2004/10/26 City Council Resolution (14)RESOLUTION NO. 2004- 292
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROHNERT PARK, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING PROPOSED AMENDMENTS
TO THE CITY'S CEQA INITIAL STUDY CHECKLIST
WHEREAS, the City of Rohnert Park is considered a Phase II community that must
have a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit, which is a mandate of
the Clean Water Act;
WHEREAS, the City adopted a Storm Water Management Plan (Plan) in 2003 that
outlines how the City will meet its stormwater management goals and sets forth the Best
Management Practices (BMPs) that will achieve those goals;
WHEREAS, one of the required actions of the Plan is the amending of the City's CEQA
Initial Study checklist to include additional considerations that would better analyze a project's
potential to impact hydrology and water quality;
WHEREAS, Staff has prepared the required amendments to the checklist for the
Planning Commission and City Council to consider;
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21065 and CEQA Guidelines
Section 15061, the amendments to the City's Initial Study Checklist are not a project subject to
the California Environmental Quality Act, as they will have no foreseeable direct impact upon
the environment;
WHEREAS, on October 14, 2004 the Planning Commission reviewed Planning.
Application No. 2004 -052, the proposed amendments to the City's Initial Study checklist during
a regularly- scheduled public meeting at which time interested persons had an opportunity to
testify either in support of or opposition to the proposed amendments; and,
WHEREAS, on October 26, 2004, the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park
reviewed and considered the information contained in the Staff Report and all relevant materials
regarding the proposed amendments to the City's Initial Study checklist.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rohnert
Park that the proposed amendments to the City's Initial Study checklist are approved, as depicted
in Exhibit "A."
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED on this 26t' day of October, 2004, by the City
of Rohnert Park City Council by the following vote:
ATTEST:
FLORES: AYE MACKENZIE: AYE SPRADLIN: AYE
VIDAK- MARTINEZ: AYE NORDIN: AYE
AYES: (5) NOES: (0) ABSENT: (0) ABSTAIN: (0)
(For Reso. No. 2004 -292)
Exhibit "A"
8. HYDROLOGY AND WATER QUALITY
Would the project:
Potentially
Significant
Impact
Potentially
Significant
Unless
Mitigation
Incorporated
Less Than
Significant
Impact
No Impact
a. Violate any water quality standards or waste
discharge requirements?
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b. Substantially deplete groundwater supplies or
interfere substantially with groundwater
recharge such that there would be a net
deficit in aquifer volume or a lowering of
the local groundwater table level?
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c. Substantially alter the existing drainage
pattern of the site or area, including through
the alteration of the course of a stream or
river, in a manner which would result in
substantial erosion or siltation on- or off -site?
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d. Substantially alter the existing drainage
pattern of the site or area, including through
the alteration of the course of a stream or
river, or substantially increase the rate or
amount of surface runoff in a manner that
would result in flooding on- or off -site?
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e. Create or contribute runoff water that would
exceed the capacity of existing or planned
stormwater drainage systems?
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f. Introduce typical storm water pollutants' into
ground or surface water?
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g. Substantially increase the amount o
impervious surface coverage?
,Typical storm water pollutants" include, but are not limited to: paints, varnishes, and solvents;
hydrocarbons and metals from vehicle use or business operations; non - hazardous solid wastes and yard
wastes; sediment from construction activities (including silts, clays, slurries, concrete rinsates, etc.);
ongoing sedimentation due to changes in land cover /land use /; nutrients, pesticides, herbicides, and
fertilizers (e.g., from landscape maintenance); hazardous substances and wastes; sewage, fecal coliforms,
animal wastes, and pathogens; dissolved and particulate metals; other sediments and floatables; metals and
acidity from mining operations.
(For Reso. No. 2004 -292)
h. Result in discharge, directly or through
storm drain system, into surface waters?
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i. Alter ground water or surface water quality
temperature, dissolved oxygen, or turbidity?
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j. Place housing within a 100 -year flood hazarc
area as mapped on a federal Flood Hazarc
Boundary or Flood Insurance Rate Map o
other flood hazard delineation map?
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k. Place within a 100 -year flood hazard are,
structures that would impede or redirect flooc
flows?
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