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RESOLUTION NO. 8400 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDLANDS ADOPTING THE TRANSIT VILLAGES SPECIFIC PLAN (SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 65) AND RESCINDING THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN (SPECIFIC PLAN NO. 45) FOR AREAS AROUND THREE REDLANDS TRAIN STATIONS TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 947 ACRES WHEREAS, on December 5, 2017, the City Council adopted the 2035 General Plan (General Plan Update) and related Climate Action Plan, affirmed its intent to adopt and implement the Transit Villages Concept and strategy contained therein, and requested the City's Development Services Department hire consultants to prepare a Transit Villages Specific Plan and prepare an Environmental Impact Report related to the same; and WHEREAS, the City of Redlands has initiated General Plan Amendment No. 146 to make minor changes and edits to certain General Plan policies, exhibits, and maps to ensure consistency for the proposed Transit Villages Specific Plan project; and WHEREAS, the City of Redlands has initiated Specific Plan No. 65 to implement the proposed Transit Villages Specific Plan project; and WHEREAS, the City of Redlands has initiated Zone Change No. 475 to amend the City's official Zone Map to accommodate the proposed Transit Villages Specific Plan; and WHEREAS, an extensive public outreach effort was conducted to obtain resident input for the preparation of the Draft Transit Villages Specific Plan including nine public community workshops held beginning in September 2018 through May 2019, workshops by the Redlands Planning Commission, a project website www.redlandstransitvillages.org made available, information booths provided by Planning Division staff on thirteen dates of the Downtown Market Night between August 2018 through June 2019, a joint public workshop of the Planning Commission and City Council held on January 26, 2020; and WHEREAS, the final draft Transit Villages Specific Plan was published on May 19, 2020, at www.redlandstransitvillages.org to make available to the general public, other agencies, and other interested persons for public review and comment; and WHEREAS, the proposed Transit Villages Specific Plan meets legal adequacy requirements pursuant to California Government Code Sections 65450 through 65457; and WHEREAS, a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on the Transit Villages Specific Plan was published on July 20, 2022, and circulated for a 45-day public review and comment period beginning on July 21, 2022, and ending on September 6, 2022; and WHEREAS, a Final Environmental Impact Report (Final FIR) was published on September 21, 2022, with responses to comments; and 1 I;\Rcso1mmns\Res 8400-8499\8400_amended _adopting TVSP and rescind SP45.doex