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RESOLUTION 13-21 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS, MAKING FINDINGS AND ADOPTING AN INITIAL STUDY/ MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EASTERN SEGMENT OF AN APPROVED OFF-ROAD PATHWAY BETWEEN LA PALOMA ROAD AND ROBLEDA ROAD WHEREAS, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code, §21000 et seq.) and the State CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, § 15000 et seq.) (collectively, "CEQA"), the Town of Los Altos Hills ("Town") is the lead agency for the La Paloma Road to Robleda Road off-road pathway project ("Project"); and WHEREAS, the Town was incorporated in 1956 and the network. of informal pathways that had developed throughout the Town prior to incorporation was formalized and then expanded incrementally as the Town's population grew; and WHEREAS, various pathway easements for the existing and proposed Project were granted when the surrounding lands were subdivided in the 1970s through Tract Maps 5624 and 6527 and later amended by Parcel Map 836; and WHEREAS, in 1981, the Town established a Master Path Plan (MPP) which provided a blueprint for the build -out of the Town's pathway system and has been amended several times since its original adoption, the most recent amendment occurring in May 2020; and WHEREAS, the alignment of the Project was shown on the 1981 MPP and in all subsequent MPP updates that followed; and WHEREAS, the construction of the westerly half of the trail from La Paloma Road to the southerly corner of 13310 La Paloma Road was completed in 2011 with the construction of the new residence at that property; and WHEREAS, on June 2019, the City Council approved the final alignment of the eastern half of the path and authorized funding to complete the preliminary design and an environmental assessment for the Project; and WHEREAS, in accordance with CEQA Guidelines section 15063, the Town prepared an Initial Study to analyze whether the proposed Project may cause a potentially significant effect on the environment; and WHEREAS, based on the information contained in the Initial Study, which concluded that the proposed Project could have potentially significant impacts but that those impacts could be reduced to less than significant levels with implementation of proposed mitigation measures, a Mitigated Negative Declaration ("MND") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15070 — 15074 Resolution 13-21 Page 1