Resolution Number 94-9-20-5M
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RFSPONSF TO DRAFT PRIMA DRSHECHA GENER AT, DEVELOPMENT PLAN
AND DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IWACT REPORT
(INTERnIUBISDICTIONAL PROJECTREVIEW '
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, RESPONDING TO THE
COUNTY OF ORANGE ON THE DRAFT PRIMA DESHECHA
LANDFILL GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND DRAFT
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
WHEREAS, the County of Orange has prepared and circulated a Draft General Plan
and Environmental Impact Report for Prima Deshecha Canada Landfill which is substantially
situated in the southeast section of the City; and,
WHEREAS, the California Code of Regulations, Section 15086, requires the Lead
Agency (County of Orange) to consult with and request comments on the Draft Environmental
Impact Report from Responsible Agencies (City of San Juan Capistrano); and,
WHEREAS, on September 13, 1994, the San Juan Capistrano Planning Commission
did review and comment on the Draft General Development Plan and Environmental Impact Report
and those comments have been considered by the City Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San
Juan Capistrano does hereby direct the following position to the County of Orange:
The Draft Environmental Impact Report should be revised to acknowledge
that the City of San Juan Capistrano is a Responsible Agency with
discretionary approval power related to determining consistency of the
proposed project with the San Juan Capistrano General Plan.
2, The Draft Environmental Impact Report should be significantly revised to
disclose fully the visual impact to the City of San Juan Capistrano affects a
far larger area of the community than represented in the Draft Environmental
Impact Report, is significant, and that the "Reduced Height Alternative"
would eliminate that significant impact.
3. The City Council does not support the present proposal for Waste
Management Unit 1 and recommends that the project design be revised to
incorporate the 'Reduced Height Alternative."
I4. The following additional mitigation measures be incorporated into the final
Environmental Impact Report:
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a. Construction of any structures within 200 feet of the City of San Juan
Capistrano -designated major ridgelines shall be prohibited and other
structures potentially within the view corridor of cities shall require
line -of -sight view analysis for review and comment of affected cities.
The justification for limiting traffic signal warrant analysis to three
intersections on Ortega Highway shall be specified in the Draft
Environmental Impact Report.
C. The City does not concur with the conclusions of the Draft
Environmental Impact Report with respect to traffic impacts.
Proposed mitigation is not adequate and therefore, traffic impacts
will not be reduced to a level of insignificance. The analysis clearly
indicates that the project will have a significant impact on the levels
of service at the I-5/Ortega Highway intersection and along Ortega
Highway during Year 2000. Additional mitigation is necessary and
should be included as follows:
(1) The County shall be responsible for either constructing or
securing a commitment from the California Department of
Transportation to reconstruct Ortega Highway from I-5 to the
easterly City limit as a four -lane arterial.
(2) The County shall be responsible for either constructing or
securing a commitment from the California Department of
Transportation to design/reconstruct the I-5/Ortega Highway
interchange prior to Year 2000 to maintain a minimum "D"
level of service.
d. The City does not concur with the conclusions of the Draft
Environmental Impact Report with regard to noise impacts. Noise
projections in the Draft Environmental Impact Report indicate that
truck traffic associated with the project will raise the Community
Noise Equivalent Level along Ortega Highway from 68 to 71
Community Noise Equivalent Level. The Draft Environmental
Impact Report mistakenly states that all residences along Ortega
Highway are below grade and therefore, sufficiently buffeted. The
Draft Environmental Impact Report should be revised to correct that
error and to specify how a perceptible increase in noise impacts in an
area already far above the community standard (60 Community
Noise Equivalent Level) should be considered insignificant, and why
mitigation measures should not be considered. The conclusion that
a grade differential sufficiently buffers noise impact must be
documented with on-site acoustic measurement and modeling along
the entire length of Ortega Highway.
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' e. The Forster Canyon Landfill, which was established and operated by
the County, remains unclosed with a potential closing cost projected
between 2 to 7.5 million dollars ($2,000,000 - $7,500,000). The
Draft Environmental Impact Report should discuss how the County
will meet that responsibility before the significant expansion of
another landfill.
5. That staff be directed to work with San Clemente, Mission Viejo and the
County of Orange as co-sponsors of a Measure "M" funding application for
the immediate extension of Antonio Parkway from Ortega Highway north to
its present terminus at Oso Parkway.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this
September , 1994.
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ATTEST:
20th
LLE AMPB L, MAYOR
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO )
I, CHERYL JOHNSON, City Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of Resolution No.
94-9-20-5 adopted by the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano, California,
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 20th day of September 1994, by the
following vote:
AYES: Council Members Jones, Hausdorfer, Nash, Vasquez and
Mayor Campbell
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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CHERYL JOHN N, GAY CLERK
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