Reso 2025-151 Environmental Hazards Element General Plan

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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 2025-151 RESOLUTION AMENDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS ELEMENT OF THE 2035 GENERAL PLAN WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65302(g) mandates that the City shall include a Safety Element in its General Plan, that identifies and establishes a set of comprehensive goals, policies, and objections to avoid and reduce the risks associated with local structural, flooding, fire, and geologic hazards; and WHEREAS, the 2035 General Plan includes the Environmental Hazards Element, which serves as the City’s Safety Element; and WHEREAS, the State of California enacted legislation requiring the City to assess the capacity of emergency evacuation routes (AB 747), identify residential areas with less than two evacuation routes (SB 99), and to identify evacuation locations (AB1409); and WHEREAS, the State of California enacted legislation requiring the City to assess climate risks and identify goals, objectives, and policies that support its adaptation and resilience (SB 379); and WHEREAS, the City prepared amendments to the Environmental Hazards Element to comply with the requirements of state law which includes evaluation of potential hazards, emergency planning and preparedness, community services, climate change adaptation and resilience, as well as feasible mitigation action for the identified hazards and safety topics; and WHEREAS, the City finds that the Environmental Hazards Element complies with the requirements of California Government Code Section 65302(g); and WHEREAS, the California Board of Forestry reviewed and approved the City of San Leandro’s Draft Environmental Hazards Element at its regular meeting of August 20, 2024; and WHEREAS, in February 2025, the State of California released revised updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps that changed the Fire Hazard Severity Zones within the City of San Leandro from Very High to High and Moderate; and WHEREAS, City Council adopted the updated Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps by Ordinance No. 2025-007 at its regular meeting of June 2, 2025; and WHEREAS, the State of California has released a draft of the Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Code, which is used to enact policies to protect life and property in areas where development may be affected by wildfires, which policies have been incorporated into the draft Environmental Hazards Element by reference; and WHEREAS, the City prepared amendments to the draft Environmental Hazards Element to reflect the amendments to the Fire Hazard Severity Zone maps; and