PREPARED BY: MEL MACKSON DATE OF MEETING: 01/23/2024
SUBJECT:
TITLE
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND RECOMMEND ADOPTION OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO SUSTAINABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT (TOD) MASTER PLAN
CEQA: The Plan is statutorily exempt from CEQA under the provisions of Senate Bill 288 which established an exemption from environmental review pursuant to Public Resources Code sections 21080.20 and 21080.25 for pedestrian and bicycle facilities, projects that improve customer information and wayfinding for transit riders, bicyclists, and pedestrians, and transit prioritization projects. This exemption is applicable to the proposed Plan because it is being carried out by a public agency, it is located in an urbanized area, and it describes projects that would be on or within an existing public right-of-way. In addition, the Plan would not add new automobile capacity or require the demolition of affordable housing units; and the Plan would not involve project costs that would exceed $100 million.
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Location: The Study Area is Citywide, but focuses on four TOD Priority Areas, which run the length of San Pablo Avenue from El Portal Drive to Kirk Lane, and composing most of the area between 23rd Street to San Pablo Dam Road.
Plan No. PLAN2401-0001
Applicant: City of San Pablo
Staff Contact: Mel Mackson, Assistant Planner, Community Development
Recommendation
Conduct public hearing; adopt Resolution
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REQUESTED ACTION
This is a City-initiated request to have the Planning Commission conduct a public hearing and review and recommend adoption of the Sustainable Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Master Plan (the Plan) for the City of San Pablo. Once the public hearing has been completed and the resolution adopted, and following recommendation from the City Council Committee on Economic Development, Housing & Project Management, the Plan will be brought to the full City Council for final consideration and adoption in February of 2024.
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