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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 SECTION 2. Based on the entire record before the City Council and all written and oral evidence presented to the City Council, the Council finds the General Plan Amendment promotes the goals and objectives of the General Plan, and each element thereof, and leaves the General Plan a compatible, integrated, and internally consistent statement of policies. In accordance with the City of Colton General Plan, the proposed land use classification provides for land uses that are adequately buffered and which do not adversely affect surrounding property. (See Colton General Plan, p. 2-19.) Most of the existing infrastructure improvements in this area are in place so that once the Subject Site is developed it will be adequately served by surrounding public streets. Moreover, designating the Subject Site to General Commercial will provide a much broader range of permitted commercial uses to improve the economic base in this portion of the City SECTION 3. The City Council has determined the proposed General Plan Amendment is in the public interest because it provides additional commercial opportunities in Colton. SECTION 4. 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 City Council. C. As the decision making 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. 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 degradation of which will individually or cumulatively result in a loss of biological diversity among the plants and animals residing in that air and water. SECTION 5. The location and custodian of documents and any other material which constitute the record of proceedings upon which the City Council based its decision to adopt this negative declaration is as follows: David R. Zamora, City of Colton Community Development Department, 659 N. La Cadena Drive, Colton, CA 92324, (909) 370-5079. RVPUB\MXM\682850.1 -2-