HomeMy WebLinkAbout149-89 RESOLUTION NO. 149-89
ADOPTING THE MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION
OF ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNIFICANCE AND THE FINAL MASTER PLAN
FOR HAP MAGEE RANCH PARK
WHEREAS, David L. Gates & Associates, Landscape Architects, were
retained by the Town of Danville to develop a Master Plan for Hap
Magee Ranch Park; and
WHEREAS, the park design process has included several community
workshops during which the public had the opportunity to provide
recommendations; and
WHEREAS, Darwin Myers Associates was hired to study the
environmental impacts of the park based upon the Final Master Plan
and prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration of environmental
significance; and
WHEREAS, on September 12, 1989, the Parks & Leisure Services
Commission recommended that Town Council adopt the Mitigated
Negative Declaration of Environmental Significance and the Final
Master Plan for the Hap Magee Ranch Park; and
WHEREAS, the Mitigated Negative Declaration of Environmental
Significance and the Final Master Plan must be adopted by Town
Council before the preparation of construction drawings and
specifications may begin; and
WHEREAS, construction drawings and specifications must be completed
on the project before development may begin; and
WHEREAS, further environmental review may be required in connection
with specific Master Plan implementing activities; and
WHEREAS, the Mitigated Negative Declaration was circulated for
public review and comment in accordance with the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act; and
WHEREAS, at a duly-noticed and conducted public hearing convened
on September 18, 1989, the Town Council of the Town of Danville
received comment and testimony from members of the public regarding
the Master Plan and Mitigated Negative Declaration; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Danville hereby FINDS and
DECLARES that the Initial Study prepared by Darwin Myers Associates
identified a number of potentially significant environmental
impacts associated with the Master Plan, including but not limited
to hydrology, traffic and noise, but that mitigation measures have
been incorporated into the project which avoid such impacts or
reduces them to a point where clearly no significant effects would
occur; and there is no substantial evidence that the project will
have a significant effect on the environment; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Town Council of the Town of Danville, that
the Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Hap Magee Park Master
Plan is hereby approved; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Hap Magee Park Master Plan is hereby
approved, and Town staff is hereby instructed to implement such
Plan to the extent of the Town's jurisdiction and authority by
among other things, preparing for Town Council review and approval,
a contract with David L. Gates and Associates for the purposes of
providing construction drawings and specifications for the project.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of September, 1989, by
the following vote:
AYES: GREENBERG, JAGGER, LANE, RITCHEY, SCHLENDORF
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ATTEST:
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~i CITY ~LERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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