CF 21-1284 AT CITY COUNCIL 11/22/2022
PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) and ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND RIVER (ECCEJR) COMMITTEES’ REPORTS and RESOLUTION relative to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (SMMC) as a trustee agency; consultation in regards to the Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Natural Resource Protection Plan, and a process for all future spatial habitat protection maps to ensure their protection and conservation.
PLUM COMMITTEE REPORT
Recommendations for Council action, as initiated by Resolution (Blumenfield – et al. – Krekorian), SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:
RECEIVE and FILE Resolution (Blumenfield – et al. – Krekorian) dated November 3, 2021.
ADOPT RESOLUTION (Blumenfield – et al. – Krekorian) dated September 6, 2022 with the following revised recommendations:
Remove ‘City of Los Angeles’ in the moving clauses, and replace it with ‘the Council, with the Concurrence of the Mayor.’
Instruct the Department of City Planning (DCP), the Bureau of Engineering (BOE), the Bureau of Street Services (BSS), in consultation with the City Attorney, to coordinate with all other City departments that are a ‘lead agency’ overseeing/approving the environmental clearance for a project, to consult with the SMMC prior to the release of any draft negative declarations and environmental impact reports under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and on projects that may affect natural resources within the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, as defined in the Conservancy Act (Public Resources Code Sections 21080.3, 21080.4, 21091, and 21153).
Instruct the DCP, BOE, BSS, in consultation with the City Attorney, to coordinate with other City departments, and take all necessary steps to ensure that the Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Natural Resource Protection Plan prepared by the SMMC will be considered by the City in the CEQA process to ensure the protection and conservation of sensitive habitat areas.
Instruct the DCP, BOE, BSS, in consultation with the City Attorney, to coordinate with other City departments, and develop a process to consider all future spatial habitat protection maps prepared by the SMMC.
Resolve that this Resolution will apply prospectively only and not to any discretionary CEQA approval published or sought from the City prior to the date this Resolution becomes effective.
Instruct the DCP, BOE, BSS, to report to the Council within 90 days on the status of the coordination efforts regarding the Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Natural Resource Protection Plan and a process for all future spatial habitat protection maps prepared by the SMMC.
ECCEJR COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE CONCURRENCE OF THE MAYOR:
RECEIVE and FILE Resolution (Blumenfield – et al. – Krekorian) dated November 3, 2021.
ADOPT the accompanying revised RESOLUTION attached to the ECCEJR Committee report that contains the amendments recommended by the ECCEJR Committee:
Consult with the SMMC on any draft negative declarations and environmental impact reports under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for any project within the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, as defined in the Conservancy Act, consistent with trustee agency consultations requirements in Public Resources Code Sections 21080.3, 21080.4, 21091, and 21153.
The Department of City Planning, the Bureau of Engineering (BOE), and the Bureau of Street Services (Urban Forestry Division), in consultation with the City Attorney, to coordinate with other City departments and take all necessary steps to ensure that Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Natural Resource Protection Plan prepared by the SMMC will be considered by the City in the CEQA process to ensure the protection and conservation of sensitive habitat areas.
The Department of City Planning, the BOE, and the Bureau of Street Services (Urban Forestry Division), in consultation with the City Attorney, to coordinate with other City departments and develop a process to consider all future spatial habitat protection maps prepared and adopted by the SMMC.
The Department of City Planning, the BOE, and the Bureau of Street Services (Urban Forestry Division) are to report to the City Council within 90 days of the adoption of this Resolution on the status of the coordination efforts regarding the Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Natural Resource Protection Plan and a process for all future spatial habitat protection maps prepared by the SMMC.
That the provisions of this Resolution shall apply prospectively only and shall not apply to any discretionary CEQA approval published or sought from the City prior to the adoption date of this Resolution, with the concurrence of the Mayor.
Fiscal Impact Statement: Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: Yes
For: Tarzana Neighborhood Council
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- 11/18/2022 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on November 22, 2022. Report from Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee 11/03/2022, Resolution 09/06/2022
- 11/03/2022 Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee approved as amended . Resolution 09/06/2022, Resolution 11/03/2022
- 10/28/2022 Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on November 3, 2022. Resolution 09/06/2022, Resolution 11/03/2022
- 09/20/2022 Planning and Land Use Committee received and filed Resolution (Blumenfied – Raman – Bonin – Koretz – Krekorian); and Approved Resolution (Blumenfied – Raman – Koretz – De Leon for Bonin – Krekorian) with revised recommendations. Report from Planning and Land Use Management Committee 09/20/2022, Resolution 09/06/2022, Resolution 11/03/2022
- 09/20/2022 Planning and Land Use Management Committee transmitted Council File to Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee.
- 09/09/2022 Corrected referral of the Resolution dated 11-3-2021 to include both Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee and the Planning and Land Use Management Committee per Council President. Resolution 11/03/2021
- 09/06/2022 Resolution referred to Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee; Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Resolution 09/06/2022
- 12/21/2021 Community Impact Statement submitted by Tarzana Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 21-1284
- 12/17/2021 Community Impact Statement submitted by Tarzana Neighborhood Council. Refer to CF 21-1284
- 11/03/2021 Resolution referred to Planning and Land Use Management Committee. Resolution 11/03/2021
