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1991/02/26 City Council Resolution (5)RESOLUTION NO. 91 -43 A RESOLUTION OF THE ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE DRAFT FOCUSED ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT FOR THE ROHNERT PARK CIVIC CENTER IS ADEQUATE AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO FILE A NOTICE OF DE'.CERMINATION IN THE OFFICE OF THE SONOMA COUNTY CLERK WHEREAS on March 20, 1990, the City of Rohnert Park authorized the preparation of an environmental impact report for an area located east of U.S. Highway 101, on the north side of the Rohnert Park Expressway and east of State Farm Drive, hereinafter referred to as the project, and WHEREAS the project contains three complexes to form the new Civic Center for the City of Rohnert Park and consists of an administration complex, an assembly complex and a public safety complex, and WHEREAS the administration complex may consist of approximately five (5) stories in height, the public safety complex will consist of three stories in height and the assembly complex will consist of one story, and WHEREAS the Rohnert Park Planning Commission considered the Draft Focused Environmental Impact Report, Rohnert Park Civic Center, hereinafter referred to as the "DFEIR, RPCC11 the public comments to the DFEIR, RPCC and the responses thereto at a public hearing on January 24, 1991 and any responses that were made to comments at the public hearing, and WHEREAS the Planning Commission considered the above material and the responses at its meeting on February 14, 1991 and at the conclusion of the hearing the Planning Commission did adopt Resolution No. 91 - 04 and forwarded the same to the City Council, and WHEREAS the City Council did notice and hold a public hearing on February 26, 1991 to consider the DFEIR, RPCC together Dir: Resolutions Doc: Civiccnt 1 with the responses thereto, and WHEREAS the City Council did also consider all public comments made to the DFEIR, RPCC at the public hearing on February 26, 1991, the responses by the preparer of the DFEIR, RPCC, and WHEREAS after consideration of the DFEIR, RPCC the public comments and responses made prior to February 26, 1991 and the public comments and responses made on February 20, 1991 the City Council makes the following findings and determinations: I The Project As has been stated in the DFEIR, RPCC the project is located in the central portion of the City of Rohnert Park. The project is proposed for location on two parcels consisting of 8.37 acres on 364,400 square feet, more or less. Direct access to the project area is from the Rohnert Park Expressway. In addition, there is access to State Farm Drive. The gross floor area is 87,350 square feet, more or less. The building pads cover 31,000 square feet, more or less, and the lot coverage is approximately 24 %. The project has been shown in the Rohnert Park General Plan since May 6, 1990. The project has been included in, or mentioned in the following environmental Impact reports: Northwest Rohnert Park Program Environmental Impact Report, Supplemental EIR, 1990. Expressway Mall Environmental Impact Report, 1990. These Environmental Impact Reports, hereinafter referred to as EIRs have been incorporated by reference into the DFEIR, RPCC. Dir: Resolutions Doc: Civiccnt 2 II significant Environmental Impacts of the Project The DFEIR, RPCC has identified the following significant impacts from the project. 1. Traffic. The DFEIR, RPCC projects :360 vehicular trips in the p.m. peak hour of which 20% would go south on U.S. Highway 101, 20% would flow north on State Farm Drive, 30% would proceed east on Rohnert Park Expressway and 30% would proceed north on U.S. Highway 101. The largest increase in traffic volume would be on Rohnert Park Expressway west of the site. The impact on freeway ramps which are now operating at 60% of capacity would result in an increase up to 70% capacity. The increase in traffic volume on the freeway itself would be approximately 1/2 %. Service levels at State Farm and Commerce Boulevard intersections, at the Northbound Ramps intersection and the Southbound Ramps intersection would decrease by approximately 1 /10th of one level, 2/5s of one level and 1/2 of one level, respectively. The greater impact would be the increase in lane load on the Expressway through. the Commerce and Northbound Ramp intersections. The increase is projected at 9% during peak hours, which could result in a. drop of 0.4 of a service level. Onsite parking and ingress and egress to the site would be subject to usual traffic and circulation requirements. The DFEIR, RPCC assesses the impact of traffic generated by the use of the site with other traffic generators in the area. (DFEIR, RPCC at pages 3 -8, 3 -9, tables 3.2, 3.3 and 3.4 contain those projections.) The cumulative impact of these projects and of freeway oriented traffic generated by other projects and other areas is significant and is addressed in the DFEIR, RPCC and in this Resolution. 2. Public Services. Dir: Resolutions Doc: Civiccnt 3 ¢ A. Water. The project is estimated to use 26,784 gallons per day (.027 mgd) as follows: Public safety 10,446 gpd (.Oil mgd) ; administration building 14,499 gpd (.015); and assembly 1,339 gpd (.001). It is not anticipated that the project will unduly strain existing sources of supply. The City's assured supply of water is 7.60 million gallons per da,y (mgd). It has reservoir capacity of 2 mgd and is currently using 2 mgd of Petaluma's allotment in the Sonoma County Aqueduct. The City relies on well water as one of its principal sources of supply. For the future, the City is investigating the possibility of increasing its share of Sonoma County Aqueduct water. B. Sewage Disposal. The project is expected to generate a demand for sewage at the rate of 4,184 gpd (.0042 mgd). Of the total demand the administrative and public facilities will need .002 mgd and the assembly complex will need approximately .0002 mgd. The site will have to be! connected to the municipal sewer system. The servicing of the project with sewage disposal facilities is not considered to be growth inducing. C. Public Safety. The location of a fire engine and personnel in the public safety facility (component 3.3) will improve the City's emergency response capabilities. The fact that the fire station is to be located at the extreme southwest corner of the project site may have some impact on response time. City staff does not consider response time from this location as critical. D. Other Utilities. The site is readily accessible to electricity, gas and telephone and no unusual impacts are noted from the delivery of these services to the site. 3. Geology, vegetation, soils, runoff and air quality. The Healdsburg Rogers Creek fault is located approximately one mile to the east. The soil is Clear Lake soil. It is Dir: Resolutions Doc: Civiccnt 4 unsuitable for top soil or road fill. The site is level and should require little grading. There is little vegetation on the site and no endangered species. With development and surfacing of the site it would become about 90% impervious. The cumulative impact of the runoff has been addressed in the Cumulative Supplement to the Northwest Rohhnert Park EIR. Air quality has also been considered and addressed in the Cumulative Supplement and the same findings and observations are relevant to the project. 4. Noise. The largest noise generator is traffic on the Rohnert Park Expressway. Noise measurements conducted in June, 1990 at the project site recorded from 54 dba to 71 dba. A 24 hour measurement of noise near the Community Center was conducted by Illingworth & Rodkin, Inc. during the adoption of the General Plan. Based on those measurements and average daily traffic volumes the Ldn is calculated to be 64 dba, 100 feet from the centerline of the Rohnert Park: Expressway. Noise from the project would consist of the following: (1) short term construction noise, (2) additional noise created by traffic serving the project and (3) noise generated on the site by heating and cooling units on the buildings and vehicle noise. The preparer of the DFEIR, RPCC estimates that noise can be kept within the levels established by the City's noise ordinance by using the mitigation measures suggested in the DFEIR, RPCC and set forth in this Resolution. III Mitigation Measures The DFEIR, RPCC sets forth mitigation measures to address the environmental impacts noted. The mitigation measures which appear to be feasible are set forth herein. Traffic. Service levels of traffic and the reduction of service levels has been addressed in the Rohnert Park General Dir: Resolutions Doc: Civiccnt 5 Plan. Since the service level of traffic does not drop a full level it may not be necessary to implement immediate mitigation measures if the standards of the General Plan are not violated. If the level of service does fall from D to E or from E to F, then the City should consider the addition of another through lane in each direction on the Rohnert Park Expressway between the freeway bridge and 500 feet east of Commerce Boulevard. Cumulative mitigation measures in improvement to traffic have been set forth in the Rohnert Park Expressway Mall EIR and are not repeated here. Those mitigation measures should be considered together with traffic systems management measures such as ride sharing, flexible hours, transit, and encouraging bicycle travel. Public Services. A. Water. The DFEIR, RPCC does not find that the project will result in a shortage of available water, however, the impact of the project will have a cumulative effect. As has been mentioned in previous EIRs the City should consider the following measures: 1. Increase the City's share of water in the Sonoma County Aqueduct. This should include developing additional rights in the system for the City and in renewing and maintaining the existing agreement with the City of Petaluma for 2 mgd. 2. Water conservation should be expanded. The City is presently using reclaimed waste water. That policy should continue and should be expanded. The use of alternate irrigation /landscape for public landscaping such as drip irrigation and drought resistant landscape material should be expanded. 3. The city reservoir supply is a form of reserve but should not be relied upon as a permanent solution to the provision of an adequate water supply. 4. Additional wells can be considered as another source. Dir: Resolutions Doc: Civiccnt 6 The City should endeavor to balance the draw down of water from wells each year so that the amount withdrawn equals the amount of water annually replaced to the system. B. Sewage Disposal. The 1990 General Plan sets forth an objective to treat at least 3.5 mgd of Rohnert Park Wastewater, exclusive of Cotati and Sonoma State University. In addition, the General Plan has an objective to expand the Rohnert Park Wastewater Pumps Station to meet peak wet weather demands for a 10 to 100 year flood. To meet these objectives the City should: 1. Continue to plan, finance and construct additional treatment capacity. 2. Monitor all growth to insure that available City resources can accommodate additional project demands. 3. Expand the wastewater pumping capacity for Rohnert Park to the Santa Rosa Subregional Sewage System. 4. Implement recommendations made by Winzler & Kelly Engineers regarding Pump Station improvement. 5. Increase the amount of treated wastewater and to irrigate other land in Rohnert Park. C. Public Safety. 1. Public Safety should review the present plans to the project site to assure the department of the best possible access. 2. Fire prevention measures such as fire alarms and sprinklers should be incorporated into project plans. 3. Attention should be given to the location of public safety facilities within the building so that each area is utilized to its utmost capacity and that access is appropriate to the need. D. Utilities. While utilities are adequate, measures should be considered and utilized in the project to conserve utility use such as insulation, efficient motors and passive heating and cooling systems. Dir: Resolutions Doc: Civiccnt 7 3. Geology, vegetation, roils, runoff and air quality. The EIR does not indicate any severe environmental impact in these areas which are directly caused by the project. In the case of runoff and air quality the impact is cumulative when considered with the impact of other projects. With regard to runoff and air quality the Cumulative Supplement of the Northwest Rohnert Park EIR addresses these items. These areas should be monitored as has previously been mentioned in previous EIRs and as the Planning Commission has previously recommended. 4. Noise. 1. The major consideration should be to control noise, as much as possible, during construction. This can be accomplished by regulating hours of construction and insuring that all equipment and work areas are protected, as reasonably as possible, from noise by operative equipment and noise suppressors whenever possible. General Statement of Impacts The impacts from the project have been summarized at Section 4.0 of the DFEIR, RPCC. The City Council has reviewed those impacts in making their recommendations in mitigation. The City Council is also aware of other EIRs as mentioned herein and the Rohnert Park General Plan which addressed those impacts. El+l Monitoring Measures The Planning Commission recommends that the following monitoring measures be considered: 1. The City can and does maintain contact with Bay Area Air Quality Control Management District and North Coast Water Quality Control Board. These and other agencies have been, and will be Dir: Resolutions Doc: Civiccnt 8 used in the future to monitor specific areas of concern. 2. The City has also committed to and does now maintain a traffic counting program and periodically recommends certain areas within the City to be considered for additional traffic control devices. This is an ongoing program and the City does have criteria to guide it in determining when certain additional measures should be taken. 3. Monitoring is also being considered in the area of water supply and sewage disposal. Both systems have measuring devices installed and the results of those measurements are evaluated periodically. V Statement of Overriding considerations Title 14, Section 15093 of the California Administrative Code requires the decision makers to balance the benefits of the proposed project against unavoidable environmental risks. The City Council finds that the mitigation and monitoring measures adopted address the environmental risks. However, to set forth the rationale of the City in adopting this Resolution, in addition to the reasons previously stated, the Council further states: 1. The complex is located in an area so designated on the General Plan. The environmental consequences of the location were considered when the General Plan was considered and in the subsequent EIRs set forth in Section I of the Resolution. 2. The City administrative offices are now located at other locations besides City Hall. The Civic Center Complex will allow the city offices to be placed in a central location again. 3. Public Safety needs a modern central location from which to coordinate and direct public safety responses. 4. The City complex is centrally located for the optimum use of city services by the public. Dir: Resolutions Doc: Civiccnt 9 5. The present city offices are too small and are inadequate to serve the present: population of the City or the population projected at buildout under the existing General Plan. 6. Against the above benefits the EIR does address the impact of the project on traffic, water, public utilities and public services. since the public demand for municipal services is ongoing, the major impact oil the project is its impact upon the immediate area in which it is located. The City Council has considered that impact and finds that the proposed site is located in an area planned for such use. Therefore, the impact of the project will be minimized because of the advance planning for the project and the provision of public services sufficient to accommodate the project. 7. The City has a definite need for larger and more modern facilities and the City Council finds that the needs of the City clearly outweigh any environmental impacts from the project as outlined in this Resolution especially when the mitigation measures are implemented. Recommendation The City Council has considered the environmental impacts of the project and has weighed that consideration with the Rohnert Park General Plan, the previous recent EIRs that have addressed the City and the general area. The area is centrally located within the City and the City is rapidly outgrowing its present facilities. Law enforcement is in need of addition quarters and needs a headquarters area from which dispatching, records keeping and detentions, temporary holdings and other services can be centralized. In addition to the needs expressed above the General Plan and the zoning of the City favor such a facility and the project has been anticipated at a time: when the City reached a population of approximately 35,000 people:. Dir: Resolutions Doc: Civiccnt 10 In view of the foregoing findings, considerations and determinations the City Council finds that the DFEIR, RPCC is adequate and should be and is hereby certified as adequate. The City Council does further certify the DFEIR, RPCC as the Final Focused Environmental Impact Report, Rohnert Park Civic Center, hereinafter referred to as the FFEIR, RPCC and authorizes and directs the Rohnert Park City Manager to file a Notice of Determination in the office of the Sonoma County Clerk. Duly considered and passed this 26th, day of February, 1991. Ayes: (5) Councilmembers Hollingsworth ,Hopkins,Reilly,Spiro,and Eck Noes: ( 0 ) None Absent: (0) None NTU Abstain: (0) None Attest lerk P, CITY OF ROHNERT PARK Mayor Dir: Resolutions Doc: Civiccnt 11