Member Giroux
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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Tracy Weav9r, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM;
Mark D. J' Iensley, City Attorn
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