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Resolution Number 10-03-16-02RESOLUTION NO. 10-03-16-02 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING A GENERAL PLAN AND LAND USE CODE AMENDMENT (GPA AND CA) TO ENCOURAGE HOTEL DEVELOPMENT WHEREAS, economic development is about creating monetary programs which increase community wealth through increased tax base and employment opportunities; and, WHEREAS, the travel and tourism industry in the U.S. alone, generates $555 billion in annual visitor spending and employs 7.9 million workers with an annual payroll of $174 billion; and, WHEREAS, a strategy of capturing travel activity can create an infusion of new cash into a local economy thereby enhancing community wealth and one of the more desirable methods for capturing travel and tourism dollars is providing for lodging and overnight accommodations; and, WHEREAS, Section 9-2.307 entitled "Amendment of the General Plan" of Title 9, Land Use Code grants the City Council sole authority to initiate consideration of General Plan and Municipal Code Amendments; and, -- WHEREAS, the City Council desires to recruit certain types of hotel development and finds it necessary to initiate an amendment to the General Plan and Municipal Code to incorporate development standards more conducive to attracting appropriate Hotel development; and, WHEREAS, the initiation of a General Plan Amendment (GPA) constitutes a planning study and is exempt from review under the provisions of California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines (Section 15061 (b)(3)). NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano does hereby initiate consideration of a General Plan and Municipal Code Amendment study process for adopting development standards which encourage desired Hotel development. tj PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this , 2010. DR. LONDRES USO, MAYOR 3-16-2010 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO ) I, MARIA MORRIS, appointed City. Clerk of the City of San Juan Capistrano, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 10-02-02-02 was duly adopted by the Cit Council of the City of San Juan Capistrano at a Regular meeting thereof, held the 16 day of March 2010, by the following vote: AYES: / U CIL MEMBERS NOES: LYNCIL MEMBER: ABSE NCIL MEMBER: i Allevato, Hribar, Nielsen, Freese and Mayor Uso None None o: 3-16-2010