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Resolution No. 5984 RESOLUTION NO. 5984 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON APPROVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT FOR THE MEAD-ADELANTO PROJECT, MAKING FINDINGS, ADOPTING MITIGATION MEASURES, APPROVING A STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS, AND AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A NOTICE OF DETERMINATION WHEREAS, the City Council of the city of Vernon by Resolution No. 5154 on December 18, 1984, approved a Project Planning Agreement for the Mead/McCullough-Victorville/Adelanto Transmission Project (now the Mead-Adelanto Project) between Southern Nevada and Southern California; and WHEREAS, the City of Vernon will be financing a share of the construction of the Mead-Adelanto Project ("Project"), a transmission line with associated equipment and facilities approximately 200 miles long between the Adelanto switching 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Mead Substation in Southern Nevada, 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 station near Adelanto, california, and the proposed Marketplace Substation in the vicinity of Boulder City, Nevada; and WHEREAS, said transmission line will have a nominal operating voltage of 500 kV and a nominal capacity of 1200 MW, will include the construction of the Marketplace Substation which will be interconnected at the McCullough Substation and will traverse the Mojave Desert, and will require the installation of certain facilities at the Adelanto switching Station; and initially be owned and WHEREAS, the Project will financed by a group of public agencies including the M-S-R Public Power Agency (The Modesto Irrigation District, the City of Santa Clara, and the City of Redding), The United S,tates Department of Energy (Western Area Power Administration), the 1 Southern California Public Power Agency (on behalf of the cities 2 of Anaheim, Azusa, Banning, Burbank, Colton, Glendale, Los 3 Angeles, Pasadena, and Riverside) and the City of Vernon, and 4: will be operated on behalf of the owners by the Los Angeles 5 Department of Water and Power ("Los Angeles"); and 6 WHEREAS, studies were undertaken with respect to the 7 environmental effect of the Project including the Draft 8 Environmental Report ("Draft ER") and the Final Environmental 9 Report ("Final ERIt) prepared by the united states Department of 10 Interior, Bureau of Land Management and Los Angeles; and 11 WHEREAS, Los Angeles as the lead agency certified the 12 Final ER in December, 1986, approved the Project, and filed a 13 Notice of Determination with respect thereto; and 14 WHEREAS, Los Angeles as the lead agency prepared an 15 Addendum to the Final ER with a memorandum on mitigation 16 monitoring by the Department of the Interior, u.S. Fish and 17 Wildlife Service dated February 22, 1991 attached thereto, to 18 reflect minor technical changes to the Project and changes in 19 circumstances under which the proj ect is proposed to be 20 undertaken, and adopted said Addendum in June 1991; and 21 WHEREAS, the Draft ER, the Final ER, and the Addendum 22 with the U.S. Fish and wildlife Memorandum more fully describe 23 the Project, its purposes and needs, and its environmental 24 consequences; and 25 WHEREAS, the Draft ER, the Final ER, the Addendum with 26 the u.S. Fish and Wildlife memorandum, and the Los Angeles 27 "Environmental Mitigation Monitoring Program for the Mead- 28 -2- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Adelanto Transmission Project" dated July, 1991, have been available for public viewing during normal business hours in the Department of Light and Power; and WHEREAS, said documents, i. e. the Draft ER, the Final ER, the Addendum with the Fish and Wildlife Service memorandum, and the Environmental Mitigation Monitoring Program have been submitted concurrently herewith to the city council of the City of Vernon for its consideration, findings, and approval, and said documents are incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in full; and WHEREAS, the Final ER and the Addendum identified certain significant adverse impacts which cannot be completely mitigated and a Statement of Overriding Considerations has been prepared, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof by reference. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF VERNON AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby finds and determines that the recitals contained hereinabove are true and correct. SECTION 2: The City Council of the City of Vernon certifies that it has reviewed and considered the Draft ER, the Final ER, the Addendum with the February 22, 1991, U.S. Fish and wildlife Service memorandum attached, the July 1991 Environmental Mitigation Monitoring Program, and the Statement of Overriding Considerations prior to making the environmental findings set forth herein and prior to approving the project. -3- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SECTION 3: The city council of the City of Vernon hereby finds that the purposes and needs of the Project are adequately described in the Draft ER, the Final ER, and the Addendum, including but not limited to, sections 1.2 through 1.2.6 of the Draft ER beginning "Purpose and Need" and the section entitled "Purpose and Need" in the Final ER. SECTION 4: Alternatives to the Project were identified and studied in the Draft ER and the Final ER, to wit: no action; energy conservation; alternative generation sources; alternative transmission technologies; and the proposed project (with various routing alternatives). ~n analysis of each alternative was included in the Draft ER (Section 3.0, et seq.) and the Final ER under sections entitled "Alternatives Including the Proposed Action". The City Council, after considering said alternatives, finds, in regard to each significant effect, that engineering, economic, social and other considerations make the alternatives to the Project infeasible, and that the project will best meet the needs of the City of Vernon. The rationale for this finding is that the Vernon Electric System has heretofore been blocked from tapping the bulk power markets of the western united states in order to acquire firm long-term and short-term power resources and economy energy for the existing power demands of the industrial community of the City of Vernon. Such resources will benefit the industries, their employees, their, customers, and the economy of Southern California. III -4- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SECTION 5: The Draft ER in section 5.0 et seq., "Environmental consequences", the Final ER, and the Addendum in Section 3.0, et seq., "Discussion of Environmental Issues., identify significant adverse impacts upon the environment which will occur as a result of the Project. The City council hereby adopts said findings as its own. In addition the City Council finds that changes and/or alterations were made in the Project as origina.lly proposed in order to reduce the environmental impacts of the project. SECTION 6: The Draft ER, the Final ER, and the Addendum have recommended mitigation measures, including in the Draft ER, Table 3-6, "Generic Mitigation Measures," and Table 5- 1, "Selectively Committed Mitigation Measures". The February 22, 1991, U.S. Fish and wildlife Service memorandum set forth "Reasonable and Prudent Measures" and "Terms and Conditions" for mitigation measures. (a) In consideration whereof, the City Council hereby finds, in regard to each signif icant effect, that such changes or alterations are within the responsibility and jurisdiction of and have been adopted by Los Angeles as the lead agency and as the operation manager for the Project. The rationale for this finding is that the City of Vernon is one of many project participants who will have no authority to independently adopt and implement mitigation measures, and that the mitigation monitoring will be conducted by Los Angeles as manager of the project. (b) The City Council also finds, in regard to each significant -5- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 effect and to the extent such a finding is required by law or by any court of competent jurisdiction, that the changes or alterations required for I and incorporated into, the Project will avoid or substantially lessen most of the significant environmental impacts associated with the Project as identified in the Draft ER, the Final ER, and the Addendum. The rationale for this finding is based on a consideration of the above listed documents and the conclusions reached by the agencies which prepared them. For that purpose, the City Council adopts the "Environmental Mitigation Monitoring Program for the Mead- Adelanto Transmission Project" dated June, 1991. Said program was prepared by and will be administered by Los Angeles pursuant to the Project agreements. SECTION 7: The Final ER in its section on "Environmental Consequences" and the Addendum in Section 3.3, "Land Use", found that, notwithstanding the changes or al terationsto the Project and the adoption of the mitigation measures described in Section 5, above, certain significant adverse impacts are not capable of feasible mitigation to less than a significant level. The City Council adopts said findings as its own and finds in addition that because of the overriding importance of the Project and the benefits to the customers of the Vernon Electric System as well as of the other project participants, the .benefits of the Project outweigh the unavoidable adverse environmental impacts resulting from the Project~ The -6- unavoidable adverse environmental impacts of the Project are, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 therefore, acceptable, and the City Council hereby approves the statement of Overriding Considerations, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit A and made a part hereof by reference. SECTION 8: The City Council of the City of Vernon hereby directs the City Clerk to file a Notice of Determination of the actions taken herein with the County Clerk of the county of Los Angeles, with the County Clerk of the County of San Bernardino, and with the Office of Planning and Research of the state of California. SECTION 9: The City Council of the city of Vernon hereby receives the copies of the Draft ER, the Final ER, the Addendum with the February 22, 1991, U.S. Fish and wildlife Service memorandum attached, and the June 1991 Environmental Mitigation Monitoring Program for the Mead-Adelanto Transmission Project which were presented to it concurrently with this resolution and hereby directs that said documents be placed on file with the City Clerk. SECTION 10: The City Clerk of the City of Vernon shall certify to the passage of this resolution and thereupon and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of september, 1991. , ~ ~,' ., ~NIS C~G. Ha-or TT(f BRUCE V. o -7- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) )ss COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) I, BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Clerk of the City of Vernon, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution, being Resolution No. 5984, was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Vernon at an adjourned regular meeting of the City Council duly held on Monday, September 23. 1991. and thereafter was duly signed by the Mayor of the City of Vernon. p BRUCE V. (SEAL) -8- EXHmIT A MEAD-ADELANTO PROJECT STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS A study was made of the environmental effect of the Mead-Adelanto Project (Project) embodied in the Draft Environmental Report (Draft ER), the Final Environmental Report (Final ER) and the Addendum. 1. The Project will consist of the Project transmission line, approximately 215 miles long from the Marketplace Substation near Boulder City, Nevada, to the existing Adelanto Substation at Adelanto, California. 2. The right-of-way to be acquired for the Project transmission line will vary from 200 feet to 330 feet, and the maximum width will occur where an additional right-of-way for a potential future transmission line parallel to the Project transmission line might be required through privately owned lands in the area. An Environmental Impact Report will be prepared prior to any determination to go forward with such a future line. 3. The Project will allow the transmission of Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station capacity and energy; the transfer of off-peak surplus energy from the Inland Southwest to Southern California; and the efficient and economical use of other existing and future potential Inland Southwest power supply resources. The Project will, thus, help reduce dependence on oil and natural gas as fuels for the generation of electricity in a reliable and economic manner. 4. The following alternatives to the Project were studied: no action, energy conservation, significant alternative generation sources, alternative transmission technologies, and alternative routes. (a) The alternative of "no action" would likely increase oil and gas consumption at existing Los Angeles Basin electrical generating stations, resulting in Exhibit A Page 1 of 6 increased pollution in the Basin. Increased generation from other existing out-of-Basin electrical generating sources requires additional firm transmission capacity. A shortage of electric energy is possible if the "no action" alternative is selected, affecting residential, commercial, and industrial customers. (b) The City is already participating in energy conservation and renewable energy programs. Such programs are currently implemented without severe restriction on the use of energy which would otherwise affect the economy of the area; nevertheless, such programs are not a full solution to growing needs. (c) The alternative of significant new generation resources located within the Basin is not practicable due to scarcity of land and water for such generating sources, encroachment upon beachfront areas causing severe environmental impacts in such areas, and pollution problems which such generation sources in the Basin would entail. Consequently, such an alternative is less viable than the Project. (d) Alternative transmission technologies would have similar environmental effects if constructed, and high-voltage AC or DC transmission lines placed underground is not possible under present-day technology. (e) A number of routing alternatives were identified using multiple approaches. In selecting the preferred alternative route, the main criteria were environmental concerns, engineering design and construction costs, reliability, ease of maintenance, and the capability for locating future transmission lines adjacent to the selected route. The ability to use the corridor along 1-15 has been identified as a planned utility corridor in Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) California Desert Plan, and the Inter-Mountain Power Project (IPP) currently holds a federal grant to construct a second transmission line down this corridor should additional generating units be constructed at the IPP site in Utah. Two BLM contingent utility corridors will be activated to accommodate the Project transmission line due to the corridors' relatively Exhibit A Page 2 of 6 low environmental resource values, low construction impact potential, and heavy impacts resulting from previous projects. Additional considerations concerning the community of Helendale, the East Mojave National Scenic Area, and recreational areas near Cave Mountain prompted final route realignments and alterations. 5. Impact areas are found along the preferred route of the Project transmission line. Private lands, representing 60.3 miles of the preferred route, will be acquired. The remainder of the proposed route lies within federally owned lands except for a small portion, of land owned by the State of California (approximately 2 miles long). All routes were selected with the purpose of minimizing the effects upon relocation of residences, businesses, and institutional facilities, and further mitigation is not feasible. The following is a summary of environmental impacts associated with the Project. (a) The earth resources issues related to the Project include soil erosion potential, inundation potential from flooding, and disturbance of paleontological resources. Of these issues, potentially significant impacts were identified only for paleontological resources. The preferred route traverses 47.2 miles of high sensitivity, fossil-bearing formations and a number of known fossil localities. Site-specific mitigation measures will be developed to avoid or reduce impacts to any identified resources. (b) The biological resources issues related to the Project include crossing 80 miles of protected plant species habitat. Wildlife habitat traversed includes desert tortoise, bighorn sheep, gila monster, and Mojave ground squirrel. Moderate impacts would remain for 48 miles following mitigation measures, and no serious adverse impacts would result. Further mitigation measures are not feasible. (c) The preferred route would have generally no effect on existing and planned land use. A high residual impact was assigned for two residences due to Exhibit A Page 3 of 6 probable close proximity of the Project transmission line, and 0.5 mile of moderate impact would occur for recreational uses along the Barstow-Las Vegas motorcycle race route. Impacts are not anticipated to the Baker Airport based on committed mitigation measures. (d) The visual resources issues related to the Project include visual intrusion of the transmission line which would continue throughout the life of the Project. The preferred route would result in 6.6 miles of high residual impact and 70.4 miles of moderate impact to residential views, and 15.7 miles of high residual impact and 56.5 miles of moderate impact for highway views. Recreation visual impacts include 11.6 miles of high residual impacts and 43.2 miles of moderate residual impacts. The route was determined using economic, environmental, and engineering practices to mitigate the visual impact. Reducing the visual impact to 1-15 highway users would cause greater environmental effects by moving the Project transmission line away for 1-15. Further mitigation is not feasible. (e) The cultural resources issues related to the Project include impacts to nonrenewable archaeological resources and historical resources, and limited impact to Native American cultural resources. Impact to archaeological resources would be adverse and permanent, although site-specific mitigation measures will be employed to avoid any identified resources where feasible. High residual impacts are predicted for 32.3 miles along the preferred route, and moderate impacts to historical resources are predicted for 21.5 miles. Only moderate impacts of historical resources are predicted for 11.8 miles. With the exception of one area, no potentially significant impacts to Native American cultural resources will occur. High residual impacts to Native American cultural resources will remain for 0.5 mile. Site- specific mitigation measures, possibly including avoidance or data recovery, will be developed to eliminate or reduce impacts to any identified resources. Further Exhibit A Page 4 of 6 mitigation is not feasible. (t) Electrical effects produced by the Project transmission line result from corona discharge and include audible noise, and radio and television interference. Due to design parameters and the physical configuration of the Project transmission line, no objectionable audible noise nor interference to radio and television communication are anticipated; if it is determined in accordance with the Federal Communications Commission's criteria that, for a particular location, the presence of the Project transmission line has resulted in the deterioration of radio or television reception, the Project Manager will take prompt remedial action. (g) Air ion densities and AC electric field within the right-of-way will be above ambient levels. To date, experimental evidence has not firmly established effects on living organisms by either air ions or AC electric fields. Present research suggests that these components of the electrical environment do not cause, nor do they have the potential to cause, harmful effects at the field intensities anticipated. 6. Based upon the above, the City Council makes the following statement of overriding considerations: (a) It is in the public interest that the Project be constructed, operated, and maintained. (b) There are limited significant environmental effects that cannot be substantially mitigated, particularly as they relate to impacts on paleontological, visual, and archaeological resources. Changes and alterations have been made which mitigate, as much as possible, the significant effects. (c) Of the alternatives studied, including the alternative of "no action", the alternative of proceeding with the Project is environmentally and economically the best to meet the growing need for energy, and conservation will not replace the need for additional resources that the Project will make available. Exhibit A Page 5 of 6 (d) The need to transmit capacity anp energy from the Palo Verde , Nuclear Generating Station and the need to transfer off-~ surplus energy from the Inland Southwest to Southern California are consideratiors overriding the significant environmental effects, and such need requires that the Proj~t be constructed. (3) The Project will also permit the iCity of Vernon to efficiently and economically take advantage of other existing and future potential Inland Southwest power supply resources, thus, helping to reduce local d~ndence on oil and natural gas as fuels for the generation of electricity. (t) The need for the Project is a codsideration which overrides any , significant environmental effect identified in the Draft ER, the Final ER, and the Addendum and reasonable mitigation measures have bee~ adopted to limit any such I effects. Exhibit A Page 6 of 6 TELEPHONES OFFICERS BRUCE V, MALKENHORST, ,City Administrator/City Clerk CITY COUNCIL LEONIS C. MALBURG, Mayor THOMAS A, YBARRA, Mayor Pro-Tern Wm, "BILL" DAVIS H, "LARRY" GONZALES W, MICHAEL McCORMICK DA VlD B, BREARLEY, City Attorney VICTOR H, V AITS, Director of Community Services CITY CLERK, , , , , ' , , , . , . , , , , 583-881 1 POLICE DEPT, "",.,.,.",.587-5171 FIRE DEPT, , , , , . , . , . . , , , , . . .583-4821 BUILDING DEPT. . , , . , . , . . . . .583-8811 PUBLIC WORKS DEPT, , , , , , ,.583-8811 HEALTH DEPT, ..,.....,..,.583-8811 KENNETH j, DEDARIO Director of Water & Power LARRY SPADT, Fire Chief CITY HALL LOUIS ROSENKRANTZ Police Chief In Reply Refer to: 4305 SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA 90058 September 23, 1991 County of San Bernardino Clerk of the Board of Supervisors 383 North Arrowhead Avenue, 2nd Floor San Bernardino, California 92415-0130 Attention: Ms. cindy Gilbert Ladies and Gentlemen: MEAD-ADELANTO TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT (Mead/McCullough-victorville/Adelanto Transmission project) NOTICE OF DETERMINATION Enclosed please find, for filing and posting pursuant to the Public Resources Code, the captioned Notice of Determination (the "Notice") of the City of Vernon. Other public agencies are also filing Notices with respect to this Project. The Environmental Impact Report fee and the County Administrative fee with respect to this Project have already been paid to the County Clerk of San Bernardino County. We have attached a copy of the cash receipt No. 10302 dated July 23, 1991 for your files. Also enclosed is a conformed copy of the Notice. Please date and time stamp the copy, evidencing your receipt of the Notice. Please mail the stamped copy to the undersigned in the enclosed self-addressed mailing envelope. County of San Bernardino september 23, 1991 Page 2 Following the posting of the Notice, please note on the original Notice the duration which it was posted and send such original Notice to the undersigned in the enclosed self-addressed mailing envelope. Also, please send a copy of such Notice to Mr. Homer in the enclosed self-addressed mailing envelope. Sincerely, g~ Bruce V. Malkenhorst city Administrator BVM: rmt Enclosures cc: Southern California Public Power Authority c/o Steven L. Homer Los Angeles Department of Water and Power 111 North Hope street, Room 1141 Los Ang~les, California 90012 NOTICE OF DETERMINATION TO: county of San Bernardino FROM: Clerk of the Board of supervisors 383 North Arrowhead Avenue San Bernardino, CA 92415-0130 Attention: Ms. cindy Gilbert city of Vernon Light & power Department 4305 Santa Fe Avenue Vernon, CA 90058 SUBJECT: Filing of Notice of Determination in compliance with section 21108 or 2152 of the public Resources Code Pro;ect Title: Mead-Adelanto Transmission Line Project pro;ect Location: The California portion of the transmission line will be constructed from the California/Nevada state line ~n the vicinity of Interstate 15 to an electrical switching station .near the city of Ade1anto, California. The route of a substantial portion of the transmission line will generally parallel the route of Interstate 15. The California portion of the transmission line will be located entirely within San Bernardino County. Pro;ect Description: A 500 kV AC transmission line and associated equipment and facilities. This is to advise that the city council of the city of vernon has reviewed the Final Environmental Report, as updated by an addendum, and has approved the above described project on September 23, 1991 and has made the following determinations regarding the above described project: 1. The project will have a significant effect on the environment. 2. An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA. 3. Mitigation measures were made a condition of the approval of the project. 4. Findings were made pursuant to section 15091 of the state CEQA Guidelines. 5. A statement of overriding considerations was adopted for this project. This is to certify that the final EIR, with comments and responses, the addendum to the final EIR, the record of the project approval and the mitigation monitoring plan is available to the General public at: citv of Vernon-Liqht & Power Department. 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, 2nd Floor, Vernon. California 90058 Date Received for Filing and posting Signature (Public Agency) Title .. f .... " STATE OP CALIPOR..t>.1A-i1!E RESOURCES AOB."lCY OB!'ARThtE1><TOF PlSH AA'D OAMn t.:~ rS'\1RONMI:h'TAL D-OCUME~-r Al'PL1CA TION{r1LrSG FE.E CASH RECE.IPT 540-9990.010 103C2 ~d~cn~~ Los Anceles Deo:. of ~tter & Power CountyjSwcAt:epcy. S~n B"r"~rrijno ProjcctTitlc: Mee.d-Adelento Transmission L in~ ProJect PToje.d ^ppliun~: See ~ttoched L i~t (All ~pplicablf fees pb.~d by'Los Angeles Dept. of CHECK .A.PPLTCABLE fEI:S: b. 11 ~pp 1 i cants. ) O:)J E.nvironmenta11::npflcl Report { ) Nc;;,e.ti~ DcclArhtio!l ( ) Applic&lion Fee- W:.ter Divetl.ion (W= ~toW"CcJ <;0.-..:"01 f,.o(crd Or.J:) ( ) Project. 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MALBURG, Mayor THOMAS A, YBARRA, Mayor Pro-Tern Wm, "BILL" DAVIS H, "LARRY" GONZALES W, MICHAEL McCORMICK TELEPHONES CITY CLERK, .. .. , , , , ... , . , ,583-8811 POLICE DEPT, .".."'......587-5171 FIRE DEPT, , . . . , , . . , , . . , . , , , 583-4821 BUILDING DEPT. . . , . , , , , .. , ,583-8811 PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. """,583-8811 HEALTH DEPT, ..".........583-8811 OFFICERS BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Administrator/City Clerk DAVID B, BREARLEY, City Attorney VICTOR H, V AITS, Director of Community Services KENNETH j, DEDARIO Director of Water & Power LARRY SPADT, Fire Chief CITY HALL LOUIS ROSENKRANTZ Police Chief In Reply Refer to: 4305 SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA 90058 September 23, 1991 Office of Planning and Research 1400 Tenth Street, Room 121 Sacramento, California 95814 Ladies and Gentlemen: MEAD-ADELANTO TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT (Mead/McCullough-victorvillejAdelanto Transmission Project) NOTICE OF DETERMINATION Enclosed please find, for filing and posting pursuant to the Public Resources Code, the captioned Notice of Determination (the "Notice") of the City of Vernon. Other public agencies are also filing Notices with respect to this Project. Also enclosed is a conformed copy of the Notice. Please date and time stamp the copy, evidencing your receipt of the Notice. Please mail the stamped copy to the undersigned in the enclosed self-addressed mailing envelope. Also, please send a copy of such Notice to Mr. Homer in the enclosed self-addressed mailing envelope. Sincerely, A /d~~ Bruce V. Malkenhorst City Administrator BVM:rmt Enclosures cc: Southern California Public Power Authority c/o Steven L. Homer Los Angeles Department of Water and Power 111 North Hope Street, Room 1141 Los Angeles, California 90012 ~, " NOTICE OF DETERMINATION TO: Office of Planning and Research 1400 Tenth street, Room 121 Sacramento, California 95814 FROM: city of Vernon Light & Power Department 4305 Santa Fe Avenue Vernon, CA 90058 SUBJECT: Filing of Notice of Determination in Compliance with Section 21108 or 2152 of the Public Resources Code proiect Title: Mead-Adelanto Transmission Line Project proiect Location: The California portion of the transmission line will be constructed from the California/Nevada state line in the vicinity of Interstate 15 to an electrical switching station -near the city of Adelanto, California. The route of a substantial portion of the transmission line will generally parallel the route of Interstate 15.' The California portion of the transmission line will be located entirely within San Bernardino County. proiect Descriotion: A 500 kV AC transmission line and associated equipment and facilities. This is to advise that the City Council of the city of Vernon has reviewed the Final Environmental Report, as updated by an addendum, and has approved the above described project on September 23, 1991 and has made the following determinations regarding the above described project: 1. The project will have a significant effect on the environment. 2. An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA. 3. Mitigation measures were made a condition of the approval of the project. 4. Findings were made pursuant to Section 15091 of the State CEQA Guidelines. 5. A statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project. This is to certify that the final EIR, with comments and responses, the addendum to the final EIR, the record of the project approval and the mitigation monitoring plan is available to the General Public at: city of Vernon-Liqht & Power Department, 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, 2nd Floor. Vernon. California 90058 Date Received for Filing and Posting signature (PUblic Agency) Title .+r CITY COUNCIL LEON IS C. MALBURG, Mayor THOMAS A, YBARRA, Mayor Pro-Tern Wm, "BILL" DAVIS H, "LARRY" GONZALES W, MICHAEL McCORMICK TELEPHONES CITY CLERK.. .... .. , , , . .. .. 583-8811 POLICE DEPT, ,....".",...,587-5171 FIRE DEPT, ",' , ., .', ., .. , .,583-4821 BUILDING DEPT, , , . , , , , , . , , .583-8811 PUBLIC WORKS DEPT. , .' , . , ,583-8811 HEALTH DEPT. ""'.""".583-8811 OFFICERS BRUCE V. MALKENHORST, City Administrator/City Clerk 'DAVID B, BREARLEY, City Attorney VICTOR H. V AITS, Director of Community Services KENNETH J. DEDARIO Director of Water & Power LARRY SPADT, Fire Chief 4305 SANTA FE AVENUE, VERNON, CALIFORNIA 90058 CITY HALL LOUIS ROSENKRANTZ Police Chief In Reply Refer 10: september 24, 1991 County of Los Angeles Clerk of the Board of supervisors 383 Hall of Administration 500 West Temple street Los Angeles, California 90012 Ladies and Gentlemen: MEAD-ADELANTO TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT (MeadjMcCullough-victorvillejAdelanto Transmission Project) NOTICE OF DETERMINATION Enclosed please find, for filing and posting pursuant to the Public Resources Code, the captioned Notice of Determination (the "Notice") of the City of Vernon. Other public agencies are also filing Notices with respect to this project. Enclosed is our check in the amount of $25.00 for payment of the County Administrative Fee with respect to the subject Notice. The Environmental Impact Report fee with respect to this project has already been paid to the County Clerk of San Bernardino County. We have attached a copy of the cash receipt No. 10302 dated July 23, 1991 for your files. Also enclosed is a conformed copy of the Notice. Please date and time stamp the copy, evidencing your receipt of the Notice. Please mail the stamped copy to the undersigned in the enclosed self-addressed mailing envelope. County of Los Angeles september 24, 1991 Page 2 Following the posting of the Notice, please note on the original Notice the duration which it was posted and send such original Notice to the undersigned in the enclosed self-addressed mailing envelope. Also, please send a copy of such Notice to Mr. Homer in the enclosed self-addressed mailing envelope. Sincerely, ~ g;.L~t/ij'.A~ Bruce V. Malkenhorst city Administrator BVM: rmt Enclosures cc: Southern California Public Power Authority c/o steven L. Homer Los Angeles Department of Water and Power 111 North Hope Street, Room 1141 Los Angeles, California 90012 NOTICE OF DETERMINATION TO: County of Los Angeles FROM: Clerk of the Board of supervisors 383 Hall of Administration 500 West Temple street Los Angeles, CA 90012 city of Vernon Light & Power Department 4305 Santa Fe Avenue Vernon, CA 90058 SUBJECT: Filing of Notice of Determination in Compliance with section 21108 or 2152 of the Public Resources Code proiect Title: Mead-Adelanto Transmission Line Project proiect Location: The California portion of the transmission line will be constructed from the California/Nevada state line 1n the vicinity of Interstate 15 to an electrical switching station near the city of Adelanto, California. The route of a substantial portion of the transmission line will generally parallel the route of Interstate 15. The California portion of the transmission line will be located entirely within San Bernardino County. proiect Description: A 500 kV AC transmission line and associated equipment and facilities. This is to advise that the City council of the city of Vernon has reviewed the Final Environmental Report, as updated by an addendum, and has approved the above described project on september 23, 1991 and has made the following determinations regarding the above described project: 1. The project will have a significant effect on the environment. 2. An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA. 3. Mitigation measures were made a condition of the approval of the project. 4. Findings were made pursuant to section 15091 of the state CEQA Guidelines. 5. A statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project. This is to certify that the final EIR, with comments and responses, the addendum to the final EIR, the record of the project approval and the mitigation monitoring plan is available to the General Public at: city of Vernon-Liqht & Power Department, 4305 Santa Fe Avenue, 2nd Floor. Vernon, California 90058 Date Received for Filing and posting signature (Public Agency) Title . '_..~ ST A 113 0 F CAll PO RJ--'lA-j1{E. RESOUR.CES ^O E.NCY D5!'ARTMEt-.TOFPISHAA'DOAMt t~~ r.~,'lRONMr:KrA..L D-oCUMC~'T Al'PL1CATION{fILING FEE CASH RECEIPT 540-9990-010 10302 ~d~cn~~ Los AncEles De~:. of ~~ter & Power CountyJSwe~epcy. S!jn B"rna,..~jno Pro}ceTitlc: MHd-Adelon~o TrMsmission LiM Project Project ^ppliCM~: See llttbched L h t (Al' ~pp'icablf fees pa1d by'Los Angeles Dept, of CHF:CKA.PPLICABLEFE:ES: all tppiicants.) ~)J E.nvironmentaJ l:npact Report ( ) Ncg.e.tive Dccib..rhtio!l ( ) AppliC<ltion Fee. Weter Dlvcaion (W6tr. RuoW'Cd Co-I-.'"'OJ f;c<ud Or.l]) ( ) Project. 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" NOTICE OF DETERMINATION TO: County of Los Angeles FROM: Clerk of the Board of supervisors 383 Hall of Administration 500 West Temple street Los Angeles, CA 90012 city of Vernon Light & Power Department 4305 Santa Fe Avenue Vernon, CA 90058 SUBJECT: Filing of Notice of Determination in compliance with Section 21108 or 2152 of the Public Resources Code proiect Title: Mead-Adelanto Transmission Line Project proiect Location: The California portion of the trans~ission line will be constructed from the California/Nevada state line ln the vicinity of Interstate 15 to an electrical switching station near the city of Adelanto, California. The route of a substantial portion of the transmission line will generally parallel the route of Interstate 15. The California portion of the transmission line will be located entirely within San Bernardino County. proiect Description: A 500 kV AC transmission line and associated equipment and facilities. This is to advise that the City Council of the City of Vernon has reviewed the Final Environmental Report, as updated by an addendum, and has approved the above described project on September 23, 1991 and has made the following determinations regarding the above described project: 1. The project will have a significant effect on the environment. 2. An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA. 3. Mitigation measures were made a condition of the approval of the project. 4. Findings were made pursuant to section 15091 of the State CEQA Guidelines. 5. A statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project. This is to certify that the final EIR, with comments and responses, the addendum to the final EIR, the record of the project approval and the mitigation monitoring plan is available to the General Public at: city of Vernon-Liqht & Power Department. 4305 Santa Fe Avenue. 2nd Floor. Vernon. California 90058 Date Received for Filing and posting signature (Public Agency) Title