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File #: ID 25-664    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item Status: Continued
File created: 5/6/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/25/2025 Final action:
Title: HEARING to Consider adoption of the Vehicle Miles Traveled Reduction Program and Nexus Study and Vehicle Miles Traveled Mitigation Fee; and related Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2024091129. 1. RESOLUTION - Certifying Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2024091129, adopting Findings of Fact as required by Public Resources Code Section 21081(A) and CEQA Guidelines, Section 15091, Approving a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program as Required by Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15097, Adopting the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations as Required by Public Resources Code Section 21081(B) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15093, as Related to the Adoption of the Vehicle Miles Traveled Reduction Program and Nexus Study. a. ADOPT the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15091; and b. ADOPT the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Se...
Sponsors: Planning and Development Department
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A - Resolution Certifying EIR & Findings of Fact/Statement of Overriding Considerations, 2. Exhibit B - Draft Environmental Impact Report, 3. Exhibit C - EIR Response to Comments, 4. Exhibit D - EIR Public Comment Letters, 5. Exhibit E - Mitigation Monitoring & Reporting Program, 6. Exhibit F - VMT Reduction Program and Nexus Study, 7. Exhibit G - VMT Reduction Program Fee Projects Map, 8. Exhibit H - Resolution adopting the VMT Reduction Program and Nexus Study, 9. Exhibit I - Ordinance Bill Adding Section 12-4.17 to the FMC, 10. Exhibit J - Resolution - 593 MFS Amendment VMT Fee, 11. Exhibit K - Presentation
REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL


FROM: JENNIFER K. CLARK, AICP, Director
Planning and Development Department

BY: SOPHIA PAGOULATOS, Planning Manager
Planning and Development Department

SUBJECT
Title
HEARING to Consider adoption of the Vehicle Miles Traveled Reduction Program and Nexus Study and Vehicle Miles Traveled Mitigation Fee; and related Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2024091129.
1. RESOLUTION - Certifying Environmental Impact Report SCH No. 2024091129, adopting Findings of Fact as required by Public Resources Code Section 21081(A) and CEQA Guidelines, Section 15091, Approving a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program as Required by Public Resources Code Section 21081.6 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15097, Adopting the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations as Required by Public Resources Code Section 21081(B) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15093, as Related to the Adoption of the Vehicle Miles Traveled Reduction Program and Nexus Study.
a. ADOPT the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15091; and
b. ADOPT the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15097; and
2. ***RESOLUTION - Adopting a Vehicle Miles Traveled Nexus Study, Reduction Program, and Capital Improvement Plan as described in the Vehicle Miles Traveled Reduction Program and Nexus Study document dated September 2025, prepared pursuant to the requirements of California Public Resources Code Section 21099, CEQA Guidelines Sections 15064.3(B), 15064.7, and 15126.4, and the Mitigation Fee Act (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
a. ADOPT the Nexus Study based on the Council's determination that the Vehicle Miles Reduction Program and Nexus Study was prepared in compliance with the Mitigation Fee Act and meets all requirements for a nexus study
b. ADOPT the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) based on the Council's determination that the CIP was prepared pursuant to the requiremen...

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