PREPARED BY: CHARLES CHING DATE OF MEETING: 08/07/17
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING A BUDGET APPROPRIATION OF $200,000 FROM GENERAL FUND DESIGNATED RESERVES - PLAZA SAN PABLO AND CIVIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS TO THE FY 2017/18 CIP PROJECT BUDGET 320-3200-43600-LIB-PSP FOR THE NEW SAN PABLO LIBRARY PROJECT
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Development Projects (Economic Development) - Circle S Project Development is an adopted policy item under the FY 2015-17 Council Priority Workplan Update, effective October 1, 2016.
CEQA Compliance Statement
The funding appropriation is not a project as defined by CEQA. CEQA Guidelines section 15378 states that "project" does not include the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. The Library Project itself was already approved by the City Council pursuant to Resolution No. 2016-269 following a review under CEQA and a determination that the San Pablo Library Project was Categorical Exempt because: a) The project qualifies for an exemption under CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 (i.e., Class 32) and, as a result, would not have a significant effect on the environment; b) The analysis shows there are no exceptions to qualifying for the infill exemption, as identified in CEQA Guidelines Section 15300.2; and as a separate and independent basis; and; c) The project qualifies for streamlined CEQA review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 because there are no project-specific effects which are particular to the project or its site that were not already evaluated in the 2011 certified San Pablo Avenue Specific Plan EIR.
BACKGROUND
The City of San Pablo ("City") has long partnered with the County of Contra Costa to provide i...
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