Resolution 15221CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15221
AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN TO REPLACE THE HEALTH AND
SAFETY ELEMENT AND THE AIRPORT ENVIRONS ELEMENT OF
THE GENERAL PLAN WITH A NEW SAFETY AND NOISE ELEMENT
WHEREAS, California law (Government Code Sections 65300-65303.4) requires
seven General Plan Elements, including a Safety Element and a Noise Element; and
WHEREAS, 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, and the purpose
of a Noise Element is to limit the exposure of the community to excessive noise levels;
and
WHEREAS, The City of Alameda Safety and Noise Element and Airport Environs
Element were last updated 25 years ago in 1991; and
WHEREAS, in December of 2015, the City of Alameda submitted for Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) review a Local Hazard Mitigation Plan for the
City of Alameda to address current health, safety and noise risks; and
WHEREAS, on June 20, 2016, FEMA approved Alameda's Local Hazard
Mitigation Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Local Hazard Mitigation Plan and Federal best practices require
the Safety Element update; and
WHEREAS, as required by the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000, a Local Hazard
Mitigation Plan is required to achieve eligibility and potentially secure mitigation funding
through FEMA Flood Mitigation Assistance, Pre-Disaster Mitigation, Hazard Mitigation
Grant Programs, and additional State recovery funding after disasters; and
WHEREAS, FEMA best practices include the review of a city's Safety Element
for compliance, consistency and integration with the latest Local Hazard Mitigation Plan;
and
WHEREAS, the Planning Board held Public Hearings on September 12, 2016,
October 10, 2016, and November 14, 2016, and unanimously recommended approval
of the General Plan Amendment to the City Council on November 14, 2016.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the purpose of the Safety and
Noise Element update is to identify objectives and policies to reduce the potential risks
associated with various hazards and to limit exposure of the community to excessive
noise levels. These objectives and policies would not have the potential to have a
significant effect on the environment. Therefore, 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; and
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Alameda City
Council approves a General Plan Amendment to replace Chapter 7, Airport and
Environs, and Chapter 8, Health and Safety, with a new Safety and Noise Element, as
shown in Exhibit 1.
1, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular
meeting assembled on 3rd day of January, 2017 by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Ezzy Ashore, Matarrese, Oddie, Vella and
Mayor Spencer — 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, 1 have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of said City this 4th day of January, 2017.
(
Lara Weisiger, Cityrk
City of Alameda
Jan (p: Kern, City Attorney
Cit (If Alameda