Reso 2021-113 Adopt 2021 CAP and Addendum to 2035 General Plan

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2021 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN ADDENDUM NO.1 TO THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT CITY OF SAN LEANDRO 2. Project Description ■ Assembly Bill 1493, automobile CO2 reduction requirements (introduced 2002) ■ Senate Bill 97, modification to the California Public Resources Code (2007) ■ Senate Bill 375, California's regional transportation and land use planning efforts (2008) ■ Senate Bill 1368, emissions performance standards (2008) ■ Low Carbon Fuel Standard (2009) ■ Senate Bill 32, 2030 GHG emissions limit (2016) ■ Climate Change Scoping Plan (2017) ■ CEQA Guidelines Amendments concerning GHG emissions (2010) ■ Executive Order B-30-15, adapt to changing climate conditions (2015) ■ Executive Order B-55-18, carbon neutrality (no net GHG emissions) by 2045 (2018) ■ Innovative Clean Transit, zero -emission bus standard (2018) ■ Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) development of GHG significance thresholds (currently being updated) Like the 2009 CAP, the Modified Project is designed to meet the requirements of the BAAQMD CEQA Guidelines and the corresponding criteria for a Qualified GHG emissions -reduction program as defined by the BAAQMD. A Qualified GHG emissions -reduction program adopted by a local jurisdiction should include the following elements, as described in CEQA Guidelines Section 15183.5. The BAAQMD's CEQA Guidelines provide the methodology to determine whether a GHG reduction program meets these requirements. • Quantify GHG emissions, both existing and projected over a specified time period, resulting from activities within a defined geographic area. ■ Establish a level, based on substantial evidence, below which the contribution to GHG emissions from activities covered by the plan would not be cumulatively considerable. ■ Identify and analyze the GHG emissions resulting from specific actions or categories of actions anticipated within the geographic area. ■ Specify measures or a group of measures, including performance standards, that substantial evidence demonstrates, if implemented on a project -by -project basis, would collectively achieve the specified emissions level. ■ Establish a mechanism to monitor the plan's progress toward achieving the level and to require amendment if the plan is not achieving specified levels. ■ Be adopted in a public process following environmental review. 2.4 BACKGROUND 2.4.1 Planning Process Leading to Approved Project The Approved Project process started in March 2014 with a series of kick-off meetings with the Planning Commission, City Council, Board of Zoning Adjustments, and City staff. The early months of the planning process focused on the Housing Element Update, which was adopted in January 2015, and was not evaluated as part of the Certified EIR. The Housing Element, Chapter 10 of the General Plan, is a State - mandated General Plan Element and is therefore included in the 2035 General Plan. The 2035 General Plan Page 8 PlaceWorks