HomeMy WebLinkAbout7028RESOLUTION NO. 7028
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO ARCHITECTURAL
DESIGN REVIEW NO. ADR 2005 -026 AND TO RESOLUTION NO. 6562,
CONCERNING RESTAURANT USES IN PHASE 1B ( "THE
PROMENADE ") OF THE WESTFIELD SANTA ANITA MALL, WITH
CONSIDERATION OF A PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED ADDENDUM TO
THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
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 Promenade
expansion of the Mall, subject to the conditions recommended by the Development
Services Department; and
WHEREAS, on December 6, 2011, the City Council approved Resolution No.
6805 conditionally approving an amendment to ADR 2005 -026 to increase the
restaurant space in Phase 1 b from 10,000 square feet to 30,000 square feet, subject to
conditions of approval; 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 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 by City Council Resolution Nos. 6561 and 6562;
and
WHEREAS, on January 29, 2014, the City received a request from Westfield,
LLC (as successor -in- interest to Westfield Corporation, Inc.) to remove Condition No. 9
of Resolution No. 6562 (ADR 2005 -026) limiting restaurant uses in Phase 1b; and
WHEREAS, on March 25, 2014, 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 March 25, 2014, the Planning Commission voted 4 -0 with one
Commissioner recused, to adopt Planning Commission Resolution No. 1901 to
recommend to the City Council approval of the requested Amendment, approve the
Initial Study that was conducted for this project that no additional environmental review
is required since the project would not result in new significant or more severe
environmental impacts compared to the impacts previously disclosed and evaluated in
the 2000 Final EIR and 2007 Addendum, and to address the conditions of the trees
along Baldwin Avenue; and
WHEREAS, on May 6, 2014, the City Council conducted a noticed public hearing
at which time all interested parties were given full opportunity to be heard and present
evidence.
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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
or any other CEQA document is not required because the elimination of Condition No. 9
to Resolution No. 6562 complies with the following CEQA Guidelines Section 15162:
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 to remove
Condition No. 9:
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SECTION 3. Section 3 of Resolution No. 6562 is hereby amended by
amending Condition No. 34 to read as follows:
"34. The applicant shall install a new drip irrigation system to the 21 tree wells
along Baldwin Avenue and plant new 15- gallon Crape Myrtle trees in the replacement
of the five dead trees within thirty (30) days from this approval. To ensure survival, any
trees in distress shall be carefully monitored, and if they do not survive the applicant
shall promptly replace them with new 15 gallon Crape Myrtle trees to the satisfaction of
the Development Services Director."
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Resolution.
Passed, approved and adopted this 6th day of May 2014.
ATTEST:
City lerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Stephen P. Deitsch
City Attorney
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May of the City of Arcadia
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES) SS:
CITY OF ARCADIA )
I, GENE GLASCO, City Clerk of the City of Arcadia, hereby certifies that the
foregoing Resolution No. 7028 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 May, 2014 and that said Resolution was adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Beck, Chandler, Kovacic, Tay and Wuo
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Ci Clerk of the/City of Arcadia