HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1988 - 0005RESOLUTION NO.88-5
APPROVING AND ADOPTING CEQA GUIDELINES -
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS OF
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS NOS.1,2,3,5,6,7,11,
13 AND 14 OF ORANGE COUNTY,CALIFORNIA,APPROVING AND
ADOPTING GUIDELINES AND MANUAL OF PRACTICE PURSUANT
TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT,AND
REPEALING RESOLUTION NO.83-189
WHEREAS,the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County,California,are a
public agency whose responsibilities include the management of the collection,
treatment,disposal and reclamation of wastewaters in the urbanized areas of Orange
County;and,
WHEREAS,the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County,California,
construct and operate major wastewater treatment works including over 600 miles of
trunk stations,pump stations,two major treatment plants and an ocean outfall;and,
WHEREAS,protection and maintenance of a high quality environment is a
responsibility of the Districts;and,
WHEREAS,the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)was enacted in 1970 to
set forth public policy and to require the state government to regulate activities of
private individuals,corporations and public agencies which are found to affect the
quality of the environment;and,
WHEREAS,CEQA requires governmental agencies at all levels to develop standards
and procedures necessary to protect environmental quality;and,
WHEREAS,governmental agencies at all levels are required to consider
qualitative factors as well as economic and technical factors,and short-term and
long—term benefits and costs,and alternatives to proposed acti.ons affecting the
environment;and,
WHEREAS,CEQA provides that public agencies shall use the environmental impact
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report and environmental assessment procedures to identify significant effects of a
project on the environment,to identify alternatives to a given project,and to
indicate a manner in which significant effects can be mitigated or avoided;and,
WHEREAS,the State of California periodically publishes revisions to the
California Environmental Quality Act and Guidelines for implementation of said Act;
and,
WHEREAS,the latest Guidelines became effective in March 1986;and,
WHEREAS,public agencies are required to adopt or utilize the State Guidelines
or local guidelines for fulfilling their responsibilities under the California
Environmental Quality Act;and,
WHEREAS,the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County,California
periodically review and update their CEQA Guidelines;and,
WHEREAS,the amount of activity taking place under the provisions of CEQA in
recent years has increased;and,
WHEREAS,the Districts’staff is required to fulfill the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act via the preparation of environmental
documentation and review of the environmental documentation of other agencies;and,
WHEREAS,at the request of the Districts,the firm of K.P.Lindstrom,Inc.has
recently prepared a new set of guidelines implementing the provisions of the
California Environmental Quality Act tailored specifically to the Districts’needs
and requirements;and,
WHEREAS,K.P.Lindstrom,Inc.has prepared a step-by—step procedures manual for
use by Districts’staff in implementing the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act and the Districts’Guidelines,and for completing the
necessary documentation;and,
WHEREAS,the preparation of the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County
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CEQA Compliance Guidelines and the CEQA Procedures Manual have been reviewed by the
Boards of Directors;and,
WHEREAS,these two documents are deemed to be complete.
NOW,THEREFORE,the Boards of Directors of County Sanitation Districts Nos.1,
2,3,5,6,7,11,13 and 14 of Orange County,California,
DO HEREBY RESOLVE,DETERMINE AND ORDER:
Section 1 That the Boards of Directors
Implementation of the California Environmental
use by staff,consultants and other interested
activities in fulfilling the provisions of the
and,
do hereby adopt the Guidelines for
Quality Act and Manual of Practice for
parties in guiding the Districts’
California Environmental Quality Act;
Section 2 That the Districts will maintain and update these Guidelines on a
periodic basis,as needed,to be consistent with California State CEQA Guidelines;
and,
Section 3 That the Districts’staff is hereby authorized and directed to
revise the Manual of Practice from time to time,as necessary,to better serve the
Districts and the public;and,
Section 4 That Resolution No.83-189 is hereby repealed and made of no
further effect.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting held January 13,1988.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA)
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COUNTY OF ORANGE )
I,RITA J.BROWN,Secretary of the Boards of Directors of County
Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2,3,5,6,7,11,13 and 14 of Orange County,
California,do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No.88—5 was
passed and adopted at •a regular meeting of said Boards on the 13th day of
January,1988,by the following vote,to wit:
AYES:Margaret M.Arnold,Ben Bay,A.B.“Buck~Catlin,John C.Cox,
Jr.,Norman E.Culver,Richard B.Edgar,John Erskine,Harry
S.Green,Don R.Griffin,Dan Griset,Robert Hanson,Evelyn
Hart,Ronald B.Hoesterey,Eric C.Johnson,Ursula E.Kennedy,
Gene A.Leyton,William D.Mahoney,Philip Maurer,Tom Mays,
Sally Anne Miller,J.Todd Murphy,James Neal,Carrey J.
Nelson,Arthur G.Newton,Bob Perry,Richard 1.Polis,Don R.
Roth,Sal Sapien,J.R.“Bob”Siefen,Wayne Silzel,Don
E.Smith,John H.Sutton,Peer A.Swan,Charles E.Sylvia,Edna
Wilson
NOES:None
ABSENT:None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of County Sanitation District No.1 on behalf of itself and Districts
Nos.2,3,5,6,7,11,13 and 14 of Orange County,California,this 13th day
of January,1988.
Rita J.Brown,Secretary
Boards of Directors,County.
Sanitation Districts Nos.1,2~,3,5,
6,7,11,13 and 14 ofOrangc~County,
California