PC20-488
RESOLUTION PC 20-_________
A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MENIFEE, CALIFORNIA RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT
A THIRD ADDENDUM TO THE PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED GENERAL PLAN
FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR GENERAL PLAN
AMENDMENT NO. 2018-207
WHEREAS, on August 17, 2018, the applicant, Richland Planned Communities initiated
an application for General Plan Amendment 2018-207 (“Project”); and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendment to the General Plan Circulation Element removes
the Collector street designation and roadway segment for Wickerd Road between Haleblian Road
on the east and Antelope Road on the west; and
WHEREAS, the City is the Lead Agency under the California Environmental Quality Act,
Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq. (“CEQA”); and
WHEREAS, the approval of the General Plan Amendment constitutes a discretionary
approval, which is part of a “project” as that term is defined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15378
and which itself requires review under CEQA; and
WHEREAS, on December 18, 2013, the City of Menifee City Council adopted Resolution
No. 13-347 certifying that the General Plan Final Environmental Impact Report, which analyzed
the environmental impacts which would result from the City’s adoption of the General Plan, had
been prepared in full compliance with CEQA (the “FEIR”); and
WHEREAS, on February 5, 2014, the City of Menifee City Council adopted Resolution No.
14-353 approving an Addendum (“First Addendum”) to the General Plan FEIR in conjunction with
their approval of the Housing Element of the City of Menifee General Plan; and
WHEREAS, on March 18, 2020, the City of Menifee City Council adopted a Resolution
approving an Addendum (“Second Addendum”) to the General Plan FEIR in conjunction with their
approval of an amendment to the General Plan Land Use Element for the inclusion of Policy LU-
1.11 and updated land use designations for two properties in the City of Menifee.
WHEREAS, in connection with the proposed Project, an Addendum to the General Plan
FEIR, (herein referred to as the “Third Addendum”), a copy of which is on file in the Community
Development Department and attached as Exhibit 1, has been prepared pursuant to the
provisions of Section 15164 of the CEQA Guidelines in order to determine whether any significant
environmental impacts which were not identified in the General Plan FEIR would result from the
proposed Project or whether previously identified significant impacts would be substantially more
severe in connection with the proposed Project; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed public hearing on April
22, 2020, where the public was allowed to comment on the proposed Project including the Third
Addendum to the General Plan FEIR; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has carefully considered all the comments received
from the public as well as the information provided by the City’s staff regarding environmental
review.
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NOW, THEREFORE, the Planning Commission of the City of Menifee hereby
recommends that the City Council make the following findings as established by the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA):
Section 1. That the Third Addendum was prepared for the proposed Project in compliance with
the requirements of CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines.
Section 2. That, based upon the evidence submitted and as demonstrated by the analysis
included in the Third Addendum, none of the conditions described in Sections 15162 or 15163 of
the CEQA Guidelines calling for the preparation of a subsequent or supplemental EIR or negative
declaration have occurred. Specifically:
(a) There have not been any substantial changes in the "project" that require major revisions
of the General Plan FEIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or
a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects;
(b) There have not been any substantial changes with respect to the circumstances under
which the proposed Project is undertaken that require major revisions of the General Plan
FEIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase
in the severity of previously identified significant effects; and
(c) There is no new information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not
have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the General Plan FEIR
was certified as complete and adopted, that shows any of the following:
i. the proposed Project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the
General Plan FEIR;
ii. significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than
shown in the General Plan FEIR;
iii. mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would, in
fact, be feasible and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of
the proposed Project, but the project proponent declines to adopt the mitigation
measures or alternatives; or
iv. mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those
analyzed in the General Plan FEIR would substantially reduce one or more
significant effects on the environment, but the project proponent declines to adopt
the mitigation measures or alternatives.
Section 3. In connection with the proposed Project and this Planning Commission’s review of the
Third Addendum to the General Plan FEIR, this Planning Commission has independently
reviewed the Third Addendum to the General Plan FEIR and has exercised its independent
judgment in making the findings and determinations set forth herein.
Section 4. Pursuant to the above findings, this Planning Commission determines that the General
Plan FEIR, together with the Third Addendum, satisfy all of the requirements of CEQA and are
adequate to serve as the required environmental documentation for the proposed Project and,
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therefore, hereby recommends City Council approval and adoption of the Third Addendum to the
General Plan FEIR for the proposed Project.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 22nd day of April 2020
Randy Madrid, Chairman
Attest:
Stephanie Roseen, Deputy City Clerk
Approved as to form:
Ajit Thind, Assistant City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF MENIFEE )
I, Stephanie Roseen, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Menifee, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Planning Commission Resolution No. PC20- was duly adopted by the Planning
Commission of the City of Menifee at a meeting thereof held on the 22 day of April 2020 by the
following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Abstain:
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Stephanie Roseen, CMC
Deputy City Clerk
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