23-1383RESOLUTION 23-1383
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENIFEE,
CALIFORNIA ADOPTING AN ADDENDUM TO THE PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED
FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (SCH NO. 2003061122) FOR
TENTATIVE TRACT MAP NO. 31194 "GOLDEN MEADOWS" (ZONING CODE
AMENDMENT NO. PLN21-0201 AND MAJOR MODIFICATION NO. PLN21-
0199)
WHEREAS, on May 20, 2021, the applicant, Richland Planned Communities, Inc., filed a
formal application with the City of Menifee for the approval of a Zoning Code Amendment (ZCA)
No. PLN21-0201 to amend Chapter 9.155.030(E) (PD-5: Golden Meadows {TR311941) of the City
of Menifee Municipal Code (MMC) by revising the development standards of County of Riverside
approved Tentative Tract Map (TTM) No. 31194; and,
WHEREAS, on May 20, 2021, the applicant, Richland Planned Communities, Inc., filed a
formal application with the City of Menifee for the approval of a Major Modification (MJMOD) No.
PLN21-0199 to revise Phase 4 of approved TTM No. 31194; and,
WHEREAS, the City is the Lead Agency under the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA), Public Resources Code §§ 21000 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the approval of ZCA No. PLN21-0201 and MJMOD No. PLN21-0199
constitutes a discretionary approval, which is part of a "project" as that term is defined in CEQA
Guidelines § 15378 and which itself requires review under CEQA; and
WHEREAS, on April 10, 2007, the County approved to certify a Final Environmental
Impact Report (FEIR), Technical Studies, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan (MMRP)
(on file with the Community Development and City Clerk Departments) (State Clearinghouse No.
2003061122) for Golden Meadows TTM No. 31194 to analyze and mitigate the project's
potentially significant environmental impacts; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the proposed Project, an Addendum to the Golden
Meadows TTM No. 31194 FEIR (herein referred to as the "Addendum"), a copy of which is on file
with the Community Development and City Clerk Departments, 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 Golden Meadows TTM No.
31194 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, on February 8, 2023, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public
hearing and voted 5-0 to recommend denial to City Council of the ZCA and MJMOD, along with
the Addendum to the Certified FEIR; and,
WHEREAS, on June 7, 2023, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing and voted
5-0 to remand the Project back to the Planning Commission to allow the project applicant the
opportunity to continue working with staff and the surrounding neighbors in an effort to address
community concerns to present to the Planning Commission for consideration; and,
WHEREAS, on July 26, 2023, the Project was presented to the Planning Commission as
a workshop item as recommended by the City Council in an effort to address community concerns
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with the proposed modifications to Phase 4. The Planning Commission and nearby residents
provided feedback on the proposed Project, in which the applicant incorporated into the revised
plans; and,
WHEREAS, on November 8, 2023, the Planning Commission conducted a duly noticed
public hearing and voted 4-0 (Thomas absent) recommending approval to the City Council of ZCA
No. PLN21-0201 and MJMOD No. PLN21-0199 for TTM No. 31194; and,
WHEREAS, on December 6, 2023, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on
the Project, considered all public testimony as well as all materials in the staff report and
accompanying documents for ZCA No. PLN21-0201 and MJMOD No. PLN21-0199, which
hearing was publicly noticed by a publication in the Press Enterprise, a newspaper of general
circulation, an agenda posting, on -site posting, notice to property owners within 300 feet of the
Project boundaries, and to persons requesting public notice.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council make the following findings as established by
CEQA:
Section 1. That the 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 Addendum, none of the conditions described in Sections 15162 or 15163 of the
CEQA Guidelines calling for the preparation of a subsequent or supplemental Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) or negative declaration have occurred; specifically:
1. There have not been any substantial changes in the Project that require major
revisions of the Golden Meadows TTM No. 31194 due to the involvement of new
significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously
identified significant effects; and
2. 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 Golden
Meadows TTM No. 31194 due to the involvement of new significant environmental
effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant
effects; and
3. 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 Golden
Meadows TTM No. 31194 was certified as complete and adopted, that shows any of
the following:
(a) The proposed Project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the
Golden Meadows TTM No. 31194 Meadows FEIR;
(b) Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than
shown in the Golden Meadows TTM No. 31194 FEIR;
(c) 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
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measures or alternatives;
(d) Mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those
analyzed in the Golden Meadows TTM No. 31194 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 City Council's review of the
Addendum to Golden Meadows TTM No. 31194 FEIR, this City Council has independently
reviewed the Addendum and has exercised its independent judgment in making the findings and
determinations set forth herein.
Section 4. Pursuant to the above findings, this City Council determines that the Golden Meadows
TTM No. 31194 FEIR, together with the Addendum, satisfy all of the requirements of CEQA and
are adequate to serve as the required environmental documentation for the proposed Project and,
therefore, hereby approves the adoption of the Addendum to the Golden Meadows TTM No.
31194 FEIR for the proposed Project.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 6th day of December 2023.
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Bill kiTer an, Mayor
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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I, Sarah Manwaring, City Clerk of the City of Menifee, do hereby certify that the foregoing City
Council Resolution No. 23-1383 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Menifee at a
meeting thereof held on the 6th Day of December 2023 by the following vote:
Ayes: Deines, Karwin, Sobek, Zimmerman
Noes: Estrada
Absent: None
Abstain: None