DATE: June 16, 2020
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Public Works
Director of Development Services
SUBJECT
Title
2040 General Plan: Introduce an Ordinance Amending the Hayward 2040 General Plan to Comply with Changes to State Law Including the Establishment of New Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) CEQA Thresholds and Adopt Updated Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Targets
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the City Council:
1. Adopts a resolution (Attachment II) with amendments to the Hayward 2040 General Plan establishing new Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) thresholds for California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) analysis, consistent with SB 743; and
2. Adopts a resolution (Attachment III) with amendments to the Hayward 2040 General Plan establishing the adoption of new Greenhouse Gas Emission reduction goals for the City; and
3. Introduce an ordinance (Attachment IV) to amend the Hayward 2040 General Plan per the adopted resolutions.
SUMMARY
This report presents two changes to the Hayward 2040 General Plan - one to establish new Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) thresholds for California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) analysis, consistent with SB 743 and one to establish new Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission reduction goals. As there is a general limitation on the amount of General Plan amendments allowed in a year, these changes were brought together in one amendment.
SB 743 changes the focus of transportation impact analysis in CEQA from measuring impacts on drivers, to measuring the impact of driving. The proposed Amendment will replace intersection Level of Service (LOS) analysis with vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per capita and provide streamlined review of land use and transportation projects that will help reduce future VMT per capita growth. VMT per capita is a quantifiable measure, in miles per capita, of the average total amount of vehicular travel. One single occupancy vehicle traveli...
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