Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Consent
SUBJECT:
Title
CONSIDER ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. 22-233 TO ADOPT "VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED" SCREENING CRITERIA AND THRESHOLDS OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR PURPOSES OF ANALYZING TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) AND FIND THAT THE ACTION IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
On October 11, 2022, the Planning Commission considered and recommended approval of the proposed VMT thresholds of significance to the City Council. Changes in state law require the City to adopt new CEQA thresholds of significance for transportation impacts. For the purposes of CEQA, these changes will modify how the City evaluates projects for transportation impacts. Specifically, the City is required to use Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT) instead of Level of Service (LOS) as the metric to evaluate transportation impacts in CEQA documents such as Environmental Impact Reports. Outside of the CEQA process, the City can choose to continue to evaluate projects using the LOS metric. Based on guidance provided through an implementation process led by the San Gabriel Council of Governments, City staff have prepared new CEQA transportation impact thresholds for consideration by the Planning Commission and City Council. This report summarizes the State mandate that requires modifying the CEQA thresholds, discusses the City staff recommendations to the City Council for adopting the new CEQA transportation thresholds.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE all the following actions:
ADOPT Resolution No. 22-233, "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARSON ADOPTING "VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED" SCREENING CRITERIA AND THRESHOLDS OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR PURPOSES OF ANALYZING TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) AND FIND THAT THE ACTION IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA"
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE any other action the Council deems appropriate, s...
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