UBLIC HEARING: Director of Development ... - City of Glendale

RESOLUTION NO. _
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDALE
CERTIFYING AND ADOPTING A SECOND ADDENDUM TO
THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE
SAN FERNANDO ROAD CORRIDOR REDEVELOPMENT
PROJECT AREA PLAN (DREAMWORKS ANIMATION
CAMPUS EXPANSION PROJECT) AND MAKING FINDINGS
IN CONNECTION THEREWITH
WHEREAS, on November 17. 1992, the Agencycertified and adopted a Final Program Environmental
Impact Report rProgram FEIR- or MFEIR"}for the San Fernando Road Corridor Redevelopment Project Area
Plan, which FEIR analyzed the series of actions contemplated under the Redevelopment Plan, including
proposed land uses, infrastructure policies, and regulations and examined the proposals for upgrading
commercial, industrial and public properties within the Plan area including the existing and future development
of an estimated 2.3 million square feet of commercial and related space, 1.48 million square feet of industrial
space and 548 residential units; and
WHEREAS, the FEIRfor the Redevelopment Plan included the allowable land uses and development
standards for the Redevelopment Plan area in general and the OreamWorks Campus in particular; and
WHEREAS, on June 4, 1996, the Agency certified a First Addendum to the FEIR which Addendum
analyzed the OreamWorks Campus proposal within the context of the certified program FEIR and determined
that the proposal did not require any important revision to the FEIR, did not constitute a substantial change
in circumstances, and did not create any new significant effects not examined in the Program FEIR; and
WHEREAS, a Second Addendum to the Program FEIR has been prepared to address the potential
environmental effects of building out the OreamWorks campus under the Industrial Mixed-Use/Large Scale
Project designation in the INO zoning district of the San Fernando Road Corridor Project Area; of revising the
building height limit of 65 feet to a height of 175 feet or 10 stories permitted under the new Industrial Mixed-
Use/Large Scale Project zoning designation; of installing a new employee and fire gale access on Flower
Street and associated surface paving and landscaping activities; and
WHEREAS, Agency and City staff have evaluated the proposed Project changes pursuant 10
California Environmental Quality Act rCEQA") and relevant code requirements and have determined that the
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