20-9761
RESOLUTION NO. 20-976
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENIFEE, CALIFORNIA,
APPROVING THE CITY OF MENIFEE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
WHEREAS, in order to receive regional and state funding for roadway improvements, the City of
Menifee is required to consider and adopt an active transportation plan; and
WHEREAS, the objective of the Menifee Active Transportation Plan (ATP) is to provide
recommended actions, projects and programs to support increasing bicycling and walking as well as
improve non-motorized travel infrastructure to provide safer, walkable streets throughout the City for
residents that are dependent on these modes; and
WHEREAS, Public Resources Code section 21080.20 states that the City can determine the
approval of a bicycle transportation plan, such as the ATP, is exempt from CEQA review, provided the
agency holds a noticed public hearing to consider the ATP, and prepares an assessment of any traffic
and safety impacts of the project and include measures in the bicycle transportation plan to mitigate
potential impacts, and the City has conducted a public hearing on November 18, 2020, and prepared the
required assessment to comply with those requirements; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the exemption in State CEQA Guidelines section 15262 (Feasibility and
Planning studies) which applies to projects “involving only feasibility or planning studies for possible future
actions which the agency . . . has not yet approved, adopted, or funded does not require the preparation
of an EIR or negative declaration but does require consideration of environmental factors,” the approval
of the ATP is exempt from CEQA because it involves evaluation of the ATP and recommendations for
possible future planning actions or projects, and the ATP itself includes an analysis of the relevant
environmental factors; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the “common sense exemption” in State CEQA Guidelines section
15061(b)(3), which states “that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a
significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that
the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to
CEQA,” the project is exempt from CEQA because it consists of approval of the ATP, which involves
recommendations and projects that will be assessed through future planning applications and
implementation, meaning that it can be seen with a certainty that the ATP itself will not have a significant
effect, or any physical effect, on the environment; and
WHEREAS, the Council has independently reviewed and considered the basis for the statutory
and categorical exemptions prior to taking any approval action on the ATP and, exercising its independent
judgment, based on the entire record before it, has determined that the project is exempt from CEQA.
WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Menifee conducted a public hearing considering the
merits of the ATP on November 18, 2020.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND ORDERED by the City Council of the City of
Menifee, California as follows:
Section 1. The City Council finds and determines that the foregoing recitals, which are incorporated
herein by reference, are true and correct.
Section 2. The City of Menifee hereby approves the Menifee Active Transportation Plan (ATP).
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Section 3. Pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080.20, the City has held a public hearing
considering the ATP, and considered the assessment required under that section, and has determined
that the project is exempt from CEQA.
Section 4. The City Council likewise finds and declares that consideration and approval of the ATP is
exempt from CEQA review under CEQA Guidelines 15061(b)(3) and 15262.
Section 5. The City Council hereby directs the City Manager or their designee to record a notice of
exemption with the Office of Planning and Research and the county clerk for the County of Riverside in
accordance with these findings.
Section 6. This Resolution shall take effect immediately.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of November 2020.
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Bill Zimmerman, Mayor
Attest:
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Sarah A. Manwaring, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
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Jeffrey T. Melching, City Attorney
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) ss
CITY OF MENIFEE )
I, Sarah A. Manwaring, City Clerk of the City of Menifee, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 20-976 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Menifee at a meeting thereof held on the 18th day of November 2020 by the following vote:
Ayes: August, Deines, Sobek, Liesemeyer, Zimmerman
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
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Sarah A. Manwaring, City Clerk
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