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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 10152002 - C.50 (3) ` Contra costa TO: REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY/BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - " °u% 0ou� FROM: John Sweeten, Executive Director OW Dennis M. Barry, AICP, Director of Community Development DATE: October 15, 2002 SUBJECT: EI Sobrante Redevelopment Plan Adoption SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS As the Board of Supervisors ADOPT Resolution designating Contra Costa County as the lead agency and the Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency as the responsible agency for the preparation of a Redevelopment Plan for the Downtown EI Sobrante Project Area; and As the Governing Board of the Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency ADOPT Resolution designating Contra Costa County as the lead agency and the Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency as the responsible agency for the preparation of a Redevelopment Plan for the Downtown EI Sobrante Project Area, FISCAL IMPACT None. No General Funds are being used for redevelopment plan adoption expenses. BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS On September 24, 2002 the Board of Supervisors designated by Resolution an amended Redevelopment Survey Area for the Downtown EI Sobrante Redevelopment Project. Consideration of a Redevelopment Plan will ultimately include preparation/certification of an Environmental Impact Report (ETR)pursuant to Section 15050 of the California Environmental Quality Act("CEQA")Guidelines. The CEQA Guidelines require that when a project requiring an EIR is to be carried out or approved by more than one public agency(the County and the Redevelopment Agency),one of the public agencies must be designated the Lead Agency, The recommended actions would designate the County as the"Lead Agency" and the Redevelopment Agency as the "Responsible Agency" pursuant to the CEQA Guidelines. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OECOMMEqDATION OF AG CY COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER t SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF AGENCY/ON Cictob&x 15, 7m2 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER BOARD VOTE OF COMMISSIONERS/SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A x UNANIMOUS (ABSENT TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY/BOARD ON THE DATE SHOWN. Contact: Jim Kennedy 335-1255 orifi: Redevelopment ATTESTED October15, 2002 cc: County Administrator JOHN SWEETEN County Counsel AGENCY SECRETARY AND THE CLERK Community Development-Advanced Planning OF THE BOARD Community Development-Transportation Planning Redevelopment Agency BY DEPUTY via: Redevelopment + Goldfarb & Lipman • Rosenow Spevacek Group W:BOARDORDERS\BO RDA.elsobrante. rda.planadoption. 10 : 02 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on October 15, 2002, by the following vote: AYES: A4)prvisors Uilkema, Gerber, I)eSaulnier, Glover and Gioia NOES: tine ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Nne Resolution No.: 2002/661 SUBJECT: A Resolution authorizing staff to proceed with the process of preparing a Redevelopment Plan for the proposed Downtown El Sobrante Redevelopment Project pursuant to the California Community Redevelopment Law ("CRL"), authorizing staff to prepare any necessary environmental documentation for the redevelopment plan pursuant to the California Environmental Quality("CEQA"), and making certain findings and determinations in connection The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors RESOLVES THAT: The Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa(the "Board")by resolution adopted on September 24 , 2002, designated an amended redevelopment survey area in the County of Contra Costa; and The County of Contra Costa and the Contra Costa Redevelopment Agency(the "Agency") desire to prepare for the Board of Supervisors consideration a redevelopment plan for a portion of the survey area (the "Plan"); and The Board of Supervisors desires to authorize and direct the Executive Director of the Agency to take any and all further steps necessary to undertake the Plan adoption process in accordance with the CRI.., and to prepare any and all required environmental documentation including an Environmental Impact Report("EIR") for the Plan in accordance with CEQA; and Section 15050 of the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines (the "CEQA Guidelines")requires that when a project requiring an EIR is to be carried out or approved by more than one public agency, one public agency(referred to as the "Lead Agency") shall be responsible for preparing the EIR for the project; and The County and the Agency are the public agencies involved in the preparation and adoption of the Plan for which the EIR shall be prepared, and bath agencies have responsibilities related to approving and carrying out the Plan; and Pursuant to the standards set forth in Section 15051 of the CEQA Guidelines, the County and the Agency each have a substantial claim to be Lead Agency; and Section 15051 of the CEQA Guidelines provides 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 The Board of Supervisors had determined that the County, as the legal entity responsible for approving and adopting the Plan in the first instance pursuant to the CRL, shall serve as the "Lead Agency" and the Agency shall serve as the "Responsible Agency," as defined in the CEQA Guidelines for the Plan EIR; and The Agency and the Board of Supervisors desire to provide further specific guidance to staff in the preparation of the Plan. 320\16\162000A 1 }' ef+. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, the Board of Supervisors hereby approves the actions of the Agency to take all reasonable and necessary steps to prepare the flan for the Board of Supervisors's consideration in accordance with the terms of the CRL and CEQA. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, the Board of Supervisors hereby consents to the designation of the County as the Lead Agency for the purposes of the preparation of the EIR for the flan. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, the Board of Supervisors acknowledges in its consideration of the adoption of the Plan pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33367, that the Agency shall serve as a Responsible Agency for the Plan EIR within the meaning of Public Resource Code Section 21069. I hereby c rs 11v 11 at 5 ' is a true and correct cosyW.f arl oaken and entered on fha minutes of the Board of Supervisors on t date shown. ATTESTED. K; JOHN SWEETEN, irk,of the Board of Supervii6ra a-hd County Aftinistrator 13Y 04put r