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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 2, 2013 <br />TITLE: <br />RESOLUTION TO ADOPT ADDENDUM TO <br />FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />STATEMENT /ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />REPORT FOR THE BRISTOL STREET <br />WIDENING PROJECT <br />C-fTY MANAGE <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 18' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2n° Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution approving the Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Statement/ <br />Environmental Impact Report pertaining to the Bristol Street Widening between Washington <br />Avenue and 17th Street. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The recommended action will allow the City to proceed with the next phase of right -of -way <br />acquisitions and construction for the Bristol Street Widening Project. Included in the Addendum <br />to the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (FEIS /EIR) are the <br />improvements necessary to mitigate report findings (Exhibit 1). The Council resolution <br />approving the Addendum to the FEIS /EIR is required in order to secure grant funding eligibility <br />for the identified mitigation improvements (Exhibit 2). <br />Bristol Street is a major north -south transportation facility which is designated as a major arterial <br />highway in the City's Circulation Element of the General Plan. The widening of 3.9 -mile Bristol <br />Street segment from Warner Avenue to Memory Lane has been a long -term priority project that <br />is being constructed in several phases. Improvements include widening the street from two to <br />three lanes in each direction, raised landscape medians, bike lanes, and sidewalks. In 1990, the <br />City Council authorized embarking on these proposed improvements with the approval of the <br />Bristol Street FEIS /EIR (EIS No. 89 -01). A copy of the Bristol Street Widening FEIS /EIR is <br />available for review in the Clerk's Office. <br />Since the adoption of the 1990 FEIS /EIR, several minor design modifications for Phase IIIB <br />between Washington Avenue and 17th Street (Exhibit 3) were considered, including addressing <br />climate change issues. These modifications are identified in the Addendum to the FEIS /EIR in <br />accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The design modifications to <br />the project segment include the following: <br />55B -1 <br />