HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 10-058RESOLUTION NO. 10 -058
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA
CERTIFYING TO THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION THAT NO
ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING SHALL BE REQUESTED ASSOCIATED WITH
HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL AS A PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE
HIGHWAY 9 SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, PHASE III
WHEREAS, the City is seeking allocation of $460,851 in Proposition 116 funds for the
construction of the Highway 9 Bicycle Safety Improvement Project, Phase III; and
WHEREAS, on June 30 /July 1, 2010 the California Transportation Commission (CTC)
conditionally approved said allocation, subject to the City satisfying criteria established by CTC
with respect to hazardous wastes within the project site; and
WHEREAS, The City has conducted an Initial Study/Negative Declaration and
concluded that the project site does not lie within or adjacent to a hazardous materials site; and
WHEREAS, subsurface hazardous wastes that may have migrated from off site are the
responsibility of the offsite property owner; and
WHEREAS, the City Council acknowledges that this action is not a project pursuant to
Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines, which defines a project as an action which has the
potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably
foreseeable indirect physical change. Any future project will be subjected to the appropriate
environmental review at the time it is submitted.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SARATOGA as follows:
1. The City of Saratoga certifies that all reasonable steps have been taken to assure full
due diligence in the discovery of hazardous wastes on or below the Highway 9 Safety
Improvement Project, Phase III construction site and that additional State funds will
not be sought for cleanup, damages, or liability costs associated with such hazardous
waste.
Passed and adopted on the 15 day of September, 2010 by the CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF SARATOGA by the following vote of the members thereof:
AYES: Councilmembers Manny Cappello, Howard Miller, Vice Mayor Jill Hunter,
and Mayor Kathleen M. King
NOES: None
ABSENT: Chuck Page
ABSTAIN: None
Attest:
Ann Sul ivan, City Clerk
Kathleen M. King, MayM
City of Saratoga
Date:
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