HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-11423 approving the Righetti Hill Open Space Conservation Plan and adoption of an Addendum to the Orcutt Area Specific Plan Final Environmental Impact Report
RESOLUTION NO. 11423(2023SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS
OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE RIGHETTI HILLOPEN
SPACE CONSERVATION PLAN AND ADOPTION OF AN ADDENDUM
TO THE ORCUTT AREA SPECIFIC PLAN FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT REPORT.
WHEREAS, the City of San Luis Obispo has adopted policies for protection,
management, and public use of open space lands and natural and cultural resources
acquired by the City; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Luis Obispo owns and manages open space areas
totaling over 4,300 acres, including the approximately 51-acre Righetti Hill Open Space;
and
WHEREAS, the designation and management of Righetti Hill as an Open Space
property is consistent with the Conservation and Open Space Element of the City of San
Luis Obispo’s General Plan (Appendix C: Management of Open Space Lands; 2006) and
the Orcutt Area Specific Plan (2010); and
WHEREAS, the general public hascommented upon the Righetti Hill Open Space
Conservation Plan as it has moved through a Council-directed approval process, and staff
has considered and incorporated those comments where appropriate; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of San Luis
Obispo as follows:
SECTION 1. Recitals. The recitals set forth above are hereby adopted as the
findings of the City in adopting the policies herein.
SECTION 2. Environmental Review. The City Council hereby adopts the
Addendum to the Orcutt Area Specific Plan Final Environmental Impact Report for the
project, an official copy of which shall be kept on record with the City Clerk, finding that it
adequately identifies all of the potential impacts of the project and those potential impacts
identified in the areas of Biological Resources; Cultural Resources; and Hazards and
Hazardous Materials.
These findings, together with incorporation by reference into the Project
Description that the property will be managed in accordance with policies found in the
City’s Conservation and Open Space Element of its General Plan (2006); the
Conservation Guidelines for Management of Open Space Lands of the City of San Luis
Obispo (2002); the City of San Luis Obispo 2015 Open Space Maintenance Plan; and,
the City’s Open Space Regulations (Municipal Code 12.22), support a conclusionthat the
adoption of an Addendumis appropriate.
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SECTION 3. Righetti Hill Open Space Conservation Plan.The City Council hereby
adopts the Righetti Hill Open Space Conservation Plan, an official copy of which shall be
kept on record with the City at, based on the following findings:
a) The Righetti Hill Open Space Conservation Plan is consistent with General
Plan goals and policies relating to the oversight and management of City open
space areas, specifically Conservation and Open Space Element Policy 8.5.6
that calls for the development of conservation or master plans for open space
properties to protect and enhance them in a way that best benefits the
community as a whole; and
b) Implementation of the Righetti Hill Open Space Conservation Plan will provide
protection of identified natural resources and appropriate public access to the
site while maintaining a majority of the site for habitat protection and
enhancement.
Upon motion of Vice Mayor Marx,seconded by Council Member Pease, and on the
following roll call vote:
AYES: Council Member Francis, Pease, Shoresman, Vice Mayor Marx, and
Mayor Stewart
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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The foregoing resolution was adopted this 16day of May 2023.
___________________________
Mayor Erica A. Stewart
ATTEST:
______________________
Teresa Purrington
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________
J. Christine Dietrick
City Attorney
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the
City of San Luis Obispo, California, on ______________________.
___________________________
Teresa Purrington, City Clerk
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