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Public Hearing to Consider Endorsing: 1) an Annual Report on the Status of the General Plan and Housing Element, and 2) an Annual Report on the Status of the Transportation Choices Plan and Associated Work Program Priorities. [Consideration of an Annual Report is exempt from review under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), the general rule that CEQA only applies to actions that have the potential to cause a significant impact on the environment.] (Planning Building & Transportation 481005)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Amy Wooldridge, Interim City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Every city and county in the State of California is required to adopt and maintain an up-to-date General Plan, which establishes the local development and conservation policies necessary to guide physical development and protect the general health, safety and welfare of the community. Government Code ? 65400 et seq. also requires that the City of Alameda (City) annually review the adequacy of the General Plan and progress made toward meeting the City's regional housing needs allocation (the RHNA). The annual report on the status of the General Plan and Housing Element (Exhibit 1) provides an assessment of the City's General Plan, a status report on progress made in 2018 toward meeting the City's regional housing need, and priority setting recommendations for General Plan and Zoning Code amendments in 2019 and 2020.
In 2018, the City Council adopted a citywide Transportation Choices Plan, which establishes 39 priority projects and programs to improve transportation services and facilities in Alameda over the next 10 to 15 years. The Transportation Choices Plan requires an annual review of progress made toward meeting the City's transportation improvement needs. The attached annual report on the status of the Transportation Choices Plan (Exhibit 2) provides an overview of work completed...
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