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TO. REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY -,.
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FROM: Phil Batchelor Costa
Executive Director :'r
County ,
DATE: October 6, 1992 T"cuK
SUBJECT: Designate Contra Costa County as the Lead Agency for the
Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the Pacheco/
Buchanan Field Redevelopment Plan.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS (S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
Adopt resolution consenting to the designation of Contra Costa County
as the Lead Agency and the .Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency
as the Responsible Agency for the Preparation of an Environmental
Impact Report for the Pacheco/Buchanan Field Redevelopment Plan.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
Section 15050 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Guidelines requires that when a project requiring an Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) is to be carried out or approved by more than one
public agency, one public agency shall be responsible for preparing
the EIR for the project. This agency shall be called the Lead Agency.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RECOMMENDATION OF AGENCY COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) :
ACTION OF AGENCY ON October 6 , 1992 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
IT IS BY)-:THE BOARD ORDERED that Resolution RA 92
Tree County and the Agency have mutually agreed that the County, as
the legal entity responsible for approving and adopting the Plan in
--thd first instance pursuant to the California Community
Redevelopment Law, should serve as the "Lead Agency" and the Agency
should serve as a "Responsible Agency" as defined in the CEQA
Guidelines.
On July 28, 1992, by Resolution No 92/505, the Contra Costa County
Board of Supervisors designated a survey area in the
Pacheco/Buchanan Field area for the purposes of study to determine
the feasibility of the creation of a redevelopment project within
said survey area.
On September 22 , 1992, by Resolution No. 49-1992, the Contra Costa
County Planning Commission selected a project area and adopted the
Preliminary Plan for the Pacheco/Buchanan Field Redevelopment
Project.
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THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on October 6. 1992 by the following vote:
AYES: Commissioners Powers , Fanden, Schroder, Torlakson and McPeak
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
RESOLUTION NO. RA 92=8
SUBJECT: CONSENT TO THE DESIGNATION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY AS THE LEAD AGENCY FOR THE
PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE
PACHECO/BUCHANAN FIELD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
WHEREAS, Section 15050 of the California Environmental Quality
Act Guidelines (the "CEQA Guidelines") requires that when a project
requiring an environmental impact report ("EIR") is to be carried
out or approved by more than one public agency, one public agency
shall be responsible for preparing the EIR for the project. This
agency shall be called the Lead Agency; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County (the
"Board") and the Redevelopment Agency of Contra Costa County (the
"Agency") are the public agencies involved in the preparation and
adoption of the Redevelopment Plan for the Pacheco/Buchanan Field
Redevelopment Project (the "Plan") for which an EIR shall be
prepared, and both agencies have responsibilities related to
approving and carrying out the Plan; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the standards set forth in Section 15051
of the CEQA Guidelines, the Board and the Agency each has a
substantial claim to be Lead Agency; and
WHEREAS, Section 15051 of the CEQA Guidelines provide that
where two or more public agencies have a substantial claim to be
the Lead Agency, the public agencies may by agreement designate one
of the agencies as the Lead Agency; and
WHEREAS, the Board and the Agency have mutually agreed that
the Board, as the legal entity responsible for approving and
adopting the Plan in the first instance pursuant to the California
Community Redevelopment Law should serve as the "Lead Agency, " and
the Agency should serve as a "Responsible Agency" as defined in the
CEQA Guidelines; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Agency hereby consents
to the designation of the Board as the Lead Agency for purposes of
the preparation of the EIR for the Plan.
RESOLUTION NO. RA 92-8
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Agency hereby acknowledges
that the Agency shall serve as a "Responsible Agency" in the
preparation and consideration of the EIR for the Plan within the
meaning of Public Resources Code Section 21069 .
I hereby certify that the
foregoing is a true and correct
copy of an action taken and
entered on the minutes of the
Redevelopment Agency on the
date aforesaid.
ATTESTED: October 6, 1992
Phil Batchelor
Agency Secretary
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RESOLUTIONNO. RA 92-8