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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />REPORT NO. 2014-01, GENERAL PLAN <br />AMENDMENT NO. 2014-02, ZONING ORDINANCE <br />AMENDMENT 1`40.2014-01 AND AMENDMENT <br />APPLICATION NO. 2014-02 FOR THE HARBOR <br />MIXED USE TRANSIT CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN / <br />f:22 CITY MA GER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reeding <br />❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Adopt a resolution certifying Final Environmental Impact Report No. 2014 -01, to approve the <br />mitigation monitoring program, findings of fact, and statement of overriding considerations for the <br />Harbor Mixed Use Transit Corridor Specific Plan, <br />2. Adopt a resolution approving General Plan Amendment No. 2014 -02, <br />3. Adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2014 -01. <br />4. Adopt an ordinance approving Amendment Application No. 2014 -01. <br />PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION <br />On August 25, 2014, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council adopt a <br />resolution certifying Final Environmental Impact Report No. 2014 -01, to approve the mitigation <br />monitoring program, findings of fact, and statement of overriding considerations for the Harbor <br />Mixed Use Transit Corridor Specific Plan; adopt a resolution approving General Plan Amendment <br />No. 2014 -02; adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2014 -01; and <br />adopt an ordinance approving Amendment Application No. 2014 -01 by a vote of 7:0 for the <br />Harbor Boulevard Mixed Use Transit Corridor Specific Plan ( "Harbor Corridor Plan "). The <br />Planning Commission recommended that the design of bicycle and pedestrian travelways be <br />given additional consideration. Thus; the street cross - section designs have been removed and <br />replaced with illustrative conceptual images, and text added that final design of the street cross - <br />section will be determined during the process of the Public Realm Improvement Implementation <br />Program. Other minor modifications to the Plan included the clarification of definitions for <br />housing types, required bike parking, and the enhanced design of parking structure facing Harbor <br />Boulevard (Exhibit A). <br />75B -1 <br />