AGENDA REPORT
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 04/01/2020
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Community Development Department
SUBJECT:
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City Council consideration of PM 37608, a Parcel Map application to subdivide 74.80 acres into 13 lots for light industrial purposes located at the northwest corner of Tom Barnes Street and Temescal Canyon Road, east of Interstate 15, in the Light Industrial designation of the El Cerrito Specific Plan. (Applicant: Patrick Tritz, Latitude Business Park, LLC.)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council approve PM 37608 subject to the findings and conditions as recommended by the Planning and Housing Commission and adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring Plan, regarding potential environmental impact of the project.
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ANALYSIS:
Project Site Background
The 74.8-acre project site is a former sand mine, closed in 1997 and reclaimed under the terms of a surface mine permit issued in 1978. The project site in addition to the 113.5 acres to the south was annexed to the City in 2001. The project site and the 113.5 acres to the south are also part of PM 29503 which was approved by the City Council in 2002. PM 29503 was a phased parcel map and the map phases associated with the 113.5 acres are recorded and facilitated the development of a regional shopping center known as the Crossings at Corona. PM 37608 proposes to remap the parcels created by PM 29503 on the project site only.
The City received written verification from the Office of Mine Reclamation dated September 29, 2015, that the mine site previously operated on the project site had been substantially reclaimed in accordance with the approved reclamation plan. Since the project site is fully reclaimed from the previous mining operation urbanized development can now occur on the project site.
Project Description
PM 37608 facilitates the development of approximately 75 acre...
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