CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. __________
ADOPTING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO UPDATE THE
MOBILITY ELEMENT STREET CLASSIFICATION APPENDIX
WHEREAS, California Government Code section 65302(b) requires that the General Plan Mobility Element include “the general location and extent of existing and proposed major thoroughfares, transportation routes, terminals, ” and other public transportation facilities and that the facilities and maps should “correlate” to the Land Use and other elements of the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda Transportation Commission prepared an update to the 2009 General Plan Mobility Element Street Classification Appendix in 2022 to address the requirements of Government Code section 65302(b); and
WHEREAS, on December 1 2, 2022, the Planning Board considered the draft General Plan Amendment at a duly noticed public hearing and unanimously recommended that the City Council adopt the amendment; and
WHEREAS, on January 17, 2023, the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing, reviewed the draft amendment and all pertinent maps, documents and exhibits.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council makes the following findings pertaining to the General Plan Amendment to update the Mobility Element Appendix:
1. The proposed General Plan Mobility Element Appendix update is consistent with the policies and intent of the General Plan. The General Plan provides policy guidance for future public decis ion making regarding land use, transportation, open space, safety and other issues of general importance to the community. The General Plan Mobility Element Street Classifications Appendix provides an additional layer of policy guidance for decisions by C ity staff, the Transportation Commission, the Planning Board, and the City Council regarding the interpretation and implementation of General Plan Mobility Element policies.
2. The proposed General Plan amendment will have acceptable effects on the general welfare of the community. The draft amendment supports existing general plan policies to make the Alameda transportation system safer for all users, more equitable for all users and all modes of transportation, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation system.
3. The proposed General Plan amendment is in the public interest . Maintaining consistency with State law requirements ensures that the City General Plan is adequate for City decision making and preserves access to State funding sources.
4. California Environmental Quality Act . The City Council finds that, based on substantial evidence in the record, the potential environmental i mpacts of the project have been evaluated and disclosed pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). On November 30, 2021, by Resolution No. 15841, the City Council certified a Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Alameda 2040 General Plan (State Clearinghouse No. 2021030563) in compliance with CEQA, and adopted written findings, a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program for the General Plan Amendment to update the Alameda General Plan (General Plan EIR), which evaluated the environmental impacts of 12,000 additional housing units in Alameda over 20 years, including 5,353 housing units to accommodate the RHNA between 2023 through 2031. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15163, none of the circumstances necessitating further CEQA review are present with respect to the General Plan EIR. Adoption of the Mobility Element appendix support s and helps implement the policies and goals of the Mobility Element and does not require major revisions to the General Plan EIR due to new significant impacts or due to a substantial increase in the severity of the significant environmental effects. There have been no substantial changes with respect to the circumstances under which the project would be undertaken that would require major revisions of the General Plan EIR due to new or substantially increased significant environmental effects. Further, there has been no discovery of new information of substantial importance that would trigger or require major revisions to the General Plan EIR due to new or substantially increased significant environmental effects. For these reasons, no further environmental review is required; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby adopts a General Plan Amendment to update the Mobility Element Appendix of the General Plan as shown in Exhibit A; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Clerk is hereby directed to distribute copies of the General Plan amendment in the manner provided in Govern ment Code section 65357.
EXHIBIT A
Mobility Element Appendix to the General Plan
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting assembled on the 17th day of January 2023, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTENTIONS:
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the said City this 18th day of January 2023.
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Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Yibin Shen, City Attorney
City of Alameda