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Reso 2024-006 Transportation Element of the General Plan
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City of San Leandro <br />City Council <br />Meeting Date: February 5, 2024 <br />Agenda Number: 10.a. <br />Agenda Section: PUBLIC HEARINGS <br />File Number: 23-606 <br />File Type: Staff Report <br />Adopt a Resolution to Consider and Approve Text Amendments to the Transportation Element of the <br />General Plan to Replace Level of Service (LOS) with Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) as the Criteria to be <br />used for Transportation Analysis under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), in Compliance <br />with Senate Bill (SB) 743 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.3 <br />COUNCIL PRIORITY <br />·Infrastructure <br />·Community & Business Development <br />SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Senate Bill (SB) 743, signed into law in 2013, required a shift in the focus of transportation <br />analysis under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) to better align with the State’s <br />sustainability and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals. SB 743 requires lead <br />agencies, which started on July 1, 2020, to change the primary metric utilized to evaluate a <br />project’s transportation impacts from Level of Service (LOS), as measured by roadway capacity <br />and vehicle delay, to Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT), which is an estimate of the amount and <br />distance people drive by vehicle to reach a destination. <br /> <br />Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a Resolution that amends the Transportation <br />Element of the General Plan to formalize the replacement of LOS with VMT as the criteria to be <br />used for transportation analysis under CEQA and to establish the appropriate context for LOS <br />based analyses outside of the CEQA process. On January 4 , 2024, the Planning Commission, by <br />a vote of 6-0-1 (Commissioner Rich was absent), recommended that the City Council adopt a <br />resolution to adopt the proposed General Plan text amendments . <br />BACKGROUND <br />CEQA requires public agencies to identify, disclose, and mitigate environmental impacts of <br />projects by comparing potential impacts against adopted significance thresholds. Historically, <br />lead agencies have used LOS to identify significant transportation impacts under CEQA. LOS <br />prioritizes moving the largest number of automobiles as fast as possible and does not account for <br />impacts to other travel modes, such as biking and walking. Rather than moving automobiles <br />faster, the focus on LOS has often created traffic congestion over large areas and encouraged <br />sprawling development patterns. <br />Senate Bill 743, codified in Public Resources Code Section 21099 prohibited the use of LOS as <br />a CEQA threshold of significance after July 1, 2020 and directed the Governor’s Office of <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 2/23/2024
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