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CC RESOLUTION 4299RESOLUTION NO. 4299 A RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE EL SEGUNDO CITY COUNCIL APPROVING ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT NO. 609 TO ADOPT THE RECREATION PARK MASTER PLAN. The City Council of the City of El Segundo does resolve as follows: SECTION 1: The City Council finds and declares that: A. On February 23, 2003, the City of El Segundo initiated an application for the adoption of the Recreation Park Master Plan; B. The City of El Segundo application was reviewed by City's Department of Community, Economic and Development Services for, in part, consistency with the General Plan and conformity with the El Segundo Municipal Code ( "ESMC "); C. In addition, the City reviewed the project's environmental impacts under the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq., "CEQA "), the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of Regulations § §15000, et seq., the "CEQA Guidelines "), and the City's Environmental Guidelines (City Council Resolution No. 3805, adopted March 16, 1993); D. The Department of Community, Economic and Development Services completed its review and scheduled a meeting regarding the application before the Planning Commission for March 6, 2003; E. On March 6, 2003, the Planning Commission held a meeting to review the Recreation Park Master Plan and other evidence regarding the application including, without limitation, information provided to the Commission by the City of El Segundo and the City's contracted architect, LPA, Inc.; F. On March 6, 2003, the Planning Commission adopted Resolution No. 2547, recommending the City Council approve Environmental Assessment No. 609; G. The Department of Community, Economic and Development Services completed its review and scheduled a public hearing regarding the application before this Council for March 18, 2003; H. On March 18, 2003, the City Council held a meeting to review the Recreation Park Master Plan and other evidence regarding the application including, without limitation, information provided to the Council by LPA, Inc. and the City of El Segundo as applicant; 1. The City Council considered the information provided by City staff, public testimony, and LPA, Inc. representatives. This Resolution, and its findings, are made based upon the evidence presented to the City Council at its March 18, 2003 hearing including, without limitation, the staff report submitted by the Department of Community, Economic and Development Services. SECTION 2: Factual Findings. The Council finds that the following facts exist: A. The project site is Recreation Park, located at the southwest corner of Pine Avenue and Eucalyptus Drive. B. The Recreation Park property is zoned Open Space (O -S). C. The Recreation Park property is surrounded by residentially zoned property on all sides and also bordered by the Public Facilities (P -F) and Neighborhood Commercial (C -2) Zones on the westerly portion of the south property line. D. The proposed Recreation Park Master Plan contemplates improvements to various public facilities including, without limitation, new equipment in the new youth and "tot" play areas, relocation of horse shoe pits, restriping of the existing parking lots within Recreation Park, new patio space and seating along the garden walkway, new trees planted to surround a courtyard area for events and gathering, renovations to the existing sports fields and maintenance building, new automatic doors at the Joslyn Center, new handball and racquetball courts and a climbing wall. Actual construction or improvements will be considered on a case -by -case basis depending on cost and other factors. Additional public improvements identified and discussed by the Master Plan are being planned and evaluated for environmental impacts under separate applications. SECTION 3: Environmental Assessment. Because of the facts identified in Section 2 of this Resolution, the proposed Recreation Park Master Plan is exempt from the requirements of CEQA. In general, the Master Plan is conceptual; it is not a definite plan for public projects. Moreover, even if the projects identified by the Master Plan were built, they would generally be categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines and El Segundo Guidelines, which identify the individual elements of the project as Class 1 (CEQA Guidelines section 15301; the minor alteration to existing public or private structures) and Class 4 (CEAQ Guidelines section 15304; the minor alteration to land). Environmental impacts associated with the new multi - purpose community center are evaluated in an Initial Study prepared for and reviewed by the Planning Commission and City Council as Environmental Assessment No. 590 and Conditional Use Permit No. 02 -02, and adopted by City Council Resolution No. 4298 on March 18, 2003. 2. SECTION 4: Notice of Exemption. The City Manager, or designee, is directed to file a Notice of Exemption in accordance with Pub. Res. Code §§ 21152, 21167(f); 14 CCR § 15062; and any other applicable law. SECTION 5: General Plan and Zoning. The proposed project conforms with the City's General Plan and the zoning regulations in the ESMC as follows: A. The Land Use Designation of the project site is Park in the General Plan Land Use Element and Recreation Park is a designated public community park in the Open Space and Recreational Use Element of the General Plan. Moreover, the proposed project is consistent with Goal OS -1 and Objective OS1 -1 of the General Plan, which address the concern of preservation of existing as well as acquisition of future recreational facilities which are adequate for serving the needs of the present and future residential population; B. The project is also consistent with Policy LU6 -1.1 of the Land Use Element of the General Plan. The policy urges the City to continue to provide uniform and high quality recreational opportunities. C. The ESMC zoning classification for the project site is Open Space (O -S) which allows buildings or structures in conjunction with permitted uses. SECTION 6: Approval. The City Council adopts Resolution No. 4299 , approving Environmental Assessment No. 609. SECTION 7: This Resolution will remain effective until superseded by a subsequent resolution. SECTION 8: The City Clerk is directed to mail a copy of this Resolution to any person requesting a copy. SECTION 9: This Resolution is the City Council's final decision and will become effective immediately upon adoption. PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of March, 2003. Mike Gordon, Mayor City of El Segundo 3. ATTEST: STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS CITY OF EL SEGUNDO ) I, Cindy Mortesen, 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. 4299 was duly passed and adopted by said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor, and attested to by the City Clerk, all at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 18th day of March, 2003, and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote: AYES: Gordon, Jacobs, Gaines, McDowell NOES: Wernick ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Cindy Mo esen, City Cler APPROVED AS TO FORM: By ✓,,t/t ,� Mark D. Hensley, City Attorn 4.