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

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1. Introduction 1.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE This document is the first Addendum to the City of San Leandro General Plan Update Environmental Impact Report (General Plan EIR), State Clearinghouse (SCH) Number 2001092001. The project analyzed in the General Plan EIR was the City of San Leandro 2035 General Plan (2035 General Plan) and related Zoning Code amendments. The City of San Leandro (City) certified the General Plan EIR and approved the project on September 19, 2016. The General Plan EIR and the 2035 General Plan and related Zoning Code amendments are herein referred to as the "Certified EIR" and the "Approved Project;' respectively. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), California Public Resources Code Sections 21000 et seq. and the CEQA Guidelines (California Code of Regulations Sections 15000 et. seq.), recognize that between the date an environmental document is certified and the date the project is fully implemented, changes may occur. CEQA requires the lead agency to evaluate these changes to determine whether or not they affect the conclusions in the environmental document and whether additional environmental review is required. In 2009, the City published and approved the City of San Leandro's Climate Action Plan (CAP): A Vision of a Sustainable San Leandro (2009 CAP). The 2035 General Plan, and in particular, the Open Space and Conservation (OSC) Element incorporates and includes updated conservation goals and policies from the 2009 CAP, including greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction, green building, and water conservation and recycling policies and were evaluated as part of that project in the General Plan Update EIR. In addition, the General Plan 2035, specifically the Policy OSC-7.7, commits the City to the preparation, ongoing implementation, maintenance and regular updates of the CAP, providing the framework for San Leandro to reduce its community -wide GHG emissions in a manner consistent with state reduction targets for 2020 and 2030 and the longer -term goal for 2050. The City now proposes the 2021 San Leandro Climate Action Plan (2021 CAP), which is a direct update to the 2009 CAP. The 2021 CAP analyzes San Leandro's progress to date in meeting its GHG reduction targets and proposes new policies, programs, and actions to achieve more significant and longer -term GHG reductions. It also presents a work plan and monitoring program for the City to track progress over time and maintain the status of the CAP as a qualified GHG reduction strategy for the purposes of CEQA streamlining. May 11, 2021 Page 3