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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 industrial uses are encouraged. Such distribution of uses is consistent with the City's General Plan policies and principles. (See Land Use Element: Industrial Principles 1, 2,4 & 5, pp. 2-24). B. The Specific Plan Amendment promotes an appropriate distribution, location, and extent and intensity of major components of public and private transportation, sewage, water, drainage, solid waste disposal, energy, and other essential facilities within the Specific Plan area. The property already has access to backbone infrastructure components. Moreover, approval of the Specific Plan Amendment provides additional industrial development opportunities within the Specific Plan area. C. The Specific Plan Amendment is consistent with the Specific Plan and General Plan standards and criteria for development, and standards for the conservation, development, and utilization of natural resources, where applicable. The Specific Plan Amendment amends the land use designation of a 35.64+ acre site that is proposed to be used as open areas for the grinding, sorting, bagging and storage of organic soil amendments wood chips and other types of wood -by-products, pursuant to an approved conditional use permit. Approval of the amendment provides additional industrial development opportunities on this property and other properties that designated "Medium Industrial" in the Specific Plan (See Land Use Element: Industrial Principles 1, 2,4 & 5, pp. 2- 24). D. The Specific Plan Amendment promotes greater design flexibility and encourages more economical and efficient use of land because it redesignates additional property in the Specific Plan area for medium industrial development. SECTION 3. Based on the entire record before the City Council and all written and oral evidence presented, the City Council finds the General Plan Amendment complies with "CEQA" and hereby adopts the negative declaration for the following reasons: A. The negative declaration and initial study prepared for the Application contain a complete and accurate reporting of the environmental impacts associated with the Application. The documents have been completed in compliance with CEQA and the State CEQA Guidelines. B. The negative declaration and initial study prepared for the Application reflect the independent judgment of the Planning Commission and City Council. C. As the approving body for the Application, the City Council reviewed and considered the information contained in the negative declaration, initial study and administrative record prior to approving the Application. D. All environmental impacts of the Application are insignificant, and will be mitigated to a level of insignificance. There is no substantial evidence in the record supporting a fair argument that the Application will result in significant impacts. E. The Application will not result in any changes to the following resources: (1) riparian land, rivers, streams, watercourses and wetlands; (2) native and non-native plant life and the soil required to sustain habitat for fish and wildlife; (3) rare and unique plant life and ecological communities dependent on plant life; (4) listed threatened and endangered plants and animals and the habitat in which they are believed to reside; (5) all species listed as protected or identified for special management in the Fish and Game Code, the Public Resources Code, the Water Code or regulations adopted thereunder; (6) all marine and terrestrial species subject to the jurisdiction of the Department of Fish and Game and the ecological communities in which they reside; and (7) all air and water resources, the -2-