Item 22 - Resolution Adopting Local CEQA Guidelines Resolution

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Local Guidelines for Implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (2023) ACTIVITIES EXEMPT FROM CEQA 2023 City of Santa Ana Local Guidelines 3-18 ©Best Best & Krieger LLP resources; or (6) preservation of open space or lands for park purposes. CEQA similarly does not apply to the granting or acceptance of funding by the City for the foregoing purposes. The foregoing applies even if physical changes to the environment or changes in the use of the land are a reasonably foreseeable consequence of the acquisition, sale, or other transfer of the interests in land, or of the granting or acceptance of funding, provided that environmental review otherwise required by CEQA occurs before any project approval that would authorize physical changes being made to that land. The City must file a Notice of Exemption with the State Clearinghouse and the County Clerk should it find a project exempt under this provision. (Reference: Pub. Resources Code, § 21080.28.) 3.20 TRANSIT PRIORITIZATION PROJECTS. CEQA exempts the following projects when (i) the project is carried out by a local agency that is the lead agency for the project; (ii) the project does not induce single-occupancy vehicle trips, add additional highway lanes, widen highways, or add physical infrastructure or striping to highways except for minor modifications needed for efficient and safe movement of transit vehicles, bicycles, or high-occupancy vehicles, such as extended merging lanes, shoulder improvements, or improvements to the roadway within the existing right of way; (iii) the project does not include the addition of any auxiliary lanes; and (iv) the construction of the project shall not require the demolition of affordable housing units: (1) Pedestrian and bicycle facilities—including bicycle parking, bicycle sharing facilities, and bikeways as defined in Section 890.4 of the Streets and Highways Code—that improve safety, access, or mobility, including new facilities, within the public right-of-way; (2) Projects that improve customer information and wayfinding for transit riders, bicyclists, or pedestrians within the public right-of-way; (3) Transit prioritization projects, which are defined to mean any of the following transit project types on highways or in the public right-of-way: (a) Signal and sign changes, such as signal coordination, signal timing modifications, signal modifications or the installation of traffic signs or new signals; (b) The installation of wayside technology and onboard technology; (c) The installation of ramp meters; (d) The conversion to dedicated transit lanes, including transit queue jump or bypass lanes, shared turning lanes and turn restrictions, the narrowing of lanes to allow for dedicated transit lanes or transit reliability improvements, or the widening of existing transit travel lanes by removing or restricting street parking; and