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General Plan EIR: Preliminary Alternatives

General Plan EIR: Preliminary Alternatives. City Council February 10, 2014. Recommendations from Commissions. December 9, 2013 – Transportation Advisory Commission Staff Recommendation: No Project Alternative Central District, South Fair Oaks, & Lincoln Ave Alternative

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General Plan EIR: Preliminary Alternatives

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  1. General Plan EIR:Preliminary Alternatives City Council February 10, 2014

  2. Recommendations from Commissions • December 9, 2013 – Transportation Advisory Commission • Staff Recommendation: • No Project Alternative • Central District, South Fair Oaks, & Lincoln Ave Alternative • Jobs-Housing Balance Alternative (2 Options) • Reduced Air Quality and Noise Impact Alt. • Action: Referred to General Plan Sub-Committee

  3. Recommendations from Commissions • December 11, 2013 – Planning Commission • Staff Recommendation: • No Project Alternative • Central District, South Fair Oaks, & Lincoln Ave Alternative • Jobs-Housing Balance Alternative (2 Options) • Reduced Air Quality and Noise Impact Alt. • Action: • Remove the Jobs-Housing Balance Alternatives • Provide a new alternative that combines Planning Commission and TAC direct

  4. Recommendations from Commissions • January 9, 2014 – Transportation Advisory Commission • Action: • EIR should analyze VMT/capita, not LOS • Remove the Jobs-Housing Balance Alternative • Develop an Efficient Transportation Alternative • Increase caps in Central District, South Fair Oaks, and Fair Oaks/Orange Grove Specific Plans • If necessary reduce in other places • Do not downzone areas in the Air Quality & Noise Alternative and explore mitigation measure

  5. Recommendations from Commissions • January 22, 2014 – Planning Commission • Staff Recommendation: • No Project Alternative • Central District, South Fair Oaks, & Lincoln Ave Alternative • Efficient Transportation Alternative • Reduced Air Quality and Noise Impact Alt. • Action: • Approved staff’s recommendation modifying Alternative C by eliminating the portion regarding increasing and decreasing caps to certain specific plans

  6. Project Alternatives • Purpose of CEQA: • Inform decision makers about possible impacts • Show ways to reduce (“mitigate”) impacts • Project Alternatives: • Analysis compares impacts of project versus alternatives • Should lessen impacts • Should have a reasonable range of alternatives • Should attain most of the project’s objectives

  7. Project Alternatives • Possible Significant Impacts in the GP EIR • Transportation and traffic • Air quality • Greenhouse gas emissions • Noise – vehicular sources • Public services – recreation • Program level review leads to the creation of citywide alternatives

  8. No Project Alternative • Compares existing General Plan to existing conditions • Impact of… • Existing policies • Existing Land Use Diagram • Remainder of existing caps

  9. No Project Alternative Comparison of the Draft General Plan Caps to the No Project Alternative Caps (Ex. General Plan) • Uses the • Existing Land Use Diagram • Existing caps, shown below

  10. CD, SFO, Lincoln Alternative Comparison of the Draft General Plan Caps to the Central District, South Fair Oaks, and Lincoln Alternative Caps • Based on direction from the City Council • Uses the • Draft Land Use Diagram, as directed by City Council • Caps shown below

  11. Jobs-Housing Balance Alt. • Result of community input • Rejected by Planning Commission and the TAC • Concerns regarding: • Practical feasibility • City’s place in the region • Reliance on a simplistic ratio or formula • Led to focus on traffic & transportation

  12. Efficient Transportation Alt. Recognizes the direction of Senate Bill 743 by analyzing VMT/capita and not level of service Develop an alternative focused on efficient transporation Uses VMT/capita to measure efficiency Impact of the draft General Plan on VMT is not yet known Difficult to predict what exactly must be done to achieve VMT/capita

  13. Air Quality & Noise Alt. • Impacts are highest within 300-500 feet from freeways • Changes the land use designation 500 feet from freeways • Multi-family becomes single family • Mixed use becomes commercial • Does not change proposed caps

  14. DRAFT LAND USE DIAGRAM

  15. Next Steps

  16. Next Steps

  17. Next Steps

  18. General Plan Alternatives No Project Alternative Central District, South Fair Oaks, Lincoln Avenue Alternative Efficient Transportation Alternative Reduced Air Quality and Noise Impact Alternative

  19. General Plan EIR:Preliminary Alternatives City Council February 10, 2014

  20. Insert map of 500’ Radius from freeway overlaid on the Existing General Plan Diagram

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