HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2020-140RESOLUTION NO. 2020-140
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ADOPTING THE CHULA VISTA
TRANSPORTATION STUDY GUIDELINES IMPLEMENTING
SENATE BILL 743
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 743, which replaces Level of Service (LOS) with Vehicle Miles
Traveled (VMT) as the metric for determining the significance of transportation impacts under
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), requires municipalities to adopt guidelines to
implement the provisions of SB 743 by July 1, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the guidelines will assist applicants, professionals, City personnel, and other
stakeholders to prepare, review, and process CEQA transportation studies as required by SB 743;
and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Resolution No. 2019-236, the City retained a
multidisciplinary consulting team led by Fehr & Peers, a recognized expert in the area of SB 743
implementation, to advise City staff in developing the Transportation Study Guidelines; and
WHEREAS, the development of the Transportation Study Guidelines involved review of
a wide range of guidance documents and practices, including the Governor’s Office of Planning
and Research’s Technical Advisory; the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ Guidelines for
Transportation Impact Studies in the San Diego Region; and implementation procedures
developed by other agencies; and
WHEREAS, the development of the Transportation Study Guidelines carefully
considered the unique characteristics and community values of the City of Chula Vista; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Study Guidelines provides specific direction for
conducting a Transportation Study for CEQA review, and provides guidance on VMT
estimation, thresholds of significance, and procedures for screening certain projects considered
unlikely to have a significant impact; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Study Guidelines also provides direction on how to
analyze a project’s effect on transit, pedestrian, and bicycles facilities, and on LOS; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Study Guidelines may be modified from time to time
with the approval of the City Manager or designee.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista, that it adopts the City of Chula Vista SB 743 Transportation Study Guidelines.
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Resolution No. 2020-140
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Kelly G. Broughton, FASLA Glen R. Googins
Director of Development Services City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 9th day of June 2020 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Diaz, Galvez, McCann, Padilla, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Mary Casillas Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2020-140 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 9th day of June 2020.
Executed this 9th day of June 2020.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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