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94-239 RESOLUTION NO. 94R~39 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM ADOPTING THE ANAHEIM RESORT PUBLIC REALM LANDSCAPE PROGRAM 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 Plan'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. The Commercial Recreation Area has been redesignated the Anaheim Resort; and WHEREAS, the Anaheim Resort encompasses approximately 1,046 acres which are designated on the City of Anaheim General Plan for Commercial Recreation land uses (the Anaheim Resort boundaries are shown in Attachment A to this Resolution which is incorporated herein); and WHEREAS, in 1993, the 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 a development of 700 new hotel rooms on approximately 6.8 acres in the Anaheim Resort; and WHEREAS, in order to provide a long range comprehensive plan for future development for the remaining properties in the Anaheim Resort and to further implement the goals of the above- noted studies, City staff began work in 1991 on the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan and EIR; and WHEREAS, concurrently with this Resolution, the city Council has adopted the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan which establishes a comprehensive land use plan and provides for the development of up to 15,906 additional hotel rooms, convention, retail and other visitor-serving uses as well as setting forth the infrastructure improvements which will be needed to support future development; and WHEREAS, the Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program (on file with the Planning Department) is intended to set forth the landscape concepts proposed for the public streets (or Public Realm) within or bordering the Anaheim Resort. Specific details showing how the concepts will be implemented are shown in the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan and The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan respective Design Plans (Section 5.0 of each document). The design concept varies for each of these streets and is dependent upon the purpose of the street. Following is a description of the landscape concepts used to develop this program: 1) Unity and Diversity - Landscape planting has been designed to create an overall unity, while allowing diversity to create distinct differences between places. 2 Use Plant Material to Create Scale - It is important that the scale of landscape materials reflect the scale of the place they are intended to enhance. 3 Establish a Recoqnizable Streetscape Geometry - Within the Public Realm, landscape elements are proposed to include trees and shrubs, as well as man-made elements such as light fixtures or banner poles, in regular patterns to establish order and a recognizable geometry. The patterns will vary to create different effects and will help to differentiate one location or street from another. 4 Define a Plant Palette - The Program incorporates by reference the plant palettes in the Anaheim Resort Specific Plan and The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan which identify a list of proposed plant materials to be used in the Public Realm (these lists are located in Sections 5.83 and 5.84 respectively of each document and provide not only the Public Realm plant palette, but also the Setback and Private Realm palettes). 5) Laver Landscape to Create Depth - To create an illusion of greater depth in narrow spaces and add further variety, landscape is proposed to be planted in vertical and horizontal layers. Vertical layers will include varying heights of plant materials and other landscape elements. Horizontal layers will be established by distinct, but complementary, planting areas (i.e., parkways, building setback areas). 6) Contrast Plant Material for Diversity and Balance - To create diversity, one plant material will be contrasted with another. 7) Colorful Plants to EmDhasize a Festive Atmosphere - Using colorful plant materials such as flowering trees and shrubs will help create a festive, cheerful atmosphere. Where appropriate and subject to the approval of the City, flowering trees may be used as street trees, and flowering shrubs and groundcovers will be planted within setback areas. The preferred colors for flowering plants will be deeply colored reds, oranges, yellows and purples with a limited use of pale colors; and WHEREAS, the Landscape Concept Diagram in the Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program document shows how these principles have been applied and landscape cross sections and elevations in the Program document illustrate the landscape treatment for each of the streets which either border or are within the boundaries of the Anaheim Resort; and WHEREAS, the approval of this program will help transform the area into a more pedestrian friendly, garden-like setting. Together with the Anaheim Resort Identity Program, implementation of these concepts will create an inviting, resort character for the area; and WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission by its Resolution No. PC94-116 recommended that the City Council adopt the Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act, the City Council, in Resolution No. 94R-234, did find that FEIR No. 313 with the Statement of Findings and Facts and Statement of Overriding Considerations and the corresponding Mitigation Monitoring Program No. 0085, addressed the environmental impacts and mitigation measures associated with (i) General Plan Amendment No. 333 pertaining to the Land Use, Circulation and Environmental Resource and Management Elements of the General Plan; (ii) The Anaheim Resort Specific Plan No. 92-2 (including Zoning and Development Standards, a Design Plan and Guidelines, and a Public Facilities Plan); (iii) the Anaheim Resort Identity Program; (iv) the Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program; (v) the Anaheim Resort Nonconforming Signage Program and (vi) future discretionary actions described in Draft Environmental Impact Report No. 313. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, based on the foregoing, the Anaheim City Council does hereby adopt the Anaheim Resort Public Realm Landscape Program, on file with the Planning Department of the City. THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION is approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim this 20th day of Septembe~ MAYOR OF THE CITY OF~AHEIM ATTEST'~'~ 8695.1\SMANN\September 20, 1994 4 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss. CITY OF ANAHEIM ) i, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 94R-239 was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting provided by law, of the Anaheim City Council held on the 20th day of September, 1994, by the following vote of the members thereof: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Feldhaus, Pickler, Hunter, Daly NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Simpson AND I FURTHER CERTIFY that the Mayor of the City of Anaheim signed said Resolution No. 94R-239 on the 21st day of September, 1994. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Anaheim this 21th day of September, 1994. CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM (SEAL) I, LEONORA N. SOHL, City Clerk of the City of Anaheim, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 94R-239 was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Anaheim on September 20, 1994. CITY CLERK OF THE CiTY OF ANAHEIM Place Ball Road · The Anaheim Resort Specific Plan Anaheim, California Legend The Anaheim Resort Specific L .....J Limit of Anaheim Resort Plan/Anaheim Resort Anaheim Resort Specific Plan Limit Boundaries ~ m m Designated for Future Extension in (~ General Plan Circulation Element 0 1000 2000 feel North ~ m Designated Future Alignment in General Plan Circulation Element* *In connection with The Disneyland Resort Specific Plan, Cerritos Avenue is planned to be relocated 1,000 to 1,100 feet northerly, a portion of West Street is planned to become a cul-de-sac (West Place) ATTACHMENT "A"