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M M 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 C. In considering General Plan Amendment "B", the City Council has considered the housing needs of the region and balanced those needs against the public service needs of the residents and available fiscal and environmental resources. The reclesignation of this property from residential uses to industrial uses does not impact the City's ability to meet its housing needs as there are still a sufficient number of properties in the City that are zoned for residential uses that can accommodate the City's housing needs. D. Based on the entire record before the City Council and all written and oral evidence presented, the City Council finds that General Plan Amendment "B" complies with "CEQA" and hereby adopts the negative declaration for the following reasons: 1 . 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. 2. The negative declaration and initial study prepared for the Application reflect the independent judgment of the City Council. 3. 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. 4. 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 3. 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 find this Application exempt under CEQA as follows: David R. Zamora, City of Colton Community Development Department, 659 N. La Cadena Drive, Colton, CA 92324, (909) 370-5079. IMIIIII