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CC RES 2008-041 RESOLUTION NO. 2008-41 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES APPROVING ADDENDUM NO. 34 TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO.36 IN CONNECTION WITH AN AMENDMENT TO CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 162 (REVISION "MM")TO ALLOW LOT#17 OF TRACT NO.50667 TO GRADE OVER AN EXTREME SLOPE. WHEREAS,an application package was filed by the Zuckerman Building Company and Palos Verdes Land Holdings Company requesting approval of tentative parcel maps, vesting tentative tract maps, conditional use permits, a coastal permit and a grading permit to allow the construction of a Residential Planned Development of 120 single family dwelling units and for development of an 18-hole golf course, a clubhouse and parking facilities on a 258 acre site bounded by Palos Verdes Drive South on the north, Portuguese Bend Club and Community Association on the west, the Pacific Ocean on the south and Los Angeles County Shoreline Park on the east; and, WHEREAS, a Draft Environmental Impact Report(DEIR)was prepared and circulated for 45 days from June 7, 1991 through July 22, 1991 in order to receive written comments on the adequacy of the document from responsible agencies and the public; and, WHEREAS,subsequent to the circulation of the Draft Environmental Impact Report and preparation of written responses, the applicant revised the scope of the project and reduced the number of proposed single family residences to 40 units in Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 50666 and 43 in Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 50667,and an 18 hole golf course with related facilities within the boundaries of both Vesting Tentative Tract Maps,and,due to the changes in the project,an Addendum to the Draft Environmental Impact Report(AEIR)was prepared; and, WHEREAS, based on review of the Addendum to the Draft Environmental Impact Report, the City determined that the information submitted in the AEIR cited potential additional significant environmental impacts that would be caused by the revised project, and directed preparation of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report(SEIR). The SEIR,which incorporates information and findings set forth in the Addendum to the Draft Environmental Impact Report,was prepared and circulated for 45 days from March 19, 1992 through May 4, 1992,during which time all interested parties were notified of the circulation period and invited to present written comments to the information contained in the SEIR, in conformance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act; and, WHEREAS,on June 1, 1992 the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted Resolution No.92-53 certifying Environmental Impact Report No.36,in connection with Vesting Tentative Tract Map Nos. 50666 and 50667, Tentative Parcel Map Nos.20970 and 23004, Conditional Use Permit Nos. 162 and 163, Coastal Permit No. 103,and Grading Permit No. 1541 for an 83 lot Residential Planned Development,public open space,and an 18 hole public golf course with clubhouse and related facilities on 261.4 acres in Coastal Subregions 7 and 8; and, WHEREAS, on December 7, 1992, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted Resolution No. 92-115 approving an Addendum to Environmental Impact Report No. 36, in connection with approving Revisions to the Ocean Trails project applications described above, in order to address concerns expressed by the California Coastal Commission with regard to adequate provisions for public open space, public access and habitat preservation; and, WHEREAS, on October 5, 1993, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted Resolution No.93-89 approving a second Addendum to Environmental Impact Report No.36, in connection with re-approval of the Ocean Trails project applications described above, in order to comply with a Court mandate to provide affordable housing in conjunction with the project,pursuant to Government Code Section 65590; and, WHEREAS, on September 6, 1994, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted Resolution No.94-71 approving a third Addendum to Environmental Impact Report No.36,in connection with approval of Revision "A" to the Ocean Trails project applications described above, in order to incorporate changes to the project made by the California Coastal Commission in April 1993, and (based on additional geologic information)relocate the golf course clubhouse,reduce the number of single family lots from 83 to 75 and approve a location for the golf course maintenance facility and on-site affordable housing units; and, WHEREAS, on March 11, 1996, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted Resolution No.96-15 approving the fourth Addendum to Environmental Impact Report No.36,in connection with approval of Revision"B"to the Ocean Trails project applications described above,in order to incorporate changes to the project made by the California Coastal Commission in January 1995 regarding the relocation of the golf course clubhouse,Paseo Del Mar roadway and public trails to accommodate a reconfiguration of the public parking facilities,as well as additional modifications to the public trails in order to provide clarification or to be consistent with the California Coastal Commission's approval and to include an 8.5 acre vacant property owned by the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District into the golf course. WHEREAS, on September 3, 1996, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted Resolution No.96-72 approving the fifth Addendum to Environmental Impact Report No.36,in connection with approval of Revision "C"to the Ocean Trails project applications described above, in order to relocate two single family residential lots in Vesting Tentative Tract Map No.50667 from the end of Street"A"to the end of Street "C," revise the boundaries of open space Lots B, C, G and H, convert the split-level lots in Vesting Tentative Tract Map No.50667 to single-level lots,revise the golf course layout,revise the public trail system, combine parallel trail easements, construct a paved fire access road west of the Ocean Terraces Condominiums and modify several amendments to the Conditions of Approval and Mitigation Measures to change the required timing for compliance; and, WHEREAS, on August 18, 1998, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted Resolution No.98-76 approving Addendum No.6 to Environmental Impact Report No.36 and the proposed Revision"G"to the Ocean Trails project, which included: 1)an 18%increase in the size of the clubhouse from 27,000 square feet to 32,927 square feet; 2)an increase in the size of the maintenance facility from 6,000 square feet to 9,504 square feet; 3) a two foot increase in the upslope height of the maintenance facility building;and,4)relocation of the maintenance building and reconfiguration of the maintenance facility parking lot. WHEREAS, on February 2, 1999, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted Resolution No.99-10 approving Addendum No. 7 to Environmental Impact Report No.36 and the proposed Revision"H"to the Ocean Trails project,which included:changing 6 of the residential lots within VTTM 50667 from flat pad lots to split level lots,lowering the overall pad elevation for each lot,and lowering Street'B'within the subdivision, and lowering the pad elevation for 6 other lots within the subdivision. Additionally, the approval included the modification of the project's mitigation measures and conditions of approval to allow the permitted construction hours for the entire Ocean Trails project to be expanded to include Sundays through March 21, 1999. WHEREAS,on May 4, 1999,the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted Resolution No.99-29 approving Addendum No. 8 to Environmental Impact Report No. 35 and the proposed Revision"I" to the Ocean Trails project,which included a change to the design of the storm drain facilities of the Ocean Trails project from a tunneled pipe system to the existing on-site canyons. Revision "I" only amended the drainage for the east side of the Ocean Trails project, involving La Rotonda canyon; and, WHEREAS,on July 20, 1999,the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted Resolution No.99-55 approving Addendum No.9 to Environmental Impact Report No. 35 and the proposed Revision"J" to the Ocean Trails project,which included 1), the conditions requiring the establishment of a maintenance district be revised by eliminating the maintenance district and having the golf course owner be the sole responsible entity for maintenance thereby excluding the future residential homeowners; 2) withdrawn by applicant;3),the timing of the installation of ornamental fencing on each residential lot be delayed until prior to issuance of certificate of occupancy; 4), delay the construction of two trails within VTTM 50666 from the Second Stage to the Third Stage of phasing within the Public Amenities Plan; 5), lower the approved residential building pad elevations and create split-level pads in VTTM No. 50666; 6), delay the payment of traffic impact fees to prior to Final Map No.50666;7),allow an increase in total building area of the clubhouse by permitting a basement space;8),withdrawn by applicant;and 9), revise the hours permitted for golf course landscape gardening; and, Resolution No. 2008-41 Page 2 of 5 WHEREAS, on May 16, 2000, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted Resolution No. 2000-27 approving Addendum No. 10 to Environmental Impact Report No. 36 and the proposed Revision"K"to the Ocean Trails project,which allowed a portion of the golf course to open for play before all of the required public amenities have been completed due to delays caused by the failure of Landslide C on June 2, 1999; and, WHEREAS, on June 21, 2000, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes adopted Resolution No.2000-38 certifying a Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report to Environmental Impact Report No.36,adopting a Mitigation Monitoring Program,adopting a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and the proposed Revision"L"to the Ocean Trails project,for the repair of Landslide C at Ocean Trails;and, WHEREAS, on July 18, 2000, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes approved Revision M to the Ocean Trails Project,thereby approving an amendment to the Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP), an amendment to the HCP Implementing Agreement, and approval of a Conservation Easement over the lower portion of Shoreline Park; and, WHEREAS, on September 5, 2000, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes approved Revision N to the Ocean Trails Project,thereby approving a Mitigated Negative Declaration and amending the project to accommodate a change to the design of the storm drain facilities of the Ocean Trails project from a tunneled pipe system to the existing on-site canyons. Revision "N"only amended the drainage for the west side of the Ocean Trails project, involving Forrestal Canyon; and, WHEREAS, on February 20, 2001, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes approved Revision P to the Ocean Trails Project,thereby approving an amendment to allow Ocean Trails an extension of time to provide 4 on-site affordable housing units for rent from "prior to one year of the opening of the clubhouse"to"prior to the opening of the 18-hole golf course"; and, WHEREAS, on February 20, 2001, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes approved Revision Q to the Ocean Trails Project, thereby approving an amendment which allows Ocean Trails to re- construct(instead of re-pave)La Rotonda Drive from Palos Verdes South to the end of La Rotonda Drive, in lieu of re-paving Palos Verdes Drive South from La Rotonda Drive to the eastern City limits; and, WHEREAS, on September 21,2001,the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes approved Revision"R"to the Ocean Trails project to revise the Conditions of Approval for VTTM No.50666 and VTTM No.50667,so as to adjust Condition 1-3 allowing an extension to completing the reconstruction of La Rotonda Drive from Palos Verdes Drive South to its end; and, WHEREAS, on March 4, 2003, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes approved Amendment No.2 to the Ocean Trails Development Agreement to clarify that the City Council may extend any approved tentative tract not to exceed the term of the Development Agreement and extend Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 50666; and, WHEREAS, on November 20, 2007,the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes approved Amendment No. 3 to the Ocean Trails Development Agreement which extended the life of the Development Agreement and existing Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 50666 from November 20, 2007 through March 9, 2008; and, WHEREAS, on March 4, 2008, the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes approved Amendment No. 3 to the Ocean Trails Development Agreement which extended the life of the Development Agreement and existing Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 50666 through July 18, 2008; and, WHEREAS, on March 4, 2008, the Applicant, submitted an application to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes requesting approval of Revision"MM"to the Trump National Golf Course project to revise the CUP No. 162, to allow Lot#17 to grade over existing extreme slopes in the northerly and easterly yard areas; and, WHEREAS,pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act,Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et.seq.("CEQA"),the State CEQA Guidelines,California Code of Regulations,Title 14, Sections 15000 et. seq., the City's Local CEQA Guidelines, and Government Code Section 65952.5(e) (Hazardous Waste and Substances Statement), on May 14, 2008, copies of the draft Addendum No. 34 to Resolution No. 2008-41 Page 3 of 5 Environmental Impact Report No. 36 were distributed to the City Council and prior to taking action on the proposed Revision"MM"to the Trump National Golf Club project,the City Council independently reviewed and considered the information and findings contained in Addendum No. 34 to EIR No. 36; and, WHEREAS, on May 20, 2008, after notice issued pursuant to the provisions of the Development Code, the City Council held a public hearing to consider draft Addendum No. 34 to Environmental Impact Report No.36 and the proposed amendment to CUP No. 162(Revision MM)for the project,at which time all interested parties were given an opportunity to be heard and present evidence; and, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE,AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1:This request is to allow lot 17 of Tract 50667 to grade and construct improvements over existing 2:1 slopes. Therefore, pursuant to Sections 15162 and 15164 of the State CEQA Guidelines, approval of Addendum No.34 to the previously certified EIR, rather than the preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR,is appropriate for the consideration of the proposed revisions to the Trump National project, based on the following findings: 1. That subsequent changes proposed to the project do not require important revisions to the previous EIR,since there are no new significant environmental impacts that have been identified,which were not considered in the previous EIR.This is so,since the proposed changes identified in Section 1 and attached Exhibit"A"would not result in any new or increased impacts to the environment that are not already analyzed within EIR No. 36, because it merely allows grading on extreme slopes and the installation of retaining walls that will aesthetically blend into the hillside. 2. That substantial changes to the project would not occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken,which would require important revisions to the previous EIR,since, as noted in#1 above,there are no new significant environmental impacts that were not considered in the previous EIR,Supplement and previous Addenda thereto,and the project only permits grading on a single lot (#17 of Tract 50667),which will not cause any significant adverse affects to the overall project or surrounding environment. 3. That there is no new information of substantial importance to the project which indicates that these proposed changes will have one or more significant effects not discussed previously in the EIR;that significant effects previously examined will not be substantially more severe than shown in the EIR; that no mitigation measures or alternatives, previously found not to be feasible,would now in fact be feasible and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project; or that no mitigation measures or alternatives which were not previously considered in the EIR, would now substantially lessen one or more significant effects of the environment, because this project only involves grading and retaining walls that will be aesthetically treated for one individual lot. Section 2: In approving Addendum No. 34 to EIR No. 36, the City Council has reviewed and considered the Addendum No. 34 document, attached hereto and made a part thereof as Exhibit"A". Section 3: The Addendum No. 34 to EIR No. 36 identifies no new potential significant adverse environmental impacts to the areas listed below, beyond those already identified in the Final EIR No. 36,the Supplement,Second Supplement,and Addenda Nos. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 to EIR No. 36, as a result of the proposed revisions to the Trump National project: 1. Landform, Geology, and Soils 2. Hydrology and Drainage 3. Biological Resources 4. Cultural and Scientific Resources 5. Aesthetics 6. Land Use and Relevant Planning 7. Circulation and Traffic 8. Air Resources 9. Noise Resolution No. 2008-41 Page 4 of 5 10. Public Services and Utilities 11. Population, Employment and Housing 12. Fiscal Impacts Section 4:That implementation of the proposed changes to the project would not require additional mitigation measures or significant deletions/modifications to the mitigation measures included in the Final EIR, as well as the Supplemental,Second Supplemental,and Addends Nos. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34 to EIR No. 36. Section 5: While the implementation of mitigation measures as discussed in Final EIR No.36 and the Supplemental, and the Second Supplemental, and Addenda EIR Nos. 1,2,3,4, 5, 6, 7,8,9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33 and 34 to EIR 36 will further reduce these impacts, it is not possible to entirely eliminate cumulative impacts to the areas of concern listed in Section 1, above.Therefore, the Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations, as provided in Final EIR No. 36, are hereby incorporated by reference. Section 6: All findings, attachments and Statement of Overriding Considerations contained in Resolution Nos. 92-53, 92-115, 93-89, 94-71 and 96-15, as adopted by the City Council on June 1, 1992, December 7, 1992, October 5, 1993, September 6, 1994, March 11, 1996 and September 3, 1996, respectively, are hereby incorporated by reference. Section 7: The time within which the judicial review of the decision reflected in this Resolution, if available,must be sought is governed by Section 1094.6 of the California Code of Civil Procedure or any other applicable short period of limitations. Section 8: For the foregoing reasons and based on the information and findings contained in the staff reports,minutes,and evidence presented at the public hearings,the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes hereby approves Addendum No. 34 to Environmental Impact Report No. 36, based on the City Council's determination that the document was completed in compliance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act and State and local guidelines with respect thereto. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 20th day of May 2008. Mayor A -st: (tgeGe. e City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )ss CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ) I, Carla Morreale,City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes,hereby certify that the above Resolution No. 2008-41 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by the said City Council at a regular meeting held on May 20, 2008. , City Clerk Resolution No. 2008-41 Page 5 of 5 Resolution No. 2008-41 Exhibit "A" ADDENDUM NO. 34 TO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. 36 The City Council has reviewed the proposed amendment to CUP No. 162 (Revision MM) to permit grading over an extreme slope for Lot No. 17 of Tract No. 50667, in conjunction with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), as well as State and Local CEQA Guidelines, and find as follows: That the approved request would not result in any new or increased impacts to the environment that are not already analyzed within EIR No. 36, because it merely provides for grading and retaining walls over an extreme slope on residential Lot No. 17 of Tract No. 50667. Further, no significant impacts will result from the approved changes. More specifically, the approved changes 1)will not be readily visible from surrounding properties or the public right of way, 2)will ensure that proposed retaining walls blend into the surrounding hillsides, 3) will occur in areas that will not cause any significant view impairments, 4) there will be no parking or traffic related impacts as a result of the approved changes, 5)there will be no impacts to geology as a result of the approved changes, and 6) there have been no substantial changes to the Project or to the environment that would cause the Project to significantly impact the environment, nor does the approved amendment affect a change that would impact the environment in any manner that was not previously considered and mitigated to the extent feasible. Resolution No. 2008-41 Page 1 of 1 Exhibit A