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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7115 RESOLUTION NO. 7115 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. GPA 15-02 PERTAINING TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY ED-1.4 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MASTER-PLANNED WAREHOUSING AND LOGISTICS CENTER IN THE LOWER AZUSA ROAD RECLAMATION AREA AT 12321 LOWER AZUSA ROAD WHEREAS, applications were filed by John Edwards, Jr., of Yellow Iron Investments, LLC, ("Applicant") for a General Plan Amendment (GPA 15-02) to support logistics and warehousing uses, a Specific Plan (SP 14-01) to rezone the property with Specific Plan SP-ALC, and a Tentative Parcel Map (TPM 14-06/73407) to subdivide the property, for the development of a logistics center/industrial park (the "Arcadia Logistics Center" or the "Project") for which the General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, and Tentative Parcel Map applications are hereafter individually and collectively referred to as the "Project" at 12321 Lower Azusa Road (the "Property"); and WHEREAS, the Applicant proposes to redevelop a former mine site that is being reclaimed through an inert debris engineered fill operation within the City of Arcadia ("City") with an industrial logistics center; and WHEREAS, the Project site is an approximately 81.27-acre property located in the southeast corner of the City, immediately northwest of Lower Azusa Road, approximately 0.15-mile southwest of Interstate 605, and east of a residential community in the adjacent City of El Monte (Assessor Parcel Numbers 8541-017-027 and -028); and WHEREAS, the Project requires the consideration and approval of General Plan Amendment (GPA 15-02) (the "General Plan Amendment") to amend the City of Arcadia 1 General Plan Economic Development Policy ED-1.4 to support repurposing of the Project site with a logistics center that encourages a range of uses that provide fiscal benefits to the City; and WHEREAS, on January 26, 2016, the City's Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on the Project, at which all persons wishing to testify were invited to be heard and no persons testified other than the Project applicant; and WHEREAS, following the conclusion of its public hearing, the Planning Commission adopted its Resolution No. 1956 recommending to the City Council approval of General Plan Amendment No. GPA 15-02, Specific Plan No. SP 14-01 for Specific Plan SP-ALC, Tentative Parcel Map No. TPM 14-06 (73407) and certification of an Environmental Impact Report (SCH#2015041002) for the development of the Project; and WHEREAS, on February 16, 2016, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on the Project, at which all persons wishing to testify were invited to be heard and present written evidence; and WHEREAS, pursuant to section 21067 of the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Res. Code, §§ 21000 et seq.) ("CEQA"), section 15367 of the State CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15000 et seq.), and the City's Local CEQA Guidelines, the City is the lead agency for the proposed Project; and WHEREAS, a Final Environmental Impact Report ("FEIR") was prepared for the Project, and all adverse environmental impacts relating to the Project were fully analyzed in the FEIR; and 2 WHEREAS, following the conclusion of its public hearing, the City Council adopted its Resolution No. 7113 adopting environmental findings pursuant to CEQA, certifying the FEIR (SCH#2015041002) for the Project, adopting a Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, and approving the Project; and WHEREAS, the City Council has duly considered all matters set forth in Resolution No. 7113 in further considering the adoption of the General Plan Amendment; and WHEREAS, all legal and other prerequisites for the adoption of this Resolution have been fulfilled. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The factual data submitted by the Development Services Department/Community Development Division of the City in the staff report and attachments prepared for purposes of the February 16, 2016, City Council public hearing concerning the Project are true and correct. SECTION 2. The General Plan Amendment (GPA 15-02) would change certain policy language associated with Economic Development Policy ED-1.4 in the General Plan. Policy ED-1.4 currently states, "Support and pursue re-use of the Lower Azusa Road Reclamation Area as a regional-serving commercial retail center or similar development that generates jobs and revenues. Discourage uses at this location, such as stand-alone warehousing and logistics that provide limited fiscal benefit." Although the City Council finds, on one hand, that the Project would not be inconsistent with this 3 a Policy, in an abundance of caution, the City Council hereby desires and intends to approve and adopt the General Plan Amendment. Furthermore, the City Council finds that in clearly facilitating the Project, the General Plan Amendment will result in such social, economic and environmental benefits as are set forth in Section 12 of City Council Resolution No. 7113. SECTION 3. The City Council hereby approves and adopts the General Plan Amendment. In particular, Economic Development Policy ED-1.4 in the City's General Plan is amended by deleting the following: "Support and pursue re-use of the Lower Azusa Road Reclamation Area as a regional-serving commercial retail center or similar development that generates jobs and revenues. Discourage uses at this location, such as stand-alone warehousing and logistics that provide limited fiscal benefit." Economic Development Policy ED-1.4 in the City's General Plan is further amended by substituting for the foregoing the following: "Support and pursue re-use of the Lower Azusa Road Reclamation Area as a master-planned warehousing and logistics center that would provide employment opportunities and fiscal benefits to the City of Arcadia, including but not limited to uses that generate sales tax revenue." SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution. [SIGNATURES ON THE NEXT PAGE] 4 Passed, approved, and adopted this 1st day of March , 2016. 41/x/ /A . 1041 . ayo ,of the C y of Arcadia ATTEST: CI Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Stephen'�P.. Deitsch City Attorney 5 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. 7115 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 1st day of March, 2016 and that said Resolution was adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Member Segal, Tay, Chandler, and Kovacic NOES: None ABSENT: Council Member Beck erk • e Ci of Arcadia 6