1 RESOLUTION NO. 25-29,639
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BURBANK ADOPTING THE SAFER STREETS BURBANK
ACTION PLAN (SSBAP) AND DECLARING CATEGORICAL
EXEMPTION UNDER CEQA
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURBANK FINDS:
A. In response to a request from City Council, on January 10, 2023, City Staff presented a first-step report on develop ment of a “Vision Zero Plan” that would seek to eliminate traffic -related fatalities across all modes of travel and enhance coordination across the various disciplines associated with planning, designing, implementing, and enforcing transportation systems.
B. On July 30, 2024, Staff presented a progress update on development of the Vision Zero Plan, including naming he program “Safer Streets Burbank” and the plan the “Safer Streets Burbank Action Plan. ” During this meeting, the City Council provided feedback to Staff which was used to further develop the Safer Streets Burbank Action Plan.
C. The Safer Streets Burbank Action Plan is consistent with Burbank2035 General Plan Mobility Element Goal 3, Complete Streets , which states that Burbank’s complete streets will meet all mobility needs and improve community health, and includes the following policies:
Policy 3.1: Use multi -modal transportation standards to assess the performance of the City street system.
Policy 3.2: Complete City streets by providing facilities for all transportation modes.
Policy 3.3: Provide attractive, safe street designs that improve transit, bicycle, pedestrian, and equestrian connections between homes and other destinations.
Policy 3.4: All street improvements should be implemented within the existing right-of-way. Consider street widening and right-of-way acquisition as methods of last resort.
Policy 3.5: Design street improvements so they preserve opportunities to maintain or expand bicycle, pedestrian, and transit systems.
D. The Safer Streets Burbank Action Plan is considered a Local Road Safety Plan per the Caltrans Highway Safety Improvement Plan application, which fulfills the 25-29,639
2 Short-Term Priority Project within the Complete our Streets Plan to adopt a Local Road Safety Plan.
E. The Safer Streets Burbank Action Plan is statutorily exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Title 14, Article 18, Section 15262 as a planning study for possible future actions as it does not commit the City to implement any of the identified improvements that are included in the Plan. Future projects that implement the Plan will be fully evaluated under CEQA on a project -by- project basis.
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BURBANK RESOLVES:
1. The findings above are true and correct, and incorporated herein.
2. The Safer Streets Burbank Action Plan, attached as Attachment 2 to the Staff Report dated August 12, 2025, is hereby adopted to guide future improvements to enhance safety of the transportation system to bring the number of severe and fatal crashes down to zero by 2035. City staff are directed to work in coordination to implement the Action Items listed in the Safer Streets Burbank Action Plan.
3. The Safer Streets Burbank Action Plan is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). CEQA Guidelines Section 15262 states that a project involving only feasibility or planning studies for possible future actions which the agency, board, or commission has not approved, adopted, or funded does not require the preparation of an environmental impact report or negative declaration but does require consideration of environmental factors. I ndividual projects proposed under the Safer Streets Burbank Action Plan will be fully analyzed under CEQA to identify any potential environmental impacts prior to the final decision to approve and install the project. The City Planner shall file a Notice of Exemption with the Los Angeles County Clerk and submitted to the State Clearinghouse, within 5 days of the City Council’s decision to adopt the Safer Streets Burbank Action Plan.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 12th day of August 2025.
_ s/Tamala Takahashi_________
Tamala Takahashi
Vice Mayor
Approved as to Form
Attest: Office of the City Attorney
_s/Kimberley Clark___________ By: _ s/Lisa Kurihara__________ Kimberley Clark, City Clerk Lisa Kurihara
Senior Assistant City Attorney
25-29,639
3 STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF BURBANK )
I, Kimberley Clark, City Clerk of the City of Burbank, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly passed and adopted by a vote of the Council of the City of Burbank at its regular meeting held on the 12th day of August 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: Anthony, Mullins, Rizzotti, and Takahashi.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Perez.
_s/Kimberley Clark__________
Kimberley Clark, City Clerk