HomeMy WebLinkAbout6805 RESOLUTION NO. 6805
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REVIEW NO.
2005-026 AND RESOLUTION 6562 REGARDING THE PHASE 1B
EXPANSION (THE PROMENADE) OF THE WESTFIELD SANTA ANITA
MALL AT 400 S. BALDWIN AVENUE TO INCREASE THE
RESTAURANT SPACE FROM 10,000 SQUARE FEET TO 30,000
SQUARE FEET.
WHEREAS, In 2005 Westfield, LLC (as successor-in-interest to Westfield
Corporation, Inc.) submitted plans for Architectural Design Review No. ADR 2005-026
for approximately 100,800 square feet of Gross Leasable Area (GLA) of retail shops,
including 10,000 square feet of restaurant uses, and the development of additional
parking at the Westfield Santa Anita Mall (the "Mall"), more commonly known as "Phase
lb" (The Promenade); and
WHEREAS, on May 1, 2007, the City Council approved Resolution No. 6562
("Resolution No. 6562") conditionally approving ADR 2005-026 for the expansion of the
Mall, more commonly known as "Phase lb", subject to the conditions recommended by
the Development Services Department; and
WHEREAS, an Environmental Impact Report ("EIR") was prepared pursuant to
the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") for the
expansion of up to 600,000 square feet to the Westfield Santa Anita Mall, and the EIR
was certified by the City Council on September 5, 2000; and
WHEREAS, in January 2007, an EIR Addendum (the "EIR Addendum) was
prepared for Architectural Design Review No. ADR 2005-026, and the City Council
independently reviewed and considered the EIR and EIR Addendum, which were
prepared pursuant to the requirements of CEQA and approved City Council Resolution
Nos. 6561 and 6562; and
WHEREAS, on August 8, 2011, the City received a request from Westfield, LLC
(as successor-in-interest to Westfield Corporation, Inc.) to amend Condition No. 9 (the
"Amendment") of Resolution No. 6562 (ADR 2005-026 of the Phase 1 b approval, to
increase the approved restaurant space of 10,000 square feet up to 30,000 square feet;
the Amendment includes outdoor dining and could reduce the retail use, but the overall
100,800 square feet of Phase 1 b previously approved by the City Council would not
change; and
WHEREAS, on November 22, 2011, a duly noticed public hearing concerning
the Amendment was held before the Planning Commission on said matter at which time
all interested persons were given full opportunity to be heard and to present evidence;
and
WHEREAS, on November 22, 2011, the Planning Commission voted 4-0 (one
Commissioner was recused) to recommend to the City Council approval of the
requested Amendment and to approve the Addendum to the Final EIR; and
WHEREAS, on December 6, 2011, the City Council conducted a noticed public
hearing at which time all interested parties were given full opportunity to be heard and
present evidence.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Based on the information in the staff report and all evidence in the
record, the City Council finds that the preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR
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or any other CEQA document is not required because the modification of condition no.
9 to Resolution No. 6562:
1. Does not constitute a substantial change to the Project that will require major
revisions of the Final EIR due to the involvement of new significant
environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously
identified significant effects;
2. Does not constitute a substantial change with respect to the circumstances
under which the Project is administered that will require major revisions of the
Final EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a
substantial increase in the severity of the previously identified significant effects;
and
3. Does not involve new information of substantial importance that was not known
and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the
time the Final EIR was certified or the Addendum was approved, that shows any
of the following: (a) the modification will have one or more significant effects not
discussed in the Final EIR and the Addendum; (b) significant effects previously
examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the Final EIR and the
Addendum; (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 City Council declined to adopt such
measures; or (d) mitigation measures or alternatives considerably different from
those analyzed in the Final EIR would substantially reduce one or more
significant effects on the environment, but which the City Council declined to
adopt.
SECTION 2. Section 3 of Resolution No. 6562 is hereby amended by
amending Condition No. 9 to read as follows:
"9. Restaurant uses within Phase 1 b shall be limited to a maximum of 30,000
square feet of Gross Leasable Area (GLA) which includes outdoor dining."
SECTION 3. Section 3 of Resolution No. 6562 is hereby amended by adding
Condition No. 34 to read as follows:
"34. The applicant shall re-plant twenty one (21) missing trees in the existing
empty tree wells along Baldwin Avenue of a size and species as approved by the
Development Services Department within thirty (30) days of obtaining a permit
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for the first restaurant that causes gross leasable area for restaurants in Phase
1 b to exceed 10,000 sq. ft."
SECTION 4_ The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Resolution.
Passed, approved and adopted this 6 day of December, 2011.
Ilayor the Ci of Arcadia
ATTEST:
y Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Stephen P. Deitsch
City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, JAMES H. BARROWS, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the
foregoing Resolution No. 6805 was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of
Arcadia, signed by the Mayor and attested to by the City Clerk at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 6th day of December, 2011 and that said Resolution was adopted by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Amundson, Chandler, Harbicht, Segal and Kovacic
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
City Clerk of the City of Arcadia
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