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d) Expose sensitive receptors to substantial pollutant concentrations? 7A Page 16 I /1 f 0 0 0 0 The project involves a text amendment to the City's zoning ordinance to clarify the permitted density on parcels larger than 10,000 square feet with the City's existing R-2 residential zoning district. It does not permit any new uses that would generate regulated emissions, pollutants or odors. It has the potential to permit the development of between 94 or up to 213 new residential units in various, dispersed locations throughout the City. The estimated number of new units that could be permitted by the project is well within the development envelope established by the City's existing General Plan. The number of units that may be developed by the Project is relatively minimal, making the potential emissions generated by the project-related vehicle trips not substantial or cumulatively considerable. Unlike development on the fringes of existing urban areas, the infill nature of the development permitted by the Project will place new residents within proximity to existing services, thereby reducing length of vehicle trips. The project involves residential uses only, so will not permit or create any new odor or emission sources other than vehicle emissions. Assembly Bill 32 (A8 32) - The California Global warming Solutions Act of 2006, commits the State of California to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. The statute requires the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to track emissions through mandatory reporting, determine what 1990 emissions were, set annual emissions limits that will result in meeting the target, and identify a list of discrete early actions that directly address greenhouse gas emissions. Senate Bill 97, adopted in August 2007, required the Office of Planning and Research ("OPR") to develop amendments to the CEQA regulations (the "CEQA Guidelines") relating to the assessment, evaluation and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions. On December 30, 2009, the state Natural Resources Agency approved the OPR's proposed amendments to the CEQA Guidelines. Those amendments are being reviewed by the state Office of Administrative Law ("OAL") and, if approved, will become effective thirty (30) days after the OAL transmits them to the Secretary of State for publication in the California Code of Regulations. Until then, however, there are no statutory or regulatory requirements dictating how CEQA analysis of a project's greenhouse gas emissions impact must be performed. The City's current General Plan (1990) contains the following Land Use policy concerning air quality: - The City should take into consideration the cumulative air quality impacts from proposed developments and should establish and enforce appropriate land use as well as other regulations to reduce air pollution. (Policy L-13) 101 City of Redwood City, Planning, Housing and Economic Development Department