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ARA1990-01RESOLUTION NO. ARA 90-1 A RESOLUTION OF THE ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CERTIFYING AN INITIAL STUDY AND MAKING CERTAIN ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY (THE "AGENCY") AND KOLL ANAHEIM CENTER ASSOCIATES, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, THE OPTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AGENCY AND PACIFIC BELL, A DECLARATION ESTABLISHING EASEMENTS BY THE AGENCY, AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN CITY OF ANAHEIMAND THE AGENCY WHEREAS, the Anaheim Redevelopment Agency (the "Agency") is engaged in activities necessary to execute and implement the Redevelopment Plan (the "Redevelopment Plan") for Redevelopment Project Alpha (the "Project"); and WHEREAS, the following environmental impact reports for the Redevelopment Plan for the Project were certified by the Agency to have been prepared and completed in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, the State CEQA Guidelines and Agency Procedures for the Implementation of CEQA (collectively "CEQA"): Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report for the Second Amendment to the Redevelopment Plan for Redevelopment Project Alpha by Agency Resolution ARA 76-38 adopted on November 23, 1976; Supplemental EIR for Project Alpha Parcel 10 by Agency Resolution 83-35 adopted on September 6, 1983; and Subsequent EIR Report for Parcels 8 and 9 by Agency Resolution ARA 83-84 adopted on November 8, 1983, (collectively, the "Program EIR"); and WHEREAS, in order to implement the Redevelopment Plan, this city Council proposes to approve a Disposition and Development Agreement and all attachments thereto (the "Agreement") between the Agency and Koll Anaheim Center Associates, a California Limited Partnership (the "Developer"), an option Agreement and Declaration Establishing Easements in favor of Pacific Bell, a California corporation, and a Cooperation Agreement with the city of Anaheim (collectively, the "Development Documents") pursuant to which the Developer shall develop or Agency shall cause to be developed approximately 1.2 million square feet of commercial development on certain real property currently owned by the Agency (the "Proposed Development ") ; and WHEREAS, the construction of the Proposed Development pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the Development Documents and the Redevelopment Plan is one of the redevelopment activities assessed by the Program EIR; and WHEREAS, the Agency staff has prepared an Initial Study of environmental impacts in order to ascertain whether the Proposed Development will have a significant effect on the environment except as identified in the Program EIR, and whether there are new environmental impacts resulting from the Proposed Development not covered in the Program EIR requiring major revisions thereto or preparation of a new subsequent or supplemental environmental impact report. follows: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Agency as 1. The Agency hereby certifies that the Initial Study with respect to the proposed sale and/or lease or easement of real property and the construction of the proposed development pursuant to the Agreement has been prepared pursuant to CEQA, the State CEQA Guidelines, and the Agency Procedures for the Implementation of CEQA. 2. The Agency hereby certifies that the information contained in the Initial Study and the Program EIR has been reviewed and considered by the members of the City Council. follows: · The Agency hereby finds and determines as (a) No substantial changes are proposed in the Project, or with respect to the circumstances under which the Project is to be implemented, as a result of the Proposed Development pursuant to the Development Documents, which will require major revisions in the Program EIR due to the involvement of new significant environmental impacts not covered in the Program EIR; and (b) (c) (d) No new information of substantial importance to the Project has become available which was not known or could not have been known at the time the Program EIR was certified, and which shows that the Project will have any significant effects not discussed previously in the Program EIR, or that any significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the Program EIR, or that any mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible and would substantially reduce any significant effects of the Proposed Development on the environment; or that any mitigation measures or alternatives which were not previously considered in the Program EIR would substantially lessen any significant effects of the Project on the environment; and No subsequent or supplement to the Program EIR is necessary or required; and The sale of real property and construction of the Proposed Development pursuant to the Development Documents will have no significant effect on the environment except as identified and considered in the Program EIR. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the Agency this 9th day of January , 1990. ATTEST: REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY SECRETARY ANAHEIM REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY LS:dw LSkRESO3Rev 1-8-90