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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 5, 2017 <br />TITLE: APPROVED <br />PUBLIC HEARING -ADDENDUM TO THE <br />❑ As Recommended <br />FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />❑ As Amended <br />STATEMENT / ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />F] Ordinance on tri Reading <br />E] Ordinance on Reading <br />REPORT FOR BRISTOL STREET / MEMORY <br />ElRe Implementing Resolution <br />LANE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />PROJECT <br />(PROJECT NO. 17-6883) <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 6, 1G) <br />1 <br />CIT ANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Adopt a resolution approving an Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Statement/ Environmental <br />Impact Report pertaining to the Bristol Street/Memory Lane Intersection Improvement. <br />2. Authorize the City Manager to approve an exception to the standard setback requirement per Municipal <br />Code Section 41-781, so that the City may accommodate street widening without requiring full property <br />acquisitions. <br />Bristol Street is a major north -south transportation facility which is designated as a major arterial highway <br />in the City's Circulation Element of the General Plan. Improvement of the 3.9 -mile Bristol Street segment <br />from Warner Avenue to Memory Lane has been a long-term priority that is being constructed in several <br />phases. Improvements include widening the street from two to three lanes in each direction, raised <br />landscape medians, bike lanes, and sidewalks. In 1990, the City Council authorized embarking on these <br />proposed improvements with the approval of the Bristol Street Final Environmental Impact <br />Statement/Environmental Impact Report (FEIS/EIR) (Exhibit 1). <br />The current configuration at the Bristol Street/Memory Lane intersection is two southbound through lanes <br />and a dedicated right -turn lane. The approved FEIS/EIR envisioned three southbound through lanes and a <br />dedicated right -turn lane at this intersection. In order to accommodate the third through lane and bike lane, <br />widening of the existing street right-of-way (ROW) is necessary. Consequently, a narrow strip will need to <br />be acquired as partial takes on the west side of Bristol Street, north of the intersection of Bristol Street and <br />Memory Lane (Exhibit 2). No provision was made in the FEIS/EIR to analyze the impacts of this specific <br />acquisition. These modifications are identified in the Addendum to the FEIS/EIR as an exhibit to the <br />resolution in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The design modifications <br />to the project segment include the following: <br />75A-1 <br />