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Recommendation to Accept the 2022 Annual Reports on the General Plan, Transportation Choices Plan, Vision Zero Action Plan, and the Climate Action and Resiliency Plan. CEQA Determination: Endorsement of the Annual Reports is Statutorily Exempt from Environmental Review Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). (Planning, Building, and Transportation 20962710) [Continued from March 21, 2023]
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Each year, the City Manager's Office, the Public Works Department, and the Planning, Building and Transportation Department produce four annual reports (Exhibit 1). These reports include:
* The General Plan and Housing Element Annual Report The Transportation 2022 Annual Report & 2023 Work Plan
* The Vision Zero 2022 Annual Report , and
* The Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP) 2022 Annual Report & 2023 Work Plan
These reports document progress made towards meeting established City Council goals, and they propose priorities for the coming year. Staff prepares these annual reports early in the spring of each year so that the community and City Council is able to use the annual report information and recommendations to inform City Council budget and Capital Improvement Program decisions.
BACKGROUND
The Annual Report on the General Plan describes the current status of the General Plan and progress towards meeting the City's regional housing needs allocation (RHNA) over the past year. The report identifies priorities for the upcoming year to better achieve General Plan and Housing Element objectives and regional housing obligations. Government Code section 65400 et seq. requires that the City of Alameda (City) annually review the adequacy of the General Plan and progress made toward meeting the City's RHNA. The attached annual report documents progress made toward meeting the City's RHNA in 2022, the final year of the previous 2015-2022 ...
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