Title
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR EVALUATING TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS AND EFFECTS IN RESPONSE TO SB 743 (2013)
Summary
SB 743, signed by Governor Brown in 2013, changes the way transportation impacts are identified for environmental analysis purposes. Following the rulemaking process completed in December of 2018, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines identify that by July 1, 2020 all lead agencies must use Vehicle Miles Traveled as the new transportation metric for identifying impacts for land use projects, replacing auto delay, Level of Service (LOS) and other similar measures. SB 743 does not prevent the City from continuing to analyze delay or LOS outside of the CEQA review process for other transportation planning or analysis purposes.
Recommendation
Recommendation:
1. Adopt Resolution No. 2020-XX.
RESOLUTION NO. 2020-XX - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THRESHOLDS OF SIGNIFICANCE UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA), PURSUANT TO STATE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTIONS 15064(B)(2) AND 15064.7, TO ADDRESS A PROJECT’S POTENTIAL TO IMPACT TRANSPORTATION BY THE AMOUNT AND DISTANCE OF AUTOMOBILE TRAVEL ATTRIBUTABLE TO A PROJECT, REFERRED TO AS VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED (VMT) FOR LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS; ADOPTING CRITERIA, PURSUANT TO THE FULLERTON PLAN, TO DETERMINE A PROJECT’S EFFECT ON TRANSPORTATION BY THE AMOUNT OF AUTO DELAY, REFERRED TO AS LEVEL OF SERVICE (LOS) FOR LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS; AND ADOPTING THE CITY OF FULLERTON TRANSPORTATION ASSESSMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES (TAPP) TO SET THE METHODS BY WHICH PROJECTS ARE EVALUATED AND ANY IMPACTS OR EFFECTS ARE ADDRESSED IN RESPONSE TO SB 743 (2013)
2. Make a finding that project is statutorily exempt from CEQA review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).