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ATTY/RESO.0047/ PC RESO RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON GENERAL PLAN AMENTMENTS TO THE CIRCULATION SECTION <br />REV: 06-10-2020 PR <br />Page 1 of 4 <br />RESOLUTION NO. <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF <br />REDWOOD CITY RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT <br />AMENDMENTS TO THE CIRCULATION SECTION OF THE BUILT <br />ENVIRONMENT ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN TO INCORPORATE <br />VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED (VMT) REQUIREMENTS AND UPDATED LEVEL <br />OF SERVICE (LOS) TRANSPORTATION POLICIES AND PROGRAMS <br />W HEREAS , the General Plan establishes transportation-related goals, policies and <br />programs; and <br />W HEREAS , the Circulation Section of the Built Environment Element of the General Plan <br />has policies to ensure adequate transportation systems for the City; and <br />WHEREAS , under Senate Bill 743 (SB 743) and implementing California Environmental <br />Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines (California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Sections 15000 et seq.) <br />issued by the California Natural Resources agency in December 2018, lead agencies shall no <br />longer use automobile Level of Service (LOS) in CEQA analyses, and must instead adopt a new <br />transportation metric such as Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT); and <br />WHEREAS, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.7, the City is separately <br />adopting VMT thresholds of significance for purposes of future traffic and transportation analyses; <br />and <br />W HEREAS , in order to implement SB 743, a Transportation Analysis Manual (TAM) was <br />developed to further detail the required transportation analysis consistent with State law and the <br />Circulation Section of the General Plan; and <br />WHEREAS , on July 23, 2018, the City Council adopted a resolution approving <br />RWCmoves, a Citywide transportation plan that includes a number of policies and projects to <br />meet City transportation goals; and <br />WHEREAS, General Plan amendments are needed to clarify how the VMT transition will <br />be implemented in the City and for internal consistency within the General Plan, as well as to <br />update and reframe LOS requirements as a land use standard rather than a CEQA requirement, <br />consistent with SB 743; and <br />WHEREAS , on June 16, 2020, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public <br />hearing to consider the proposed amendments to the General Plan to ensure consistency <br />between the General Plan and the adopted RWCmoves plan; and <br />WHEREAS , the Planning Commission is empowered by Redwood City Code Chapter 18, <br />Article XI, Section 18.60 et seq., to recommend amendments to the General Plan; and