Item 25 - Related Bristol Specific Plan Ordinances Second Readings (3600 S Bristol Street)

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Related Bristol Specific Plan Ordinances Second Readings (3600 S Bristol Street) October 15, 2024 Page 2 3. Determine that, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), the ordinances' second readings are covered by the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) No. 2022-01 (SCH No. 2020029087), including environmental findings of fact pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, the Statement of Overriding Considerations, and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program that were certified and adopted by the City Council on October 1, 2024 for the project (Notice of Determination filed on October 2, 2024). DISCUSSION At its September 17, 2024, regular meeting, the City Council held a public hearing and considered the staff report, recommendations by staff, and public testimony concerning the subject applications. Following closure of the public hearing, City Council posed questions for answer by staff and the applicant, and continued the item to the October 1, 2024 regular meeting. During the October 1, 2024 meeting, the City Council deliberated the following topics: 1. Formation of a citizen oversight committee. During its August 12, 2024 public hearing and recommendation to the City Council, the Planning Commission unanimously voted to recommend City Council approval of the requested entitlements and Development Agreement (DA), but with a recommendation to form a citizen oversight committee to make recommendations on the spending of the $22 million community benefit payment required by the DA. Following deliberation on this topic, the City Council voted to approve the requested entitlements and DA without the citizen oversight committee. However, the City Council did emphasize to the City Manager that consideration be given towards allocations of these funds in future annual budgeting processes for a new community center/library in Ward 4, and with equitable dispersal of the same funds in other City Council wards with consideration on affordable housing, libraries, and education. 2. Select modifications to the Specific Plan. During the October 1, 2024 City Council meeting, the City Council, as part of its motion to approve the project, took into consideration select modifications to the Specific Plan, including: a. Requiring a Class IV (protected) bike path on Bristol Street, MacArthur Boulevard, and Sunflower Avenue; b. Increasing residential bicycle parking from minimum four spaces per building to minimum 10 locker spaces in each multifamily building, which may be in garages, and for other use types to have bicycle parking either on primary frontages or in open space areas;