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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: OCTOBER Y, 2014 TITLE: PUBLIC HEARING - ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. 2014-01, GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 2014-02, ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT NO. 2014-01 AND AMENDMENT APPLICATION NO. 2014 -02 FOR THE HARBOR MIXED USE TRANSIT CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN {STRATEGIC PLAN NOS. 3, 2; 5, 3; 5, 41 CITY MANAGES) RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: ;••:• _r, ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER 1. Adopt a resolution certifying Final Environmental Impact Report No. 2014 -01, to approve the mitigation monitoring program, findings of fact, and statement of overriding considerations for the Harbor Mixed Use Transit Corridor Specific Plan. 2. Adopt a resolution approving General Plan Amendment No. 2014 -02. 3. Adopt an ordinance approving Zoning Ordinance Amendment No. 2014 -01. 4. Adopt an ordinance approving Amendment Application No. 2014 -01. CITY COUNCIL ACTION On September 16, 2014, the City Council held a public hearing on the proposed Harbor Corridor Mixed Use Specific Plan. At the conclusion of the hearing the Council continued the item and directed staff to revise the plan to reflect policy decisions: • Ensure that more intense development occurred within the Transit Node districts, particularly the Transit Node near the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and Westminster Avenue. • Ensure that the preponderance of development in the Transit Node districts was not primarily residential, but that the plan reflect an emphasis on commercial, entertainment and hotel uses. Address the design of the street sections to provide options that include adequate pedestrian sidewalks, buffered bike lanes and on- street parking. 75A -1