RES-2021-046RESOLUTION NO. 2021-046
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM MAKING APPLICATION TO AND REQUESTING
THE ORANGE COUNTY LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION
COMMISSION TO TAKE PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO THE
CORTESE-KNOX-HERTZBERG LOCAL GOVERNMENT
REORGANIZATION ACT OF 2000 FOR THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM TO ANNEX APPROXIMATELY 0.35 ACRES OF
PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY OF ORANGE'S BOUNDARY
AND SPHERE OF INFLUENCE AND FILE AN APPLICATION
FOR REORGANIZATION NO. RO 21-04 AND DETERMINING
SAID ACTIONS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO SECTION
15301 (CLASS 1, EXISTING FACLITIES).
WHEREAS, on September 29, 2020, the City Council approved Resolution No.
2020-118, directing City to file an application for reorganization with the Orange County Local
Agency Formation Commission (OC LAFCO) for the City of Anaheim to annex approximately
9.8 acres of property (Annexation No. RO-06); and
WHEREAS, on November 24, 2020, the City Council approved Resolution No.
2020-137 clarifying the following: the 9.8 acre area to be incorporated into the City of Anaheim
is within City of Orange's Boundary and Sphere of Influence, the reorganization includes the
detachment of area from a Municipal Water District of Orange County territory and clarification
that the application to OC LAFCO is for reorganization and rescinding Resolution No. 2020-118
(hereinafter referred to as the "Original Request"); and
WHEREAS, as part of the Angel Stadium of Anaheim Purchase and Sale
Agreement, the City agreed to complete the annexation of an approximate 0.35 -acre portion
(depicted as Area 2A (Stadium Sliver) of the 9.8 acre area identified in Resolution No. 2020-137;
and
WHEREAS, following the adoption of Resolution No. 2020-137, the City
determined that because the Stadium Sliver is pre -zoned from Open Space to Mixed -Use Urban
Core with the Platinum Triangle Mixed -Use Overlay Zone, which pre -zoning received
environmental clearance concurrent with the approval of General Plan Amendment 2007-00459
and Reclassification No. 2007-00203 and 2007-00204), bifurcating the Stadium Sliver area from
the Original Request will expedite the application for reorganization; and
WHEREAS, the City Council now desires to adopt this resolution to bifurcate the
application process to request a separate application for Stadium Sliver area depicted in Exhibit A
and initiate proceedings pursuant to the Cortese -Knox -Hertzberg Local Reorganization Act of
2000, Division 3, commencing with Section 56000 of the Government Code, for the annexation
of territory to the City; and
WHEREAS, the proposed changes of organization include the following
jurisdictional changes and sphere of influence actions: (1) Detachment of approximately 0.35 acres
from the City of Orange city limits and sphere of influence, and detachment of the same territory
from the Municipal Water District of Orange County along the Santa Ana River between
Orangewood Avenue and approximately 650 feet north of Orangewood Avenue so that the new
boundaries between the Cities of Anaheim and Orange align along the Santa Ana River Trail; and
WHEREAS, the reasons for the proposed changes of organization are as follows:
Exhibit A - The proposed annexation would realign a sliver of the Angel
Stadium property at the southeast corner, located in the City of Orange, to allow the entire
parcel to be located within the Anaheim city limits. The sliver would continue to provide
parking for Angel Stadium and, in anticipation of the annexation, along with the Angel
Stadium property is under review for development consistent with the General Plan Mixed -
Use Urban Core land use designation and the Platinum Triangle Mixed -Use Overlay Zone; and
WHEREAS, the territory subject to the proposed changes of organization is
uninhabited, and a description of the external boundary of the territory is set forth in Exhibit "A"
attached hereto and by this reference incorporated herein; and
WHEREAS, the proposed annexation area is within the City of Orange's Sphere of
Influence; and
WHEREAS, the proposed annexation shall be subject to the following terms and
conditions: the annexation shall be consistent with Government Code Section 56886 and other
applicable law existing as of the date of the filing of this Resolution; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.; herein referred to as
"CEQA"), the State of California Guidelines for Implementation of the California Environmental
Quality Act (Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations; herein referred to as the "CEQA
Guidelines"), and the City's Local CEQA Procedures, the City of Anaheim is the "lead agency" for
the preparation and consideration of environmental documents for the proposed annexation
application; and
WHEREAS, City and Local Agency Formation Commission of Orange County
(OC LAFCO) staff held a pre -filing meeting on July 31, 2020 and will hold a futuremeeting/public
hearing for the residents and property owners to address any concerns about the proposed
annexation; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Anaheim, California, does hereby approve the Resolution of Application for Reorganization No.
RO 21-04, and requests the Orange County Local Agency Formation Commission to take
proceedings for the annexation of territory to the City as shown in Exhibit "A", attached hereto and
incorporated herein by this reference, according to the terms and conditions stated above and in the
manner provided by the Cortese -Knox -Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000.
BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Anaheim finds
and determines that the effects of the proposed application for annexation of the Stadium Sliver to
the City of Anaheim are typical of those within that class of projects (i. e. , Class 1 — Existing
Facilities) which consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or
minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or
topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use, and that,
therefore, pursuant to Section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines, this action will not cause a
significant effect on the environment and is, therefore, categorically exempt from the provisions of
CEQA.
THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION was adopted by the City Council of the City of
Anaheim this 18thday of May , 2021, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Mayor Sidhu and Council Members Faessel, Diaz,
Brandman, Moreno, Valencia, and O'Neil
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
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CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss.
CITY OF ANAHEIM )
I, THERESA BASS, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the
original Resolution No. 2021-046 adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the Anaheim
City Council held on the 18th day of May, 2021 by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: Mayor Sidhu and Council Members Faessel, Diaz, Brandman, Moreno, Valencia,
and O'Neil
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day of May. 2021.
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