City Council

11. A request to the City Council from the Planning Commission to consider a General Plan Amendment land use designation from Single Family to Park Space and a Zone Change from Single Family to Open Space to expand an existing public park (Barnes Park) to facilitate public improvements. (Location: 3301 Patritti Avenue; Assessor's Parcel Number: 8550-004-001; Applicant: City of Baldwin Park; Case Numbers: AGP-23-01 and Z 23-01) Staff recommends that the City Council: 1. Conduct a public hearing. 2. Find the proposed project is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code, §§ 21000 et seq.) ("CEQA") and the State CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs, tit. 14, §§ 15000 et seq.) Specifically, the project is categorically exempt from CEQA under Guidelines Section 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land). 3. Adopt Resolution 2023-027 "A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL: (1) ADOPT THE FINDING OF FACT AND APPROVE THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND ADOPT THE FINDINGS OF FACT (LOCATION: 3301 PATRITTI AVENUE; ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NUMBER: 8550-004-001; APPLICANT: CITY OF BALDWIN PARK; CASE NUMBER: AGP- 23-01) 4. Adopt and introduce for first reading, by title only Ordinance 1507, entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CIITY OF BALDWIN PARK, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE CITY'S ZONING MAP LAND USE DESIGNATION FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO OPEN SPACE TO FACILITATE THE EXPANSION OF BARNES PARK (LOCATION: 3301 PATRITTI AVENUE; ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NUMBER: 8550-004-001; APPLICANT: CITY OF BALDWIN PARK; CASE NUMBER: AGP- 23-01 AND Z 23-01) STAFF REPORT REPORTS OF OFFICERS