Agenda packet — Rocklin City Council, December 10, 2024 (part 2 of 3)

Ord. No. XXXX
ORDINANCE NO. XXXX

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKLIN TO AMEND SECTION 12.20.045(C) AND ADD ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS AS SECTION

12.20.046 TO THE ROCKLIN MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING THE PROHIBITED

USE OF MOTORIZED VEHICLES IN RECREATION AREAS
WHEREAS, Section VII of Article XI of the California Constitution provides that a City may make and enforce within its limits all local, police, sanitary, and other ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general laws; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary to update, consolidate, and streamline the Rocklin Municipal Code (“RMC”) periodically to comply with recent law enactments and decisions and to achieve more efficient enforcement of code violations to promote public health, safety, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rocklin has identified the need to amend Rocklin Municipal Code Section 12.20.045(C) to address motorized vehicles in recreational areas, including playgrounds, pump tracks, and skate parks, and to add enforcement provisions for violations of the chapter; and WHEREAS, the City Council has identified the need to hold parents and legal guardians accountable for the actions of minors who violate the provisions of the Rocklin Municipal Code within recreational areas.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKLIN DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Findings. The findings and recitals set forth above are true and correct.

Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of this proposed ordinance is to modify Rocklin Municipal Code Section 12.20.045(C) to regulate the operation of motorized vehicles in recreational areas and to establish enforcement provisions for violations of this section.

Section 3. Authority. The City Council enacts this ordinance under the authority granted to cities by Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution and Government Code section 37100.

Section 4. Amendment. Section 12.20.045 of the Rocklin Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

12.20.045 Restrictions in all Recreation Areas
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for any person to:
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A. Enter or remain on the premises after the established closing hours.

B. Operate or park a vehicle in other than designated areas or over established roads.

C. Operate any motorized vehicle, whether gas or electric powered, whether licensed or unlicensed, within any recreation area as that term is defined in

12.20.015, including but not limited to any playground area, pump track, or skate park, unless performing work for the City of Rocklin. The term motorized vehicle includes but is not limited to any and all vehicles commonly known as automobiles, motorcycles, E-Conveyances, E-Skateboards, E-Bikes, and E- Scooters.

D. Park or allow any vehicle to remain in excess of eight consecutive hours.

E. Start or maintain fires in parks, except for barbecuing food, using established barbecue facilities or personal portable barbecues within designated picnic areas. No person shall fail to fully extinguish live coals, embers, or fires before leaving the barbecue facilities or picnic area.

F. Allow or permit any person under the age of six under their custody, jurisdiction, or control to enter or remain without providing adequate supervision.

G. Leave, drop, place, or deposit any trash, except in receptacles provided for trash.

H. Conduct or carry on an assembly of more than twenty-five people in a park, which assembly is intended or can reasonably be expected to last more than thirty minutes or does in fact last more than thirty minutes, without first obtaining a permit from the director.

I. Remain at an assembly or public demonstration after having been requested to leave by a peace officer.

12.20.046 Enforcement Provisions
A. Responsibility of parent(s) or guardian(s). No parent or guardian of any minor child or ward shall authorize or knowingly permit any minor child or ward of that parent or guardian to violate any of the provisions of this chapter.

B. Penalty for violations. Every person violating any provisions of this Chapter shall be subject to the penalties provided for in Chapter 1.14, including but not limited to 1.14.023 of the Rocklin Municipal Code and any or all other remedies allowed by applicable law. Each and every parent or legal guardian of a minor who violates this chapter shall be liable for the penalties and payment of civil 282

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damages pursuant to Civil Code Section 1714.1(b) to the fullest extent applicable.

C. Violation severity. Violation of any section of this chapter may be charged as either a misdemeanor or an infraction at the discretion of the city attorney.

Section 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or portions to be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

Section 6. Environmental Analysis. The City Council hereby finds that this ordinance is not subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060, subdivision (c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15061, subdivision (b)(3) (there is no possibility the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.

Section 7. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after the day of its adoption.

Section 8. Publication. Within fifteen days of the passage of this ordinance, the City Clerk shall cause the full text of the ordinance, with the names of those City Council members voting for and against the ordinance, to be published in the Placer Herald. In lieu of publishing the full text of the ordinance, the City Clerk, if so directed by the City Attorney and within fifteen days, shall cause a summary of the ordinance, prepared by the City Attorney and with the names of the City Council members voting for and against the ordinance, to be published in the Placer Herald, and shall post in the office of the City Clerk a certified copy of the City Council members voting for and against the ordinance.

INTRODUCED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rocklin held on November 19, 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers:

NOES: Councilmembers:

ABSENT: Councilmembers:

ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rocklin held on December 10, 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers:

NOES: Councilmembers:

ABSENT: Councilmembers:

ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
, Mayor
ATTEST:

Avinta Singh, City Clerk
First Reading: 11.19.2024
Second Reading: 12.10.2024
Effective Date:
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City Council Special
Staff Report

Subject:

Rocklin Municipal Code Amendments Regarding the Prohibited Use of Motorized Vehicles in Recreation Areas
Date:

November 19, 2024
Submitted By:

Veronica Tracy, Parks and Recreation Director
Department:

Parks and Recreation
Recommendation:

Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider the Following Action:

Introduce, Waive Full Reading,
and Read by Title Only, An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Rocklin to Amend Section 12.20.045(C) and Add Enforcement Provisions as Section 12.20.046 to the Rocklin Municipal Code Regarding the Prohibited Use of Motorized Vehicles in Recreation Areas.

Background:

Due to concerns about the safety risks posed by e-scooters, e-bikes and other motorized vehicles in the community, staff recommends amendments to the Rocklin Municipal Code (RMC) as presented with this item. In an effort to keep recreation areas, including playgrounds, the pump track, and the skate park, free from the safety risks associated with motorized vehicle use, staff proposes modifications to RMC Section 12.20.045(C) and the addition of 12.20.046 to the RMC, summarized as follows:

Prohibit the use of all motorized vehicles, including e-scooters, e-bikes, and electric skateboards, in recreation areas, playgrounds, pump tracks, and skate parks, unless the motorized vehicle is operated by the City of Rocklin for work-related purposes.

Add enforcement provisions under Section 12.20.046, holding parents or legal guardians responsible for violations committed by minors, and establishing penalties for non- compliance.

The changes are intended to maintain and improve safety in recreational areas by prohibiting the dangerous use of unauthorized motorized vehicles from these spaces and thereby, and allowing for enforcement and penalties for violations of these rules, thereby reducing potential risks to park attendees and users.

Fiscal Impact:

The proposed Ordinance provides authority to impose penalties on those who violate it. Any fines or penalties collected through enforcement would help offset the City’s compliance management costs in recreational areas. However, these revenues are expected to be minimal and largely balanced by the staff time and resources needed for enforcement Item Number PH1.

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activities.

ATTACHMENTS:

1. Ordinance

2. Rocklin Municipal Code Language Changes (Redline)
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Ordinance No. XXXX
ORDINANCE NO. XXXX

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKLIN TO AMEND SECTION 12.20.045(C) AND ADD ENFORCEMENT
PROVISIONS AS SECTION 12.20.046 TO THE ROCKLIN MUNICIPAL

CODE REGARDING THE PROHIBITED USE OF MOTORIZED

VEHICLES IN RECREATION AREAS
WHEREAS, Section VII of Article XI of the California Constitution provides that a City may make and enforce within its limits all local, police, sanitary, and other ordinances and regulations not in conflict with general laws; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it necessary to update, consolidate, and streamline the Rocklin Municipal Code (“RMC”) periodically to comply with recent law enactments and decisions and to achieve more efficient enforcement of code violations to promote public health, safety, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Rocklin has identified the need to amend Rocklin Municipal Code Section 12.20.045(C) to address motorized vehicles in recreational areas, including playgrounds, pump tracks, and skate parks, and to add enforcement provisions for violations of the chapter; and WHEREAS, the City Council has identified the need to hold parents and legal guardians accountable for the actions of minors who violate the provisions of the Rocklin Municipal Code within recreational areas.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKLIN DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Findings.The findings and recitals set forth above are true and correct.

Section 3. Authority. The City Council enacts this ordinance under the authority granted to cities by Article XI, Section 7 of the California Constitution and Government Code section 37100.

Section 4. Amendment. Section 12.20.045 of the Rocklin Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:

12.20.045 Restrictions in all Recreation Areas
It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for any person to:
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A. Enter or remain on the premises after the established closing hours.

B. Operate or park a vehicle in other than designated areas or over established roads.

C. Operate any motorized vehicle, whether gas or electric powered, whether licensed or unlicensed, within any recreation area as that term is defined in

D. Park or allow any vehicle to remain in excess of eight consecutive hours.

E. Start or maintain fires in parks, except for barbecuing food, using established barbecue facilities or personal portable barbecues within designated picnic areas.

No person shall fail to fully extinguish live coals, embers, or fires before leaving the barbecue facilities or picnic area.

F. Allow or permit any person under the age of six under their custody, jurisdiction, or control to enter or remain without providing adequate supervision.

G. Leave, drop, place, or deposit any trash, except in receptacles provided for trash.

I. Remain at an assembly or public demonstration after having been requested to leave by a peace officer.

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C. Violation severity. Violation of any section of this chapter may be charged as either a misdemeanor or an infraction at the discretion of the city attorney.

Section 7. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after the day of its adoption.

INTRODUCED at a special meeting of the City Council of the City of Rocklin held on November 19, 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers:

NOES: Councilmembers:

ABSENT: Councilmembers:

ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
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Ordinance No. XXXX
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rocklin held on ____________________, 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers:

NOES: Councilmembers:

ABSENT: Councilmembers:

ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:

Greg Janda, Mayor
ATTEST:

Avinta Singh, City Clerk
First Reading: 11.19.2024
Second Reading:

Effective Date:
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Created: 2024-07-12 08:08:05 [EST]
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12.20.045 Restrictions in all recreation areas.

It shall be unlawful and a violation of this chapter for any person to:

A. Enter or remain on the premises after the established closing hours.

B. Operate or park a vehicle in other than designated areas or over established roads.

C. Operate a vehicle in excess of fifteen miles per hour on park roads. Operate any motorized vehicle, whether gas or electric powered, whether licensed or unlicensed within any recreation area as that term is defined in 12.20.015, including but not limited to any playground area, pump track or skate park unless performing work for the City of Rocklin. The term motorized vehicle includes but is not limited to any and all vehicles commonly known as automobiles, motorcycles, E-Conveyance, E- Skateboards, E-Bikes, E-scooters.

D. Park or allow any vehicle to remain in excess of eight consecutive hours.

F. Allow or permit any person under the age of six under their custody, jurisdiction or control, to enter or remain without providing adequate supervision.

G. Leave, drop, place or deposit any trash; except in receptacles provided for trash.

H. Conduct or carry on an assembly of more than twenty-five people in a park, which assembly is intended or can reasonably be expected to last more than thirty minutes or which does in fact last more than thirty minutes, without first obtaining a permit from the director.

I. Remain at an assembly or public demonstration after having been requested to leave by a peace officer.
(Ord. No. 1005, § 1, 1-14-2014; Ord. No. 1075, § 3, 7-11-2017)

12.20.046 Enforcement

A. Responsibility of parent(s) or guardian(s). No parent or guardian of any child shall authorize or knowingly permit any minor child or ward of that parent or guardian to violate any of the provisions of this Chapter.

C. Violation severity. Violation of any section of this chapter may be charged as either a misdemeanor or an infraction in the discretion of the city attorney.

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City Council
Staff Report

Subject:

Various Personnel Updates
Date:

December 10, 2024
Submitted By:

Tameka Usher, Administrative Services Director
Department:

Administrative Services - Human Resources
Recommendation:

A
.

Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rocklin to Adopt the Revised Temporary Positions Hourly Salary Schedule, Increasing the Hourly Minimum Wage for the Position of Program Assistant to Sixteen Dollars and Fifty Cents ($16.50).

B
.

Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rocklin to Approve a Side Letter of Agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding Between the City of Rocklin and AFSCME Council 57, Local 146 AFL-CIO Representing the Public Service Employees Bargaining Unit, to Modify Section III, Article 28 Subsection I(B) Safety Shoe/Safety Glasses.

C
.

Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rocklin Approving Amendment No. 2 to the Professional Services Agreement with Occu-Med LTD. and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Amendment No. 2.

D
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Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rocklin to Approve Amendments to the Rules, Regulations, Benefits, and Policies Related to Employee Relations Between the Management, Confidential, and Unrepresented Employees and the City to Modify Section IV, Article 23 (Management Leave) and Add Section II Article 7 (Executive Allowance) and Repeal Resolution 2024-176.

E
.

Receive a report from the Human Resources Division of the Administrative Services Department as Required by City of Rocklin Municipal Code 2.48 – Police Salaries.

Background:

Minimum Wage Increase

On August 1, 2024, the Director of the State of California Department of Finance certified that based on the annual inflation rate from 7/1/23 to 6/30/24, under Labor Code section 1182.12(c)(3)(A), the state hourly minimum wage must be increased, effective January 1, 2025, to sixteen dollars and fifty cents ($16.50) an hour.

To comply with the abovementioned labor code, Staff recommends that the City Council consider and approve salary increases to meet the minimum threshold for the Program Assistant classification. No other classifications on the City’s Salary Schedules are affected at this time.

Item Number C13.

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Title 2 of the California Code of Regulations, section 570.5 requires the pay schedules to be adopted at a public meeting.

AFSCME Side Letter
Section III, Article 28, Subsection I(B) of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with AFSCME describes the designated classifications that are eligible to receive a safety shoe allowance. The MOU does not include the Code Enforcement Technician, Landscape Inspector, Senior Construction Inspector, and Senior Irrigation Maintenance Technician, which are classifications that the City believes should be designated to receive a safety shoe allowance Therefore, the Side Letter of Agreement between the City and AFSCME modifies Section III, Article 28, Subsection I(B) of the July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026 MOU for the purpose of designating additional classifications eligible to receive a safety shoe allowance.

Staff satisfied the meet and confer obligation with AFSCME regarding the proposed changes in accordance with the City of Rocklin Employee-Employer Resolution.

Occu-Med LTD. Contract Amendment
On February 28, 2022, the City entered into a contract with Occu-Med, LTD., via a competitive process, to provide occupational health medical examinations for job applicants and employees in designated City positions. Amendment No. 1 was executed on February 27, 2024, under the City Manager’s authority. It increased the contract ceiling to $48,000 and extended the term through December 31, 2024.

Staff recommends Amendment No. 2 to extend the term of the Professional Services Agreement through December 31, 2026, and increase the “not-to-exceed” amount to eighty- eight thousand dollars ($88,000). This amendment will ensure the City can continue its partnership with Occu-Med to provide medical examinations to designated positions as needed.

Management and Confidential, and Other Unrepresented Employees Resolution

The Rules, Regulations, Benefits, and Policies Relating to Employee Relations between the City of Rocklin and the Rocklin Management, Confidential, and Unrepresented Employees was last revised on June 25, 2024 by Resolution No. 2024-176. Staff recommends two additional changes:

To streamline Department Directors' employment benefits and transition away from employment contracts, staff recommend consolidating the Automobile, Cell Phone, and Technology allowances into the Management, Confidential, and Unrepresented Employees Resolution. This consolidated benefit, renamed the "Executive Allowance," will provide an annual amount of $4,200. While all Department Directors currently receive these benefits, some will see an annual increase as the City standardizes the benefit amount for all Directors.

Staff recommends revising Article 23 to change the management leave accrual period from a fiscal year (July 1 – June 30) to a calendar year (January 1 – December 31). This adjustment aims to address challenges related to the implementation of the cash-out provision, given the differences between the fiscal and tax year. To ensure employees are not negatively impacted during the transition, staff propose providing a one-time, six- month prorated accrual of management leave, effective January 1, 2025. Beginning January 1, 2026, and in subsequent years, the full annual management leave accrual will be applied at the start of each calendar year.
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Measure C
On December 15, 1980, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 80-117 declaring the passing of “Measure C” related to Rocklin Police Department salaries and set Municipal Ordinance

2.48, which states:

The Council shall, on January 1st annually, determine the existing average salaries for the Auburn Police Department, Lincoln Police Department, Roseville Police Department, and Placer County Sheriff's Office, operating within the county of Placer for each class of position employed by those agencies. Effective February 1, 1981, and effective February 1st of each year thereafter, the Council shall adjust and determine that the average salary for each class of position in the Rocklin Police Department as set forth in this chapter is at least equal to the average of the salaries for the comparable positions in the Auburn Police Department, Lincoln Police Department, Roseville Police Department, and Placer County Sheriff's Office.

Rocklin Municipal Code (RMC) section 2.48 includes the following classifications: Sergeant, Police Officer, Dispatch Supervisor (Public Safety Dispatcher Supervisor), and Dispatch Clerk (Public Safety Dispatcher II). The Human Resources Division (HR) conducted a base salary study of the comparable positions, and a summary of the study results is below:

Classification
Rocklin PD
Average
Local Agency
Average
1 Rocklin %
Above/Below
Average
Sergeant
$134,900.50
$119,931.38

12.48%
Police Officer
$109,728.50
$97,431.63

12.62%
Dispatch Supervisor
$94,815.00
$94,649.21

0.18%
Public Safety
Dispatcher II
$82,046.50
$76,868.53

6.74%

1 Methodology defined in City of Rocklin Municipal
Code 2.48

Based on the results of the study, staff recommends that the City Council receive and accept this report as a determination that the average salaries for each class as set forth in RMC section 2.48 is at least equal to the average of the salaries for the comparable positions in the Auburn Police Department, Lincoln Police Department, Roseville Police Department, and Placer County Sheriff's Office. Therefore, no additional action is required.

Fiscal Impact:

Minimum wage adjustments are anticipated to have minimal financial impact.

Sufficient funding has been allocated in the Fiscal Year 2024/25 Operating Budget to support Amendment No. 2 ($40,000) to the professional services contract with Occu-Med.

The management leave change will have no fiscal impact, and the increase in the Executive Allowance will be covered by anticipated savings within the current year’s budget.

The staff recommendation regarding Measure C has no financial impact.

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ATTACHMENTS:

1. Resolution A

2. Resolution A Exhibit 1 - Temporary Positions Hourly Salary Schedule

3. Resolution B

4. Resolution B Exhibit 1 - AFSCME Side Letter

5. Resolution C

6. Resolution C Exhibit 1 - Occu-Med Contract Agreement

7. Resolution D

8. Resolution D Exhibit 1 - Management, Confidential, and Other Unrepresented Employees Policy
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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-XX

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKLIN TO

ADOPT THE REVISED TEMPORARY POSITIONS HOURLY SALARY

SCHEDULE, INCREASING THE HOURLY MINIMUM WAGE TO FOR

THE CLASSIFICATION OF PROGRAM ASSISTANT TO SIXTEEN
DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS ($16.50).

WHEREAS, on August 1, 2024, the Director of the State of California Department of Finance determined the state hourly minimum wage must be increased, effective January 1, 2025, to sixteen dollars and fifty cents ($16.50) an hour; and WHERAS, as of the date of this Resolution, not other classifications in the City other than that of Program Assistant have an hourly rate below the minimum wage of $16.50; and
WHEREAS, the Temporary Positions Hourly Salary Schedule requires updating to revise the hourly wage for the Program Assistant classification to the new state minimum wage.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rocklin as follows:

Section 1. Effective December 28, 2024, the City Council adopts the Temporary Positions Salary Schedule attached hereto as Exhibit “1.” PASSED AND ADOPTED this 28th day of December 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers:

NOES: Councilmembers:

ABSENT: Councilmembers:

ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
____________________________________
, Mayor
ATTEST:
____________________________
Avinta Singh, City Clerk
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Classification Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
Program Assistant 16.50$ 17.08$ 17.68$
Public Works Specialist 17.02$ 17.62$ 18.23$
Police Clerk 18.76$ 19.42$ 20.10$
Lifeguard 20.00$
Maintenance Worker 20.68$ 21.40$ 22.15$
GIS Assistant 21.46$ 22.21$ 22.99$
Senior Lifeguard 22.00$
Reserve Police Officer Coordinator 26.18$

CITY OF ROCKLIN

TEMPORARY POSITIONS

HOURLY SALARY SCHEDULE
Effective December 28, 2024
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKLIN

TO APPROVE A SIDE LETTER OF AGREEMENT TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF ROCKLIN AND AFSCME COUNCIL 57, LOCAL 146 AFL-CIO REPRESENTING THE PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEES BARGAINING UNIT, TO MODIFY SECTION III, ARTICLE 28 SUBSECTION I(B)

SAFETY SHOES/SAFETY GLASSES
WHEREAS, the City of Rocklin (City) and AFSCME Council 57, Local 146 AFLCIO representing the City of Rocklin Public Service Employee Bargaining Unit (collectively, “the Parties”) are parties to a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) establishing the terms and conditions of employment between the City and employees in the Union for the period of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026 by Resolution No. 2023-131; and WHEREAS, Section III, Article 28, Subsection I(B) of the MOU describes the designated classifications that are eligible to receive a safety shoe allowance; and WHEREAS, Section III, Article 28, Subsection I(B) of the MOU does not include the Code Enforcement Technician, Landscape Inspector, Senior Construction Inspector, and Senior Irrigation Maintenance Technician (collectively the Additional Classifications), which are classifications that the Parties agree should be designated to receive a safety shoe allowance and which Additional Classifications have at all relevant times previously received the safety shoe allowance; and
WHEREAS, the City and the Union have met and conferred and agree to amend Section III, Article 28, Subsection I(B) of the July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026 MOU for the purpose of designating Additional Classifications eligible to receive a safety shoe allowance.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rocklin as follows:

Section 1. The Recitals set forth herein are true and correct and are hereby incorporated by reference.

Section 2. Effective December 10, 2024, the City Council approves and authorizes the City Manager to sign the Side Letter of Agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Rocklin and AFSCME Council 57, Local 146 AFL- CIO, representing the public services employees bargaining unit, to modify Section III, Article 28, subsection I(B), safety shoes/safety glasses, as attached hereto as Exhibit 1. 298
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1 PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of December, 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers:

NOES: Councilmembers:

ABSENT: Councilmembers:

ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
, Mayor
ATTEST:

Avinta Singh, City Clerk
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKLIN
APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH OCCU-MED LTD. AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NO. 2.

WHEREAS, the City has a current professional services agreement with Occu-Med Ltd. to provide professional services occupational health medical examinations for job applicants and employees, as needed; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to amend said agreement via Amendment No. 2 to a) increase the total compensation (“not-to-exceed”) amount to $88,000, and b) extend the term to December 31, 2026.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rocklin as follows:

Section 1. Effective December 10, 2024, Amendment No. 2 to the personal services agreement with Occu-Med Ltd., which increases the total compensation to $88,000 and extend the term of the contract until December 26, 2026, as attached incorporated hereto, is hereby approved.

Section 2. Effective December 10, 2024, the City Manager is approved to execute Amendment No. 2 of the Occu-Med professional services agreement.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of December 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers:

NOES: Councilmembers:

ABSENT: Councilmembers:

ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
____________________________________
, Mayor
ATTEST:
____________________________
Avinta Singh, City Clerk
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKLIN

TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE RULES, REGULATIONS, BENEFITS, AND

POLICIES RELATED TO EMPLOYEE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE MANAGEMENT,

CONFIDENTIAL, AND UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEE AND THE CITY TO MODIFY SECTION IV, ARTICLE 23 (MANAGEMENT LEAVE) AND ADD SECTION II ARTICLE 7 (EXECUTIVE ALLOWANCE) AND REPEAL RESOLUTION 2024-176
WHEREAS, the City Council previously adopted revisions to the Management, Confidential, and Unrepresented Employees Resolution on June 25, 2024, via resolution 2024-176; and
WHEREAS, Section IV, Article 23 of the Management, Confidential and Unrepresented Employee Resolution describes management leave benefits; and WHEREAS, Section IV, Article 23 of the Management, Confidential and Unrepresented Employee Resolution provides for the accrual of management leave per fiscal year credited July 1st of each fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, amending Section IV, Article 23 to modify the timing of when management leave is credited to a calendar year basis is intended to enable the City to comply with applicable law and tax standards governing constructive receipt of such management leave by providing the rules necessary in order for eligible employees to elect to cash out of such leave in the subsequent calendar year; and WHEREAS, it is intent that management leave be credited January 1 st of each calendar year, provided however that the City will provide a one-time, six-month prorated accrual of management leave, effective January 1, 2025, to prevent and offset any negative impacts to employees that may have otherwise resulted from the fiscal year to calendar year change; and
WHEREAS, Section II, Article 7 does not contain a provision addressing an Executive Allowance and accordingly, the City desires to amend Section II, Article 7 of the Management, Confidential and Unrepresented Employee Resolution to add an Executive Allowance to consolidate the automobile, cell phone, and technology allowances and increase the annual Executive Allowance amount to $4,200 for Department Director positions.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rocklin as follows:

Section 1. Resolution No. 2024-176 is hereby repealed.

Section 2. Effective December 10, 2024, the following rules, regulations, benefits, and policies attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and by this reference incorporated herein shall 307
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1 govern the terms and conditions of employment for the Management, Confidential, and Unrepresented Employees of the City of Rocklin are hereby approved, as attached hereto as Exhibit 1.

Section 3. The Recitals set forth herein are true and correct and are hereby incorporated by reference.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of December, 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers:

NOES: Councilmembers:

ABSENT: Councilmembers:

ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
, Mayor
ATTEST:

Avinta Singh, City Clerk
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ROCKLIN MANAGEMENT, CONFIDENTIAL, AND OTHER UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES

RULES, REGULATIONS, BENEFITS, AND POLICIES
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Management, Confidential, and Other Unrepresented Employees Rules, Regulations, Benefits, and Policies
Exhibit A for Reso. No. 2024-xxx

TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I – GENERAL ................................................................................................. 3 ARTICLE 1. INTENT..................................................................................................... 3 ARTICLE 2. DURATION AND SUCCESSOR RESOLUTIONS .............................................. 3 ARTICLE 3. EMPLOYEE RIGHTS ................................................................................... 3 ARTICLE 4. SEPARABILITY........................................................................................... 4 ARTICLE 5. CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES ...................................................................... 4 ARTICLE 6. MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES ..................................................................... 4 SECTION II – COMPENSATION ..................................................................................... 6 ARTICLE 7. COMPENSATION....................................................................................... 6 ARTICLE 8. OVERTIME/COMPENSATORY TIME OFF .................................................... 7 ARTICLE 9. EDUCATION INCENTIVE PAY ................................................................... 10 ARTICLE 10. SEVERANCE PAY.................................................................................... 10 SECTION III – BENEFITS ............................................................................................. 12 ARTICLE 11. HEALTH AND OTHER BENEFITS .............................................................. 12 ARTICLE 12. STATE DISABILITY INSURANCE............................................................... 15 ARTICLE 13. FLEXIBLE SPENDING PLAN ..................................................................... 15 ARTICLE 14. RETIREMENT BENEFITS.......................................................................... 15 ARTICLE 15. DEFERRED COMPENSATION .................................................................. 16 ARTICLE 16. RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS .................................................................... 17 ARTICLE 17. TUITION REIMBURSEMENT ................................................................... 17 ARTICLE 18. UNIFORM ALLOWANCE ......................................................................... 19 SECTION IV – LEAVES ................................................................................................ 20 ARTICLE 19. VACATION ............................................................................................ 20 ARTICLE 20. HOLIDAYS ............................................................................................. 21 ARTICLE 21. SICK LEAVE............................................................................................ 21 ARTICLE 22. BEREAVEMENT LEAVE ........................................................................... 24 ARTICLE 23. MANAGEMENT LEAVE........................................................................... 25 ARTICLE 24. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT/CALFORNIA FAMILY RIGHTS ACT ...... 26 ARTICLE 25. LEAVE OF ABSENCE WITHOUT PAY ........................................................ 27 ARTICLE 26. JURY DUTY............................................................................................ 28 SECTION V – MISCELLANEOUS TERMS AND CONDITIONS .......................................... 29 ARTICLE 27. PROBATIONARY PERIODS ...................................................................... 29 ARTICLE 28. NEPOTISM............................................................................................. 30 ARTICLE 29. HOLIDAY FURLOUGH............................................................................. 31 ARTICLE 30. EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS ............................................. 31 ARTICLE 31. EXTRA STEP (MERIT) INCREASE .............................................................. 32 ARTICLE 32. CITY MANAGER ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY.............................................. 32 310
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CITY OF ROCKLIN AND ROCKLIN MANAGEMENT/CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES

RULES, REGULATIONS, BENEFITS, AND POLICIES
The City Council of the City of Rocklin hereby adopts the following rules, regulations, benefits, and policies; hereafter (“Document”):

SECTION I – GENERAL
ARTICLE 1. INTENT
This Document shall be the policy of administering the employee relations between the City of Rocklin, hereafter the “City” and the management, confidential, and other unrepresented employees of the City. All previous resolutions of the City Council in regard to salaries and benefits for employees are hereby expressly superseded.

When there is a conflict between the Rules, Regulations, Benefits and Policies Relating to Employee Relations Between the Management, Confidential, and Other Unrepresented Employees and the City and the Personnel Rules, the language in the Rules, Regulations, Benefits and Policies relating to employee relations between the Management, Confidential, and Other Unrepresented Employees and the City shall govern.

For purposes of this Document, management and confidential employees shall be defined consistently with the definition contained within the City’s Employee/Employer Resolution.

Other unrepresented employees shall be defined as those employees or classifications that are not represented by a recognized employee organization and are not performing duties consistent with the definition of management employees or confidential employees as defined by the City’s Employee/Employer Resolution, or classifications that are represented by a recognized employee organization but where the recognized employee organization does not represent temporary employees. As used herein, “full-time employee” is intended to refer to those employees that meet the definition of “full-time employee” in the City’s Personnel Rules.

ARTICLE 2. DURATION AND SUCCESSOR RESOLUTIONS
This Document shall remain in effect from the date of adoption and for each fiscal year thereafter, until or unless said resolution shall be repealed or modified by the City Council.

ARTICLE 3. EMPLOYEE RIGHTS
The provisions of this Document shall be applied equally to all employees without favor or discrimination because of race, color, creed, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, political or religious opinions or affiliations, or physical or mental disability, or any other legally protected group.
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ARTICLE 4. SEPARABILITY
If any provision of this Document or if the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of this document or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby.

ARTICLE 5. CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES
Employees in this group are designated as such by virtue of the fact that they are privy to information used in the conduct of employer/employee relations.  Administrative Office Clerk
 Administrative Office Assistant
 Communications Specialist
 Department Administrative Specialist
 Deputy City Clerk
 Executive Assistant
 Executive Assistant to the City Manager
 Human Resources Technician I/II
 Information Technology Analyst-one designated position  Legal Secretary
 Paralegal
 Payroll Technician I/II
ARTICLE 6. MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES
Employees in this group are at-will employees who serve at the pleasure of the City Council or City Manager and may be directly appointed to a vacant position. At-will employment is employment as defined by the California Labor Code as the default form of employment in the State of California.
 Assistant City Attorney
 Assistant City Manager
 Associate Management Analyst
 Chief Building Official
 City Attorney
 City Clerk
 City Engineer/Deputy Director of Community Development  City Manager
 Code Enforcement Program Manager
 Deputy Director of Administrative Services
 Deputy Fire Chief
 Director of Administrative Services
 Director of Community Development
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 Director of Parks and Recreation
 Director of Public Works
 Fire Chief
 Information Technology Manager
 Management Analyst
 Manager of Planning Services
 Manager of Police Records and Communications
 Parks and Recreation Manager
 Payroll Administrator
 Police Captain
 Police Chief
 Principal Management Analyst
 Principal Planner
 Public Works Manager
 Senior Engineer
 Senior Management Analyst
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SECTION II – COMPENSATION
ARTICLE 7. COMPENSATION

1. Salary
Effective, the first full pay period of July 2024, the City will increase base wages for all management and confidential classifications by 2.5%.

Effective, the first full pay period of July 2025, the City will increase base wages for all management and confidential classifications by 2.0%.

2. Salary Schedules
A. Salary Schedule A and Salary Schedule B
Each job classification shall have two salary schedules: Schedule A and Schedule B.

B. Move to Salary Schedule B from Salary Schedule A
All employees hired prior to July 7, 2018 shall remain on Salary Schedule A until they have achieved step 6 of the salary range. Upon achievement of step 6, such employees will move to Salary Schedule B.

Confidential employees who reach step 6 shall move to Salary Schedule B, step 8.

Management employees who reach step 6 shall move to Salary Schedule B, step 8.

C. Salary Schedule B
All employees hired or promoted into a management or confidential classification on or after September 23, 2023 shall be assigned to Salary Schedule B.  Salary Schedule B shall consist of ten (10) salary steps (steps 1 through 10). The increase from step 1 to step 2 shall be approximately 3.5% with all subsequent steps increasing by approximately 3.5% through step 10.

Merit increases will be implemented at the beginning of the pay period that includes the employee’s salary anniversary date, after the employee has worked full-time for twelve (12) months and has received an overall performance evaluation rating of “meets expectations” on their performance evaluation at their current step. Merit increases must be approved by the employee’s supervisor.

3. Confidential Employees Special Pay
Confidential employees will receive 2.5% special pay to acknowledge their confidential status (consistent with the Employer/Employee Resolution) by virtue of the fact that they are privy to information used in the conduct of employer/employee relations. 315
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4. City Treasurer Special Pay
If the employee appointed as the City Treasurer is not a department director, then the employee shall receive 5% special pay to account for the duties and responsibilities of functioning as a City Treasurer. Should the City Treasurer be appointed to a department director position, the special pay shall be terminated the following pay period of such effective date of the department director status.

5. Salary Upon Promotion
Upon promotion, an employee shall be placed at the step which provides a minimum of 10% base rate of pay salary increase, unless such increase exceeds the maximum of the salary range for the new position. In that case, the employee will be placed at the top step of the new salary range. Promotional salary determinations are excluded from the Advanced Salary Step Placement Administrative Policy. Promotions shall become effective at the beginning of a pay period. The effective date of promotion shall establish the employee’s new salary anniversary date.

6. Executive Allowance
The Executive Allowance is an annual benefit of $4,200 provided to Department Directors to cover business-related expenses, including automobiles, cell phones, and technology (laptop and tablets). This allowance is paid in 26 equal installments, aligned with the City of Rocklin’s payroll schedule. Except as may be provided in an employment agreement between the City and a City Council-appointed position, positions appointed by the Council are excluded from this benefit.

ARTICLE 8. OVERTIME/COMPENSATORY TIME OFF
Management Employees
A. Management employees are exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and are not eligible for overtime pay.

B. Notwithstanding section A above, exempt fire management employees assigned to a strike team or mutual aid activities covered by the California Fire Assistance Agreement shall be compensated at one and one-half (1.5) times his/her base rate of pay for hours worked outside of regularly scheduled hours when the City is being reimbursed at the one and one-half (1.5) rate.

1. Additional compensation paid to the Deputy Fire Chief pursuant to Sections B or C shall not alter their continuing status as “exempt’ employees under the Fair Labor Standard Act as specified in 29 CFR sec. 541.604.

C. Exempt fire management employees assigned to a strike team or mutual aid activities covered by the California Fire Assistance Agreement shall be compensated at his/her base 316
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rate of pay from the time of dispatch to his/her return to jurisdiction when equipment and personnel are in service and available for agency response (i.e., portal-to-portal).

D. Notwithstanding section A above, exempt Police management employees may be eligible for overtime under the following conditions:

1. The Manager of Police Records and Communications may work overtime in the Classification of Public Safety Dispatch Supervisor classification represented by Rocklin Police Officers’ Association (RPOA), in the Dispatch Center.

2. Police Captains may work overtime in a lower classification represented by RPOA as special events and grant-funded operations/events as determined by the Police Chief.

3. Rate of pay:
 A designated supervisor or manager working an overtime assignment in a lower classification represented by RPOA shall be compensated at the rate of one and one-half (1.5) of the top step hourly rate of pay for the classifications being filled, for each hour worked.
 If there is no equivalent, the pay for the designated supervisor or manager will move to the rate of pay that is just below the current rate of pay for the employee for the classification worked.

Additional compensation paid to the Manager of Police Records and Communications or Police Captains, shall not alter their continuing status as “exempt’ employees under the FLSA as specified in 29 CFR sec. 541.604.

Confidential Employees and Other Unrepresented Non-Exempt Employees For the purposes of this Document, the following words and phrases have the following meaning:

A. Employees who are required to work in excess of forty (40) paid hours in a workweek shall be compensated at one and one-half (1.5) of their regular rate of pay which is the employee’s base rate of pay plus all differentials to which the employee is entitled.

Vacation and compensatory time off (CTO) are not considered time worked for purposes of computing overtime.

B. Workweek is defined as either the period beginning at 12:01 a.m. Saturday and continuing until midnight the following Friday (in the case of a traditional 5/8 schedule or an alternate 4/10 schedule) or the period beginning at 12:01 p.m. Friday and continuing until 12:00 p.m. the following Friday (in the case of an alternate 9/80 schedule).

C. Work shift is defined as day shift (6 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily) or night shift (6 p.m. to 6 a.m. daily).

D. Work schedule is defined as the hours and days of work assigned to an employee.

E. Paid hours are defined as regular and holiday hours.

Overtime Payment
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Confidential and Other Unrepresented Non-Exempt Employees Only A. Overtime will be paid for all employees who work in excess of forty (40) paid hours in a workweek and shall be compensated at one and one-half (1.5) of their regular rate of pay as defined by the FLSA. Vacation and CTO are not considered time worked for purposes of computing overtime.

B. Employees who are required to work in excess of twelve (12) continuous hours shall be compensated at double their regular rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of twelve (12) continuous hours. The payment of double time for these hours will offset the City’s requirement to pay for those hours at an overtime rate if an employee is compensated for more than forty (40) hours in that week. All “double time” overtime shall be paid in the current payroll.

C. When the City approves an employee’s attendance at an off-site training workshop, the employee is in paid status during all hours that the workshop is in session with the exclusion of meal periods and social events. The employee will be in paid status for the travel time to and from the workshop that exceeds the employee’s regular commute time. The double time payment after twelve (12) continuous hours worked (Section B above) does not apply to off-site training events.

D. Unscheduled overtime may be required of any employee at any time to respond to an unforeseeable emergency or situation where proper staffing is critical in the sole opinion of the City.

Compensatory Time Off
Confidential Employees Only
A. Employees may choose to accrue CTO hours in lieu of receiving pay for overtime hours worked.

B. In no event shall an employee accrue CTO hours in excess of ninety-six (96) hours. Once an employee has been credited with compensatory time, the employee may not receive a lump sum payment for the hours accrued unless the employee is separated from City service, or as specified in Section C below. Upon separation the employee will be paid at his/her hourly rate for the remaining compensatory balance.

C. Employees are expected to request the use of accrued CTO in accordance with the procedures and timelines established by each department or division. The City reserves the right to require the employee to take time off to reduce the accrued hours to the maximum accrual. If the City exercises its right to require the time off, the employee must be allowed thirty (30) days to make arrangements. When the employee is carrying the maximum CTO hours, all overtime must be paid at one and one-half (1.5) of their regular rate of pay in the pay period worked. In the pay period following the annual holiday furlough, the City shall pay the employee for up to forty (40) CTO hours earned through the previous pay period at the then current regular rate of pay. 318
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D. The department director or his/her management designee shall have the sole discretion in approving or denying the use of accrued CTO hours.

Fire Recruit Only
A. While assigned to attend a fire academy, the classification of Fire Recruit shall not be paid overtime for hours worked in excess of forty (40) hours in a one-week period, but rather, shall only accrue compensatory time in lieu of receiving paid overtime in accordance with the provisions of this article.

B. Upon successful completion of the assigned fire academy and prior to promoting to Firefighter, the department may either: (1) pay the existing CTO balance to the fire recruit; or (2) require the fire recruit to use any accrued CTO.

ARTICLE 9. EDUCATION INCENTIVE PAY
Confidential Employees Only
Confidential employees hired before July 1, 2012 shall be eligible for education incentive pay as follows:

A. Associate Degree $75.00 per month
Bachelor’s Degree $125.00 per month
Master’s Degree: $150.00 per month
This incentive is non-cumulative and is paid at the highest rate for which an employee is qualified.

B. Education incentive pay shall not be applicable to employees in those classifications that require an associate or bachelor’s degree as a minimum qualification to work in the class.

C. Payment of education incentive will begin effective the first day of the pay period following when the employee provides the Human Resources Division with the appropriate documentation, which would include a copy of the transcripts or diploma. It is the responsibility of each employee to notify the Human Resources Division of his/her eligibility for education incentive and to provide the appropriate documentation.

D. Confidential employees hired on or after July 1, 2012 shall not be eligible for education incentive pay.

ARTICLE 10. SEVERANCE PAY
Management employees serve at the pleasure of the City Manager and are 'at-will' employees whose employment may be terminated by the City at any time for any reason, or for no reason, without any cause whatsoever.

If an employee, who has been in their current position for a minimum of one (1) year is requested to resign or is terminated from employment and has a signed notice of acknowledgement of at- will employment on file, he/she shall receive severance pay based on years of service according to the formula in Article 10, provided that the termination of employment was not the result of 319
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a layoff; or the management employee has not been convicted of the commission of any felony or of any crime of moral turpitude or of any crime in the performance of, or related to, their duties; or committed misfeasance or malfeasance in their official duties; or has been terminated for any other reasonable “cause” as defined in the City’s Personnel Rules. The management employee shall not be entitled to severance compensation under any other circumstances, including, but not limited to, resignation.
 Zero through ten years of service: Two (2) months’ base salary.  More than ten years of service: Three (3) months’ base salary.  Department Directors: Three (3) month’s base salary.

For purposes of this Article 10, 'base salary' shall mean the monthly proration of the annual salary specified in the Salary Schedule, less applicable tax withholding. As a condition to receipt of severance compensation, the management employee shall execute a release of all claims against the City in a form deemed satisfactory to the City and approved by the City Attorney.

Management employees on an employment agreement contract are exempted from the provisions of this article 10.
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SECTION III – BENEFITS
ARTICLE 11. HEALTH AND OTHER BENEFITS

1. Policy
The City will offer insurance benefits covering medical, dental, vision, long-term disability (LTD), life, and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) for those full-time employees who are qualified in accordance with the plan specifications. Dependent coverage will be offered only on medical, dental, and vision plans.

2. Selection of Carriers
The employee shall choose their health insurance plan from those plans offered by the City and made available in this geographic area through the Health Benefits Division of the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS). The dental, vision, LTD, life, and AD&D insurance plans shall be selected by the City. The City reserves the right to change carriers at any time, provided that the plan benefits to employees are substantially the same or better.

3. Benefits
A. Health Insurance
The City will make direct monthly contributions towards the premium cost for the medical insurance plan and coverage level selected by each participating employee to a maximum of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) per month. Employees shall be responsible for the difference in any monthly premium cost for the medical insurance plan and coverage level selected that exceeds the City’s direct contribution. Such additional costs shall be paid pre-tax through salary deduction. To the extent a participant does not utilize the one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) toward medical premiums, the remainder shall be retained by the City and shall not be cashed out or applied to other benefits.

B. Payroll Deduction
Employees who elect benefits that require payment of premiums or contributions beyond the City’s contributions authorize that the additional amount shall be paid through a biweekly payroll deduction.

C. Dental Insurance
The City shall pay for an eligible employee’s dental premium up to the PPO Basic Dental Plan at the family level coverage.

Employees who select the Dental Plan – PPO Enhanced option ($1,500 calendar- year maximum) shall pay the difference in any monthly premium cost for dental coverage that exceeds the City’s direct contribution. Such payments may be made 321
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pre-tax through payroll deduction over twenty-four (24) biweekly benefit pay periods.

D. Vision Insurance
The City shall pay the entire premium for family coverage under the vision plan.

E. Cafeteria Plan Flex Dollars
The City maintains a cafeteria plan, pursuant to Section 125 of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) code and related regulations, for the purposes of offering employees access to various health and welfare benefits. Effective January 1, 2024, the City shall provide full time employees three hundred dollars ($300) per month (“Flex Dollars”) on behalf of each employee eligible to participate in the City’s cafeteria plan. Participants in the cafeteria plan may allocate their Flex Dollars to any of the pre-tax qualified benefits, including medical or dental premiums offered by the City under the Section 125 plan provided that the employee is in paid status for the full pay period or is on an approved voluntary leave of absence. Cafeteria plan payments are not eligible for cash payments.

Effective January 1, 2025, the City shall increase its flexibility benefit contribution to three hundred seventy-five dollars ($375) per month.

For part-time employees, the City shall contribute one hundred and fifty ($150) per month (“Flex Dollars”) on behalf of each employee eligible to participate in the City’s cafeteria plan. Participants in the cafeteria plan may allocate their Flex Dollars to any of the pre-tax qualified benefits, including medical or dental premiums, offered by the City under the Section 125 plan provided that the employee is in paid status for the full pay period or is on an approved voluntary leave of absence. Cafeteria plan payments are not eligible for cash payments.

F. Long-Term Disability Insurance
Management Employees
The City shall provide each employee with LTD coverage at 60% of their salary up to a maximum benefit of six thousand dollars ($6,000) per month with a ninety (90) day waiting period.

Confidential and Other Unrepresented Full-Time Employees The City shall provide each employee with LTD coverage at 50% of their salary up to a maximum benefit of six thousand dollars ($6,000) per month with a ninety (90) day waiting period.

G. Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance Management Employees
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hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) of basic life, plus two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) AD&D. Employees will be responsible for any tax liability incurred as a result of the premiums paid by the City for these benefits.

For management employees hired on or after July 1, 2012, the City shall provide basic life and AD&D insurance in the amount specified below. Employees will be responsible for any tax liability incurred as a result of the premiums paid by the City for these benefits.
 Police Captain and Deputy Fire Chief $100,000
 All Other Management Personnel $50,000
Confidential Employees and Other Unrepresented Full-Time Employees For confidential employees hired before July 1, 2012, the City shall provide life insurance in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) of basic life, plus one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) AD&D insurance. Employees will be responsible for any tax liability incurred as a result of the premiums paid by the City for these benefits.

For confidential employees hired on or after July 1, 2012, the City shall provide life insurance in the amount of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) of basic life, plus fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) AD&D insurance. Employees will be responsible for any tax liability incurred as a result of the premiums paid by the City for these benefits.

4. Health Coverage Reduction Incentive
A. Each employee is eligible for full family coverage for medical (“health”) insurance.

Full-time employees who choose to decline the City’s health coverage are eligible to participate in the cost savings program with the City. Part-time employees are not eligible to participate in said program.

B. Employees who participate in the program must continue to maintain their coverage in the City’s dental, vision, life, AD&D, and LTD plans. Participation in these plans with a minimum of employee-only coverage is required for all employees (“Required Coverage – Employee Only”).

C. Employees who choose to decline the City’s health coverage must provide certification of other health coverage; this certification must be filed with the Human Resources Division.

D. Health coverage reduction incentive payments will be received as taxable income.

For any month(s) in which the employee’s medical insurance selection results in a cost-savings to the City, participants in the program will receive benefits as follows:
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ARTICLE 12. STATE DISABILITY INSURANCE
All employees shall be eligible for state disability insurance (SDI) benefits as provided for in the SDI program. The City shall contribute the full premium for this program.

ARTICLE 13. FLEXIBLE SPENDING PLAN
The City will continue to make available to employees a Flexible Spending Plan established pursuant to IRS Section 125. The plan allows eligible employees to set aside up to the maximum amount allowed under IRS Section 125 per year pre-tax income to pay for costs associated with health insurance premiums and health costs not covered under the benefits plan. The plan also allows the employees to set aside pre-tax income to pay for costs of childcare and adult dependent care. If the maximum amount changes, then the City will abide by that new amount.

Employees may choose to enroll in this plan each December for the next calendar year.

ARTICLE 14. RETIREMENT BENEFITS

1. Classic Employees
These are employees who are CalPERS members and meet the definition of a Classic Member as determined by CalPERS.

A. Classic Employees Retirement Plan
The City agrees to maintain membership and to continue to contract with the CalPERS for the 2% @ 55 plan for non-safety (“miscellaneous”) employees and the 3% @ 50 plan for safety employees, with the following additional contract provisions as found in the following sections of the California Government Code pertaining to PERS (Title 2, Division 5):
 Section 21574, 1959 Survivors’ Benefit, Fourth Option  Section 20965, Credit for Unused Sick Leave
 Section 20042, One Year Final Compensation
B. Classic Employees Retirement Member Contribution
Management, confidential, and other unrepresented full-time miscellaneous employees shall contribute 2% of his/her respective salary towards the employer’s retirement contribution for a total of 9% of the employee’s salary. Management Eligibility Categories Maximum Monthly
Payment
No Health – Minimum Required Coverage
(Dental, Vision, Life, & LTD) for Employee Only
$250.00
No Health – Minimum Required Coverage
(Dental, Vision, Life, & LTD) for Family
$225.00
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public safety employees shall contribute 2% of his/her respective salary towards the employer’s retirement contribution for a total of 11% of the employee’s salary.

2. Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act Employees Retirement Plan (Hired on or after 1/1/13)
These Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act (PEPRA) employees are employees hired on or after January 1, 2013, who have never been a CalPERS member, have not been a CalPERS member in the past six (6) months, or do not meet the definition of a classic member as determined by CalPERS.

C. PEPRA Employees Retirement Plan
For PEPRA employees, the City will contract with CalPERS for the 2.7 % @ 57 plan for safety employees and 2% @ 62 plan for miscellaneous employees as required by law, with the following options:
 Section 21574, 1959 Survivors’ Benefit, Fourth Option  Section 20965, Credit for Unused Sick Leave
 Section 20037, Average of three (3) highest years of service compensation, as required by law
D. PEPRA Employees Retirement Member Contribution
PEPRA employees will make employee contributions as required by state law and, in addition, will contribute the following amount:

Management, confidential, and other unrepresented full-time employees shall contribute 2% of his/her respective salary towards the employer’s retirement contribution.

ARTICLE 15. DEFERRED COMPENSATION
For employees hired prior to July 1, 2012 (regardless of bargaining unit upon initial hire), the City will contribute up to three hundred dollars ($300.00) per month in matching funds for management employees, and the City will contribute up to two hundred dollars ($200.00) per month in matching funds for confidential employees who participate in a City-sponsored deferred compensation program.

For employees hired prior to July 1, 2012 (regardless of bargaining unit upon initial hire), the City will contribute two hundred dollars ($200.00) per month (no match required) for employees to a City-sponsored deferred compensation program. If any type of “health savings account” becomes available under the City’s benefits program, confidential employees could direct these funds to that account to the extent allowed by law.

Employees hired on or after July 1, 2012 shall not be eligible for the City’s contribution of funds for the City-sponsored deferred compensation program, but may individually participate in the deferred compensation program.
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Effective the first pay period in July 2024, the City will contribute monthly matching funds to deferred compensation for management employees, as noted below. Contributions shall be made prospectively in each pay period, and no retroactive contributions will be made.

Management employees hired into a classification covered by this resolution prior to July 1, 2012; shall remain eligible for deferred compensation as noted above and shall not be eligible for the dollar amounts noted herein.
 Department Director level- $350.00
 Deputy Director level- $200.00
 Manager level - $150.00
 All other classifications in the management group - $100.00 ARTICLE 16. RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS
All City management, confidential, and other unrepresented full-time employees that meet the eligibility requirements for CalPERS retirement and retire within one hundred twenty (120) days of separation from the City are eligible for post-retirement health benefits.

The City shall contribute up to a maximum of one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) per month (depending on the medical plan and coverage level selected) for post-retirement medical insurance premium costs. Eligible retirees shall receive 100% of the City’s contribution and any subsequent increases towards their post-retirement health benefits. The retiree health benefits described in this Article 16 are intended to be permanent for current retirees as of July 5, 2019, and employees who retire before this Resolution is repealed. Therefore, entitlement to and continuation of the retiree health benefits described herein for current retirees and those who retire prior to this Resolution is repealed shall exist and continue beyond the length of this Resolution, and are not dependent on the existence of any subsequent or future Resolution; however, the City may agree to increase the amount of the retiree health benefit in the future.

Once a retiree becomes Medicare eligible, CalPERS requires the retiree (or survivors) and their dependents to enroll in both Medicare Part A and Part B to remain eligible for CalPERS health coverage. A Certification of Medicare Status form is required, and CalPERS will change the health coverage to a Supplement to Medicare or Medicare Advantage plan.

ARTICLE 17. TUITION REIMBURSEMENT

1. Eligibility and Approval
Management, confidential, and other unrepresented full-time employees shall be eligible for tuition and related expense reimbursement for completing pre-approved course work in a regionally accredited college, school, or university. Pre-approved job-related extension courses or certificate programs offered through regionally accredited colleges and universities are also eligible for reimbursement. Courses, books, and supplies paid for via state, federal, or private grants are excluded from reimbursement.

To be eligible for reimbursement, the employee must submit an education plan and goal approved by his/her department director to the Human Resources Division. The plan shall include at least the following:
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A. A statement of the employee’s career and training objectives for the next two- year period;
B. A narrative description of the types of training and instruction the employee desires to receive;
C. A statement demonstrating how the requested course work will benefit the City, and how such training will enhance the City’s ability to complete its program, which will include the relevance of the plan to the employee’s work assignment; and D. A statement demonstrating how such proposed training will increase the employee’s proficiency while working for the City.

When department operations allow, the department director may approve flexible hours (consistent with the Alternative Work Schedule Policy) to accommodate class schedules.

2. Reimbursement
A. Within ninety (90) days of completing the course work, the employee must submit to the Human Resources Division a copy of their grade report evidencing completion of the course work with a grade C or better, and an itemized receipt reflecting the items that are being claimed for reimbursement.

B. Items qualifying for reimbursement include:
a. Tuition (in-state only)
b. Required textbooks
c. Required supplies
d. Parking permits
e. Other required fees
C. Items NOT qualifying for reimbursement include:
a. Medical service fee
b. Mileage
c. Items not required by the instructor
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ARTICLE 18. UNIFORM ALLOWANCE
The following classifications shall receive a uniform allowance of thirty-six dollars and fifty-four cents ($36.54) per pay period:
 Deputy Fire Chief
 Fire Chief
 Police Captain
 Police Chief
The following classification shall receive a uniform allowance of thirty dollars ($30.00) per pay period:
 Manager of Police Records and Communications
 Code Enforcement Program Manager
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SECTION IV – LEAVES
ARTICLE 19. VACATION
Regular part-time employees accrue leaves equal to their full-time equivalency unless otherwise required by federal and/or state law. For example, a regular part-time employee working 50% of a full-time equivalent will accrue 50% of the leave of a regular full-time employee with the same number of years of City service.

1. Policy
A. Vacations shall be taken at the convenience of the City. The City may establish a schedule for each employee to ensure the level of staffing required to carry out its work program. However, subject to operational need, the City will make every effort to approve vacation requests.

2. Accrual Rates and Maximum Accumulation
A. Vacation accrual is based on an employee’s regular work schedule and includes all hours in paid status, exclusive of overtime. The hours accrued in a pay period will not be available to the employee until the following pay period. Current full-time employees shall accrue vacation leave as follows:

Year Days/year Maximum Accrual
1 15 (.0577 per hour) 240 hours
2 16 (.0615 per hour) 240 hours
3 17 (.0654 per hour) 240 hours
4 18 (.0692 per hour) 240 hours
5 20 (.0769 per hour) 260 hours
10 23 (.0885 per hour) 280 hours
15 25 (.0962 per hour) 300 hours
20+ 27 (.1039 per hour) 320 hours
B. When an employee accrues the maximum number of accrual hours as set forth above, the employee shall cease accruing vacation until such time as the employee has utilized vacation hours to bring the total hours below the maximum stated accrual. At no time may an employee have a total balance of vacation hours in excess of the maximum leave accrual.

C. The City reserves the right to require employees who currently have a balance approaching their maximum accrual to take time off. If the City exercises its right to require the time off, the employee must be allowed thirty (30) days to make arrangements to reduce the accrued hours prior to December 31 of each year. 329
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D. Vacation leave must be scheduled and approved in advance and in accordance with the procedures established for each department or division. After the first year of service, each employee must take one vacation period of no less than five (5) consecutive workdays during a calendar year.

E. The City Manager shall have the authority to grant up to five (5) additional days of vacation annually (to equal a maximum of twenty [20] days each year) to any individual in any management position during their first four (4) years of service with the City. The City Manager shall also have the authority to credit five (5) days of vacation from the first year’s accrual as of the first day of employment.

F. Department directors shall be entitled to no less than twenty (20) days of vacation per year, regardless of their date of hire.

G. If an employee receives a higher accrual rate as stated in E and F above, the employee’s accrual rate will not increase until their years of service entitle them to a higher accrual rate according to the schedules included in this Document.

ARTICLE 20. HOLIDAYS
Full-time employees shall be eligible to receive paid scheduled holidays. During the term of this Document, the City will recognize the holidays as specified below:

New Year's Day January 1
Martin Luther King Day Third Monday in January
President's Day Third Monday in February
Memorial Day Last Monday in May
Independence Day July 4
Labor Day First Monday in September
Veteran's Day November 11
Thanksgiving Fourth Thursday in November
Thanksgiving Friday Friday following the fourth Thursday Christmas Day December 25
Holidays occurring on a Saturday will be observed on the preceding Friday. Holidays occurring on a Sunday will be observed on the succeeding Monday. An employee may not use a designated holiday as his/her last day of employment. The employee must be in paid status for the entire subsequent workday after the holiday to qualify for holiday pay.

ARTICLE 21. SICK LEAVE
Regular part-time employees accrue leaves equal to their full-time equivalency unless otherwise required by federal and/or state law. For example, a regular part-time employee working 50% of a full-time equivalent will accrue 50% of the leave of a regular full-time employee with the same number of years of City service.
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1. Accrual and Cash Out
A. Full-time employees shall accrue up to twelve (12) sick leave days per year, at the rate of .0462 multiplied by the actual number of hours in paid status, with the exception of overtime. The hours accrued in a pay period will not be available to the employee until the following pay period. Employees may use accrued sick leave as soon as it is accrued.

B. Temporary employees shall accrue up to three (3) sick leave days per fiscal year in accordance with California Labor Code 246, following a ninety (90) day waiting period. Employees may use accrued sick leave as soon as it is accrued.

C. For full-time employees hired before July 1, 2012, upon termination of employment in good standing, the accumulated sick leave may be sold back as follows:

Total Accumulated Sick Leave Buyout Rate
0 – 29 days 0%
30 – 39 days 10%
40 – 49 days 20%
50 – 59 days 30%
60 – 69 days 40%
70+ days 50%
The formula for the buyback shall be: Total accumulated days multiplied by the current hourly rate in effect at the date of separation multiplied by the buyout rate from the chart above.

For full-time employees hired on or after July 1, 2012, upon termination of employment in good standing, the accumulated sick leave buyout shall not exceed 10% of all accumulated hours in excess of twenty-nine (29) days.

Upon retirement, an employee may choose to (1) convert his/her total sick leave to CalPERS service credit; or (2) sell back his/her sick leave under the schedule noted above. The sick leave remaining after the buyout will be converted to CalPERS service credit under Section 20965, “Credit for Unused Sick Leave.”

2. Use of Sick Leave
Sick leave may be used for the following purposes:

A. Diagnosis, care, or treatment of an existing health condition of, or preventative care for, an employee or an employee’s family member (defined in this Article 21).

B. If employee is a victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking, sick leave may be used to obtain any relief to help ensure the health, safety, or welfare of the employee or his/her child.
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C. For an employee who is an organ or bone marrow donor, pursuant to the provisions of California Labor Code section 1510.

D. Bereavement leave, as set forth in Article 22.

E. To attend to the illness of a family members, as defined by California Labor Code §245.5 (c), which includes: employee’s biological, adoptive, or foster parent, stepparent, or legal guardian of employee or employee’s spouse or registered domestic partner; or a person who stood in loco parentis when the employee was a minor child; spouse or registered domestic partner; biological, adopted, or foster child, stepchild, legal ward, or a child to whom the employee stands in loco parentis, regardless of age or dependency status; grandparent; grandchild; or sibling, or designated person, limited to one designated person per 12-month period for sick leave.

F. Confidential and full-time unrepresented employees may use sick leave to donate blood for up to two (2) hours on four (4) occasions each calendar year. The maximum amount of sick leave that can be used for this purpose is eight (8) cumulative hours each calendar year.

G. An employee who is entitled to a disability retirement (either at his/her own request or as a result of City action) under CalPERS shall not be entitled to use sick leave to defer the effective date of the retirement as provided by Government Code Section 21163.

H. Employees who are off work for three (3) or more consecutive days due to a non- work-related illness or injury shall, if requested, supply a medical release to the Human Resources Division signed by the health care provider stating that the employee may return to full or modified duty. If returned to modified duty, the release must be specific as to the nature of the restrictions and the length of time, if known, that the restrictions are to remain in place.

3. Coordination of Sick Leave and Disability Benefits
A. When an employee, receives SDI benefits, and requests to integrate accrued leave with disability benefits, it will be integrated as follows:
 If they have accumulated leave, be treated as on leave; and  Receive their full salary, which shall be a combination of compensation from the City and SDI.
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provide proof of payment from the Employment Development Department to the Human Resources Division in a timely manner. o When all available leave hours are exhausted, beginning with sick leave (if sick leave use is permitted), they shall only receive SDI to the extent permitted by law.

4. Coordination of Sick Leave and Workers’ Compensation Benefits An employee injured while on duty who is receiving workers’ compensation benefits shall be treated in the same manner as an employee receiving SDI as set forth in Section III.

5. Coordination of Accrued Vacation, and Compensatory Time Off with Disability and Workers’ Compensation Benefits
A. An employee may request to integrate accrued leave with disability benefits to continue to receive a full salary, which shall be a combination of accrued vacation and/or CTO and SDI or workers’ compensation benefits.

B. When permitted accrued leaves are exhausted, an employee shall be placed on leave without pay.

ARTICLE 22. BEREAVEMENT LEAVE
A. Each full-time employee will be eligible for up to twenty-four (24 ) hours of bereavement leave for purposes of bereavement following the death of a relative. If an employee requests additional time off for bereavement, an additional sixteen (16) hours may be charged to accrued sick leave.

1. Relatives Covered:

Spouse Domestic Partner
Son Daughter
Brother Sister
Father Mother
Father-in-law Mother-in-law
Grandfather Grandmother
Grandchildren

2. The following step/foster relationships are covered:

Father Mother
Son Daughter
Brother Sister
Grandfather Grandmother

3. Bereavement leave is also available following the death of a non-related child, or close relative, who resided with the employee at the time of death. 333
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B. Notification to the City
The employee shall notify his/her supervisor no later than the beginning of the next workday of the occurrence requiring bereavement leave and, if requested by the City, shall provide substantiation to support the request. Such leave shall commence within a reasonable amount of time following the request. Bereavement leave may be taken in consecutive days, or as needed, not to exceed the maximum amount of time allowed per.

A above.

ARTICLE 23. MANAGEMENT LEAVE
A significant amount of skill, effort, and devotion is required to be successful in a management position. In recognition of this, management leave is granted as part of the total management compensation package. Staff assigned to management classifications are expected to devote the time necessary to successfully perform the position’s responsibilities and to accomplish established goals. Attendance at after-hours meetings or community gatherings is frequently required of management positions. Further, staff assigned to management positions frequently spend personal time doing work-related tasks. The compensation established for management classifications is not affected by the amount of time required, on an individual basis, for successful performance. Full-time management positions will typically require a minimum of eighty (80) hours per biweekly pay period.

Management employees below the director level may schedule their time as needed to meet the service needs of their division, subject to review and concurrence by the department director, division manager, or chief. Directors may schedule their time as needed to fulfill their management role in the department and any inter-departmental responsibilities that may be assigned. This schedule shall be subject to review and concurrence by the City Manager.

The City Manager retains the discretion to determine management leave based on individual circumstances, not to exceed eighty (80) hours. Management leave will be issued per calendar year to groups with the accrual rate as noted below:
 Department director level (Council-appointed position or exception): 80 hours  Deputy director level: 64 hours
 Manager level: 56 hours
 All other classifications in the management group: 48 hours Employees shall be credited with and have available for use the number of days as established herein as of January 1 each year. Should any employee be hired or promoted into a management position after January 1, they shall be credited with a prorated amount of management leave for the balance of the calendar year.

If a management employee has not been able to take sufficient leave over the prior twelve (12) months, such that they are within eight (8) hours of their vacation leave accrual cap, once per calendar year, management employees may make a one-time, irrevocable election in writing for a cash payment to occur in the first full pay period in the next calendar year for up to half of their annual management leave accrual rate. Approval of the cash payment is at the City Manager’s 334
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discretion and is also contingent upon sufficient budget availability. Cash payment for such management leave hours will be paid at the employee’s base pay rate from the salary schedule.

Management leave shall not be cumulative from year-to-year.

Upon resignation or other termination of employment in good standing, the employee shall receive a prorated amount of unused management leave on the books as of the date the resignation is submitted, or the other termination is effective based on the portion of the fiscal year actually worked.

ARTICLE 24. FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT/CALFORNIA FAMILY RIGHTS ACT A. FMLA/CFRA
An employee who has worked at least one thousand two hundred fifty (1,250) hours in the past twelve (12) months for the City is eligible to take leave for up to twelve (12) weeks each twelve (12) month period for personal or family illness, or to bond with a new child in accordance with the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) (Government Code Section 12945.2) and the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) (Title 29, Part 825, Code of Federal Regulations).

An employee who is in unpaid status during a family care and medical leave will suffer no break in service for purposes of determining seniority per the City’s Personnel Rules.

The City reserves the right to temporarily transfer an employee who is taking intermittent family care and medical leave or is on a reduced leave schedule for medical treatment when it is determined to be in the best interest of the City that the functions of the affected position be performed on a full-time basis. The position to which the employee is transferred must be comparable in pay and benefits to the employee's regular position and the employee will be returned to their original position on completion of their treatment, subject only to their being capable of performing the essential functions of the job.

The City may require the employee to utilize all accrued sick leave (if use is permitted by for type of leave), vacation, and management leave to cover the FMLA or CFRA period which otherwise would be unpaid. If the employee chooses, they may reserve five (5) days of accrued vacation leave for use upon their return from an extended period of family care and medical leave.

1. "Extended Period" is defined as an absence of two (2) weeks or more.

2. If all other leave is exhausted at the expiration of the family care and medical leave, an employee may use the reserved vacation leave for purposes of sick leave and medical appointments for the employee and his/her dependents for a period of three (3) months after his/her return from family care and medical leave. 335
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New child bonding leave must be taken within one (1) year of the child’s birth, adoption, or start of foster care. It may be taken in increments of two (2) weeks or more; however, on two (2) occasions the employee may take such leave in smaller increments.

B. Pregnancy Disability Leave

1. The City will provide up to four (4) months of unpaid leave to female employees for pregnancy-related disability, in accordance with Government Code Section 12945(b)(2). Leave for pregnancy-related disability will run concurrently with FMLA.

2. Use of Leave
The employee may elect to use any accrued unused leave time to cover the period of her disability leave, which would otherwise be unpaid. During the period of her disability, an employee’s unused accrued sick leave will be integrated with any SDI benefits she may receive. Any accrued vacation leave or other accrued time off may be used at the option of the employee before an employee's unpaid leave begins.

ARTICLE 25. LEAVE OF ABSENCE WITHOUT PAY
A. Leave of absence without pay may be granted to any employee with the approval of the department director or his/her designee for: (1) illness beyond that covered by sick leave; or (2) other personal reasons which do not adversely impact, interfere with, or disrupt City operations.

1. To be eligible for a leave of absence for personal reasons, an employee must have received an overall rating of “meets expectations” on their performance evaluation and have had no formal disciplinary actions in the twelve (12) months prior to the request.

2. Terms and conditions of the leave shall be specified in writing.

B. Duration
An unpaid leave of absence may be granted for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days.

At the request of the employee, the City Manager may extend a leave of absence up to an additional ninety (90) days. The City Manager will consider the employee’s circumstances and balance those needs against the impacts to the City created by the employee’s continued absence.

C. Revocation of Leave of Absence
A leave of absence may be revoked by the department director upon evidence that the cause for granting the leave of absence was misrepresented or has ceased to exist. 336
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D. Return Upon Expiration of Leave of Absence
Upon return to work from a leave of absence, the employee shall be returned to his/her former position, if available, or an equivalent position, if available. If neither the former position nor an equivalent position is available, the employee will be reassigned to a vacant position for which he/she is qualified.

E. Non-Qualifying Service
An unpaid leave of absence shall not be counted as qualifying service for the purposes of accruing vacation and sick leave. A leave of absence of thirty (30) days or more is not counted as qualifying service for merit salary adjustments. An employee on leave who has exhausted his/her maintenance of benefits extension granted under FMLA and CFRA may maintain medical, dental, vision, LTD, and life insurance policies by remitting full monthly premium payments to the City or CalPERS, if so directed by the City. The City will pay no portion of such premium while the employee is on unpaid leave after CFRA and FMLA are exhausted.

F. Leave Usage
All accrued vacation, management leave, and CTO must be used prior to the effective date of leave of absence without pay.

ARTICLE 26. JURY DUTY
When an employee is required to serve on jury duty, the employee shall be compensated for all regularly scheduled hours not worked as a result of jury service. Each employee shall pay the City the amount received as juror fees but shall retain any fees received for mileage reimbursement. 337
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SECTION V – MISCELLANEOUS TERMS AND CONDITIONS
ARTICLE 27. PROBATIONARY PERIODS
A. Probationary Periods

1. Unless otherwise specified upon employment, all other management, confidential, and full-time unrepresented employees are subject to appointment by the City Manager.

2. Management employees serve at the will and pleasure of the City Manager, are exempt from competitive service, and do not serve a probationary period.

3. Upon appointment or promotion, confidential and unrepresented employees shall serve a twelve (12) months probationary period, except for promotion of an employee who has completed probation in the lower class to the next higher class in a flexibly staffed position.

4. Reclassifications and job title changes shall be exempt from serving a new probationary period.

5. The probationary period is an integral part of the selection process and shall be utilized as an opportunity to observe the employee’s work, to provide training, and to assist the employee in adjusting to the new position. At any time during the probationary period, an employee may be released with or without cause, and shall be without the right of review of any kind.

B. An employee shall receive no less than three (3) performance evaluations during the initial twelve (12) month probationary period. An employee promoted into a new classification will receive no less than two (2) performance evaluations during his/her six (6) month probationary period. Such evaluations will be conducted at reasonable intervals.

C. Extension of Probationary Periods

1. The probationary period may be extended commensurately by each hour an employee is on authorized leave for more than five (5) consecutive workdays.

Leaves include, but are not limited to, vacation, sick leave, CTO, and leaves without pay, including leaves granted under FMLA, CFRA, Pregnancy Disability Leave, Americans with Disabilities Act, and workers' compensation laws.

Employees who request and receive a temporary modified duty assignment due to medical conditions such that they are not performing the essential job functions of their position shall have their probationary period extended for each hour of such modified duty assignment.

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ensure that an employee has demonstrated all of the necessary skills and traits to successfully pass probation for the job classification.

3. A probationary employee may, at the discretion of the department director, receive a salary step increase effective the beginning of the pay period, which includes the employee’s salary anniversary date if they meet the following criteria:
a. Received a satisfactory evaluation; and
b. Completed an extended probationary period.

The employee’s salary anniversary date will be adjusted to the date the merit increase is granted.

ARTICLE 28. NEPOTISM
The purpose of a nepotism policy is to regulate, restrict, or prohibit power or influence in personnel matters in favor of relatives, friends, or associates, as it may have a detrimental effect on supervision and morale.

A. A relative is defined as an individual who is related by blood, marriage, domestic partnership, or adoption in any of the following ways: spouse, child, step-child, parent, step-parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, parent-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law, and sister-in-law, or any other situation that the Director of Administrative Services determines creates the possibility of a conflict of interest.

B. No relative of a City employee may serve in or be appointed, promoted, demoted, or transferred to a position within the same department or division in which the employee’s’ relative or spouse/domestic partner already holds a position if any of the following would result:

1. Direct line of supervision, including any situation in which one employee would be in a position to affect the terms and conditions of the other’s employment, including making decisions about work assignments, compensation, grievances, advancement, or performance evaluation. The department director is considered in the direct line of supervision in that department.

2. Both employees have the same supervisor.

3. A potential for creating an adverse impact on supervision, safety, security, morale, or efficiency.

C. Employees in lead or supervisory positions are prohibited from entering into romantic relationships with subordinates. Employees who become relatives or when existing employees enter into a relationship and/or who work in the same direct line of supervision within a City department shall notify the d epartment director and Human Resources within thirty (30) days.
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1. The City shall initially allow the affected employees to determine which employee will remain in their current position. If the affected employees have no preference, the department director, in consultation with the Director of Administrative Services and City Manager, shall determine which of the employees will remain in their current position, giving consideration to the business needs, work history with the City, and seniority of the affected employees.

As to the other employee, the Director Administrative Services , in consultation with the City Manager, will attempt to make a mutually acceptable transfer or demotion in another supervisory unit or department. If a mutually acceptable transfer or demotion cannot be made, that employee shall be subject to separation.

ARTICLE 29. HOLIDAY FURLOUGH
The City may schedule a mandatory work furlough between the Christmas and New Year’s holidays each year. The establishment of such a furlough will be at the City’s sole discretion.

A. Employees will be notified by July 1 of each year if and when the furlough is scheduled.

B. Supervisors will notify those employees who will be required to work during the furlough by November 1.

C. During the furlough period, employees may use accrued vacation, management leave, or CTO, or they may take the time off without pay. The furlough will not affect health benefits, and leaves and seniority will continue to accrue.

Any new full-time confidential or other full-time unrepresented employee hired on or after pay period 20 of each year, who does not have sufficient time to accrue vacation to use during the furlough, may be advanced vacation time to cover the non-holiday time during the furlough.

Employees may request an advance using the prescribed form. If requesting such an advance of vacation leave, following the furlough period, the employee’s vacation will reflect a negative balance and any future vacation accruals shall be deducted until the vacation advance is fully repaid. The employee shall not take vacation leave until a positive leave balance is restored.

ARTICLE 30. EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS
The City shall conduct employee performance evaluations on City ‐issued evaluation forms.

Performance evaluations are to be conducted at least annually, regardless of whether or not an employee is eligible for a salary step increase. Employees will be eligible for any appropriate annual step increase in the pay period which includes their anniversary date unless the Human Resources Division has received an employee's overall performance evaluation that is less than "meets expectations" (or equivalent language), or the employee has reached the top step of his/her classification.
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ARTICLE 31. EXTRA STEP (MERIT) INCREASE
A department director may recommend to the City Manager for his/her approval that an eligible employee may receive one extra step increase during their annual evaluation. The department director shall submit written justification to the City Manager demonstrating the following:
 The employee has made significant achievements of City-wide importance, and the amount of the additional salary and benefit costs are available in the department’s budget for the balance of the fiscal year (department’s calculations to accompany the estimate).

The City Manager shall report all extra merit step increases to the City Council annually.

ARTICLE 32. CITY MANAGER ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY
Notwithstanding any of the provisions above, the City Manager may negotiate employment agreements for directors outside of the terms of this Document, provided that the employment agreement is brought to City Council for ratification at the earliest opportunity. 341
City Council
Staff Report

Subject:
2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Implementation / Environmental, ENV2024-0012; General Plan Amendment, GPA2024-0003
Date:

December 10, 2024
Submitted By:

Anna Leanza, Principal Planner
David Mohlenbrok, Community Development Director
Department:

Community Development
Recommendation:

Conduct a Public Hearing and Consider the Following Actions:

A
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Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rocklin Approving an Addendum to the 2012 General Plan Environmental Impact Report (2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone (ENV2024-0012)).

B
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Adopt a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rocklin Approving a General Plan Amendment for the 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone (GPA2024-0003).

C
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Introduce, Waive the Full Reading and Read by Title Only, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Rocklin to Add Chapter 17.53 to the Rocklin Municipal Code Establishing the Residential Minimum Density Overlay Zone and Amending the Zoning Map of the Rocklin Municipal Code to Designate Parcels Subject to the Residential Minimum Density Overlay Zone.

Background:

The staff report is included as Attachment 1 in order to maintain the integrity of the formatting.

Item Number PH1.

ATTACHMENTS:

1. Staff Report

2. SR Attachment 1 - Program 10

3. SR Attachment 2 - Housing Element Sites for General Plan Amendments and Rezones

4. SR Attachment 3 - Property Owner Letters

5. Resolution A - Addendum to the 2012 General Plan EIR

6. Resolution A Exhibit A - Addendum to the General Plan EIR

7. Resolution B - General Plan Amendment

8. Resolution B Exhibit A - Revised General Plan Land Use Map

9. Ordinance - Residential Minimum Density Overlay Zone

10. Ordinance Exhibit A - Residential Minimum Density Overlay Zone

11. Ordinance Exhibit B - Residential Minimum Density Overlay Zone Map 342
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City Council
Staff Report
________________________________________________________________ Subject: 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Implementation.

Date: December 10, 2024
Submitted By: Anna Leanza, Principal Planner
David Mohlenbrok, Community Development Director
Department: Community Development
______________________________________________________________________ Recommendation:

As the entitlement request includes a legislative action which requires approval of an ordinance, a two-meeting process is required:

The Planning Commission and staff recommend approval of the following:

December 10, 2024 – First reading of ordinance and final action on resolutions A. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rocklin Approving an Addendum to the 2012 General Plan Environmental Impact Report(2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone (ENV2024-0012)).

B. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rocklin Approving a General Plan Amendment for the 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone (GPA2024-0003).

C. Introduce, Waive the Full Reading and Read by Title Only, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Rocklin to Add Chapter 17.53 to the Rocklin Municipal Code Establishing the Residential Minimum Density Overlay Zone and Amending the Zoning Map of the Rocklin Municipal Code to Designate Parcels Subject to the Residential Minimum Density Overlay Zone.

January 14, 2025 – Final action for ordinance
A. Adopt an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Rocklin toAdd Chapter 17.53 to the Rocklin Municipal Code Establishing the Residential Minimum Density Overlay Zone and Amending the Zoning Map of the Rocklin Municipal Code to Designate Parcels Subject to the Residential Minimum Density Overlay Zone. 344
Summary of Planning Commission Hearing and Action:

On November 5, 2024, the Planning Commission (Commission) considered the proposed General Plan amendment and the establishment of a Residential Minimum Density Overlay (RMDO) Zone to implement Program 10 of Housing Element to comply with State Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) requirements and associated environmental review under CEQA. Following a presentation from staff, the Commission asked questions about the timing and need for the item, whether the California Housing and Community Development Department (HCD) had reviewed the affected parcels list, and clarification on how the RMDO zone would affect existing uses and how a nonconforming status would impact the parcels. Staff indicated that this proposal is implementing a prior commitment made in the City’s Housing Element and that HCD has specific timelines.

Staff also explained that the difference between the “Res 24+”, “MU 24+”, and “MU 10+” designations, and staff indicated that they would discuss Section 17.62 Nonconforming Uses and Structures, in more detail with City Council.

Following this discussion, the Commission opened the public hearing and several community members spoke on the project. The majority of speakers sought clarification on how the new overlay zone would impact their property, and there were some questions as to the legality of the City’s proposed overlay zone, how to move forward with a multi- family development project, One speaker requested to be removed from the RHNA sites list. Marcus Lo Duca, on behalf of property owner Patricia Fisk, cited several reasons why Mrs. Fisk’s property was not an appropriate RHNA parcel. After hearing these comments, the Commissioners voted 3-0 (Armstrong and Barron absent) to recommend removal of Mrs. Fisk’s parcel, Site 28 on the RHNA sites list, and to approve the Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Implementation project. The Commission was concerned that there may be other property owners that desired to be removed from the list of properties to be rezoned under the action. Along with their formal recommendation to the City Council to approve the items presented here, Commissioners also wished to remind property owners that they could request that the City Council remove their parcel from the RHNA sites list.

Background:

Pursuant to State Law, every jurisdiction in California (cities and counties) must adopt a General Plan, which includes a Housing Element. The Housing Element outlines the official City response to addressing the community’s housing needs in relation to availability, adequacy, and affordability, and describes and analyzes the housing needs of Rocklin residents and issues confronted by the City. While jurisdictions review and revise all or individual elements of their General Plan regularly to ensure that the documents remain up to date and relevant, State law is more specific regarding the schedule for updating the Housing Element, which requires an update every eight years.

The City of Rocklin last updated its Housing Element in 2021, which spans the period from 2021 through 2029. As part of the City’s 2021-2029 Housing Element, the City evaluated its goals and policies regarding housing for existing and future residents.

As part of the Housing Element, State law (California Government Code Section 65584) requires that each city and county plan to accommodate a fair share of the region’s 345
housing needs, known as the Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). In urban areas, State law provides for councils of governments to prepare regional housing needs allocation plans that assign a share of the region’s housing need to each city and county.

In the six-county greater Sacramento Region (comprising the counties of Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado, Yolo, Sutter, and Yuba), the Sacramento Area of Council of Governments (SACOG) is the entity authorized to determine the future housing needs for the region. SACOG adopted a regional housing allocation plan in March 2020 and covers the period from May 15, 2021 through May 15, 2029. The RHNA is a minimum projection of additional housing units needed to accommodate projected household growth at all income levels by the end of the housing element’s statutory 2021-2029 planning period.

Table 1 illustrates the City’s allocated housing need for this planning period.

Table 1. Housing Need for 2021-2029
Income Category (% of County AMI) Number of Units Percent Extremely Low (30% or less)* 955 17%
Very Low (31 to 50%) 956 17%
Low (51 to 80%) 1,151 20%
Moderate (81 to 120%) 771 14%
Above Moderate (Over 120%) 1,828 32%
Total 5,661 100%
Source: Final Regional Housing Needs Plan (RHNP), SACOG, 2020.

Note: * The City has an allocation of 1,911 very low-income units (inclusive of extremely low-income units). Pursuant to State Law (AB 2634), a city must project the number of extremely low-income housing needs based on Census income distribution or assume 50% of the very low-income units as extremely low. Using the 50% assumption method, the City's RHNP allocation of 1,911 very low-income units may be split into 955 extremely low- and 956 very low-income units. However, for purposes of identifying adequate sites for the RHNP allocation, State law does not mandate the separate accounting for the extremely low-income category.

The City must take actions to achieve the stated goals and policies of the 2021-2029 Housing Element. The goals and policies of the Housing Element are implemented through 24 housing programs that specify the actions the City will take to achieve those goals and policies. The specific purpose of this project is to amend the land use of the approved sites, as well as to adopt a Residential Minimum Density Overlay Zone (RMDO) to implement Program 10 of the Housing Element ( Attachment 1 ), and to apply the RMDO Zone to the Housing Element approved sites. Attachment 2 is a table that identifies the affected Housing Element approved sites that require a General Plan amendment and/or rezone. The sites are identified by Assessor’s Parcel Number, location, current and proposed General Plan land use designations, and current and proposed zoning designations.
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As described in Program 10, to accommodate the City’s 6 th cycle Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) of 5,661 dwelling units and the 5th cycle unaccommodated need of 481 units, the City committed to amending the land use designation and zone of a total of ±238 acres of land. However, since the adoption of the 2021-2029 Housing Element, a number of sites identified in Program 10 have had project entitlements approved on them. Further, three additional RHNA sites have pending or recently approved entitlement applications (totaling approximately 32 acres). Table 2 contains details of each parcel with pending or recently approved entitlement applications.

Table 2. RHNA Sites with Pending or Recently Approved Entitlements RHNA
Site #
APN Acreage Assumed
Acreage
Existing
General
Plan
Proposed
General
Plan
Existing
Zoning
Proposed
Zoning
Notes
11 Portion of 378-
010-013
Portion of 378-
010-004
378-010-007

2.1 3.51

7.39 13.00 BP/C/LI MU BP/C/LI RMDO-
MU24+
Recently
approved
Chapa-De
Indian Health
19 017-284-015 6.74 6.74 LI MU PD-IP RMDO-
MU24+
Application for
Entitlements
30 010-030-006 0.65 0.65 RC MU C-3 RMDO-
MU24+
Application for
Entitlements
016-210-011,
016-240-044

11.22 8.5 HDR HDR PD-R RMDO-
RES24+
Application for
Entitlements
Total 31.61
Residential Minimum Overlay (RMDO) Zone:

The 2021-2029 Housing Element identifies three new zoning districts as a means to require a higher minimum density on RHNA sites: Residential 24+ (Res 24+), Mixed-Use 24+ (MU 24+), and Mixed-Use 10+. Res 24+ and MU 24+ are to be applied to RHNA sites identified for lower-income housing, while MU 10+ is to be applied to sites identified for moderate-income housing.

Approximately 70 General Development Plans (GDPs) cover the majority of the City, which complicates the process of rezoning most of the approved RHNA sites. Generally, rezoning parcels would be completed concurrently with a general plan amendment; however, in advance of the recently commenced overall Zoning Ordinance update that includes the goals of reducing the number of GDPs and simplifying the Zoning Ordinance, staff has determined that applying the Residential Minimum Overlay Zone will allow higher-density affordable housing development on identified RHNA sites where the existing base zone requires a lower density or does not allow residential uses, without the need to rezone each parcel. Rather than the nomenclature identified in the above paragraph, RMDO-R24+ will be applied to sites that were identified as being rezoned to Res 24+, RMDO-MU24+ will be applied to sites that were identified as being rezoned to MU 24+, and RMDO-MU10+ will be applied to sites that were identified as being MU 10+.

The following densities will be applied to the RMDO Zone:
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 Residential Minimum Density Overlay – Residential, 24+ (RMDO-R24+) will require a minimum density of 24 dwelling units per acre.  Residential Minimum Density Overlay – Mixed Use, 24+ (RMDO-MU24+), if developed as residential, will require a minimum density of 24 dwelling units per acre, or if developed as nonresidential, allowed uses and requirements would default to the underlying zoning district.
 Residential Minimum Density Overlay – Mixed Use, 10+ (RMDO-MU10+), if developed as residential, will require a minimum density of 10 dwelling units per acre, or if developed as nonresidential, allowed uses and requirements would default to the underlying zoning district.

Environmental Determination:

An Environmental Impact Report for the 2012 City of Rocklin General Plan was approved by the City Council via Resolution No. 2012-170. Implementation of Program 10 does not trigger the need for supplemental or subsequent environment review pursuant to Section 15162 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. In accordance with Section 15164 of the Guidelines, an Addendum to the City’s General Plan EIR has been prepared to document that no additional review or analysis is needed.

The 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Implementation project does not trigger the need for supplemental or subsequent review under Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines, and pursuant to Section 15164 of the State CEQA Guidelines, an EIR Addendum has been prepared to document that no additional review or analysis is needed.

The EIR Addendum determined that the proposed 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Implementation project would not result in new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects due to substantial Project changes or a substantial change in circumstances. Furthermore, no new information is available that would indicate (1) that the 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Implementation project would have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR; (2) that significant effects previously examined would be substantially more severe than shown in the previous EIR; (3) that mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible; or (4) that mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment and that the Project proponents have declined to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative. Therefore, an Addendum was prepared to comply with CEQA.

Section 15164(d) of the CEQA Guidelines requires that the decision-making body shall consider the addendum with the Final EIR prior to deciding on the Project. Therefore, the General Plan Final EIR can be found at the following link:
https://www.rocklin.ca.us/post/draft-general-plan-update-environmental-impact-report-0 348
Any proposed future development of the project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary.

General Plan and Zoning Consistency:

The adoption of the Residential Minimum Density Overlay Zone, along with its application and the General Plan Amendments to specific parcels, brings the General Plan Land Use designations and Zoning into conformance with the adopted 2021-2029 Housing Element of the General Plan.

Public Correspondence:

Prior to the publication of the Planning Commission staff report, a property owner representative provided a letter to the City indicating that the property owner is concerned that the rezone of her property will result in negative consequences and has requested that the parcel be removed from the RHNA sites inventory. Additionally, a second letter was received from a property owner indicating that the previous owner indicated to them that the site had been removed from the RHNA sites inventory. This property owner also requested to be removed from the list. The formal requests to remove the parcels from the inventory are included as Attachment 3.
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City of Rocklin August 2021
2021–2029 Housing Element 7-136

10. INVENTORY OF SITES FOR HOUSING/REZONE
As part of this Housing Element update, the City identified additional pa rcels suitable for residential development. To help facilitate the development of affordable housing on these sites, the City will work with interested developers and provide financial and/or regulatory incentives, as feasible.

Objective: Annually review the sites inventory to accommodate the City’s RHNA of 5,661. Monitor development applications with the available sites table and encourage and facilitate the development of affordable housing on Rocklin’s remaining sites designated for medium-high and high-density residential uses. Make the inventory of sites available to developers and offer regulatory and/or financial incentives to facilitate the development of housing affordable to lower income households.

To accommodate the City’s 6
th cycle Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), and the 5 th cycle unaccommodated need, the City will rezone and amend the land use designation on 95.58 acres of vacant and underutilized land to Res 24+, and 64.33 acres of land that is vacant and underutilized to MU 24+, to meet the City’s lower income RHNA of 3,543 units (identified in Table 7-42). All sites will have a minimum density of 24 units per acre . Mixed Use sites will have a maximum density of 40 dwelling units per acre and sites zoned Res 24+ will have a High Density Residential (HDR) land use designation with no maximum density. Rezoned sites will permit owner -occupied and rental multifamily uses by right pursuant to Government Code section 65583.2(i) for developments in which 20 percent or more of the units are affordable to lower income households. All sites will require a minimum of 20 units per acre and will allow for at least 16 units per site, per state law requirements. The City will ensure that this rezone effort will ensure consistency with the general plan designations and zoning districts.

Additionally, to ensure capacity for the City’s moderate income RHNA, the City will rezone 51.06 acres of vacant land to R-3, RD-20 and MU 10+ , and 26.69 acres of underutilized land to MU 10+, identified in Table 7-43.

The City will emphasize applying the rezones to available lands in high resource areas, as defined by the TCAC/HCD Opportunity Areas map and on sites that are 0.5 to 10 acres in size.

All identified sites have water and sewer capacity and availability of dry utilities.

The City will also amend the zoning ordinance to allow for split zoning on the same APN or parcel. This will be done concurrently with the rezone effort.

Responsible Agency: City of Rocklin, Community Development Department Financing: General Fund, SB 2, LEAP/REAP
ATTACHMENT 1
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City of Rocklin August 2021
2021–2029 Housing Element 7-137
Timeframe: Comply with Government Code Sections 65583(f) and 65583.2(h) and amend the Zoning Ordinance and Land Use Element to accommodate the unaccommodated need of 481 units from the 5th cycle RHNA within one year of adoption of the Housing Element and complete land use designation changes and establish zoning as necessary for remaining sites identified in Tables 7-42 and 7-43 within 3 years and 120 days of the start of the planning period (May 15, 2021), consistent with Government Code Section 65583(f) and 65583.2(h). The City will report on the progress of this rezone in its annual progress reports required pursuant to government Code Section 65400 and due on April 1st of each year. Allow for split zoning concurrently with the rezone efforts.

REMOVAL OF GOVERNMENTAL CONSTRAINTS
Under State law, the Housing Element must address, and where legally possible, remove governmental constraints affecting the maintenance, i mprovement, and development of housing. The following programs are designed to mitigate government constraints on residential development and facilitate development of housing affordable to lower- and
moderate-income households, including families,
seniors, and persons with special needs.
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ATTACHMENT 2 – Housing Element Sites for General Plan Amendments and Rezones

AVAILABLE SITES TO ACCOMMODATE THE LOWER INCOME RHNA
Vacant Residential Sites
HE Site # / APN Location Existing
GP
Proposed
GP
Total
Acreage
Assumed
Acreage
Existing
Zoning
Proposed
Overlay
Zoning
1 / 045-013-022
Between Granite Dr
and Pacific St / near
Dovetail Dr
HDR and
R-C HDR 6.00 6.00 M-2 and OA RMDO-
R24+
2 / 010-270-008
South Grove St near
Winding Ln -South
of DMV
MU HDR 2.71 2.71 PD-R RMDO-
R24+
3 / 016-220-005 W side of Sunset
Blvd between
Springview
Meadows /Third St
and Whitney Blvd
RC HDR 1.29

1.29 C-1 RMDO-
R24+ 3 / 016-220-004
3 / 016-220-006
5 / 010-024-002 Midas Ave between
UPRR and Meadow
Way
RC HDR 2.45 2.45 UN
(Unclassified)
RMDO-
R24+
5 / 010-023-002
6 / 045-013-023 Pacific St near Brace
Road - Former Bella
Vida Site -

RC, R-C
and HDR HDR 7.50 7.50
C-2 and OA RMDO-
R24+
6 / 045-013-024
7 / 017-276-004
W side of University
Ave /Adjacent to SR
65 LI HDR 25.00 10.00 PD-LI RMDO-
R24+
8 / 045-101-059 Granite Dr near
Rocklin Rd
RC and
R-C HDR 1.48 1.48 C-2 RMDO-
R24+

Vacant Mixed-Use Sites
HE Site # / APN Location Existing
GP
Proposed
GP
Total
Acreage
Assumed
Acreage
Existing
Zoning
Proposed
Overlay
Zoning
12 / 010-162-001 Pacific St and Bush
St MU MU 1.29 1.29 C-3 RMDO-
MU24+
13 / 017-284-006 S side of West
Lonetree Blvd RC MU 1.88 1.88 PD-BP/C RDMO-
MU24+
14 / 016-230-003
W Sunset Blvd
between Springview
Meadows /Third St
and Whitney Blvd
MU MU

1.26 1.26 PD-MU RMDO-
MU24+ 14 / 016-230-002
14 / 016-230-001
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15 / 010-082-059 Grove and Pacific
Streets RC MU 1.28 1.28 C-3 RMDO-
MU24+
16 / 010-121-001 Oak / Pine and
Pacific St MU MU 1.38 1.38 C-4 RMDO-
MU24+
20 / 017-190-045
Stanford Ranch
Road and Victory
Lane
BP/C/LI MU 2.64 2.64 PD-BP/C RMDO-
MU24+
Underutilized Residential Sites
HE Site # / APN Location Existing
GP
Proposed
GP
Total
Acreage
Assumed
Acreage
Existing
Zoning
Proposed
Overlay
Zoning
21 / 016-170-014 Sunset Blvd and
Coronado Way PQP HDR 3.09 3.09 PD-15 RMDO-
R24+
22 / 045-052-038
W side of Sierra
College Blvd south
of Dominquez Road.

RC and R-
C HDR 24.07 16.90 PD-C and PD-
OA
RMDO-
R24+
23 / 045-052-012
W side of Sierra
College Blvd, just
north of College
Campus property
and south of Secret
Ravine Creek -
RC and
R-C HDR 1.60 1.60 PD-OA RMDO-
R24+
24 / 016-230-013
E side of Sunset Blvd
between Springview
Meadows /Third St
and Whitney Blvd
BP HDR 1.17

1.17 C-1 RMDO-
R24+ 24 / 016-230-011
24 / 016-230-012
26 / 016-351-035
Pacific Street at
Roseville/Rocklin
border (6355 Pacific
Street)
HI HDR 6.50 6.50 M-2 RMDO-
R24+
27 / 016-460-030
Fairway Dr and
Stanford Ranch
Road (6500 Fairway
Drive)
RC HDR 5.25 5.25 PD-C RMDO-
R24+
29 / 045-031-041
W Side of Sierra
Meadows Drive at
Tuttle Drive (2340
Sierra Meadows Dr)
LI HDR 2.46 2.46 LI RMDO-
R24+
Underutilized Mixed-Use Sites
HE Site # / APN Location Existing
GP
Proposed
GP
Total
Acreage
Assumed
Acreage
Existing
Zoning
Proposed
Overlay
Zoning
31 / 010-030-005
Grove and Pacific
Streets RC MU 0.31 0.31 C-3 RMDO-
MU24+
31 / 010-030-004
32 / 010-030-007 Grove and Pacific
Streets RC MU 2.65 2.65 C-3 RMDO-
MU24+
353
33 / 010-030-001 Grove and Pacific
Streets RC MU 0.95 0.95 C-3 RMDO-
MU24+
34 / 010-082-063
Grove and Pacific
Streets RC MU 1.35

1.35 C-3 RMDO-
MU24+
34 / 010-082-061
35 / 010-030-002 Grove and Pacific
Streets RC MU 0.45 0.45 C-3 RMDO-
MU24+
36 / 367-160-008
Park Drive and
Stanford Ranch
Road
BP/C/LI MU 6.15 6.15 PD-BP/C RMDO-
MU24+
37 / 367-160-007
Park Drive and
Stanford Ranch
Road

BP/C/LI MU

3.36 3.36 PD-BP/C RMDO-
MU24+
37 / 367-160-009
37 / 367-160-011
37 / 367-160-012
38 / 367-160-010
Park Drive and
Stanford Ranch
Road
BP/C/LI MU 0.88 0.88 PD-BP/C RMDO-
MU24+
39 / 367-160-014
Park Drive and
Stanford Ranch
Road
BP/C/LI MU 0.80 0.56 PD-BP/C RMDO-
MU24+
40 / 367-160-015
Park Drive and
Stanford Ranch
Road
BP/C/LI MU 0.47 0.47 PD-BP/C RMDO-
MU24+
41 / 367-160-016
Park Drive and
Stanford Ranch
Road
BP/C/LI MU 0.88 0.88 PD-BP/C RMDO-
MU24+
42 / 367-160-017
Park Drive and
Stanford Ranch
Road
BP/C/LI MU 1.33 1.33 PD-BP/C RMDO-
MU24+
43 / 367-160-018
Park Drive and
Stanford Ranch
Road
BP/C/LI MU 2.52 2.52 PD-BP/C RMDO-
MU24+
44 / 367-160-019
Park Drive and
Stanford Ranch
Road
BP/C/LI MU 1.76 1.76 PD-BP/C RMDO-
MU24+
45 / 367-160-020
Park Drive and
Stanford Ranch
Road
BP/C/LI MU 0.44 0.44 PD-BP/C RMDO-
MU24+
46 / 367-160-021
Park Drive and
Stanford Ranch
Road
BP/C/LI MU 0.44 0.44 PD-BP/C RMDO-
MU24+

AVAILABLE SITES TO ACCOMMODATE THE MODERATE INCOME RHNA APN Location Existing
GP
Proposed
GP
Total
Acreage
Assumed
Acreage
Existing
Zoning
Proposed
Overlay
Zoning
045-110-034 China Garden HDR HDR 6.86 4.55 C-2 RMDO-
R24+
354
045-110-064 Aguilar Area West RC MHDR 0.6 0.6 PD-C RMDO- MU10+
045-120-065 Aguilar Area West RC MHDR 0.4 0.4 PD-C RMDO- MU10+
045-053-064
(portion)
Snecchi High
Density north of
Creek
HDR HDR 5.0 5.0 PD-C RMDO-
R24+
010-161-015
Downtown Plan
Blocks 34, 36, 38
and 39
MU MU 0.3 0.3 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-161-016
Downtown Plan
Blocks 34, 36, 38
and 39
MU MU 0.3 0.3 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-040-039
Downtown Plan
Blocks 34, 36, 38
and 39
MU MU 0.4 0.4 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-121-002
Downtown Plan
Blocks 34, 36, 38
and 39
MU MU 0.08 0.08 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-121-004
Downtown Plan
Blocks 34, 36, 38
and 39
MU MU 0.2 0,2 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-121-005
Downtown Plan
Blocks 34, 36, 38
and 39
MU MU 0.2 0.2 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-121-006
Downtown Plan
Blocks 34, 36, 38
and 39
MU MU 0.2 0.2 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-122-009
Downtown Plan
Blocks 34, 36, 38
and 39
MU MU 0.05 0,05 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-122-010
Downtown Plan
Blocks 34, 36, 38
and 39
MU MU 0.07 0.07 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-122-011
Downtown Plan
Blocks 34, 36, 38
and 39
MU MU 0.05 0.05 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-122-012
Downtown Plan
Blocks 34, 36, 38
and 39
MU MU 0.1 0.1 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-131-006 Downtown Plan
Blocks 35 and 37 MU MU 0.3 0.3 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-170-002 Downtown Plan
Block 33 MU MU 0.3 0.3 PD-C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-072-002 Downtown Plan
Blocks 41 and 43 MU MU 0.3 0.3 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-072-012 Downtown Plan
Blocks 41 and 43 MU MU 0.2 0.2 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-072-015 Downtown Plan
Blocks 41 and 43 MU MU 0.2 0.2 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-072-009 Downtown Plan
Blocks 41 and 43 MU MU 0.06 0.06 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
355
010-092-010 Downtown Plan
Blocks 40 and 42 MU MU 0.3 0,3 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-091-018 Downtown Plan
Blocks 40 and 42 MU MU 0.2 0.2 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-181-044
Downtown Plan
Blocks 52, 53, 54,
55, 56 and 57
MU MU 0.2 0.2 C-2 RMDO-
MU10+
010-134-010
Downtown Plan
Blocks 52, 53, 54,
55, 56 and 57
MU MU 0.3 0.3 C-2, R1-5 RMDO-
MU10+
010-132-013
Downtown Plan
Blocks 52, 53, 54,
55, 56 and 57
MU MU 0.2 0.2 R1-5 RMDO-
MU10+
Underutilized Mixed-Use Sites
APN Location Existing
GP
Proposed
GP
Total
Acreage
Assumed
Acreage
Existing
Zoning
Proposed
Zoning
010-191-018 Downtown Plan
Block 6 MU MU 2.0 2.0 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-161-003
Downtown Plan
Blocks 34, 36, 38
and 39
MU MU 0.4 0.4 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-161- 004
Downtown Plan
Blocks 34, 36, 38
and 39
MU MU 0.07 0.07 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-161-005
Downtown Plan
Blocks 34, 36, 38
and 39
MU MU 0.07 0.07 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-161-011
Downtown Plan
Blocks 34, 36, 38
and 39
MU MU 0.3 0.3 C-4 RMDO-
MU10+
010-161-013
Downtown Plan
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From: Lizzy Rufer
To: Anna Leanza
Subject: APN: 010-082-059
Date: Friday, September 27, 2024 11:32:06 AM
Attachments: grove rhna letter to city.pdf
SKM_C75924092012090.pdf
Hi Anna,
Thank you for the information regarding the notice that was sent. Here is the information you requested. The previous owner contact is Dean Anderson, his contact information is:

Telephone: 916-303-7600
The owners relayed to us that this parcel was removed back in July of 2020. We would like to be removed from this list. I attached documentation of the letter that was sent by the previous owners as well as the notice sent. Please confirm receipt.

Warm Regards,
Elizabeth Rufer
Real Estate Associate
Lic. #01913957
415.317.4409
[email protected]
houserealestate.com
I have not verified any of the information contained in those documents that were prepared by other people. You will never receive wire instructions or changes to previously provided wire instructions from myself or my team.
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKLIN APPROVING AN ADDENDUM TO THE 2012 GENERAL PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (2021-2029 HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM 10 – INVENTORY OF SITES FOR HOUSING/REZONE (ENV2024-0012))
WHEREAS, the City contracted with an environmental consultant to prepare an Addendum to the General Plan Environmental Impact Report for the Housing Element Program 10 Implementation project (the "Project"), which evaluated potentially significant effects of the Project; and
WHEREAS, no substantial changes are proposed in the project and there are no substantial changes in the circumstances under which the project will be undertaken that will require major revisions to the previous 2012 GP EIR due to the involvement of significant new environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects.

WHEREAS, the Project does not create “new information of substantial importance”, as the term is used in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162(a)(3). Therefore, the previously certified 2012 GP EIR is adequate, and this evaluation serves as an Addendum to the 2012 GP EIR (SCH No. 2008072115).

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rocklin as follows:

Section 1.

A. The City Council of the City of Rocklin approved and certified an Environmental Impact Report for the 2012 General Plan Update by Resolution No. 2012- 170 on October 9, 2012 (State Clearinghouse Number 2008072115). The 2012 General Plan Environmental Impact Report analyzed the environmental effects of development at a program level throughout the City.

B. The City Council of the City of Rocklin adopted the 2021-2029 Housing Element by Resolution No. 2021-153 and approved an Addendum to the 2012 General Plan Environmental Impact Report for the 2021-2029 Housing Element by Resolution No. 2021-152 on October 24, 2021.

C. A specific project from the 2021-2029 Housing Element, Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Implementation, is now being proposed.

D. Public Resources Code Section 21166 and Section 15162 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3, Article 11 requires the City to analyze the proposed 2021-2029 370
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1 Housing Element Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Implementation Project to determine whether further environmental analysis is required.

E. The City’s 2012 General Plan Environment Impact Report remains relevant despite changed plans or circumstances that would result from the implementation of the 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone, because the changes involve the adoption of similar long-range planning policies and regulations designed to further the development of housing affordable to a range of existing and future Rocklin residents.

F. The City has performed the required analysis under Public Resources Code Section 21166 and CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164, and based on the analysis and findings contained in the Addendum attached hereto, finds that no subsequent or supplemental environmental impact report is required to be prepared for the project.

G. Based on the analysis and findings contained in the 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Implementation Project Addendum attached hereto as Exhibit A, it was determined that no subsequent or supplemental environmental impact report is required to be prepared for the project.

Section 2. The City Council of the City of Rocklin hereby approves the 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Inventory of Sites/Rezone Implementation Project Addendum to the 2012 General Plan Final Environmental Impact Report (Exhibit A), prepared for the City of Rocklin Community Development Department, dated October 2024, on file with the Community Development Department and incorporated herein by this reference.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 10th day of December, 2024, by the following vote:

AYES: Councilmembers:

NOES: Councilmembers:

ABSENT: Councilmembers:

ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
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, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Avinta Singh, City Clerk
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Exhibit A
2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Inventory of
Sites/Rezone Implementation Project
Addendum
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EXHIBIT A
CITY OF ROCKLIN 2021–2029 HOUSING
ELEMENT PROGRAM 10 – INVENTORY OF SITES

FOR HOUSING/REZONE PROJECT
OCTOBER 2024

ADDENDUM TO THE GENERAL PLAN EIR
SCH No. 2008072115
Prepared for:

City of Rocklin
Contact: Anna Leanza
Principal Planner
3970 Rocklin Road
Rocklin, California 95677
916.625.5161
Prepared by:

CSG Consultants, Inc.

Contact: Lance E. Lowe, AICP, Senior Planner
1303 J Street #270
Sacramento, CA 95814
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1. ADDENDUM TO THE ADOPTED GENERAL PLAN EIR .............................................................. 4

1.1 PURPOSE OF AN EIR ADDENDUM........................................................................................................... 4

1.2 PROJECT BACKGROUND............................................................................................................................... 6

1.3 2012 GENERAL PLAN PROJECT DESCRIPTION................................................................................... 7

1.4 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR SIGNIFICANT AND UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS ........................... 12

1.5 2021-2029 HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM 10 - INVENTORY OF SITES FOR HOUSING/REZONE....................................................................................................................................... 16

2. CEQA ANALYSIS..................................................................................................................................21

2.1 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS................................................................................................................... 22

2.1.1. AESTHETICS........................................................................................................................................... 22

2.1.2 AIR QUALITY ......................................................................................................................................... 24

2.1.3 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES .............................................................................................................. 28

2.1.4 CULTURAL RESOURCES ................................................................................................................... 31

2.1.5 ENERGY .................................................................................................................................................. 33

2.1.6 GEOLOGY/SOILS ................................................................................................................................ 36

2.1.7 GREEHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ...................................................................................................... 38

2.1.8 HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS............................................................................. 41

2.1.9 HYDROLOGY/WATER QUALITY.................................................................................................. 45

2.1.10 LAND USE AND PLANNING .......................................................................................................... 47

2.1.11 MINERAL RESOURCES...................................................................................................................... 49

2.1.12 NOISE........................................................................................................................................................ 50

2.1.13 POPULATION AND HOUSING....................................................................................................... 52

2.1.14 PUBLIC SERVICES................................................................................................................................ 54

2.1.15 RECREATION......................................................................................................................................... 57

2.1.16 TRANSPORTATION............................................................................................................................. 58

2.1.17 UTILITIES AND SERVICES............................................................................................................... 63

2.1.18 WILDFIRE................................................................................................................................................ 67

2.2 CEQA FINDINGS.............................................................................................................................................. 68

2.3 CEQA DETERMINATION............................................................................................................................. 72 Tables and Figures Page
Table 3.0-1 City of Rocklin Residential Growth Projection Scenarios........................................................................................... 7 Table 3.0-2 City of Rocklin Non-Residential Growth Projection Scenarios................................................................................. 9 Table 1-1 Summary of Program Changes Between Existing Housing Element and 2021–2029 Housing Element ....... 16 375
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1.1 PURPOSE OF AN EIR ADDENDUM
According to CEQA Guidelines Section 15164(a), an addendum shall be prepared if some changes or additions to a previously adopted EIR are necessary, but none of the conditions enumerated in CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162(a)(1) through (3) calling for the preparation of subsequent EIR have occurred. As stated in CEQA Guidelines Section 15162 (Subsequent EIRs and Negative Declarations):

When an EIR has been certified or negative declaration adopted for a project, no subsequent EIR shall be prepared for that project unless the lead agency determines, on the basis of substantial evidence in the light of the whole record, one or more of the following:
(1) Substantial changes are proposed in the project which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; (2) Substantial changes occur with respect to the circumstances under which the project is undertaken which will require major revisions of the previous EIR or negative declaration due to the involvement of new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects; or
(3) New information of substantial importance, which was not known and could not have been known with the exercise of reasonable diligence at the time the previous EIR was certified as complete or negative declaration was adopted, shows any of the following:
(a) The project will have one or more significant effects not discussed in the previous EIR or negative declaration;
(b) Significant effects previously examined will be substantially more severe than shown in the previous EIR;
(c) Mitigation measures or alternatives previously found not to be feasible would in fact be feasible and would substantially reduce one or more significant effects of the project, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative; or (d) Mitigation measures or alternatives which are considerably different from those analyzed in the previous EIR would substantially reduce one or more significant effects on the environment, but the project proponents decline to adopt the mitigation measure or alternative.

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appropriate, and no new environmental document, such as a new EIR, would be required. “Whether an initial environmental document remains relevant despite changed plans or circumstances – like the question whether an initial environmental document requires major revisions due to changes to plans or circumstances – is a predominately factual question. It is thus a question for the agency to answer in the first instance, drawing on its particular expertise.” (Friends of College of San Mateo Gardens v. San Mateo County Community College Dist (2016)) 1 Cal. 5th 937(citing Center for Biological Diversity v. Department of Fish & Wildlife (2015) 62 Cal.4th 204,215). “Initiating further environmental review every time plans or circumstances change, or whenever new information comes to light would render agency decision making intractable, always awaiting updated information only to find the new information outdated by the time a decision is made. Thus, the addendum process reasonably implements CEQA section 21166’s objective of balancing the consideration of environmental consequences in public decision-making with interests in finality and efficiency.” Save Our Heritage Organization v. City of San Diego (2018) 28 Cal.App.5th 656,667-668. The mere fact that a program EIR anticipated some additional review does not automatically mean a supplemental or subsequent EIR is required.

If the changes are adequately covered by the program level or prior EIR, then no additional review is required.

Citizens’ Committee to Complete the Refuge v. City of Newwark (2021) 74 Cal.App.5th 460,472.

The Housing Element Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project would fulfill none of the conditions outlined in CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162(a)(1) through (3) because these changes would not result in new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified significant effects requiring major revisions to the 2012 General Plan Environmental Impact Report (2012 GP EIR). Accordingly, this Addendum to the 2012 GP EIR provides the substantial evidence required by CEQA Guidelines Section 15164(e) to support the finding that a subsequent or supplemental EIR is not required and an addendum to the 2012 GP EIR is the appropriate environmental document to address changes to the project.

As stated in CEQA Guidelines Section 15164 (Addendum to an EIR):
(a) The lead agency or responsible agency shall prepare an addendum to a previously certified EIR if some changes or additions are necessary but none of the conditions described in Section 15162 calling for preparation of a subsequent EIR have occurred. (b) An addendum to an adopted negative declaration may be prepared if only minor technical changes or additions are necessary or none of the conditions described in Section 15162 calling for the preparation of a subsequent EIR or negative declaration have occurred. (c) An addendum need not be circulated for public review but can be included in or attached to the final EIR or adopted negative declaration.
(d) The decision-making body shall consider the addendum with the final EIR or adopted negative declaration prior to making a decision on the project.
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The City has prepared this Addendum, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164, to evaluate whether the project would result in any environmental impacts not covered by and within the scope of the City’s 2012 GP EIR. The following Addendum details any changes in the project, changes in circumstances under which the project was undertaken, and/or “new information of substantial importance” that may cause one or more effects to environmental resources.

A copy of this Addendum to the 2012 GP EIR, and all supporting documentation, may be reviewed or obtained at the City of Rocklin Community Development Department, 3970 Rocklin Road, Rocklin, California 95677.

1.2 PROJECT BACKGROUND
The 2012 City of Rocklin General Plan is the foundation development policy document of the City of Rocklin.

It defines the framework by which the physical, economic, and human resources of the City are to be managed and utilized over time. The General Plan clarifies and articulates the intentions of the City with respect to the rights and expectations of the public, property owners, prospective investors, and business interests. The General Plan informs these citizens of the goals, objectives, policies, and standards for the development of the City of Rocklin and the responsibilities of all sectors in meeting these.

The 2021-2029 Housing Element is one of the required eight elements of the 2012 General Plan and with its adoption in 2021, the Housing Element has been determined to be consistent with the 2012 General Plan as required by State law . Though the 2012 GP EIR did not specifically address the 2021-2029 Housing Element, the policies in the General Plan address all physical impacts resulting from development in the City of Rocklin consistent with the 2021-2029 Housing Element.

To that end, the adopted 2021–2029 Housing Element replaced the existing 2013–2021 Housing Element, and serves as the City of Rocklin’s (City’s) guiding policy document that meets future needs of housing for all the City’s economic levels. The Housing Element is the only one of the eight required elements of the City’s General Plan drafted in accordance with Article 10.6 et. seq. of the Government Code and Certified by the State Department of Housing and Community Development as compliant with State law .

The City of Rocklin 2012 GP EIR analyzed the environmental ramifications of the land use patterns adopted for the City of Rocklin General Plan, including the Housing Element. The 2012 GP EIR consists of a program that provides for the orderly and systematic development of land in the City of Rocklin and provides mechanisms necessary for public services needed to support the proposed urban land uses. The 2012 GP EIR evaluated a total buildout population of 76,136 by the year 2030 with 29,283 dwelling units.

An addendum to the 2012 GP EIR was prepared in 2021 as the appropriate level of environmental review for adoption of the 2021-2029 Housing Element and Safety Element updates. The 2021-2029 Housing Element update consisted of twenty-four programs, which define the specific actions the City will undertake to achieve the stated goals and policies of the 2021-2029 Housing Element to provide housing opportunities for all economic segments of the community.

Specifically, the Project consists of implementation of Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone.

The City of Rocklin, identified as Lead Agency pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), determined that the implementation of Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone does not require 380
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the need for supplemental or subsequent environmental review in accordance with Section 15162 of the CEQA Guidelines, as detailed herein. Therefore, the appropriate level of environmental review for implementation of Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone is an Addendum to the City’s 2012 GP EIR, prepared pursuant to Sections 15162 and 15164 of the CEQA Guidelines. Findings to support this Addendum are contained herein in the Findings Section of this Addendum to the 2012 GP EIR.

1.3 2012 GENERAL PLAN PROJECT DESCRIPTION
2012 General Plan Development Capacity Residential Buildout: The 2012 General Plan Land Use Element capacity identifies buildout growth potential in the Planning Area. Based on available land and densities identified in the General Plan for the incorporated area and all other areas within the City’s Sphere of Influence (SOI), the total eventual population of the city is estimated to be 76,136 by the year 2030 with 29,283 dwelling units. Buildout does not preclude intensification of uses within the city. The General Plan also used three growth scenarios to identify possible future growth in the city. The General Plan determined that since there is no certainty with regard to the actual pace of population growth, it is useful to develop population projections based on a low , midrange, and high growth scenarios. Table 4-3A of the General Plan (shown as Table 3.0-1 below) provides a range of growth scenarios. The low growth scenario, based on Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) projections, assumes that residential building permits issued will average 200 dwelling units per year. The mid-range growth scenario, based on an examination of then recent residential building activity, assumes that residential building permits issued will average 400 dwelling units per year. The high growth scenario, based on a historic growth rate of 9 percent, assumes that residential building permits issued will average 600 dwelling units per year. For planning purposes, the City has assumed that the mid-range growth scenario is the most likely to be an accurate average over the buildout horizon. However, the 2012 GP EIR evaluated the high growth scenario as the environmental base for the city’s buildout projection for a worst-case scenario. Population and housing projections and total residential buildout is shown in Table 3.0-1 below:
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TABLE 3.0-1 CITY OF ROCKLIN – RESIDENTIAL GROWTH PROJECTION

SCENARIOS
Year
# of
Housing
Units
Population
Projection
Assuming 200
Dwelling Units per
year
# of
Housing
Units
Population
Projection
Assuming 400
Dwelling Units per
Year
# of
Housing
Units
Population Project
Assuming 600
Dwelling Units
per Year
Low
Projection
Low Projection Mid-Range
Projection
Mid-Range
Projection
High
Projection
High Projection
2010 21,436 55,734 21,836 56,774 22,236 57,814
2015 22,436 58,334 23,836 61,974 25,236 65,614
2020 23,436 60,934 25,836 67,174 28,236 73,414
2025 24,436 63,534 27,836 72,374 29,283 76,136
2030 25,436 66,134 29,283 76,136
2035 26,436 68,734
Buildout 29,283 76,136
Source: City of Rocklin 2008, Land Use Element Table 4-3A Notes: 1 2008 base figures for population and housing are derived from California Department of Finance (DOF) E-5 Report “City/County Population and Housing Estimates,” January 2008. 2. Residential buildout would occur in 2021. 3. Residential buildout would occur in 2028.

Neighborhood Areas: The City’s residential Planning Area is divided into 17 neighborhood areas: Croftwood, Delmar, Fairway Heights, Granite Drive/Sierra Meadows, Greenbrae Island, Mission Hills/Clover Valley, Central Rocklin/Downtown, Secret Ravine/Sierra Bluffs, Sierra College, Stanford Ranch, Whitney Oaks, Sunset East, Whitney Ranch, Sunset West, Sunset Whitney, Woodside, and the Highway 65 Corridor. Most of the undeveloped or recently developed (within the last 10-15 years) areas in the City of Rocklin have been master planned through a series of Planned Unit Developments referred to as “General Development Plans” under the Rocklin Zoning Ordinance. Many areas that appear to be undeveloped or vacant actually have City- approved development plans or “entitlements,” and there are executed development agreements on some land areas (e.g., Clover Valley and Whitney Ranch).

Buildout Assumptions under the 2012 General Plan Associated with the City Planning Area: Future growth in the 2012 General Plan Planning Area is guided by the land uses identified in the General Plan Land Use Diagram. The 2012 GP EIR impact analysis of both temporary (i.e., construction-related) and operational effects are based on these proposed land use patterns, including proposed transportation improvements identified in the proposed Circulation Diagram of the Transportation Section of the EIR (see Figure 3.0-7).

The 2012 GP EIR also evaluates the indirect environmental effects of construction and operation of the land uses and transportation improvements in the 2012 General Plan.

Non-Residential Buildout: General Plan Table 3.0-2 below provides an estimate of the retail, office, and industrial growth expected in the city. Table 3.0-2 below presents the non-residential development in the City of Rocklin between 2008 and buildout. In order to project buildout of non-residential development, the City estimated the annual average absorption rate (historic) for each land use category based on an annual average 382
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of the actual growth that has occurred between 1992 and 2008. The time frame selected includes both low and high growth cycles and is therefore considered a reasonable estimate for purposes of these projections. The historic average annual growth for non-residential development between 1992 and 2008 is as follows:
• Retail – 140,975 square feet per year
• Office – 54,931 square feet per year
• Industrial – 72,076 square feet per year
Based on the assumption that non-residential development absorption in Rocklin will continue to occur at rates that are similar to the trends shown above, buildout of non-residential development, particularly retail and office uses, is anticipated to occur well beyond the General Plan horizon year of 2030. In contrast, buildout of residential development within the city is anticipated to occur by the year 2021 under the high residential growth scenario or 2028 under the mid-range scenario. However, it should be noted that the development of key non- residential growth catalysts (i.e., the completed construction of an interchange at SR 65/Sunset Boulevard and improvements to the freeway interchange at Sierra College Boulevard/I-80, and the completion of the construction of an interchange at SR 65/Whitney Ranch Parkway) has and is likely to continue to generate accelerated absorption of retail and office land uses in the vicinity of those facilities. The effect of those growth catalysts on non-residential absorption rates has not been factored into the data presented in Table 3.0-2; therefore, the data in the table should be considered as conservative estimates.

TABLE 3.0-2 CITY OF ROCKLIN – NON-RESIDENTIAL GROWTH PROJECTION

SCENARIOS
Land Use 1992 2008 2030 Buildout
Retail & Commercial 819,000 sq. ft. 3,074,600 sq. ft. 6,176,050 sq. ft. 8,893,700 sq. ft.

Office 188,000 sq. ft. 1,066,900 sq. ft. 2,275,748 sq. ft. 7,043,300 sq. ft.

Industrial 1,890,000 sq. ft. 3,053,300 sq. ft. 4,652,832 sq. ft. 5,099,000 sq. ft.

Total 2,897,000 sq. ft. 7,194,800 sq. ft. 13,104,630 sq. ft. 21,036,000 sq. ft.

Impacts and Mitigation Measures: The 2012 GP EIR identified direct, and indirect environmental effects associated with implementation of the proposed buildout of the 2012 General Plan. Further, the 2012 GP EIR identified the Municipal Code sections and General Plan policies, as well as action steps that would serve to mitigate the environmental effects. Standards of significance are identified and used to determine whether identified environmental effects are considered “significant” and require the application of mitigation measures.

Each environmental impact analysis is identified numerically (e.g., Impact 4.8.1 – Construction Impacts on Surface Water Quality) and is supported by substantial evidence included in the discussion. In addition to impacts created from the application of the standards of significance, the 2012 GP EIR also addressed impacts to the provisions of the proposed 2012 General Plan policies that could result in significant environmental effects. Mitigation measures for the proposed project were developed through a thorough review of the environmental effects of the project by consultants with technical expertise, as well as by environmental professionals. The mitigation measures adopted consist of “performance standards” that identify clear 383
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requirements that would avoid or minimize significant environmental effects (the use of performance standard mitigation is allowed under CEQA Guidelines Section 15126.4(a) and is supported by case law Rio Vista Farm Bureau Center v. County of Solano ([1st Dist. 1992] 5 Cal. App. 4th at pp. 371, 375–376 [7 Cal. Rptr. 2d 307]).

An EIR for a general plan is substantially different from a project-level EIR in the way that mitigation measures are identified and incorporated back into the “project,” which in this case is the proposed 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone. This is a function of the general plan and EIR being a set of programmatic documents as opposed to consideration of individual development projects with specific physical impacts. In this regard, a “degree of specificity” is used in accordance with State CEQA Guidelines Section 15146 which states:

Section 15146: “The degree of specificity required in an EIR will correspond to the degree of specificity involved in the underlying activity which is described in the EIR. (a) An EIR on a construction project will necessarily be more detailed in the specific effects on the project than will be an EIR on the adoption of a local general plan or comprehensive zoning ordinance because the effects of the construction can be predicated with greater accuracy. (b) An EIR on a project such as the adoption or amendment of a comprehensive zoning ordinance or a local general plan should focus on the secondary effects that can be expected to follow from the adoption or amendment, but the EIR need not be as detailed as an EIR on the specific construction projects that might follow .

As much as possible, potential program-level environmental impacts related to the policies of a general plan are identified as the plan is being prepared. Additional policies and action steps can then be formulated and proposed in the general plan to address and mitigate those impacts. Furthermore, the general plan establishes policies and measures by which the City would address environmental issues related to future implementation of the plan.

A second way that mitigation measures in a general plan EIR differ from a project-level EIR is that the general plan recognizes that future development projects would be required to undertake their own subsequent CEQA analysis as provided for under CEQA Guidelines Section 15183. Future project-specific analysis would be required to occur at such time as proposed project-specific information and project-specific sites are known for which environmental impacts can be further identified and evaluated on a project specific basis.

Approach to the Cumulative Impact Analysis CEQA: Guidelines Section 15130 requires that EIRs include an analysis of the cumulative impacts of a project when the project’s effect is considered cumulatively considerable. The analysis of cumulative impacts for each environmental factor can employ one of two methods to establish the effects of other past, current, and probable future projects: A lead agency may select a list of projects, including those outside the control of the agency, or alternatively, a summary of projects.

These projects may be from an adopted general plan or related planning document, or from a prior environmental document that has been adopted or certified, and they may describe or evaluate regional or area- wide conditions contributing to the cumulative impact. The City’s 2012 GP EIR utilizes both approaches for the cumulative impact analysis.
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Cumulative Setting and Impacts: The 2012 GP EIR provides an analysis of the proposed project’s contribution to cumulative impacts to the environment. The analysis focuses on whether the project’s contribution is “cumulatively considerable” (CEQA Guidelines Section 15130; see also the following subsection: Consideration of Cumulative Impacts). A cumulative impact occurs from the change in the environment that results from the incremental impact of the project when added to other closely related past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects. Cumulative impacts can result from individually minor but collectively significant projects taking place over a period of time (CEQA Guidelines Section 15355[b]).

Accordingly, the cumulative setting includes related past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future projects in the region. The cumulative setting conditions considered in the 2012 GP EIR are as follows:

Local Adopted General Plans: These are the existing land use plans in the region, consisting of the cities of Roseville, Lincoln, Loomis, Auburn, and Colfax, as well as the plan for the unincorporated portions of Placer County. The 2012 GP EIR identified anticipated growth of these jurisdictions by the year 2030 (which corresponds to SACOG 2035 growth projections for western Placer County) as well as post-2030 development anticipated.
 Large-Scale Development Projects. This includes community plans and area plans in the unincorporated Placer County area (Auburn/Bowman, Granite Bay, Sunset Industrial Area, Bickford, Dry Creek), as well as other major projects in western Placer County (Curry Creek, Regional University, Lincoln Sphere of Influence (SOI), Placer Ranch, Placer Vineyards, Riolo Vineyard, Creekview , Sierra Vista). The 2012 GP EIR identified current anticipated development of these projects by year 2030 (which corresponds to SACOG 2035 growth projections for western Placer County) as well as post-2030 development anticipated.
 Effect of Regional Conditions. This consists of consideration of background traffic volumes and patterns on regional and state highways (e.g., I-80 and SR 65), background air quality conditions, and other associated environmental conditions that occur within the region, both within and outside of the Planning Area.
 Consideration of Existing Development Patterns. This consists of consideration of the current environmental conditions of existing development and past land use activities in the region. It includes major land use activities in the City of Rocklin and its associated SOI. Most of the undeveloped or recently developed (within the last 20+ years) areas in the City of Rocklin have been master-planned through a series of Planned Unit Developments referred to as “General Development Plans” under the Rocklin Zoning Ordinance. Many areas which appear to be undeveloped or vacant actually have City approved development plans or “entitlements”. Timing of these developments will depend on market factors.

Consideration of Cumulative Impacts:Each technical section in the 2012 GP EIR considered whether the project’s effect on anticipated cumulative setting conditions is cumulatively considerable (i.e., a significant effect). “Cumulatively considerable” means that the incremental effects of an individual project are significant when viewed in connection with effects of past projects, the effects of other current projects, and the effects of probable future projects (CEQA Guidelines Section 15065[a][3]). The determination of whether the project’s impact on cumulative conditions is considerable is based on several factors, including consideration of applicable public agency standards, consultation with public agencies, and expert opinion. 385
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Terminology used in the 2012 General Plan EIR: The 2012 GP EIR uses the following terminology to analyze and describe the environmental effects of the proposed project:
 Rocklin General Plan Planning Area: The Planning Area represents all the area within the city boundaries (approximately 19.8 square miles), plus the additional 1.2 square miles outside the city boundaries that comprise the City’s SOI. The boundaries of the General Plan Planning Area remain the same for the 2012 General Plan as they were for the 1991 General Plan.  Less Than Significant Impact: A less than significant impact would cause no substantial change in the physical condition of the environment (no mitigation would be required for project effects found to be less than significant).
 Significant Impact and Potentially Significant Impact:A significant impact would cause (or would potentially cause) a substantial adverse change in the physical conditions of the environment.

Significant impacts are identified by the evaluation of project effects using specified standards of significance provided in each technical section of the EIR. Identified “significant” impacts are those where the project would result in an impact that can be measured or quantified, while identified “potentially significant” impacts are those impacts where an exact measurement of the project’s effects cannot be made but substantial evidence indicates that the impact would exceed standards of significance. A potentially significant impact may also be an impact that may or may not occur and where a definite determination cannot be foreseen. Mitigation measures and/or project alternatives are identified to avoid or reduce project effects to the environment to a less than significant level.  Significant and Unavoidable Impact: A significant and unavoidable impact would result in a substantial negative change in the environment that cannot be avoided or mitigated to a less than significant level if the project is implemented.
 Less Than Cumulatively Considerable Impact:A less than cumulatively considerable impact would cause no substantial change in the physical condition of the environment under cumulative conditions.  Cumulatively Considerable Impact: A cumulatively considerable impact would result when the incremental effects of an individual project, when viewed in connection with the effects of other projects, result in a significant adverse physical impact on the environment under cumulative conditions.
 Standards of Significance: A set of significance criteria to determine at what level or “threshold” an impact would be considered significant. Significance criteria used in this EIR include the CEQA Guidelines; factual or scientific information; regulatory performance standards of local, state, and federal agencies; and City goals, objectives, and policies. Specified significance criteria used by the City of Rocklin are identified at the beginning of the impact analyses of each technical section of the EIR.  Subsequent Projects/Activities: These are anticipated development projects (e.g., residential, commercial, industrial, recreational projects) that could occur in the future because of the implementation of the 2012 General Plan, the continuation and potential expansion of land use activities (such as agricultural operations), or as a result of changes from the land use designations of 386
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the existing General Plan. This could also include public infrastructure and utility extension projects including, but not limited to, roadway widenings and extensions, intersection improvements, and water, stormwater, and wastewater distribution improvements.

1.4 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT,

POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT, AND SIGNIFICANT AND

UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS
The 2012 GP EIR found that with the implementation of policies and programs from the General Plan buildout, the following environmental topic areas would be less than significant:
 land use
 geology and soils
 human health/hazards
 hydrology and water quality
 population and housing
 public service, utilities, and service systems and,
 water resources.

The 2012 GP EIR addressed potentially significant impacts related to:
 air quality
 aesthetics/light and glare
 transportation and circulation
 noise
 cultural and paleontological resources
 biological resources
 climate change and greenhouse gases
The 2012 GP EIR concluded that implementation of the 2012 General Plan would result in significant and unavoidable impacts to the following environmental resource areas, and a Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted with the 2012 General Plan:

Air Quality
o Impact 4.2.2: Violate Air Quality Standard: Short-Term Emissions from Construction Projects. Although the 2012 General Plan has mitigating policies and their associated action steps, along with the City, District, State and Federal Rule-Based Requirements, these efforts will not reduce the impact to a less than significant level.
o Impact 4.2.3: Negative air quality impacts associated with long-term emissions from projected growth over the planning horizon of the proposed project could result in a violation of an air quality standard or in a substantial contribution to an existing or projected air quality violation. Although the 2012 General 387
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Plan has mitigating policies and associated action steps to minimize the effects of this impact, these policies and action steps will not reduce the impact to a less than significant level. o Impact 4.2.5: Development of the land uses in the 2012 General Plan could include sources of toxic air contaminants which may impact surrounding land uses, or conversely, place sensitive land uses near existing sources of toxic air contaminants. Therefore, implementation of the General Plan could expose sensitive receptors to toxic air contaminants.
o Impact 4.2.6: Subsequent land use activities associated with implementation of the proposed project could include sources that could create objectionable odors affecting a substantial number of people. o Impact 4.2.7: Implementation of the proposed project, along with potential development of the surrounding region, would exacerbate existing regional problems with ozone and particulate matter.

Aesthetics/Light and Glare
o Impact 4.3.3: Implementation of the proposed project would result in increased development which would substantially degrade the existing visual character or quality of the area and its surroundings.

Although the 2012 General Plan has mitigating policies and associated action steps, these policies and associated action steps will not reduce the impact to a less than significant level. o Impact 4.3.4: Implementation of the proposed project could result in an increase in daytime glare and/or nighttime lighting. This increase in daytime glare sources and nighttime lighting levels could have an adverse effect on day or nighttime views in the area.
o Impact 4.3.5: While the Planning Area does not contain any scenic vistas or scenic resources within a state scenic highway, implementation of the proposed project would result in alterations to the city’s existing visual character through the increased expansion of urban development and creation of additional new sources of light and glare.

Transportation and Circulation
o Impact 4.4.2: Implementation of buildout of the proposed project would contribute to increased traffic volumes on state/interstate highway facilities, which could cause operations at state/interstate highway segments to deteriorate to levels below those identified in the Caltrans Transportation Concept Report.
o Impact 4.4.3: Implementation of the proposed project would contribute to increased traffic volumes at state/interstate highway intersections at buildout.

Noise
o Impact 4.5.1: The proposed project could result in exposure of persons to or generation of noise levels in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance or of applicable standards of other agencies. Although the 2012 General Plan has mitigating policies and their associated action steps designed to minimize the effects of this impact, these policies and associated action steps will not reduce the impact to a less than significant level.
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o Impact 4.5.3: The proposed project could result in a substantial permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the project vicinity above levels existing without the project and could result in exposure of persons to or generation of noise levels in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance or of applicable standards of other agencies, as a result of increased traffic on the roadway network. Projected increases in traffic noise levels could adversely affect noise-sensitive land uses. In addition, future development of noise-sensitive land uses could be exposed to roadway and/or railroad noise levels in excess of the City’s noise standards. o Impact 4.5.4: Subsequent development associated with the proposed project could result in new noise- sensitive land uses encroaching upon existing or proposed stationary noise sources or new stationary noise sources encroaching upon existing or proposed noise-sensitive land uses. This could result in a substantial permanent increase in ambient noise levels in the project vicinity above existing levels or could result in exposure of persons to or generation of noise levels in excess of standards established in the local general plan or noise ordinance or of applicable standards of other agencies. o Impact 4.5.6: Buildout of the proposed project would increase transportation noise along roadways within the Planning Area.

Cultural and Paleontological Resources
o Impact 4.8.5: Implementation of the proposed project, in addition to existing, approved, proposed, and reasonably foreseeable development in the region, could result in cumulative impacts to historic character in the region. The 2012 General Plan mitigating goals and policies and their associated action steps would reduce the severity of impacts to historic character. However, the policies would not completely mitigate this impact.

Biological Resources
o Impact 4.10.3: Implementation of the proposed project could have a substantial adverse impact on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations or by CDFG or USFWS due to disturbance, degradation, and removal of sensitive biological communities. Implementation of the proposed project could also have a substantial adverse effect on federally protected wetlands as defined by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (including but not limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal) through direct removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means.
o Impact 4.10.5: Implementation of the proposed project could conflict with any local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources, such as a tree preservation policy or ordinance as a result of the removal of native oak trees, including heritage trees and other mature, healthy oak trees.

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Fund, but would be significant and unavoidable because the removed trees would not be immediately replaced with mature oak trees.
o Impact 4.10.6: Implementation of the proposed project could conflict with any local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources, such as a tree preservation policy or ordinance as a result of the removal of areas of oak woodland habitat. Implementation of the proposed project and the associated oak woodland habitat removal could also have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as a candidate, sensitive, or special-status species in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations, or by CDFG or USFWS. This impact can be partially mitigated through the preservation, creation and restoration of the City’s urban forest and oak woodlands that would take place over time as part of the City’s mitigation strategy, but would be significant and unavoidable because the mitigation strategy allows for the replanting of trees (either directly or through payments to the City) that will take many years to become as mature as many of the oak trees that will be removed, and the mitigation strategy may not necessarily result in the re- creation of areas of oak woodland habitat.
o Impact 4.10.7: The proposed project, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects, could have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on any species identified as candidate, sensitive, or special-status species in local or regional plans, policies or regulations, or by CDFG or USFWS. The proposed project, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects, could also have a substantial adverse effect on any riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations or by CDFG or USFWS. The proposed project, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects could also have a substantial adverse effect on federally protected wetlands as defined by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (including, but not limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal) through direct removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means. The proposed project, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects, could also interfere substantially with the movement of any native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or with established native resident or migratory wildlife corridors, or impede the use of native wildlife nursery sites. Further, the proposed project, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects, could reduce the number or restrict the range of an endangered, rare, or threatened plant or animal species or biotic community, thereby causing the species or community to drop below self-sustaining levels.

Climate Change and Greenhouse Gases
o Impact 4.15.3: Implementation of the 2012 General Plan and the associated future development would generate greenhouse gas emissions, either directly or indirectly, that may have a significant impact on the environment.

1.5 2021-2029 HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAM 10 – INVENTORY OF SITES FOR HOUSING/REZONE.

The City of Rocklin 2021-2029 Housing Element was adopted in August 2021 and replaced the 2013-2021 Housing Element. The 2021-2029 Housing Element contains twenty-four programs, which define the specific actions the City will undertake to achieve the stated goals and polices of the 2021-2029 Housing Element. 390
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Program 10, adopted with the 2021–2029 Housing Element, is noted below:
 10. Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone – As part of this Housing Element update, the City identified additional parcels suitable for residential development. To help facilitate the development of affordable housing on these sites, the City will work with interested developers and provide financial and/or regulatory incentives, as feasible.

To accommodate the City’s 6th cycle Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA), and the 5th cycle unaccommodated need, the City will rezone and amend the land use designation on 95.58 acres of vacant and underutilized land to Res 24+, and 64.33 acres of land that is vacant and underutilized to MU 24+, to meet the City’s lower-income RHNA of 3,543 units (identified in Table 7-40). All sites will have a minimum density of 24 units per acre. Mixed-Use sites will have a maximum density of 40 dwelling units per acre and sites zoned Res 24+ will have a High-Density Residential (HDR) land use designation with no maximum density. Rezoned sites will permit owner-occupied and rental multifamily uses by-right pursuant to Government Code section 65583.2(i) for developments in which 20 percent or more of the units are affordable to lower-income households. All sites will require a minimum of 20 units per acre and will allow for at least 16 units per site, per state law requirements. The City will ensure that this rezone effort will ensure consistency with the General Plan designations and zoning districts.

Additionally, to ensure capacity for the City’s moderate-income RHNA, the City will rezone 51.06 acres of vacant land to R-3, RD-20, and MU 10+, and 26.69 acres of underutilized land to MU 10+, identified in Table 7-41.

The City will emphasize applying the rezones to available lands in high-resource areas, as defined by the TCAC/HCD Opportunity Areas map and on sites that are 0.5 to 10 acres in size.

All identified sites have water and sewer capacity and availability of dry utilities.

As noted, the City committed to a series of legislative General Plan Land Use and Zoning Map Amendments to implement Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone of the City of Rocklin’s Adopted and Housing and Community Development’s (HCDs) Certified 2021-2029 Housing Element. As described in Program 10, to accommodate the City’s 6th cycle Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) of 5,661 units, and the 5th cycle unaccommodated need of 481 units, the City committed to amending the land use designation and rezoning of a total of ±237.66 acres of infill land currently slated for residential, mixed use, commercial or industrial uses and previously evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR. As a part of implementing Program 10, the City has created a Residential Minimum Density Overlay (RMDO) Zone to provide a mechanism to establish minimum development densities on a given site as a means to help the City achieve its RHNA obligations. The creation of the RMDO zone is an element of this Addendum’s project description and the analysis herein. 391
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Lower Income Sites: The amendments of the land use designations and rezoning are comprised of a total of ±159.91 acres consisting of ±95.58 acres of vacant and underutilized land to Residential (Res) 24+ units per acre, and ±64.33 acres of land that is vacant and underutilized to Mixed Use (MU) 24+ units per acre to meet the City’s lower income RHNA of 3,543 dwelling units.

Based upon the properties identified in the 2021 -2029 Housing Element, the City anticipated approximately 3,814 total units for the lower income category or 271 units in excess of the City’s 3,543 lower income RHNA allocation as summarized Table 7-42:

Table 7-42 Summary of Vacant & Underutilized Residential Sites (Lower Income Sites) Acres Existing
GP Acres
Proposed
GP
Existing
Zoning Acres
Proposed
Zoning Density
Unit
Capacity

95.58 HDR &
RC

45.49 HDR
M-2,OA,C-
2,PD-C, PD-
OA

45.49 Res24+ 30 2,862MU 7.71 PD-R,PD-C,
C-3

7.71 LI 21.62 PD-LI,PD-IP,
LI

21.62 PQP 3.09 PD-15 3.09
BP/C/LI 11.17 PD-BP/C/LI 11.17
HI 6.50 M2 6.50
Vacant & Underutilized Mixed-Use Sites

64.33 BP/C/LI 34.43
MU

BP/C/LI,

PD-BP/C,

34.43 MU24+ 15 952MU 3.93 C-3,PD-
MU,C-4

3.93 RC 12.68 PD-BP/C, C-
3 12.68
LI 13.29 PC-IP 13.29
Total:
159.91

Total: 3,814
All sites constitute infill development and have access to existing utilities. The sites are in proximity to existing services including the library, healthcare services, retail commercial establishments, parks and schools.

Moderate Income Sites: To ensure capacity for the City’s moderate income RHNA of 771 units, the City committed to amend the land use designation and rezone a total of ±77.75 acres consisting of ±51.06 acres of vacant land to Residential, Multiple-Family (R-3), Residential, Density (RD-20) and Mixed-Use 10+ units per acre and ±26.69 acres of underutilized land to MU 10+ units per acre.

Based upon the properties identified in the 2021-2029 Housing Element, the City anticipated approximately 1,000 units or 229 units in excess of the City’s 771 moderate income RHNA allocation as summarized in Table 7-43:
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Table 7-43 Summary (Moderate Income Sites)
Vacant & Underutilized Residential Sites
Acres General Plan Acres Existing Zoning Acres Proposed Zoning Unit Capacity

51.06 HDR 42.06 C-2,PD-20,PD-R,PD-
C

42.06 R3, MU10+ 805
MHDR/MU 9 R-3, PD-C-4, C-4, C-
2, R1-5
9 Vacant & Underutilized Mixed-Use Sites

26.69 MU 26.69 PD-C-4, C-4, C-2, R-
1-5

26.69 MU10+ 195
Total:77.75 Total: 1,000 All sites constitute infill development and have access to existing utilities. The sites are in proximity to existing services including the library, healthcare services, retail commercial establishments, parks and schools.

Above Moderate Income: For the above moderate-income category, the City’s RHNA of 1,828 units is required and the City in turn identified existing properties appropriate General Plan and Zoning to accommodate 1,980 units or 152 units in excess of the City’s 1,828 moderate income RHNA allocation as summarized in Table 7-44. Above Moderate-income households are defined as households making in excess of 120% of the Medium Income.

Table 7-44 Summary (Above Moderate Sites)
Vacant & Underutilized Residential Sites
Existing Zoning Unit Capacity
Various PD densities Total: 1,980
CEQA requires the City to evaluate the environmental impacts associated with changes to the environment resulting from the Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone. In this instance, most of the goals, policies, and programs from the previous 2013-2021 Housing Element are continued through to the proposed 2021–2029 Housing Element.

Project changes standing alone normally will not trigger requirements for further CEQA review . However, the City as Lead Agency must provide a reasoned basis supporting its conclusion that project changes would not result in new or substantially more severe significant impacts. (American Canyon Cmty United for Responsible Growth v. City of American Canyon (2006) 154 Cal.App.4th 1062)

2.0 CEQA ANALYSIS
The following environmental analysis compares the 2012 GP EIR with the adopted 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project. As noted, in accordance with State law , the adopted 2021-2029 Housing Element has been determined to be consistent with the 2012 General Plan.

Accordingly, the 2012 GP EIR environmental analysis is consistent with the 2012 General Plan and 2021-2029 Housing Element.
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As required by CEQA Guidelines Section 15164, the analysis considers if the 2021-2029 Housing Element would result in new significant environmental effects or a substantial increase in the severity of significant effects identified in the 2012 GP EIR, or if the 2021-2029 Housing Element would require new or substantially different mitigation measures than those identified in the 2012 GP EIR.

It should be noted that the City certified the 2012 GP EIR in accordance with Appendix G Checklist at the time. California courts have held that where a new guideline or threshold is adopted after the certification of an EIR, an addendum to the EIR need not include additional environmental analysis relating to that guideline or threshold where the potential environmental impact at issue in the new guideline or threshold was known or could have been known at the time the EIR was certified. (Citizens Against Airport Pollution v. City of San Jose (2014) 227.App4th 788, 806). Because these impacts were known or could have been known when the EIR was certified in 2012, this does not constitute new information requiring a supplemental or subsequent EIR.

2.1 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
The following analysis discusses environmental resource areas and thresholds included in the CEQA Guidelines Checklist Appendix G. The analysis also considers the 2012 General Plan policies that would be implemented to reduce potential environmental impacts. The policies included in the 2012 General Plan are specifically intended to mitigate environmental impacts. As such, the analysis in the 2012 GP EIR identified the 2012 General Plan policies, as well as mitigation measures, that would reduce significant impact associated with implementation of the 2021 General Plan, including the 2021-2029 Housing Element. The addendum considers the 2012 General Plan policies and mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR to determine if new or substantially different mitigation measures are required to reduce impacts of the 2021-2029 Housing Element Program 10 – Inventory for Site for Housing/Rezone.

2.1.1 AESTHETICS
AESTHETIC IMPACTS IN 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR
The 2012 General Plan Aesthetics section describes the City of Rocklin’s visual resources and landscape. The analysis focused on the anticipated changes that would occur to the visual character of the Planning Area stemming from development consistent with the 2012 General Plan land uses. The 2012 EIR concluded that implementation of the 2012 General Plan land uses would result in a significant and unavoidable aesthetic impacts due to substantially altering the existing visual character of the sites and its surroundings slated for development. The following aesthetic impacts were determined:

Impact 4.3.1 No lands within the Planning Area are designated as a scenic vista. Therefore, a substantial adverse effect on a scenic vista would not occur as a result of project implementation and no impact is identified.

Alteration of vacant areas would change the visual quality of various areas throughout the Planning Area.

However, since there are no designated scenic vistas, no impact would occur.

Impact 4.3.2 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would not substantially damage any scenic resources, including but not limited to, trees, rock outcroppings, and historic buildings within a state scenic highway.

Therefore, no impact would occur.
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Impact 4.3.3 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would result in increased development that would substantially degrade the existing visual character or quality of the area and its surroundings. Although the 2012 General Plan has mitigating policies and associated action steps, these policies and associated action steps will not reduce the impact to a less than significant level. Therefore, this would be a potentially significant impact, and after application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.

Impact 4.3.4 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could result in an increase in daytime glare and/or nighttime lighting. This increase in daytime glare sources and nighttime lighting levels could have an adverse effect on day or nighttime views in the area. This is considered a potentially significant impact, and after implementation of existing City Design Review Guidelines and application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.

Impact 4.3.5 While the Planning Area does not contain any scenic vistas or scenic resources within a state scenic highway, implementation of the 2012 General Plan would result in alterations to the city’s existing visual character through the increased expansion of urban development and creation of additional new sources of light and glare. This is considered a cumulatively considerable impact and after implementation of existing City Design Review Guidelines and application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.

AESTHETIC IMPACTS WITH PROGRAM 10 – INVENTORY OF SITE FOR HOUSING/REZONE.

The Aesthetic Impacts associated with the Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project with General Plan Amendments and Rezones would not result in new significant aesthetic impacts greater than those identified in the 2012 EIR. Although, the Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project would increase the density of residential development, all Program 10 properties were previously evaluated for residential, mixed use, commercial or industrial development. Although the Program 10 sites would result in different land uses and/or development intensity than what was anticipated in the 2012 General Plan, the development of housing that may be built upon these sites would not substantially alter the visual character of the built urban environment. Moreover, the proposed residential developments are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, and General Plan policies which ensure that aesthetic impacts are avoided or minimized on adjoining land uses. Accordingly, such changes would not result in increased aesthetic impacts beyond those analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR.

In addition, the following 2012 General Plan policies will be implemented on a project specific basis to assist in avoiding or minimizing land use incompatibilities and visual impacts within the Planning Area: LU-8, LU- 13, LU-18, LU-19, LU-21, LU-38, LU-39 LU-50, LU-51, LU-52, LU-53, LU-54 and LU-55. These General Plan policies relate to reviewing proposals for new residential development for compatibility with the character and scale of nearby neighborhoods, maintaining development standards unique to Central Rocklin that encourage residential development on infill parcels, including affordable housing, while maintaining compatibility with existing residential land uses, implementing complimentary design concepts for all buildings, structures, driveways, parking areas, parks and landscaping, and ensuring that the spacing, scale, mass, height, exterior materials and architectural design of new residential uses complements existing residential areas. 395
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Moreover, the following 2012 General Plan policies will be implemented on a project specific basis to assist in avoiding or minimizing impacts associated with increased daytime glare and/or nighttime lighting: LU-4, LU- 18, LU-21, LU-38, LU-39, LU-50, and LU-52. These General Plan policies relate to utilizing techniques that minimize the adverse effects of light and glare on surrounding properties, and incorporating dark sky concepts to the extent practicable, establishing residential design standards for planned unit developments, especially for hillsides and other unique areas, maintaining development standards unique to Central Rocklin that encourage residential development on infill parcels, including affordable housing, and implementing complimentary design concepts for all buildings, structures, driveways, parking areas, parks and landscaping.

As noted, the site-specific Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, and General Plan policies which will help to ensure that aesthetic impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.

Therefore, the Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project would not result in new or substantially more severe significant aesthetic impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.

2.1.2 AIR QUALITY
AIR QUALITY IMPACTS IN 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR
The 2012 General Plan Air Quality section examined the climatic influences that affect air quality of the City of Rocklin General Plan Planning Area and described available data on measured air pollution levels near the Planning Area. Key issues addressed include 8-hour ozone attainment, short-term construction emissions, operational air pollutants, increases in criteria pollutants, odors, and regional air quality impacts. General Plan policies and mitigation measures that would serve to reduce impacts are also identified.

The air quality analysis for this 2012 GP EIR is based on land use designations identified in the proposed 2012 General Plan Land Use Element and the projected traffic and residential, commercial, office, and industrial uses described herein. The following air quality impacts were determined.

Impact 4.2.1 Subsequent land use activities associated with implementation of the 2012 General Plan could result in emissions greater than the standards identified by the Sacramento Regional 8-Hour Ozone Attainment and Reasonable Further Progress Plan. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, these impacts are considered to be less than significant.

Impact 4.2.2 Project-related construction and development over the planning horizon of the 2012 General Plan, including vegetation removal, excavation, grading, paving, operation of vehicles, painting, and other construction activities, could increase the potential for air pollutants. Therefore, this is considered a potentially significant impact, and after application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
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Impact 4.2.3 Negative air quality impacts associated with long-term emissions from projected growth over the planning horizon of the 2012 General Plan could result in a violation of an air quality standard or in a substantial contribution to an existing or projected air quality violation. Therefore, this is considered a potentially significant impact, and after application of Placer County Air Pollution Control District (PCAPCD), State and Federal Rule Based Requirements, as well as applicable air quality mitigation measures and General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.

Impact 4.2.4 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would increase traffic volumes that could potentially increase concentrations of carbon monoxide (CO) along streets and near intersections. This increase could cause or contribute to local CO concentrations exceeding 20 ppm over a 1-hour averaging period or 9 ppm over an 8-hour averaging period. However, air quality modeling and analysis show that increases in CO concentrations resulting from the proposed project will not exceed these thresholds. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.

Impact 4.2.5 Development of the land uses in the 2012 General Plan could include sources of toxic air contaminants which may impact surrounding land uses, or conversely, place sensitive land uses near existing sources of toxic air contaminants. Therefore, implementation of the General Plan could expose sensitive receptors to toxic air contaminants. This is considered a potentially significant impact, and after application of application of applicable General Plan policies and mitigation in the form of a new General Plan policy, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.

Impact 4.2.6 Subsequent land use activities associated with implementation of the 2012 General Plan could include sources that create objectionable odors affecting a substantial number of people. This is considered to be a potentially significant impact, and after continued implementation of PCAPCD Rule 205 and applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.

Impact 4.2.7 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan, along with potential development of the surrounding region, would exacerbate existing regional problems with ozone and particulate matter. This is considered a cumulatively considerable impact and after application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.

AIR QUALITY IMPACTS WITH PROGRAM 10 – INVENTORY OF SITES FOR HOUSING/REZONE.

The City’s land use authority in planning, zoning, and permitting is an effective tool to minimize air pollutant emissions and associated health risks. The changes in existing land use designations as a result of the adopted 2021-2029 Housing Element has the potential to conflict with the local air district’s air quality attainment plans.

For instance, if subsequent land use activities associated with implementation of the 2021-2029 Housing Element result in the increase of stationary or mobile pollutant emissions above those analyzed in the local air quality attainment plan, the 2021-2029 Housing Element may be in conflict with the attainment plan and result in an environmental impact according to CEQA standards of significance.

Generally, an increase in the amount of acreage or density for residential land use designations results in the increase of the potential population of a jurisdiction. Based on the projected growth trends, the Rocklin population is expected to reach buildout of 76,136 by the year 2030 with 29,283 housing units. 397
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According to Tables 7-1 and 7-15 of the 2021-2029 Housing Element, Rocklin has a 2020 population of 70,350 with a total estimated 26,342 housing units or 5,786 persons and 2,941 housing units, respectively, below the projected 2030 estimates evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.

The sites that would undergo General Plan Amendments and rezones to increase the density could potentially accommodate 2,720 additional housing units during the eight-year planning period. Based upon the California Department of Finance (DOF) estimate of 2.8 persons per household in the City, the 2,720 housing units would equate to a population increase of 7,616 additional residents resulting in an estimated population of 77,966 persons or 1,830 persons more than the 2012 GP EIR estimated at buildout.

Infill development of 2,720 additional residential units resulting in 1,830 persons over the 2021-2029 Housing Element eight-year planning period does not represent a significant increase of stationary or mobile pollutant emissions above those analyzed in the local air quality attainment plan considering that all of the project sites constitute infill development in close proximity to existing services including the library, healthcare services, retail commercial establishments, parks and schools.

The proposed land use and zoning changes, which would accommodate 2,720 new or additional housing units, the population growth of 7,616 additional residents would be within the anticipated population buildout of 76,136 persons. Accordingly, subsequent development associated with implementation of the Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project would not result in emissions greater than those projected in the 2012 GP EIR.

Moreover, negative air quality impacts associated with long-term emissions from projected growth over the planning horizon of the Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project would not result in a violation of an air quality standard or in a substantial contribution to an existing or projected air quality violation beyond those projected in the 2012 GP EIR.

Due to the temporary nature of construction-related impacts and because projects must be in compliance with General Plan Policy OCR-58 as implemented through the mitigations stated in the City’s “Mitigation for Air Quality Impacts” form, as well as PCAPCD, state, and federal rules and regulations, these impacts will not result in a violation of an air quality standard or in a substantial contribution to an existing or projected air quality violation beyond those projected in the 2012 GP EIR.

The Air Quality Impacts associated with the revised Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project with General Plan and Rezones would not result in new significant air quality impacts greater than those identified in the 2012 EIR. Although, the Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project would increase the residential density of development for identified properties, these properties are and were slated for urban development consisting of residential, mixed use, commercial or industrial uses and were evaluated as such in the 2012 GP EIR.

Moreover, the following 2012 General Plan policies will be implemented on a project specific basis to assist in avoiding or minimizing air quality impacts within the Planning Area: LU-13, LU-21, LU-23, LU-26, LU-33, LU- 35, LU-39, OCR-27, OCR-28, OCR-58, OCR-59, C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5, C-50, C-51, C-52, C-53, C-54, C-55, C- 56, C-57, C-58, C-59, and C-60.. These General Plan policies relate to reviewing proposals for new residential development for compatibility with the character and scale of nearby neighborhoods, maintaining development 398
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standards that encourage residential development on infill parcels, allowing a variety of compatible commercial, service and residential uses that will contribute to an active pedestrian environment, maximizing internal vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle connections between adjacent commercial developments, establishing Class I bikeways where feasible along public roadways when roadways are adjacent to open space and parkland, requiring development projects to incorporate stationary and mobile source control measures recommended by the Placer County Air Pollution Control District and approved by the City for protection of air quality during construction and subsequent operations, continuing to consult with the Placer County Air Pollution Control District in the development of stationary and mobile source control measures affecting the City of Rocklin, promoting the use of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEV) by providing accommodations (i.e., lane striping and signage) to facilitate the use of these vehicles where feasible within existing and planned rights-of-way, promoting the use of non-motorized transportation by providing a system of bicycle routes and pedestrian ways, coordinating with public transit providers to meet residents’ needs, work with transit providers to plan, fund and implement additional transit services that are cost-effective and responsive to existing and future transit demand, and promoting the use of public transit through development conditions such as requiring park-and-ride lots, bus turnouts and passenger shelters along major streets, requiring landscaping and tree planting along railroad right-of-way and along existing streets as appropriate, and improving bicyclist and pedestrian safety through such methods as signage, lighting, traffic controls, and crosswalks.

In addition, Mitigation Measures MM 4.2.1 of the 2012 GP EIR, a newly created policy, would be applied to projects on a project-by-project basis:
 Reduce the exposure of sensitive receptors to potential health risks from toxic air contaminants (TACs).  Residential development projects and projects categorized as sensitive receptors shall be located an adequate distance from existing and potential sources of toxic air contaminant (TAC) emissions such as freeways, major arterials, industrial sites, and hazardous material locations. “Adequate distance” will be based on site-specific conditions, the type and location of sensitive receptors, the types and amounts of potential TAC emissions, mitigation measures that reduce potential health risks from TAC emissions, and other factors.
 The City shall require new air pollution point sources (such as, but not limited to, industrial, manufacturing, and processing facilities) to be located an adequate distance from residential areas and other sensitive receptors. “Adequate distance” will be based on site-specific conditions, the type and location of sensitive receptors, the types and amounts of potential TAC emissions, mitigation measures that reduce potential health risks from TAC emissions, and other factors.

Site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, and General Plan policies which will help to ensure that air quality impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.

Furthermore, any proposed future development of Program 10 project sites will be evaluated under CEQA to determine if the General Plan Update EIR sufficiently addressed any potential environmental effects, or if additional environmental review is necessary. All mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects, as applicable. 399
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Therefore, the Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project would not result in new or substantially more severe significant air quality impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.

2.1.3 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES
BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE IMPACTS IN 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR
The 2012 General Plan Biological Resources section provided information on biological resources in the City of Rocklin General Plan Planning Area and described local habitats and on-site vegetation communities, including wetlands and other potential jurisdictional “waters of the United States.” Key issues include special- status species, species of concern, non-listed species, biological communities, and migratory wildlife corridors.

The following biological resource impacts were identified.

Impacts 4.10.1 and 4.10.2 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on species identified as candidate, sensitive, or special-status species in local or regional plans, policies or regulations, or by the CDFG and USFWS. This would be a potentially significant impact, and after application of mitigation in the form of two new General Plan action steps, the impact was determined to be less than significant.

Impact 4.10.3 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could have a substantial adverse impact on riparian habitat or other sensitive natural community identified in local or regional plans, policies, or regulations or by the CDFG or USFWS due to disturbance, degradation, and removal of sensitive biological communities.

Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could also have a substantial adverse effect on federally protected wetlands as defined by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (including, but not limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal) through direct removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means. This would be a significant impact, and after application of applicable General Plan policies and application of mitigation in the form of two new General Plan action steps, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.

Impact 4.10.4 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could interfere substantially with the movement of native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species. However, remaining development under the proposed project would not substantially convert major remaining undisturbed open space and riparian areas that could serve as migratory corridors, and the 2012 General Plan Land Use Diagram provides several movement corridors designated as open space along waterways in the city that connect with land areas outside of Rocklin.

Therefore, this would be a less than significant impact.

Impact 4.10.5 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could conflict with local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources, such as a tree preservation policy or ordinance as a result of the removal of native oak trees, including heritage trees and other mature, healthy oak trees. This impact can be partially mitigated through the application of General Plan policies that require preservation of trees proposed for removal, the relocation or replanting of removed trees, and contributions to the City’s Oak Tree Preservation Fund, but would be significant and unavoidable because the removed trees would not be immediately replaced with mature oak trees.

Impact 4.10.6 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could conflict with local policies or ordinances protecting biological resources, such as a tree preservation policy or ordinance as a result of the removal of 400
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areas of oak woodland habitat. This impact can be partially mitigated through the application of General Plan policies requiring the preservation, creation, and restoration of the city’s urban forest and oak woodlands that would take place over time as part of the City’s mitigation strategy, but would be significant and unavoidable because the mitigation strategy allows for the replanting of trees (either directly or through payments to the City) that will take many years to become as mature as many of the oak trees that will be removed, and the mitigation strategy may not necessarily result in the re-creation of areas of oak woodland habitat.

Impact 4.10.7 The 2012 General Plan, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects, could have a substantial adverse effect, either directly or through habitat modifications, on species identified as candidate, sensitive, or special status species in local or regional plans, policies or regulations, or by the CDFW or USFWS.

The proposed project, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects, could also have a substantial adverse effect on federally protected wetlands as defined by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (including, but not limited to, marsh, vernal pool, coastal) through direct removal, filling, hydrological interruption, or other means. The proposed project, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects, could also interfere substantially with the movement of native resident or migratory fish or wildlife species or with established native resident or migratory wildlife corridors, or impede the use of native wildlife nursery sites. Further, the proposed project, in combination with other reasonably foreseeable projects, could reduce the number or restrict the range of an endangered, rare, or threatened plant or animal species or biotic community, thereby causing the species or community to drop below self-sustaining levels. This is considered a cumulatively considerable impact and after application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.

BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS WITH PROGRAM 10 – INVENTORY OF SITE FOR HOUSING/REZONE.

The Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project increases the density of residential sites previously evaluated for other types of development such as mixed use, residential, commercial and industrial.

Such residential land use changes would not result in an increase in biological impacts beyond the scope of the 2012 GP EIR considering that all of the parcels to be developed with Program 10 were slated for commercial, industrial, mixed use, or residential uses in the 2012 GP EIR and Program 10 does not increase the overall development area that was analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR.. The Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project is within the same boundaries of the project sites previously evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR and thus would not result in impacts to riparian habitat, wetland, or migratory species that have not already been evaluated in the prior 2012 GP EIR. Further, project-specific measures outlined in the 2012 GP EIR will be required, including mitigation for loss of wildlife and plant habitat.

Additionally, the following General Plan policies will be implemented on a project specific basis to assist in avoiding or minimizing impacts to special-status species: OCR-5, OCR-39, OCR-40 and OCR-41. These General Plan policies relating to utilizing the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as the primary regulatory tool for identifying and mitigating impacts to open space and natural resources, requiring the protection of wetlands, vernal pools, and rare, threatened and endangered species of both plants and animals through either avoidance of these resources, or implementation of appropriate mitigation measures, requiring compliance with the State and Federal Endangered Species Acts and the Clean Water Act as conditions of 401
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development project approval and recognizing that onsite protection of natural resources may not always be feasible and that offsite methods, such as use of mitigation banks, may be used.

Site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, and General Plan policies which will ensure that biological resource impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.

Therefore, the Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project would not result in new or substantially more severe significant biological resource impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.

2.1.4 CULTURAL RESOURCES
CULTURAL RESOURCE IMPACTS IN 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR
The 2012 GP EIR Cultural Resources section considered the potential for historical, cultural, and paleontological resources within the Planning Area. The Cultural Resources section also evaluated the potential for development within the Planning Area to impact such resources. The following potential impacts to cultural resources were identified:

Impact 4.8.1 Subsequent development activities under the 2012 General Plan could potentially cause a direct substantial adverse change in the significance of an archaeological or historical resource or structure. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.

Impact 4.8.2 Subsequent development activities under the 2012 General Plan could result in the potential disturbance of cultural resources such as prehistoric archaeological sites, historical archaeological sites, and isolated artifacts and features. Human remains could also be impacted. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this would be a less than significant impact.

Impact 4.8.3 Subsequent development activities under the 2012 General Plan could result in the direct or indirect destruction of unique paleontological resources (i.e., fossils and fossil formations) within the Planning Area. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this would be a less than significant impact.

Impact 4.8.4 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan, in addition to existing, approved, proposed, and reasonably foreseeable development in the region, could result in cumulative impacts to cultural resources, including human remains, in the region. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. This is considered a cumulatively considerable impact and after application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.
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Impact 4.8.5 Implementation of the proposed project, in addition to existing, approved, proposed, and reasonably foreseeable development in the region, could result in cumulative impacts to historic character in the region. The 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps would reduce the severity of impacts to historic character. However, the policies would not completely mitigate this impact. This is considered a cumulatively considerable impact and after application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be significant and unavoidable.

Impact 4.8.6 Implementation of the proposed project, in addition to existing, approved, proposed, and reasonably foreseeable development in the region, could result in cumulative impacts to paleontological resources, including unique geological features, in the region. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. This is considered a cumulatively considerable impact and after application of applicable General Plan policies, the impact was determined to be less than cumulatively considerable.

CULTURAL RESOURCE IMPACTS WITH PROGRAM 10 – INVENTORY OF SITE FOR HOUSING/REZONE.

Consultation in accordance with Senate Bill (SB) 18 occurred in 2011 with the preparation of the Draft EIR.

SB 18 (Burton, Chapter 905, Statues of 2004) requires city and county governments to consult with California Native American tribes early in the planning process with the intent of protecting traditional tribal cultural places. The purpose of involving tribes at the earliest stage of planning efforts is to allow consideration of tribal cultural places in the context of broad local land use policy before project-level land use decisions are made by a local government.

As such, SB 18 applies to the adoption or substantial amendment of general or specific plans. The process by which consultation must occur in these cases was published by the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research through its Tribal Consultation Guidelines: Supplement to General Plan Guidelines: Supplement to General Plan Guidelines (Governor’s Office of Planning and Research 2005). The Program 10 Implementation Project – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone requires an amendment of the City’s General Plan; however, these lands have already undergone consultation in accordance with SB 18. Accordingly, no additional tribal consultation is necessary pursuant to SB 18.

Assembly Bill (AB) 52 (Chapter 532, Statutes of 2014) established a formal consultation process for California Native American tribes as part of CEQA and equates significant impacts on tribal cultural resources with significant environmental impacts (Public Resources Code Section 21084.2 AB 52 consultation requirements went into effect on July 1, 2015 for all projects that had not already published a Notice of Intent to Adopt a Negative Declaration or Mitigation Negative Declaration or published a Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report prior to that date (Section 11(c)). Specifically, AB 52 requires that “prior to the release of a negative declaration, mitigated negative declaration, or environmental impact report for a project, the lead agency shall begin consultation (21808.3.1 (a)), and that “the lead agency may certify an environmental impact report or adopt a mitigated negative declaration for a project within a significant impact on an identified tribal cultural resource only if “consultation is formally concluded (21082.3 (d)). However, in the case of the current Program 10 Implementation Project, the lead agency has prepared this Addendum to the City’s previously certified 2012 GP EIR, in accordance with Section 15164 of the CEQA Guidelines. An Addendum was determined to be the most appropriate environmental document considering none of the conditions described in Section 15162, calling for preparation of a subsequent of supplemental EIR, have occurred. This 403
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Addendum addresses minor technical changes or additions and confirms that the Project 10 Implementation Project is consistent with the previous environmental analysis conducted under the 2012 GP EIR. Accordingly, AB 52 procedures specified in PRC Sections 21080.3.1 and 21080.3.2 do not apply and no tribal consultation in accordance with AB 52 is warranted at this time.

None of the sites identified for General Plan Amendments and Rezones are on a site with a designated Historic Resource, nor are any directly adjacent to such a site. Although, known historic sites are located thought the City, future development would be evaluated for compliance with the City’s General Plan and Municipal Code, which contain policies that intend to protect historical resources and other applicable state and local regulations.

Although, the development assumed on each parcel in the 2012 GP EIR may have changed with the 2021-2029 Housing Element, those land use changes would not substantially change the impacts to historical resources as analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR. All properties evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR are slated for commercial, mixed use, industrial or residential development. Accordingly, increasing the residential density as proposed with Program 10 would not impact properties that were not otherwise evaluated.

Development sites identified in the 2021-2029 Housing Element will occur in identified vacant and underutilized sites. Underutilized sites already contain existing development improvements; therefore, housing development would be located in areas with previously disturbed soils, which will minimize the potential for new impacts to archaeological resources.

Implementation of 2012 General Plan Policies LU-38, LU-41, LU-52, LU-54, OCR-62, OCR-63, OCR-64, and OCR-65 (as described above under Impacts 4.8.1 and 4.8.2) would mitigate the General Plan contribution to cumulative impacts to cultural resources (including prehistoric sites, historic sites, and isolated artifacts and features) and human remains to less than cumulatively considerable.

Although Program 10 Implementation includes General Plan Amendments and Rezones thereby modifying the land uses with increased residential densities, such changes would not result in increased impacts to historic resources, prehistoric resources or human remains beyond those analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR.

Site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, and General Plan policies which will ensure that cultural resource impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.

Therefore, the Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project would not result in new or substantially more severe significant cultural resource impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR. 404
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2.1.5 ENERGY
ENERGY IMPACTS IN 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR
Evaluation of potential electricity, natural gas, or telecommunication impacts was based on information from the California Energy Commission, the California Public Utilities Commission, and consultation with the service providers. Given that development would be required to meet California Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24), the 2012 General Plan buildout is not expected to result in inefficient, wasteful, and unnecessary consumption of energy. The following potential impacts to energy were identified:

Impact 4.13.3.1 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would require additional electrical services, which could result in the need for new systems or supplies or a substantial expansion or alteration to electrical systems that result in a physical impact on the environment or would result in inefficient, wasteful and unnecessary consumption of energy. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. This impact is considered less than significant.

Impact 4.13.3.2 Development that would occur in association with the 2012 General Plan would be required to meet California Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24). As a result, the proposed project would not result in inefficient, wasteful, and unnecessary consumption of energy. This impact is considered less than significant.

Impact 4.13.3.3 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan, along with other existing, planned, proposed, approved, and reasonably foreseeable development, would contribute to the cumulative demand for electrical, natural gas, and telecommunications services, which could result in the need for new systems of supplies or a substantial expansion or alteration to electrical, natural gas, or telecommunications systems that result in a physical impact on the environment or would result in inefficient, wasteful, and unnecessary consumption of energy. However, the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps, and the requirement that subsequent development under the General Plan comply with energy efficiency standards in Title 24 of the California Code, ensure that the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is considered a less than cumulatively considerable impact.

Implementation of the 2012 General Plan policies would ensure that the provision and expansion of electrical, natural gas, and telecommunications services and infrastructure to serve development consistent with the General Plan would be adequately planned and that environmental impacts would be minimized. In addition, future specific utility-related projects would require a CEQA analysis and would be reviewed for project-level environmental impacts. Therefore, the proposed project’s contributions to the continued provision of electrical, natural gas, and telecommunications services and infrastructure in the cumulative setting would be considered less than cumulatively considerable.

ENERGY IMPACTS WITH PROGRAM 10 – INVENTORY OF SITE FOR HOUSING/REZONE.

Energy thresholds were added to the 2019 CEQA Guidelines. Because the 2012 GP EIR was prepared prior to energy being added to the CEQA Guidelines, it does not specially address energy impacts per Appendix G.

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have been known at the time the EIR was certified. Nonetheless, the City evaluated energy of potential electricity, natural gas, or telecommunication impacts resulting from the 2012 General Plan buildout.

The land use amendments and rezones proposed with Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project could require additional amounts of electricity and natural gas beyond what was analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR because of increased densities, however such additional amounts are not anticipated to result in any new impacts, or in the increase of a severity of previously identified impacts because the overall development area is not increasing beyond what was analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR . Energy used for construction would primarily consist of fuels in the form of diesel and gasoline. Fuel consumed by construction equipment would be the primary energy resource expended over the course of construction and would include the transportation of construction materials and construction worker commutes. Heavy duty construction equipment associated with construction activities, haul trucks involved in the removal of construction and demolition materials, and smaller support equipment (such as lighting, air compressors, and pumps) would consume petroleum-based fuel. Construction workers would travel to and from the project sites throughout the duration of construction, presumably in gasoline-powered vehicles. Increasing the density of infill residential projects would not result in a significant increase in energy usage during construction.

Updates to the 2022 California Building Codes and Standards greatly expand solar and battery storage requirements for new construction. Since 2020, the state has required newly constructed single-and multi-family homes that are up to three stores high to install solar systems that need to be large enough to meet the annual electricity usage of the building. Any new projects to be developed in accordance with the 2021-2029 Housing Element are required to comply with the 2022 California Building Code and Standards and any subsequent updates., which avoid conflicts with adopted state plan energy efficiency and avoid wasteful and inefficient energy use.

Additionally, the 2012 General Plan policies will be implemented on a project specific basis to assist in avoiding or minimizing impacts associated with demand for additional electrical, natural gas, and telecommunications services: PF-33, PF-35, PF-37, PF-38, PF-39, PF-40, OCR-8, and OCR-56. These General Plan policies relating to requiring undergrounding of utility lines in new development, minimizing the need to trench City streets by requiring the installation of telecommunications conduit in new development and major street reconstruction projects, ensuring that the City is properly compensated by utility and telecommunications companies for the use of City rights-of-way, coordinating roadway maintenance and construction projects with utility companies and private developers to minimize pavement cuts in new or resurfaced streets, informing utility companies when major new developments and new street projects will occur so that planning for utility extensions can be coordinated, coordinating with public and private utility providers to ensure that their facility and service plans meet City needs, encouraging public utility companies and agencies to consult with the City prior to undertaking projects that may affect open space and natural resource areas to minimize impacts to these areas, and encouraging energy conservation in new developments.

Similarly, operational impacts would use energy primarily in the form of natural gas and electricity. Increasing the residential density for infill sites identified would not result in a new or significant increase in energy usage during operation than what was analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR as all lands previously evaluated where slated for mixed use, commercial, industrial or residential development. 406
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As noted, the site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, and General Plan policies which will ensure that energy impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.

Therefore, the Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project would not result in new or substantially more severe significant energy impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.

2.1.6 GEOLOGY/SOILS
GEOLOGY/SOILS IMPACTS IN 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR
The 2012 GP EIR Geology/Soils section describes the geology, soils, mineral resources, seismicity, and seismic hazards of the Planning Area. Key issues include seismic hazards such as ground-shaking and liquefaction, erosion, soil stability, and wastewater conflicts. In addition, potential impacts to residents resulting from geologic and seismic hazards are also addressed. The following potential impacts to geology and soils were identified:

Impact 4.6.1 Subsequent land use activities associated with implementation of the 2012 General Plan may result in the placement of structures and development in areas of seismic sensitivity, which would expose people or structures to potential substantial adverse effects related to seismic hazards. However, current California Building Code (CBC) requirements and the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is considered a less than significant impact.

Impact 4.6.2 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could result in substantial soil erosion or the loss of topsoil as a result of construction and site preparation activities. However, existing City development standards in the Municipal Code and the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is considered to be a less than significant impact.

Impact 4.6.3 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan may allow for development on a geologic unit or soil that is unstable, or that would become unstable and potentially result in on- or off-site landslides, lateral spreading, liquefaction, or collapse. Development may be located on expansive soil, creating substantial risks to life and property. However, current City standards in the Municipal Code and the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is considered a less than significant impact.

Impact 4.6.4 Subsequent land use activities associated with implementation of the 2012 General Plan may allow for development in areas where sewers are not available for the disposal of wastewater or where soils are incapable of adequately supporting the use of septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems. However, compliance with the Placer County Environmental Health Services Department’s requirements for the approval and installation of septic systems would ensure that impacts related to soils incapable of adequately supporting 407
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the use of septic tanks or alternative wastewater disposal systems within the Planning Area are mitigated to less than significant. Therefore, this is considered a less than significant impact.

Impact 4.6.5 Subsequent land use activities associated with implementation of the proposed project, in combination with existing, approved, proposed, and reasonably foreseeable development in the City of Rocklin and adjacent areas, may result in the exposure of people or structures to potential substantial adverse effects related to cumulative seismic hazards. However, current CBC requirements and the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is considered a less than cumulatively considerable impact.

Impact 4.6.6 Implementation of the proposed project may result in substantial construction and site preparation activities, which could result in substantial soil erosion or the loss of topsoil. However, existing development standards in the Municipal Code and the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is considered to be a less than cumulatively considerable impact.

GEOLOGY AND SOILS IMPACTS WITH PROGRAM 10 – INVENTORY OF SITE FOR HOUSING/REZONE.

As noted in the 2012 GP EIR, there are no active faults in the City. Therefore, residential development associated with the Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project would not cause substantial adverse effects involving rupture of a known fault. Likewise, the project is not located in an area known for susceptible to strong seismic ground shaking, as there are not active faults in the vicinity of Rocklin and liquefaction, as there are not potentially liquefiable soils known to occur in the City. Residential development is required to comply with the California Building Code, which includes design standards and requirements to minimize the effects of ground shaking and liquefaction. Given the relatively flat topography, the City is not within a known landslide zone and development would be located in generally flat areas where landslides would be unlikely to occur. The General Plan and Zoning changes of the Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project would not result in greater impacts associated with fault rupture, ground shaking, liquefaction, and landslides than impacts determined in the 2012 GP EIR.

Similar to development analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR, the Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project development is required to comply with federal, state and local regulations and ordinances that are intended to minimize erosion and topsoil loss during construction, including but not limited to compliance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permit for stormwater discharges related to construction and land disturbance activities. Compliance with applicable regulations and standards minimize Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project impacts to soil erosion and the loss of topsoil and those impacts are not greater than those evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.

Additionally, the General Plan policies that would be implemented on a project basis assist in avoiding or minimizing impacts associated with seismic hazards and soil and geotechnical stability: S-1, S-20, S-21, OCR- 49, OCR-50 and OCR-51. These General Plan policies relating to requiring the analysis and mitigation of soil and geotechnical stability issues through compliance with the City’s Building Code as well as implementation of measures from geotechnical analyses, requiring adherence to the CBC and require a geotechnical investigation prior to site development, requiring engineering analysis of new development proposals in areas with possible soil instability, flooding, earthquake faults, or other hazards, and to prohibiting development that 408
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cannot mitigate the applicable hazard, providing for seismic safety and structural integrity in residential, commercial, industrial and public facilities through Building Code enforcement, requiring site-specific geotechnical studies of development proposals in areas subject to landslide potential, erosion, and/or slope instability, minimizing the degradation of water quality through use of erosion control plans and Best Management Practices, maintaining a grading ordinance that minimizes erosion and siltation of creeks and other watercourses and evaluating development along stream channels to ensure that it does not create any of the following effects in a significant manner.

Site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, and General Plan policies which will ensure that geology and soils impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.

Therefore, the Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project would not result in new or substantially more severe significant geology and soils impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.

2.1.7 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION IMPACTS IN 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR The 2012 General Plan Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions section of the EIR provides a discussion of the General Plan’s effect on greenhouse gas emissions and the associated effects of climate change. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires that lead agencies consider the reasonably foreseeable adverse environmental effects of projects they are considering for approval.

The methodology used in the EIR analyzed the implementation of the 2012 General Plan’s potential effect on global warming including a calculation of GHG emissions. Absent an adopted regulatory threshold or other regulatory guidance, the City has determined that the proposed project’s potential for creating an impact on global climate change should be based on a comparative analysis of the General Plan against AB 32 targets in the year 2020 and progress toward Executive Order S-3-05 targets in the year 2030. In order for California to meet the goals of AB 32 and Executive Order S-3-05, emissions will need to be reduced by 15 percent below current (2005–2008) levels by 2020 and 42 percent by 2030. The City of Rocklin would also need to achieve the same GHG targets in order to be consistent with AB 32.

Although the EIR evaluated GHG emissions, at the time, no tools were available to evaluate the significance of a single project’s contribution to global climate change resulting from GHG emissions. That is, no quantitative emission thresholds or similar criteria had been established and formally adopted to evaluate whether a single project’s contribution to the cumulative global climate change impact would be considerable.

The following potential impacts to GHG were identified:

Impact 4.15.1 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan would implement policies and activities as well as continue the implementation of existing City programs that would complement and be consistent with the 409
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early emission reduction strategies contained in the AB 32 Scoping Plan Report to the Governor and Executive Order S-3-05, as well as the recommendations from the Office of Planning and Research (OPR). Therefore, a conflict with any applicable plan, policy, or regulation of an agency adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases is not anticipated. This impact is considered to be less than cumulatively considerable.

Impact 4.15.2 Future development under the 2012 General Plan could be exposed to environmental effects associated with climate change. This impact is considered to be less than cumulatively considerable.

Impact 4.15.3 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan and the associated future development would generate greenhouse gas emissions, either directly or indirectly, that may have a significant impact on the environment.

This impact is considered to be a cumulatively considerable and significant and unavoidable impact.

GREEN HOUSE GAS IMPACTS WITH PROGRAM 10 – INVENTORY OF SITE FOR HOUSING/REZONE.

As noted, the Program 10 sites would undergo General Plan Amendments and Rezones resulting in different land uses and development intensities than what was analyzed in the 2012 GP EIR. However, as noted in the Air Quality Section, the sites that would undergo General Plan Amendments and Rezones increasing the density could potentially accommodate 2,720 additional housing units during the eight-year planning period. Based upon the California Department of Finance (DOF) estimate of 2.8 persons per household in the City, the 2,720 housing units would equate to a population increase of 7,616 additional residents resulting in an estimated population of 77,966 persons or 1,830 persons more than the 2012 GP EIR estimated at buildout.

Implementation of the Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project would cumulatively contribute to increases in GHG emissions. GHG emissions attributable to future development would be primary associated with increases of CO2 and, to a lesser extent, other GHG pollutants, such as methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) associated with area sources, mobile sources or vehicles, utilities (electricity and natural gas), water usage, wastewater generation, and the generation of solid waste. The primary source of GHG emissions for the project would be mobile source emissions.

GHG emissions were addressed in the 2012 EIR and therefore, potential impacts related to GHG emissions do not constitute “new information” as defined by CEQA, as GHG emissions were known as potential environmental impacts. As noted, the EIR determined that long-term operation of the project would generate GHG emissions from area and mobile sources, and indirectly from stationary sources associated with energy consumptions. GHG emissions generated by the project would primarily consist of carbon dioxide (CO2), and mobile sources consisting of vehicle trips would be the primary source of GHG emissions. Therefore, although 410
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quantitative thresholds were not available for use, the project’s contribution as a percentage of state or global emissions was determined to be minor and Vehicles Miles Traveled (VMT) is significantly reduced with Program 10 infill residential development for low, moderate and above moderate households than what was formally evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.

As indicated in the Transportation and Circulation Section, the 2012 GP EIR VMT was projected to increase by approximately 130 percent from an existing 1,092,000 VMT to a buildout VMT of 2,498,000, while the city’s population is projected to increase by 41 percent. This seemingly disproportionate relationship is primarily a result of the limited areas for new residential growth versus nonresidential development. As noted, from existing conditions to buildout, residential units are projected to increase from 20,682 to 29,283 units for an increase of 42 percent. Retail, office, and industrial space (land primarily devoted to employment) is projected to increase from an existing approximately 7.2 million square feet to a buildout of over 21.0 million square feet, for an increase of 192 percent. This suggests that the growth in VMT is generally proportionate with the combined growth of population and employment. The additional infill of properties designated for higher density housing providing housing opportunities for low- and moderate-income households in proximity to shopping, schools, medical services, and jobs will significantly reduce VMT and thus GHG as evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.

Additionally, the project would implement the City of Rocklin’s GHG emission reduction strategies to further reduce emissions. However, it was determined that buildout of the 2012 General Plan would result in the generation of GHG emissions which are cumulatively considerable and significant and unavoidable, and a Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted.

However, it should be noted that the following project components and California Green Building Code requirements apply to the Program 10 – Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone projects, including but not limited to the following:
 Residential projects with an aggregate landscape area equal to or greater than 500 square feet shall comply with either a local water efficient landscape ordinance or the current California Department of Water Resources' Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance (MWELO), whichever is more stringent.  Toilets and showers shall be low flow.
 Construction waste management forms shall be completed including recycling and/ or reuse of a minimum of 65 percent of nonhazardous construction and demolition waste.  All exterior lighting shall be high-efficacy and be controlled by a manual on/off switch.  All high efficacy light fixtures shall be certified as "high efficacy" light fixtures by the California Energy Commission.
 Each of the residential buildings shall be constructed in accordance with Title 24 Energy Standards.  Solar shall be required for multiple family building permit applications less than 3 stories.  All new woodburning devices shall be EPA-certified to the latest standards.  As infill residential projects, in proximity to services, reduced Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) will result than otherwise would have occurred. The above CA Green Building Code requirements coupled with the analysis in the air quality section, assure that greenhouse gas impacts remain less than significant. 411
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Program 10 - Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project has the potential to result in significant impacts relating to GHG hazards requiring special construction methods. However, all mitigation measures identified in the 2012 GP EIR will be incorporated into the individual projects as applicable.

Additionally, the following General Plan policies to be implemented on a project basis would reduce the proposed project’s contribution to cumulative impacts associated with greenhouse gas emissions: LU-3, LU-11, LU-13, LU-25, LU-31, LU-39, LU-56, LU-43, C-2, C-3, C-4, C-5, C-6, C-50, C-51, C-53, C-54, C-55, C-56, C- 57, C-58, C-59 and C-60. These General Plan policies relate to encouraging infill residential development that is in keeping with the character and scale of the surrounding neighborhood, reviewing proposals for new residential development for compatibility with the character and scale of nearby neighborhoods, while providing a variety of densities and housing types as reflected by the zoning and land use designation of the infill property, coordinating land use and transportation planning to support transit services, promoting the use of Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEV) by providing accommodations (i.e., lane striping and signage) to facilitate the use of these vehicles where feasible within existing and planned rights-of-way, promoting the use of non-motorized transportation by providing a system of bicycle routes and pedestrian ways, coordinating with public transit providers to meet residents’ needs, promoting the use of public transit through development conditions such as requiring park-and-ride lots, bus turnouts and passenger shelters along major streets, supporting the expansion of intercity rail passenger services, such as the Capitol Corridor, and implementation of regional rail passenger services, requiring Class II bike lanes in the design and construction of major new streets and establishing bike lanes on those City streets wide enough to accommodate bicycles safely, improving bicyclist and pedestrian safety through such methods as signage, lighting, traffic controls, and crosswalks, promoting pedestrian convenience and recreational opportunities through development conditions requiring sidewalks, walking paths, or hiking trails, and connecting various land uses including residential areas, commercial areas, schools, parks, employment centers and open space.

As noted, the site-specific projects are required to be consistent with the City’s Design Review Guidelines, Zoning Ordinance, and General Plan policies which will ensure that GHG impacts are addressed on a project specific basis.

Therefore, the Program 10– Inventory of Sites for Housing/Rezone Project would not result in new or substantially more significant GHG impacts than what was evaluated in the 2012 GP EIR.

2.1.8 HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IMPACTS IN 2012 GENERAL PLAN EIR The 2012 General Plan EIR Hazardous and Hazardous Materials section discussed safety hazards in the City of Rocklin. The section defines hazardous materials, identifies existing hazardous materials sites, and examines the potential for both natural and man-made hazards to occur within the Planning Area. Key issues include 412
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wildland fire hazards, airport hazards, transportation, use and disposal of hazardous materials, and emergency response and evacuation plans. General Plan policies and mitigation measures that would serve to reduce impacts are also identified. The following potential impacts to hazards and hazardous materials were identified.

Impact 4.7.1 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could expose people or structures to significant risk of loss, injury, or death involving wildland fires associated with residential development in the wildland-urban interface. However, existing development standards in the Municipal Code and the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this is considered to be a less than significant impact.

Impact 4.7.2 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could result in safety hazards associated with operations at public airports and private airstrips adjacent to areas proposed for development. The Rocklin Planning Area is not located within the boundaries of an airport land use plan, nor is it located within 2 miles of a public airport, public use airport, or private airport or airstrip. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.

Impact 4.7.3 Development permitted under the 2012 General Plan could create a significant hazard to the public or environment through the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials, or through the reasonably foreseeable upset or accidental conditions involving the release of hazardous materials into the environment. Further, development under the proposed project could also lead to the handling or emission of hazardous materials.

Impact 4.7.3 Development permitted under the 2012 General Plan could create a significant hazard to the public or environment through the routine transport, use, or disposal of hazardous materials, or through the reasonably foreseeable upset or accidental conditions involving the release of hazardous materials into the environment. However, current local, state, and federal standards and the proposed Rocklin General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.

Impact 4.7.4 Implementation of the 2012 General Plan could impair implementation of or physically interfere with adopted emergency response and evacuation plans in the Planning Area. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.

Impact 4.7.5 Potential development under the 2012 General Plan could result in cumulative hazardous materials and human health risk impacts. However, the 2012 General Plan mitigating policies and their associated action steps ensure the impact will be less than significant. Therefore, this impact would be less than cumulatively considerable.

HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS IMPACTS WITH PROGRAM 10 – I NVENTORY OF SITE FOR HOUSING/REZONE.

Hazardous Materials Sites Within the Planning Area: The State of California Hazardous Waste and Substances Site List (also known as the Cortese List) is a planning document used by state and local agencies and developers to comply with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements in providing information about the location of hazardous materials sites. Government Code Section 65962.5 requires the 413
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