Resolution - 7173RESO►_UTION NO. 7173
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
• WEST COVINA CERTIFYING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS
REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED INFORMATION CONTAINED
IN THE INITIAL STUDY AND A FINAL ENVIRONMENTA►_
IMPACT REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED ATRIUM DEVELOP-
MENT; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS AND DETERMINA-
TIONS REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF SAID
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT; AND ADOPTING A STATEMENT
OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS
WHEREAS, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act
("CEQA") and State and Agency Guidelines adopted pursuant thereto, the
Redevelopment Agency of the City of West Covina ("Agency") prepared a Final
nvironmental Impact Report ("EIR") with respect to a proposed development
by Equidon Investment Builders ("Equidon") described as the Vincent -Glendora
Center Site in the Central Business District Redevelopment Project; and
WHEREAS, the City Council on October 4, 1982, after a duly
noticed joint public hearing, by Resolution No. 6605 certified that the
Council had reviewed and considered the information contained in said EIR,
made certain findings and determinations regarding the environmental
impacts of the proposed development, adopted a Statement of Overriding Con-
siderations with respect to the unavoidable significant effects of the
development, and by Resolution No. 6606 approved the execution of a Disposi-
tion and Development Agreement by and between the Agency and Equidon for
the sale and development of the Site ("Equidon DDA"); and
WHEREAS, the Agency has prepared an Initial Study to determine if
the proposed development pursuant to the Watt Agreement ("Atrium Develop-
ment") will have significant effects on the environment in addition to
those identified in the EIR of October 4, 1982 and the other previous
environmental documents for the Project area; and
WHEREAS, the Agency and the City Council have considered the
environmental effects of the proposed Development as shown in the Initial
Study and the EIR;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
West Covina as follows:
1. The City Council hereby certifies that the information con-
tained in the Initial Study and the EIR of October 4, 1982 has been re-
viewed and considered by the Council.
2. The City Council hereby further certifies that the,signifi-
cant environmental effects of the Atrium Development considered in the
Initial Study and the EIR have been.considered and recognized by the City
Council.
• 3. The City Council hereby finds and determines that:
a. No substantial changes are proposed in the Atrium Develop-
ment, or with repsect to the circumstances under which the Development is
to be undertaken, which will require major or important revisions in the
EIR previously certified, due to the involvement of new significant environ-
mental impacts not covered in the EIR;
b. No new information of substantial importance to the
Development has become available which was not known or could not have been
known at the time the EIR was certified as complete, and which shows that
the Development will have any significant effects not discussed previously
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in the EIR, or that any significant effects previously examined will be
• substantially more severe than shown in the EIR, or that any mitigation
measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible or not pre-
viously considered would substantially reduce or lessen any significant
effects of the Development on the environment;
c. No subsequent EIR or supplement or addendum to the EIR is
necessary or required; and
• d. The development and operation of the Atrium Development
pursuant to the Watt Agreement will have no significant effect on the
environment except as identified and considered in the EIR.
4. Based upon the Initial Study and other documents and infor-
mation in the record, the City Council hereby approves and adopts the EIR
of October 4, 1982 and the Findings and Determinations and Statement of
Overriding Considerations contained in City Council Resolution No. 6605 for
the proposed Atrium Development.
5. The City Council hereby authorizes and directs that a Notice
of Determination with respect to the Environmental Impact Report pertaining
to the approval of the proposed Disposition and Development Agreement for
the Atrium Development and all other Agency actions taken in furtherance
thereof be filed.
6. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
Resolution.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 7173 was
duly adopted by the City Council of the City of West Covina at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 28th day of April , 1986 by the following
vote:
AYES: Bacon, Manners, Chappell, Shearer
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN None
City Clerk
• APPR ED AS TO FOR
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City Attorney