AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 5/1/2019
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Community Development Department
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City Council consideration of Resolution No. 2019-007, amending and adopting Local Guidelines for Implementing the California Environmental Quality Act 2019. (Pub. Resources Code ?? 21000 et seq.)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2019-007, amending and adopting Local Guidelines for Implementing the California Environmental Quality Act 2019 (Pub. Resources Code ?? 21000 et seq.)
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ANALYSIS:
Public agencies are required to adopt implementing procedures for administering their responsibilities under the State Guidelines for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). These procedures include provisions on how the local agency will process environmental documents and provide for adequate comment, time periods for review, and lists of permits that are ministerial actions and projects that are considered categorically exempt. Each year the City's Local Guidelines for Implementing CEQA are updated to reflect legislative and legal changes in the law. A comprehensive update to the State CEQA Guidelines was approved by the Office of Administrative Law on December 28, 2018. The update entails changes to nearly 30 different sections of the State CEQA Guidelines, the addition of new sections and amendments to the initial study checklist which is Appendix G of the State Guidelines. The City's local initial study checklist is Form J (long form) and Form C (short list) in the City's Local Guidelines for Implementing CEQA.
Public agencies are required to comply with the amendments to the State CEQA Guidelines no later than 120 days after the effective date of the guideline amendments, which is April 29, 2019. Hence, the reason for the amendment and adoption of Corona's Local Guidelines for Implementing CEQA.
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