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WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines ("CEQA
Guidelines") encourage public agencies to develop and publish generally applicable
"thresholds of significance" to be used in determining the significance of a project's
environmental effects; and
WHEREAS, CEQA Guidelines section 15064.7(a) defines a threshold of
significance as "an identifiable quantitative, qualitative or performance level of a
particular environmental effect, noncompliance with which means the effect will normally
be determined to be significant by the agency and compliance with which means the
effect normally will be determined to be less than significant"; and
WHEREAS, CEQA Guidelines section 15064.7(b) requires that thresholds of
significance must be adopted by Ordinance, Resolution, rule, or regulations, developed
through a public review process, and be supported by substantial evidence; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15064.7(c), when adopting
thresholds of significance, a public agency may consider thresholds of significance
adopted or recommended by other public agencies provided that the decision of the
agency is supported by substantial evidence; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 743, enacted in 2013 and codified in Public Resources
Code section 21099, required changes to the CEQA Guidelines regarding the criteria for
determining the significance oftransportation impacts of projects, and
WHEREAS, in 2018, the Governor's Office of Planning and Research ("OPR")
proposed, and the California Natural Resources Agency certified and adopted, new
CEQA Guidelines section 15064.3 that identifies vehicle miles traveled ("VMT") -
meaning the amount and distance of automobile travel attributable to a project - as the
most appropriate metric to evaluate a project's transportation impacts; and
WHEREAS, as a result, automobile delay, as measured by "level of service" and
other similar metrics, generally no longer constitutes a significant environmental effect
under CEQA; and
WHEREAS, CEQA Guidelines section 15064.3 goes into effect on July 1, 2020,
though public agencies may elect to be governed by this section immediately; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Jacinto Traffic Impact Analysis Guidelines for Vehicle
Miles Traveled and Level of Service Assessment for CEQA have been developed to be
consistent with the current CEQA requirements prescribed by SB 743;and
WHEREAS, on June 16, 2020, the City Council conducted a legally noticed
public hearing for the Traffic Impact Analysis Guidelines for Vehicle Miles Traveled and
Level of Service Assessment for analyzing VMT as the metric for determining a project's
impact on transportation in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act,
attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference as Exhibit "A", and
WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites for the adoption of this Resolution have
occurred.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, determined, and ordered by the City
Council of the City of San Jacinto, California as follows:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct and incorporated herein by
this reference
SECTION 2. Based on the information contained in the agenda submittal and
supporting exhibits and all oral and written presentations and
testimony made by City staff and members of the public, the City
Council hereby adopts the attached as Exhibit "A" Traffic Impact
Analysis Guidelines for Vehicle Miles Traveled and Level of Service
Assessment for analyzing Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) in
compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act; and
SECTION 3. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this
Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by
the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have
adopted this Resolution, and each and every section, subsection,
sentence, clause, or phrase not declared invalid or unconstitutional
without regard to whether any portion or the Resolution would be
subsequently declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. Custodian of Records. The documents and materials that
constitute the record of proceedings on which these findings are
based are located at the City Clerk's office located at 595 S. San
Jacinto Avenue, San Jacinto, CA 92533. The custodian for these
records is the City Clerk.
SECTION 5. Severabiiity. If any provision of this Resolution or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity
shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Resolution
which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application,
and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are severable. The
City Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this
Resolution irrespective of the invalidity of any particular portion
thereof.
SECTION 6. Effecitve Date. Resolution 3811 shall be effective immediately.
on the 16th day of June, 2020 by the following vote:
Lopez,AYES: Kotyuk, -.-
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ABSENT:
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ABSTAIN:NAYS:
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Andrew Kotyuk, Mayor
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J lia Espinoza, Records Clerk
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Michael J. Maurer, City Attorney
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1, Julia Espinoza, duly appointed Records Clerk of the City of San Jacinto, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 3811 was duly passed, approved and
adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Jacinto on the 16th
day of June, 2020, by the following vote:
Lopez,AYES: Kotyuk, -.- -
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ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL the 16th day of June 2020.
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J lia spinoza, Records Clerk
City of San Jacinto