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RES-2010-189 RESOLUTION NO. 2010- 189 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANANHEIM APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PLATINUM TRIANGLE MASTER LAND USE PLAN (MISCELLANEOUS CASE NO. 2008 - 00283). (REVISED PLATINUM TRIANGLE EXPANSION PROJECT) WHEREAS, the Platinum Triangle comprises approximately 820 acres located at the confluence of Interstate 5 and SR -57 Freeways in the City of Anaheim, County of Orange, State of California, generally east of Interstate 5 Freeway, west of the Santa Ana River channel and SR -57 Freeway, south of the Southern California Edison easement, and north of the Anaheim City limit area. The Platinum Triangle encompasses the Angel Stadium of Anaheim, the Honda Center, the Grove of Anaheim, the Anaheim Amtrak/Metrolink Station, and surrounding residential and mixed use development, light industrial buildings, industrial parks, distribution facilities, offices, hotels, restaurants, and retail development; and WHEREAS, since 1996, the Anaheim City Council (the "City Council ") has approved several actions relating to the area encompassed by the Platinum Triangle; and WHEREAS, on May 30, 1996, the Anaheim City Planning Commission (the "Planning Commission ") certified Final Environmental Impact Report No. 320 and adopted Area Development Plan No 120 for that portion of the Stadium property associated with the Sportstown Development. Area Development Plan No. 120, which entitled a total of 119,543 seats for new and /or renovated stadiums, 750,000 square feet of urban entertainment/retail uses, a 500 -room hotel (550,000 square feet), a 150,000- square -foot exhibition center, 250,000 square feet of office development and 15,570 on -site parking spaces. The Grove of Anaheim, the renovated Angel Stadium of Anaheim, and the Stadium Gateway Office Building were developed/ renovated under this plan; and WHEREAS, on March 2, 1999, the City Council adopted the Anaheim Stadium Area Master Land Use Plan (MLUP). The boundaries for this MLUP were generally the same as those for the Platinum Triangle, with the exception that this MLUP included 15 acres adjacent to I -5 that are not a part of the current Platinum Triangle boundaries. As part of the approval process for the Anaheim Stadium Area MLUP, the City Council also certified Final Environmental Impact Report No. 321 and adopted Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106. Development within the Anaheim Stadium Area was implemented through the Sports Entertainment (SE) Overlay Zone, which permitted current uses to continue or expand within the provisions of the existing zoning, while providing those who may want to develop sports, entertainment, retail, and office uses with standards appropriate to those uses, including increased land use intensity. Implementation of this Overlay Zone was projected to result in a net loss of 491,303 square feet of industrial space and increases of 1,871,285 square feet of new office space, 452,026 square feet of new retail space, and 991,603 square feet of new hotel space. Projects that were developed under the SE Overlay Zone included the Ayers Hotel, the Arena Corporate Center, and the Westwood School of Technology; and -1- WHEREAS, on May 25, 2004, the City Council approved a comprehensive citywide General Plan and Zoning Code Update, which included a new vision for the Platinum Triangle. The General Plan Update changed the General Plan designations within the project area from Commercial Recreation and Business Office /Mixed Use /Industrial to Mixed -Use, Office - High, Office -Low, Industrial, Open Space and Institutional to provide opportunities for existing uses to transition to mixed -use, residential, office, and commercial uses. The General Plan Update also established the overall maximum development intensity for the Platinum Triangle, which permitted up to 9,175 dwelling units, 5,000,000 square feet of office space, 2,044,300 square feet of commercial uses, industrial development at a maximum floor area ratio (FAR) of 0.50, and institutional development at a maximum FAR of 3.0. In addition, the square footage /seats allocated to the existing Honda Center and all of the development intensity entitled by Area Development Plan No. 120 was incorporated into the Platinum Triangle Mixed -Use land use designation. Final Environmental Impact Report No. 330, which was prepared for the General Plan and Zoning Code Update and associated actions, analyzed the above development intensities on a citywide impact level and adopted mitigation monitoring programs, including an Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 106 for the Platinum Triangle; and WHEREAS, in order to provide the implementation tools necessary to realize the City's new vision for the Platinum Triangle, on August 17, 2004, the City Council replaced the Anaheim Stadium Area MLUP with the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan (the "PTMLUP "), replaced the SE Overlay Zone with the Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay Zone, approved the form of the Standardized Platinum Triangle Development Agreement and approved associated zoning reclassifications. Under these updated zoning regulations, property owners desiring to develop under the PTMU Overlay Zone provisions are required to enter into a standardized Development Agreement with the City of Anaheim; and WHEREAS, on October 25, 2005, the City Council adopted and certified the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (FSEIR) No. 332 including Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Plan No. 106A for the PTMLUP and associated actions, which utilized Final Environmental Impact Report No. 321 (adopted for the Anaheim Stadium MLUP, as discussed above) and Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106. At the present time, Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 332 serves as the primary environmental document for subsequent land use actions within the Platinum Triangle, including necessary infrastructure improvements and all local discretionary approvals requested to implement the PTMLUP, consistent with Section 15162 of the State CEQA Guidelines. The General Plan Amendment associated with Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 332 increased the allowable development intensity within the Platinum Triangle to 9,500 residential units; 5,000,000 square feet of office uses; and 2,254,400 square feet of commercial uses; and WHEREAS, since the approval and certification of Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 332, the majority of the permitted development intensity on private properties analyzed by said SEIR has been either developed, is under construction or has been designated for development under approved Development Agreements. In addition, City Council has approved two addendums to Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 332 in conjunction with requests to increase the Platinum Triangle intensity by 67 residential -2- units; 55,550 square feet of office development; and, 10,000 square feet of commercial uses. A project Environmental Impact Report has also been approved to increase the allowable development intensity by an additional 699 residential units to bring the total allowable development intensity within the Platinum Triangle to up to 10,266 residential units; 5,055,550 square feet of office uses; and 2,264,400 square feet of commercial uses; and WHEREAS, in order to increase the overall densities within the Platinum Triangle to accommodate market demands for increased densities, and to further the project objectives outlines above, on February 13, 2007, the City embarked upon a process to adopt a General Plan Amendment; amendments to the PTMLUP, PTMU Overlay Zone, and the Platinum Triangle Standardized Development; and related zoning reclassifications to increase the development intensities within the Platinum Triangle to up to 18,363 residential units; 5,657,847 square feet of commercial uses; 16,819,015 square feet of office uses; and 1,500,000 square feet of institutional uses (the "Platinum Triangle Expansion Project "); and WHEREAS, as required by law, the City prepared an environmental impact report in connection with the Platinum Triangle Expansion Project. The Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report for the Platinum Triangle Expansion Project, DSEIR No. 334, and was first circulated for a 45 -day public review period from July 12, 2007 to August 27, 2007. On October 4, 2007, the City released the DSEIR No. 334 for an additional 45 -day public review. The recirculated DSEIR No. 334 contained minor revisions to the Project Description and additional traffic information based on comments received from the City of Orange and California Department of Transportation. Other minor revisions to the DSEIR were made based on other comments received on the previously circulated DSEIR No. 334. The recirculated FSEIR No. 334 was approved in December 2007 and reapproved in April 2008; and WHEREAS, following the approval of FSEIR No. 334, a lawsuit was filed challenging the adequacy of FSEIR No. 334. In consideration of the City's exemplary historical record in avoiding CEQA litigation and its commitment to proper environmental review, the City Council repealed the approval of the Platinum Triangle Expansion Project, including FSEIR No. 334 and various related actions, and directed staff to prepare a new Subsequent Environmental Impact Report for the project; and WHEREAS, on October 14, 2008, the City Council initiated (i) General Plan Amendment No. 2008 - 00471; (ii) Zoning Code Amendment No. 2008 - 00074; (iii) an amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan, including the Platinum Triangle Standardized Development Agreement Form (MIS2008- 00283); (iv) Reclassification No. 2008- 00222; (v) Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 2008 - 00339; and (vi) Water Supply Assessment (MIS2008- 00234) pertaining to the Platinum Triangle (collectively referred to herein as the "Revised Platinum Triangle Expansion Project "); and WHEREAS, said amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan proposes to (i) reflect the proposed General Plan amendments; (ii) adjust the boundaries of the Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay Zone to create the ARTIC and Office Districts and expand the Orangewood and Katella Districts; (iii) distribute the proposed increased development intensities (iv) replace Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Program No. -3- 106A with Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106C; (v) reflect technical refinements and clarifications including, but not limited to, refinements to street cross - sections, density descriptions and exhibits; and (vi) amend the Platinum Triangle Standardized Development Agreement Form for Mixed Use and Office Districts. A complete copy of the amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan and the Platinum Triangle Standardized Development Agreement Form for Mixed Use and Office Districts is included as Appendix I of Draft Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 2008 -00339 and is on file and can be viewed in the City Planning Department and at www.anaheim.net /planning; and WHEREAS, the Anaheim City Planning Commission (hereinafter referred to as "Planning Commission ") did hold a public hearing at the Civic Center in the City of Anaheim on October 11, 2010, at 5:00 p.m., notice of said public hearing having been duly given as required by law and in accordance with the provisions of the Anaheim Municipal Code, to hear and consider evidence for and against said amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan, including the Platinum Triangle Standardized Development Agreement Form for Mixed Use and Office Districts, MIS2008- 00283, and to investigate and make findings and recommendations in conjunction therewith; and WHEREAS, at said public hearing, the Planning Commission did adopt its Resolution No. PC2010 -108 containing a report of its findings, a summary of the evidence presented at said hearing, and recommending that said amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan, including the Platinum Triangle Standardized Development Agreement Form for Mixed Use and Office Districts be adopted by the City Council; and WHEREAS, upon receipt of said Resolution No. PC2010 -108, summary of evidence, report of findings and recommendations of the Planning Commission, the City Council did fix the 26th day of October, 2010, as the time, and the City Council Chamber in the Civic Center as the place for a public hearing on said proposed amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan, including the Platinum Triangle Standardized Development Agreement Form for Mixed Use and Office Districts and did give notice thereof in the manner and as provided by law; and WHEREAS, the City Council did hold and conduct such public hearing and did give all persons interested therein an opportunity to be heard, and did receive evidence and reports and did consider the recommendations of the Planning Commission; and WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the proposal to amend the amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan, including the Platinum Triangle Standardized Development Agreement Form for Mixed Use and Office Districts, MIS2008- 00283, and does hereby find and determine, based upon its independent review and analyses of Environmental Impact Report No. 2008 -00339 prepared in connection with the Revised Platinum Triangle Expansion Project, and the requirements of California Environmental Quality Act ( "CEQA "), that Environmental Impact Report No. 2008 -00339 is adequate to serve as the required environmental documentation for said amendments and satisfies all the requirements of CEQA; and that no further environmental documentation need be prepared for the proposed amendment -4- to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan, including the Platinum Triangle Standardized Development Agreement Form for Mixed Use and Office Districts; and WHEREAS, the City Council, after due consideration of the recommendations and findings of the Planning Commission, and all evidence, testimony and reports offered at said hearing, does hereby declare and find as follows: 1. The Planning Commission has recommended that the City Council approve said amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan, including the Platinum Triangle Standardized Development Agreement Form, to (i) reflect the proposed General Plan amendments; (ii) adjust the boundaries of the Platinum Triangle Mixed Use (PTMU) Overlay Zone to create the Orangewood, ARTIC and Office Districts and expand the Katella and Orangewood Districts; (iii) distribute the proposed increased development intensities (iv) replace Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106A with Updated and Modified Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 106C; and (v) reflect technical refinements and clarifications including, but not limited to, street cross - sections, density descriptions and exhibits. 2. The proposed amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan is consistent with the goals and policies established for the development of the Platinum Triangle as set forth in the City of Anaheim General Plan. 3. The proposed amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan is consistent with the goals and policies established for the PTMLUP. 4. That the proposed amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan will result in development of desirable character that will be compatible with existing and proposed development in the surrounding area. 5. That the proposed amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan respects environmental, aesthetic and historic resources consistent with economic realities. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby approve the amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan and the Platinum Triangle Standardized Development Agreement Form for Mixed Use and Office Districts, as described above. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the approval of the amendment to the Platinum Triangle Master Land Use Plan and the Platinum Triangle Standardized Development Agreement Form for Mixed Use and Office Districts is contingent upon the approval of General Plan Amendment No. 2008 - 00471, now pending. -5- THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 26th day of October, 2010, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Mayor Pringle, Council Members Sidhu, Hernandez NOES: Council Members Galloway, Kring ABSENT: NONE ABSTAIN: NONE CITY OF A AHEIM By: M OR OF THE CI 0 AHEIM ATTEST: CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM 79762.v1 /MGordon -6-