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PC RES 1998-036r A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES FORWARDING TO THE BOARD OF THE LOS ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT A FINDING THAT THE PLACEMENT OF AN ADDITIONAL PORTABLE CLASSROOM BUILDING AT DODSON MIDDLE SCHOOL, LOCATED AT 28014 MONTEREINA DRIVE, IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES GENERAL PLAN WHEREAS, on or about August 24, 1998, the requestor, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), placed or authorized the placement of an additional portable classroom building at Rudecinda Sepulveda Dodson Middle School, near the southeast corner of Montereina Drive and Avenida Aprenda in the Rolling Hills Riviera community, and, WHEREAS, Section 65402(c) of the California Government Code requires that a local agency such as LAUSD shall not construct or authorize a public building or structure in any city, if such city has adopted a general plan and such general plan is applicable thereto, until the location, purpose and extent of such public building or structure have been submitted to and reported upon by the planning agency having Jurisdiction, as to conformity with said adopted general plan, and, WHEREAS, on September 28, 1998, LAUSD submitted an after -the -fact request for a General Plan consistency finding for the additional portable classroom building at Dodson Middle School, and, WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code Sections 2100 et seq ("CEQA"), the State's CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 15000 et. seq , the City's Local CEQA Guidelines, and Government Code Section 65952 5(e) (Hazardous Waste and Substances Statement), the City of Rancho Palos Verdes reviewed the request and determined that the proposed request would not have a significant impact on the environment and has, therefore, been determined to be categorically exempt (Class 14, Section 15314); and, WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted a hearing this request on October 13, 1998, within forty (40) days of the date the request was submitted by LAUSD, at which time all interested parties were given an opportunity to be heard and present evidence NOW, THEREFORE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DOES HEREBY FIND, DETERMINE AND RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS. - Section 1: The location, purpose and extent of the additional portable classroom building is consistent with the Rancho Palos Verdes General Plan because the project location is an existing public middle school, which is a use consistent with the Institutional land use designation of the General Plan, the purpose of the budding is to provide additional facilities and capacity for the existing public middle school; and the extent of the project will be limited to only two (2) classrooms and will only increase the current 1,753 - student capacity by approximately three percent (3%) or a maximum of fifty-eight (58) students Section 2: The Planning Commission's review of the additional portable classroom building is also consistent with Institutional Activity Policy No 3, which calls upon the City to "[continue] to work closely with the School District in coordinating planning and programming " Section 3: Any interested person aggrieved by this decision or by any portion of this decision may appeal to the City Council Pursuant to Section 17.80.070 of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code, any such appeal must be filed with the City, in writing, and with the appropriate appeal fee, no later than fifteen (15) days following October 13, 1998, the date of the Planning Commission's final action. Section 4: For the foregoing reasons and based on the information and findings included in the Staff Report, Minutes and all other records of the proceedings, which are attached hereto and made a part thereof by reference, the Planning Commission hereby forwards to the Board of the Los Angeles Unified School District a finding that the placement of an additional portable classroom building at Dodson Middle School, located at 28014 Montereina Drive, is consistent with the goals and policies of the Rancho Palos Verdes General Plan. P.0 Resolution No 98-36 Page 2 of 3 PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 13th day of October 1998, by the following vote AYES NOES ABSTENTIONS ABSENT - Vice Chairman Cartwright, Commissioners Albeno, Lyon and Slayden Chairman Clark, Commissioner Pans none Commissioner Vannorsdall Q I A. D -114-L Lawrence E. Clark, Chairman r Joel FOJaS, aicP, Dire for of Plannin , Building, and Code orcement; and, Secretary to the Planning Commission M 1USERSIKITFIWPWIN601PROJECTSICONSISTE NCY\ AUSD RES P.C. Resolution No 98-36 Page 3of3