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Response to Comment L24: Sally Day, dated August 12, 2024 <br />Comment L24.1: This comment states that the proposed Project would result in traffic congestion in the area. <br />Response to Comment L24.1: The comment does not raise any specific environmental concern with the <br />analysis within the Draft SEIR. Draft SEIR Section 5.13 Transportation, details that Senate Bill (SB) 743 <br />changes include the elimination of auto delay, LOS, and similar measures of vehicular capacity or traffic <br />congestion as the basis for determining significant impacts. As part of the 2019 amendments to the State <br />CEQA Guidelines, SB 743 directed that the revised CEQA Guidelines "shall promote the reduction of <br />greenhouse gas emissions, the development of multimodal transportation networks, and a diversity of land <br />uses" (Public Resources Code Section 21099[b][1 ]); and that "automobile delay, as described solely by level <br />of service or similar measures of vehicular capacity or traffic congestion, shall not be considered a significant <br />impact on the environment" (Public Resources Code Section 21099[b][2]). As such, pursuant to Public <br />Resources Code Section 21099(b)(2), the SEIR focuses on analysis of Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) criteria <br />and improvements to the circulation system along the Project's frontage to accommodate buildout of the <br />proposed Project, pursuant to the City's recent General Plan Update. Further yet, the SEIR is not required to <br />analyze impacts related to traffic congestion. Nevertheless, a Traffic Impact Analysis was prepared for the <br />Project and is publicly available on the City's Project website. This comment will be forwarded to all decision <br />makers as part of the staff report for the Project. <br />