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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-96-5828 (PIER AVE/W. OF ARDMORE/COLLECTOR ST. CHANGE)1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 RESOLUTION NO. 96-5828 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, TO AMEND THE CIRCULATION ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN TO CHANGE THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF PIER AVENUE WEST OF ARDMORE AVE. FROM ARTERIAL TO COLLECTOR STREET, AND TO ADOPT AN ENVIRONMENTAL NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR SAID GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND FOR THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on August 20, 1996, to receive oral and written testimony regarding the subject General Plan Amendment and the environmental impacts of the Downtown Improvement Project, and recommended amending the Circulation Element and adopting a Negative Declaration, and; WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing on September 10, 1996, to receive oral and written testimony regarding the subject General Plan Amendment and the environmental impacts of the Downtown Improvement Project, and made the following findings: A. The Downtown Improvement Project includes modifying the segment of Pier Avenue between Valley Drive and Hermosa Avenue to one -lane traffic each way, modifying the segment of Pier Avenue between Hermosa Avenue and the Strand to provide widened sidewalks and streetscape improvements along both segments. Streetscape improvements are also proposed along Hermosa Avenue. B. The subject General Plan Amendment will recognize that existing and projected traffic volumes along Pier Avenue are consistent with a designation for a Collector Street, and therefore is consistent with the lane redesign as proposed in the Downtown Improvement Project. C. The City Council concurs with the Planning Commission and Staff Environmental Review Committee's recommendation, based on their environmental assessmenthnitial study, and the findings as contained in the Downtown Parking and Circulation Study, that the General Plan Amendment 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 and implementation of the Downtown Improvement project will result in a less than significant impact on the environment, and therefore qualifies for a Negative Declaration NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach, California does hereby resolve as follows: SECTION 1. Amend the Circulation Element of the General Plan by modifying the text in Section 3; Circulation, Functional Street Classifications as follows: 1. Page 19: Change the Arterial Street designation for Pier Avenue to read "Pier Avenue (from Pacific Coast Highway to Ardmore Avenue)", and add a new designated Collector Street to read "Pier Avenue (west of Ardmore Avenue)." 2. Page 21: Amend the description of Pier Avenue under the classification of Arterial Street to read as follows: "Pier Avenue (from Pacific Coast Highway to Ardmore Avenuel - This segment of Pier Avenue has two lanes in each direction plus curb parking. It is 72 feet wide from curb -to -curb. The ADT on this segment of Pier Avenue is 20,800. Add a new listing and description under the classification of Collector to read as follows: "Pier Avenue (west of Ardmore Avenue) This segment of Pier Avenue currently has two lanes of traffic in each direction with angled parking on both sides. The implementation of the Downtown Improvement Project will reduce it to one lane of traffic each way between Valley Drive and Hermosa Avenue, and may reduce it to one lane of traffic (one-way to the west) for the segment from Hermosa Avenue to Beach Drive. 3. Modify the Functional Classification Map to reflect the change of Pier Avenue west of Ardmore from an Arterial Street to Collector Street. -2- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SECTION 2. That the City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this loth day of September, 1996. ATTEST: City Clerk of the City C94v-�(and MAYOR of the City of Hermosa Beach, California APPROVED AS TO FORM: \ y I City Attorney -3- STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES CITY OF HERMOSA BEACH I, Naoma Valdes, Deputy City Clerk of the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 96-5828 was duly and regularly passed, approved and adopted by the City Council of the City of Hermosa Beach at a Regular Meeting of said Council at the regular place thereof on September 10, 1996. The vote was as follows: AYES: Benz, Bowler, Edgerton, Mayor Pro Tempore Reviczky NOES: None ABSTAIN: None ABSENT: Mayor Oakes DATED: September 16, 1996 r r arm n '� )ro Deputy City Clerk