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Public Hearing to Consider Adoption of Resolution Amending the General Plan to Replace the Health and Safety Element and Airport Environs Element of the General Plan with a New Safety and Noise Element. [This project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b) (3), as the project does not have the potential to have a significant effect on the environment.] (Community Development 481005)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jill Keimach, City Manager
Re: Public Hearing to Consider a Resolution Amending the General Plan to Replace the Health and Safety Element and Airport Environs Element of the General Plan With a New Safety and Noise Element. [This project is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b) (3), as the project does not have the potential to have a significant effect on the environment]
BACKGROUND
California law (Government Code Sections 65300-65303.4) requires seven General Plan Elements, including a Safety Element and a Noise Element. The purpose of a Safety Element is to minimize the risks of loss of life, personal injury, serious illness, property damage, and environmental degradation resulting from fires, floods, earthquakes, landslides and other hazards. The purpose of a Noise Element is to limit the exposure of the community to excessive noise levels.
In 1991, the City of Alameda adopted the current Health and Safety Element and the Airport and Environs Element. Twenty-five years ago, the Alameda Naval Air Station was still in full operation, which included the Alameda Naval Air Station Airport; the Alameda Beltline railroad was still in operation; and the risks related to climate change and sea level rise were not as well understood as they are today.
Staff has prepared an update to the 1991 Health and Safety and Airport and Environs Elements to br...
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