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CITY OF PLACERVILLE JOHN W. DzuSCOLL, SBN 45037

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Placerville, Californi a 9 5 661 Telepirone: (530) 642-5222 Facsimile: (530) 642-5538 E-rnail : r dris c oil @citlzo f,ilaceiviile. org

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Attomeys fol Respondents CITY OF PLACERVILLE, et al.

SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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COLINTY OF EL DORADO FRIENDS OF HISTORIC HANGTOWN. an unincorporated asso ciation

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CITY OF PLACERVILLE and its CiT)f

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RESPONDENTS' FINAL RETURI{ TO PEREN{PTORY \IRIT OF N{ANDATE AND REQUEST TO DISCIIARGE THE \\RIT; IPROPOSED] 0RDER
Assigned for A11 Purposes: Nelson I(. Brooks Departrnent: 9 Hearing: August 26, 2011 Tirne: 9:30 a.n.

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RESPOI\DENTS'RETURN

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INTRODUCTION
Respondents City of Placerville and City Council ("City") make the following retum to

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the Peremptory Writ of Mandate ("Writ") issued by tftis courl on October 29,2012. The court directed the City to take cetlain actions rvith respect to the City's envirorulerfiaI analysis and approval of the proposed Clay Sh'eet at Main Street/Cedar Ravine Realigrulent and Clay
Street Bridge at Hangtown Creek Replacernent Project ("the Project") and to file a retuirr to

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writ rvithin fofiy-five days of notice of the rvrit's issuance. Notice was given on Novernber

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2012. As discussed below, the City has taken the actions requiled by the Writ by vacating the
decisions and actions by rvhich the City approved the Project, including the adoption of an

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idtial study/rnitigated negative declaration (iS/MND)

and a mitigation rnonitoring and

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reporling prograln (I\4MRP) Thus, tire City iras fuiiy compiieci rvith aii the requirements of the

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Wtit. For tiris reason, the City lespectfuily requests that the courl d.ischarge the Writ.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND
The pioposed Project is located in downtown P1acerville. IAR 1:7.] The Project

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includes thr"ee distinct elements. First, the Project rvould realign hryo intersectiols into

sirgle, four-legged intersection with

a roundabout.

IAR I:7 ,210-211.] Second, the project

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rvould replace the existilg single-1ane Clay Stleet Blidge u,ith one that can accommodate two
lanes of tlaffic plus a cur-b and sidervalk on both sides of the bridge. tARi
Thfu"d, the Project

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would extend the El Dorado Trai1, a pedestrian and bike trail on the nofih

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bank of Hangtorvn Cteek, fi'om Clay Str:eet to Bedfor:d Avenue, furlhering tire County's long-

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tenl goal to establish a continuous trail fi'orn tire rvestetrr to eastem ends of the County. IAR I:17, 2II, 2I3.1 At a hearing on February 8, 201 1, the City Council voted. to approve the
Project, adopt the IS/MND, and adopt a MMRp. IAR 3:l7r-j72,14:3953-3959.1
On Marcl-r 21,2011, the adequacy of the IS/MND u,as challenged by a Petition for Writ

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of Mandate filed by Petitioner, ailegirg that in adopting the IS/MND and approving the
Project, the City failed to cornply rvith the provisions set forlh under the Califonria

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Envirorulental Quality Act ("CEQA") (Public Resources Code section 21000, et seq.). The
case was

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healing, rvhich v,as held on August 26,2011, in the E1 Dorado County

RESPONDENTS'R-ETf]ITN To PERII{PTORY \\/RIT oF I{AND.ATE ETC.

Superior Court. Ori October 29,2012, the Superior Court issuecl a Perernptory \Vrit of Mandate

("\4rrit") directing the City to rescincl its prior approval of the Project and its acloption of the IS/MND and to pt'ovide the coutt rvith evidence of such actiols g'itldl
notice of such u'r'it. Tlie Writ is attached as Exhibit
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Notice u,as prorridecl on November 7,

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DISCUSSION
The City has taken tirnely action to coilpl1,-rvith the pi'ovisions of the \Vrit.
Otr December I1 ,2012, the City Council

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fol the City of Placelville

adoptecl Resolution No.

8060, tvhich set aside Resolution 7876, by rvhich the Council oliginally approved the project, adopted the IS/ivIND, aud adoptecl tlie irzlt\{RP. Thus, tliese actions have been rescinclecl, as

required by the \\irit. (See Resolution No.8060, attachecl as Extribit complied rvith all of the temrs of the writ.

B.) As suclr. the City 1is,

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CONCLUSION
The City actecl to comply rryith tire provisions of the \4rrit. Pursuant to the City

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Council's adoption of Resolutioir No. 8060, the approi,al of the Project and acloption of the

IS/I4ND and Mi\41{P have been set aside. The City submits that tiiis reilrm dernonstrates full
compliance rvith the \Vrit. Havillg now fully complied rvitli the requirenelts contailed iu the

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Writ,

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in this lehtm and attaclunents, Respondents respectfully lequest that the

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court discharge tire Writ.

Respectflrll y subrnitted.

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Sabriira V. Teller Attomeys fol RESPONDENTS CITY OI"'PLACERVILLE et at

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ORDER
The City has oonrpliedwith the

Writ. The Writ is herebS, diseharged.

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