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Exhibit 2 A R E S O L U T I O N OF THE C I TY OF E L C E RR I TO CITY COUNCIL APPROVING OF A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR PROPERTY LOCATED IN SAN PABLO AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN AREA WHEREAS, in Resolution the Planning Commission considered the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan (SPASP) project and recommended that the City Council certify the EIR; and WHEREAS, in Resolution the Planning Commission considered the SPASP and recommended that the City Council adopt the SPASP; and WHEREAS , in furtherance of the SPASP, the Planning Commission of the City of El Cerrito has considered the adoption of an amendment to the General Plan to add the land use designation of the SPASP to provide for a vision for the future of San Pablo Avenue that adopts context-sensitive regulations to be applied throughout the Plan area . The Plan’s key principles are to deepen a sense of place and community identity, attract private investment, strengthen partnerships, enhance the public realm, promote the everyday use of transit, walking, and biking, and foster environmental sustainability through a streamlined, tiered review process, increased development intensity thresholds, and supportive design guidelines; and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of El Cerrito has considered the adoption of an amendment to the General Plan to change the land use designation for certain property currently zoned/described as the 174 acres of the Plan that exist within the City of El Cerrito’s jurisdiction. The Plan area extends for approximately 2.5 miles from El Cerrito Plaza and El Cerrito’s border with the City of Albany on the south to the Ohlone Greenway near the BART tracks and Baxter Creek on the north. At the south end of the Plan area, the project boundary extends east to include the El Cerrito Plaza BART Station and west along Central Avenue to I-80. Generally, the Plan area includes the San Pablo Avenue roadway and the parcels fronting on the avenue; and WHEREAS, the provisions of the Government Code, 65350, et. seq. have been complied with; and WHEREAS, on September 22, 2014, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing to consider the appeal; and WHEREAS, based upon the evidence presented in the record on this matter, including the staff report and oral and written testimony and the proceedings before the Planning Commission, the Council has considered the General Plan Amendment. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: The City Council of the City of El Cerrito finds that: ---PAGE BREAK--- Exhibit 2 1. The proposed amendment is deemed to be in the public interest. The SPASP is in the public interest because it adopts context-sensitive regulations to be applied throughout the Plan area. The Plan’s key principles are to strengthen a sense of place, ensure return on investment, encourage practical and market friendly development, enhance and humanize the public realm and catalyze mode shift. 2. The proposed amendment is consistent and compatible with the rest of the General Plan and any implementation programs that may be affected. The SPASP is consistent in all significant respects with the General Plan; in that supports the spirit and intent of all of the existing goals and policies listed in the General Plan related to the San Pablo Avenue corridor. It will greatly enhance the Del Norte, Midtown and El Cerrito Plaza areas of the city by establishing context based development parameters. In particular, the goals and policies listed in the Strategic Framework, The Community Development and Design, and the Transportation and Circulation Chapters. 3. The potential impacts of the proposed amendment have been assessed and have been determined not to be detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare. The SPASP shall be implemented in compliance with all appropriate sections of the El Cerrito Municipal Code, including the Building and Fire Codes as well as in concert with its Programmatic Environmental Impact Report, ensuring that it will not be detrimental to the public’s health, safety or welfare. 4. The proposed amendment has been processed in accordance with the applicable provisions of the California Government Code and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). A Programmatic Environmental Impact Report was prepared for the San Pablo Specific Plan in full compliance with applicable provisions of the California Government Code and the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council certify the EIR as set forth in Resolution I CERTIFY that at a regular meeting on September 22, 2014, the El Cerrito City Council passed this Resolution by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: ---PAGE BREAK--- IN WITNESS of this action, I sign this document and affix the corporate seal of the City of El Cerrito on September 22, 2014. Cheryl Morse, City Clerk APPROVED: Janet Abelson, Mayor Exhibit 1 – GP text Exhibit 2 – GP map