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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01C-Planning 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ~ ~ 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO SUPPORTING LEGISLATION TO DIRECT THE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE OFFICE OF 3 PLANNING AND RESEARCH TO GRANT AN ADDITIONAL TIME EXTENSION TO COMPLETE THE GENERAL PLAN. 4 5 BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City of San Bernardino requests 6 legislation to direct the Director of the State Office of 7 Planning and Research to grant a further extension of time 8 9 despite the provisions of Government Code Section 65361, to update the following mandatory elements: Land Use, Circulation, 10 Conservation, Open Space, Noise, and Safety. 11 The period of time requested is for one year from the date 12 the previous extension of time was granted by the Director of the 13 State Office of Planning and Research. THIS REQUEST IS BASED UPON THE FOLLOWING FACTS: 14 15 1. The City requested an extension of time by Resolution 16 No. 87-135 which request was granted by letter from the State 17 Office of Planning and Research dated June 11, 1987. 2. The City, in conformance with the June 11 letter completed an interim policy document including a preliminary land use designation map for the City after numerous public hearings by the Citizens Advisory Committee, the Planning Commission, and the City Council. 3. The City requested a further extension of time by Resolution No. 88-162 which request was granted by letter from the State Office of Planning and Research dated June 9, 1988. 4. The City has made substantial progress toward the completion of an adequate general plan by appropriating sufficient local funds, hiring staff and exhausting the remedies DAB/dys February 7, 1989 1 12 ....~...... ""'" '- '-- 1 provided by Section 65361 of the Government Code. 2 5. A further general plan extension would assist the City 3 in preparing and adopting a complete and adequate general plan by 4 allowing additional community input and development of common 5 support. Threatened or actual litigation would result in undue 6 pressure to quickly finalize the general plan and preclude 7 adequate public participation. 8 6. The necessity to prepare a thorough environmental 9 review due to the many environmentally sensi ti ve areas of the 10 Ci ty when combined with the required public review jeopardizes 11 the completion of the process in a timely fashion. 7. The City hereby incorporates the underlying facts and 14 13 findings of Resolutions Nos. 87-135 and 88-162. 8. Local review procedures including those mandated by the 15 Court in the case of Saldecke, et al. v. City of San Bernardino, 16 et al. (Case No. 236836), now require an extended public review 17 process which will result in delaying the decision by the Mayor 18 and Common Council on the adoption of a final general plan. 19 9. other reasons exist that justify the granting of a 20 further extension, so that the timely preparation and adoption of 21 a general plan is promoted. 22 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly 24 23 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the 25 / / / / 26 / / / / 27 / / / / 28 DAB/dys February 7, 1989 2 10 11 12 """-"'" - 1 day of "r..... --"., , 1989, by the following vote, to wit: Council Members City Clerk of The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this , 1989. 14 JAMES F. PENMAN, City Attorney 2 AYES: 3 4 NAYS: day 16 By: 17 5 ABSENT: 6 7 8 9 Evlyn Wilcox, Mayor City of San Bernardino Approved as to 13 form and Legal Content: 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 DAB/dys February 7, 1989 3