Resolution - 6858RESOLUTION NO. 6858
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE WESTSIDE
SPECIFIC PLAN AND CERTIFYING THE ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT REPORT AS IT RELATES THERETO.
(Planning Commission Resolution No. 5-84-3317)
• The City Council of the City of West Covina, California,
does resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, on August 11, 1980, the City Council directed the
Planning staff to prepare an Orangewood Specific Plan for the area
south of the San Bernardino Freeway between the westerly City bound-
ary and Sunset Avenue, and generally bounded on the north by Garvey
Avenue, on the southwest by the Walnut Creek Channel and on the
southeast by Merced Avenue; and
WHEREAS, preparation of the plan was delayed until
September, 1982; and
WHEREAS, the name of the plan was changed from Orangewood
to Westside Specific Plan and the southerly and easterly boundaries
were adjusted to follow the Walnut Creek Channel to the easterly and
northerly lines respectively, of the single-family subdivisions at
the east side of Orange Avenue, north of Merced Avenue; and
WHEREAS, on January 24, 1983, the City Council appointed a
24-member Citizens' Advisory Committee from volunteer property
owners from within the Westside area to meet with City staff and
develop policy statements addressing issues pertaining to land use,
circulation, public services and facilities and environmental
matters within the Westside Specific Plan area; and
• WHEREAS,.after due deliberation, the Citizens' Advisory
Committee and City staff developed a series of policy statements
culminating in the final draft of the Westside Specific Plan; and
WHEREAS, since it had been determined that the proposed
Plan may result in significant impacts on the environment, an
Environmental Impact Report has been prepared pursuant to require-
ments of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970; and
WHEREAS, on May 2, 1984, the Planning Commission, at a
duly advertised public hearing, reviewed the Specific Plan and the
Environmental Impact Report pertaining thereto and adopted Resolu-
tion No. 5-84-3317 recommending to the City Council adoption of the
Westside Specific Plan and certification of the Environmental Impact
Report as it pertains thereto; and
WHEREAS; on May 29, 1984, the City Council of the City of
West Covina, California, conducted a duly advertised public hearing
-on the Westside Specific Plan and as a result of investigations and
'studies in its behalf, concluded that the Westside Specific Plan
will enhance the City of West Covina and is consistent with the
policies of the City's adopted General Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of
the City of West Covina, California, does hereby adopt a resolution
adopting the Westside Specific Plan and does certify the Environ-
mental Impact Report as it pertains thereto as being in compliance
with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act of
1970 (CEQA) as amended.
FINALLY RESOLVED, that the City Clerk shall certify to the
adoption of the resolution.
ADOPTED and APPROVED this 29th day of May, 1984.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
I, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly
adopted by'the City Council of the City of West Covina at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 29th day of May, 1984.
AYES: Manners, Chappell, Shearer, Tennant, Bacon
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
City Clerk
• APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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