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Red Morton Community Park Sports Lighting Initial Study City of Redwood City 42 June 2015 California Senate Bill 375 and Plan Bay Area Senate Bill 375 (SB 375), known as the Sustainable Communities Strategy and Climate Protection Act, was signed into law in September 2008. It builds on AB 32 by requiring CARB to develop regional GHG reduction targets to be achieved from the automobile and light truck sectors for 2020 and 2035 when compared to emissions in 2005. The per capita reduction targets for passenge r vehicles in the San Francisco Bay Area include a seven percent reduction by 2020 and a 15 percent reduction by 2035.16 Consistent with the requirements of SB 375, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) has partnered with the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG), BAAQMD, and the Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) to prepare the region’s Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) as part of the RTP process.17 The SCS is referred to as Plan Bay Area. MTC and ABAG adopted Plan Bay Area in July 2013. The strategies in the plan are intended to promote compact, mixed-use development close to public transit, jobs, schools, shopping, parks, recreation, and other amenities, particularly within Pr iority Development Areas (PDAs) identified by local jurisdictions. 2010 Bay Area Clean Air Plan The Bay Area 2010 Clean Air Plan (CAP) addresses air emissions in the San Francisco Bay Area Air Basin. One of the key objectives in the CAP is climate protection. The 2010 CAP includes emission control measures and performance objectives, consistent with the State’s climate protection goals under AB 32 and SB 375, designed to reduce emissions of GHGs to 1990 levels by 2020 and 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2035. BAAQMD CEQA Guidelines BAAQMD identifies thresholds of significance for operational GHG emissions from stationary sources (e.g., engine-generators, boilers) and land-use development projects in its 2011 CEQA Air Quality Guidelines. These guidelines also include assessment methodologies and mitigation strategies for GHG emissions. In jurisdictions where a qualified Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategy has been reviewed under CEQA and adopted by decision-makers, compliance with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategy would reduce a project’s contribution to cumulative GHG emission impacts to a less than significant level.18 The City of Redwood City prepared a Climate Action Plan (CAP) in 2013 that serves as a qualified Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategy. 16 The emission reduction targets are for those associated with land use and transportation strategies, on ly. Emission reductions due to the California Low Carbon Fuel Standards or Pavley emission control standards are not included in the targets. 17 ABAG, BAAQMD, BCDC, and MTC. One Bay Area Frequently Asked Questions. Accessed June 4, 2013, Available at: <http://onebayarea.org/about/faq.html#.UQceKR2_DAk>. 18 The required components of a “qualified” Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategy or Plan are described in both Section 15183.5 of the CEQA Guidelines and the BAAQMD CEQA Air Quality Guidelines (amended 2012). 8.A. - Page 59