HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 3461 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) RESOLUTION NO. 3461
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF SAN JACINTO )
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN JACINTO AMENDING
AND ADOPTING LOCAL GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTING
THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (PUB.
RESOURCES CODE §§ 21000 ET SEQ.)
WHEREAS, the California Legislature has amended the California Environmental
Quality Act ("CEQA') (Pub. Resources Code §§ 21000 et seq.), the Natural Resources
Agency amended portions of the State CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs, tit. 14, §§ 15000
et seq.), and the California courts have interpreted specific provisions of CEQA and the State
CEQA Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, Section 21082 of the Public Resources Code requires all public agencies
to adopt objectives, criteria and procedures for the evaluation of public and private projects
undertaken or approved by such public agencies, and the preparation, if required, of
environmental impact reports and negative declarations in connection with that evaluation;
and
WHEREAS, the City of San Jacinto ("City") must revise its local guidelines for
implementing CEQA to make them consistent with the current provisions and interpretations
of CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines.
WHEREAS, the City has established a new threshold of significance for analyzing
greenhouse gas emissions and has included that threshold in its revisions to its local
guidelines for implementing CEQA;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City of San Jacinto hereby resolves as follows:
SECTION 1. The City hereby adopts the "Local Guidelines for Implementing the
California Environmental Quality Act (2013 Revision)," a copy of which is on file at the offices
of the City and is available for inspection by the public.
SECTION 2. All prior actions of the City enacting earlier guidelines are hereby
repealed.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council on
the 16th day of April, 2013 by the following vote:
AYES: Kotyuk, Ledezma, Miller, Ruiz, Bartel
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
City of San Jacinto
Mark BaRel, Mayor
ATTEST:
2'LLIuL
Richard Miller, City Clerk