(a) Notwithstanding Section 21090 of the Public Resources Code, the redevelopment agency for the City of Vallejo or the legislative body of the City of Vallejo may determine at a noticed public hearing that the adoption of a redevelopment plan for the Mare Island Redevelopment Project Area pursuant to this article is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code), except that projects implementing the redevelopment plan, including specific plans, rezonings, and ministerial projects that may have a significant effect on the environment, shall be subject to the California Environmental Quality Act. The environmental document for any implementing project shall include an analysis and mitigation of potential cumulative impacts that otherwise will not be known until an environmental impact report for the redevelopment plan is certified.
(b) The notice of the public hearing required pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include the date, time, and place of the hearing, a brief description of the proposed project and its location, the date when notice will be provided pursuant to Section 21092 of the Public Resources Code, and the address where copies of the notice of exemption are available for review.
(c) The notice required by this section shall be given to all organizations that, and individuals who, have previously requested notice pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, and shall be given by publication, no fewer times than required by Section 6061 of the Government Code, by the public agency in a newspaper of general circulation in the area affected by the proposed project.
(d) If the redevelopment agency for the City of Vallejo or the legislative body of the City of Vallejo determines, pursuant to subdivision (a), that the adoption of a redevelopment plan is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act, the redevelopment agency shall prepare and certify an environmental impact report for the redevelopment plan within 18 months after the effective date of the ordinance adopting the redevelopment plan. An environmental impact report prepared and certified jointly with the preparation of the environmental impact statement by the federal lead agency pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 4321, et seq.) shall satisfy the requirement of this subdivision.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 91, Sec. 78. Effective January 1, 1996.)