City Council

4-A. A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND SUBDIVISION OF AIR RIGHTS FOR A 64-UNIT CONDOMINIUM DEVELOPMENT (“PROJECT”) ON THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 338 – 410 SOUTH ALHAMBRA AVENUE, ALSO IDENTIFIED BY ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NUMBERS 5259-004-036, 5259- 004-037, AND 5259-004-038 It is recommended that the City Council consider: (1) Opening the public hearing and taking testimonial and documentary evidence; (2) Receiving documentary and testimonial evidence; (3) Closing the public hearing; (4) After considering the evidence received during the public hearing for the construction and subdivision of air rights for a 64-unit condominium development: (1) adopting a resolution to adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration (“MND”) (State Clearing House Number 2024051026) and approving Tentative Map No. 84188 (“TM-23-05”), Design Review (“DRB-23-105”); and (2) introducing and waiving the first reading of an ordinance approving Development Agreement (“DA-23-03”) ; and (5) Taking such additional, related, action that may be desirable. CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act): The City reviewed the environmental impacts of the Project pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§ 21000, et seq. “CEQA”) and the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of Regs. §§ 15000, et seq., the “CEQA Guidelines”). An initial study was prepared in accordance with the CEQA Guidelines § 15063 (“IS”) which shows that, if mitigated, the Project would not cause any significant environmental impacts. Accordingly, pursuant to CEQA § 21091, the City prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration (“MND”) of environmental impacts for the Project. Based on the IS findings, and with proposed mitigation measures for air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, and noise, the Project would not result in significant environmental impacts. The IS, MND and a notice of intent to adopt the MND was prepared, circulated, and made available for public review between Thursday, May 23, 2024, and Wednesday, June 12, 2024. During this period, the City received 32 comments in support of the project and 35 comments protesting the project. While many of the comments received did not include CEQA related issues, those that did were evaluated and incorporated into the MND as appropriate. Accordingly, no further environmental review is required.