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RES-2012-161 RESOLUTION NO. 2012 -161 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM APPROVING AND ADOPTING AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE ANAHEIM RESORT IDENTITY PROGRAM (MISCELLANEOUS CASE NO. 2010- 00478). WHEREAS, The Anaheim Resort includes 1,078 gross acres located generally west of Interstate 5, south of Vermont Avenue, east of Walnut Street and north of Chapman Avenue; and, WHEREAS, in 1989, the City of Anaheim initiated the Commercial Recreation Area Enhancement Program and Transportation/Land Use Strategy Plan. The goal of the City's efforts was to address the need for visual enhancement and infrastructure improvements in the Commercial Recreation Area. Specifically, the Commercial Recreation Area Enhancement Program's goal was to comprehensively address signage, landscaping, and other land use and site development issues. The Transportation/Land Use Strategy's goal was to assess existing and future transportation conditions and recommend improvements commensurate with land use intensification projections over the next 20 years. In 1990, in connection with these studies, the City Council adopted a revised C -R Zoning Ordinance and established Design Guidelines for the area; and, WHEREAS, the Commercial Recreation Area has been renamed The Anaheim Resort and encompasses approximately 1,078 acres designated on the Anaheim General Plan Land Use Plan for Commercial Recreation land uses; and WHEREAS, in 1993, the City Council of the City of Anaheim ( "City Council ") approved The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan and EIR, a proposal for approximately 489.7 acres in The Anaheim Resort to develop an international multi -day resort including a second theme park, hotel rooms, internal transportation systems, public parking facilities, administrative offices and ongoing modification of the existing Disneyland theme park. In 1994, the City Council subsequently approved the Hotel Circle Specific Plan to provide for the development of up to 969 hotel rooms on approximately 6.8 acres in the Anaheim Resort; and WHEREAS, On September 20, 1994, the City Council adopted the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan to provide a long -range comprehensive plan for future development of approximately 549.5 acres surrounding The Disneyland Resort and Hotel Circle. The Anaheim Resort Specific Plan includes zoning and development standards, design guidelines, a streetscape program, and a public facilities plan, intended to maximize the area's potential, guide future development, and ensure a balance between growth and infrastructure. The Anaheim Resort Specific Plan permits the development of hotel, convention, retail, and other visitor - serving uses as well as the infrastructure improvements that are needed to support future development. Since the adoption of the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan, proposed modifications to the specific plan have included 13 amendments and 6 adjustments, which have expanded the total acreage of the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan area to 581.3 acres; and WHEREAS, in conjunction with the approval of the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan, On September 20, 1994, the City Council also adopted The Anaheim Resort Identity Program. The Anaheim Resort Identity Program contains specific recommendations for the location and design of gateways, directional signs, banners, light fixtures, and street furniture for The Anaheim Resort; and, WHEREAS, in support of the adoption of the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan and The Anaheim Resort Identity Program, City Council certified MEIR No. 313. Since being certified in 1994, two validation reports have been prepared (1999 and 2004) to evaluate the continued relevance and accuracy of MEIR No. 313; and WHEREAS, on September 18, 2001, City Council adopted Amendment No. 1 to the Anaheim Resort Identity Program, comprised of certain exhibits to be added to the Anaheim Resort Identity Program which set forth the permitted number, location and design for newspaper racks within the Anaheim Resort public rights -of -way; and WHEREAS, in June 2008, City Council approved a contract with BonTerra Consulting to prepare Supplemental Environmental Impact Report No. 2008 -00340 (EIR No. 2008 - 00340) to reevaluate all of the environmental changes that had occurred in and around the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan area since its adoption in 1994. In August 2008, the City Council authorized exclusive negotiations with Sonnenblick Del Rio Development relating to a development project at the Anaheim Convention Center. In order to analyze the environmental impacts of this development project, in October 2008, City Council approved an amendment to the agreement with BonTerra Consulting to include this development project into the analysis for EIR No. 2008 - 00340; and, WHEREAS, on November 5, 2012, the Planning Commission of the City of Anaheim (herein referred to as the "Planning Commission ") did hold a public hearing, notice of said public hearing having been duly given as required by law and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 18.60 of the Anaheim Municipal Code, to hear and consider evidence and testimony concerning the contents and sufficiency of Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report No. 2008 -00340 ( "EIR No. 2008 - 00340 "), which has been prepared to analyze the potential environmental impacts associated with proposed Amendment No. 14 to the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan (Specific Plan Amendment No. 2010 - 00060). As proposed, Amendment No. 14 to the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan (Specific Plan Amendment No. 2010- 00060) would permit the maximum build -out of the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan area by up to 406,359 square feet of convention center space, 180,000 square feet of commercial development, 900 hotel rooms, and 40,000 square feet of hotel meeting/ballroom space (the "Proposed Project "); and, WHEREAS, the Proposed Project is intended to streamline development standards, guidelines and requirements to reduce redundancy within and between the Anaheim General Plan, Anaheim Resort Specific Plan, Title 18 (Zoning) of the Anaheim Municipal Code, Ordinance No. 5454, and The Anaheim Resort Identity and Public Realm Landscape Programs and reflect current conditions within The Anaheim Resort; and, 2 WHEREAS, Amendment No. 14 to the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan (Specific Plan Amendment No. 2010 - 00060) is proposed in conjunction with General Plan Amendment No. 2010 - 00482, Zoning Code Amendment No. 2010 - 00093, Amendment No. 2 to the Anaheim Resort Identity Program (Miscellaneous Case No. 2010 - 00478), Amendment No. 5 to The Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program (Miscellaneous Case No. 2010 - 00479), Amendment to Ordinance No. 5454 (Miscellaneous Case No. 2010 - 00484), and a Water Supply Assessment (Miscellaneous Case No. 2010 - 00421) (collectively referred to herein as the "Entitlements"); and, WHEREAS, proposed Amendment No. 2 to The Anaheim Resort Identity Program (Miscellaneous Case No. 2010 - 00478) would amend the identity program document in its entirety, consistent with the Proposed Project to reflect current conditions within The Anaheim Resort; said proposed document is on file with the City of Anaheim Planning Department and incorporated herein by this reference as if set forth in full; and, WHEREAS, the proposed Entitlements will not change the types of land uses permitted within the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan area or significantly modify the associated development standards; and, WHEREAS, at said public hearing, the Planning Commission also heard and considered evidence and testimony for and against the Entitlements and the Proposed Project, as a whole, and made findings in connection therewith; and, WHEREAS, by the adoption of its Resolution No. PC2012 -080 on November 5, 2012, the Planning Commission recommended that this City Council certify EIR No. 2008- 00340, including the adoption of Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation Monitoring Program 85C, and determine that EIR No. 2008 -00340 fully complies with CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines, and is adequate to serve as the environmental documentation for the Proposed Project and Entitlements; and, WHEREAS, by the adoption of its Resolution No. PC2012 -083 on November 5, 2012, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council approve and adopt Amendment No. 2 to The Anaheim Resort Identity Program (Miscellaneous Case No. 2010- 00478); and, WHEREAS, upon receipt of said Resolutions Nos. PC2012 -080 and PC2012 -083, summary of evidence, report of findings and recommendations of the Planning Commission, the City Council did fix the 18th day of December, 2012, as the time, and the City Council Chamber in the Civic Center, as the place, for a public hearing on the Proposed Project, including the Entitlements, and for the purpose of considering Final EIR No. 2008 - 00340, and did give notice thereof in the manner and as provided by law; and, WHEREAS, at said public hearing, upon hearing and considering all testimony and arguments (if any) of all persons desiring to be heard, the City Council considered all factors relating to the Proposed Project, including potential environmental impacts addressed in Final EIR No. 2008 - 00340, the recommendations of the Planning Commission, the Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 85C; and, 3 WHEREAS, this City Council has heretofore certified Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report No. 2008 -00340 for the Proposed Project, including the Entitlements, and concurrently adopted Findings and a Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation Monitoring Program 85C as the mitigation - monitoring program for the Proposed Project and the Entitlements. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Anaheim that Amendment No. 2 to the Anaheim Resort Identity Program (Miscellaneous Case No. 2010 - 00478) be, and same is hereby, approved and adopted. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 18th day of December , 2012, by the following roll call vote: AYES: Mayor Tait, Council Members Brandman, Eastman, Kring and Murray NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None CITY OF ANAHEIM 2 1- MA 7 OR OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ATTEST: %Ii /. L j, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY 0 ANAHEIM 92689 4