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07/27/2020 RESOLUTION NO. 15875 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AMENDING THE CIRCULATION SECTION OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN TO INCORPORATE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED (VMT) REQUIREMENTS AND UPDATED LEVEL OF SERVICE (LOS) TRANSPORTATION POLICIES AND PROGRAMS WHEREAS, on October 11, 2010, the City Council of the City of Redwood City ("City Council') adopted the new Redwood City General Plan; and WHEREAS, the General Plan establishes transportation -related goals, policies and programs; and WHEREAS, the Circulation Section of the Built Environment Element of the General Plan has policies to ensure adequate transportation systems for the City; and WHEREAS, under Senate Bill 743 (SB 743) and implementing California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Sections 15000 et seq.) issued by the California Natural Resources agency in December 2018, lead agencies shall no longer use automobile Level of Service (LOS) in CEQA analyses, and must instead adopt a new transportation metric such as Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT); and WHEREAS, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.7, the City is separately adopting VMT thresholds of significance for purposes of future traffic and transportation analyses; and WHEREAS, on July 23, 2018, the City Council adopted a resolution approving RWCmoves, a Citywide transportation plan that includes a number of policies and projects to meet City transportation goals; and WHEREAS, General Plan amendments are needed to clarify how the VMT transition will be implemented in the City and for internal consistency within the General Plan, as well as to update and reframe LOS requirements as a land use standard rather than a CEQA requirement, consistent with SB 743; and WHEREAS, on June 16, 2020, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing to consider the proposed amendments to the General Plan to ensure consistency between the General Plan and the adopted RWCmoves plan; and WHEREAS, on June 16, 2020, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council adopt the Amendments upon finding that the proposed General Plan amendments are consistent with and would further the purpose of and appropriately implement General Plan goals, programs and policies; and WHEREAS, the City Council is empowered by Redwood City Code Chapter 18, Article XI, Section 18.60 et seq., to recommend amendments to the General Plan; and ATTY/RESO.0074/CC RESO GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT RESO. NO. 15875 REV: 07-23-2020 PR MUFF NO. 601 Page 1 of 4