Resolution 16017CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 16017
ADOPTING THE DRAFT ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda believes it is essential to have a network of
public streets that serve the public's need to safely, conveniently, and comfortably walk,
bicycle, drive, and ride transit for their daily mobility needs; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda is well-suited to support walking, rolling, and
bicycling as preferred modes of transportation for many daily trips; and
WHEREAS, seventy percent (70%) of Alameda's greenhouse gas emissions are
generated by transportation; and
WHEREAS, pedestrians and bicyclists are involved in sixty-two percent (62%) of
Alameda's severe crashes, yet only make up 25% of all transportation trips; and
WHEREAS, forty-six percent (46%) of residents say they would bike more if
there were more facilities where they felt safer and more comfortable; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda Bicycle Master Plan is 12 years old; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda Pedestrian Plan is 13 years old; and
WHEREAS, the City's Master Funding Agreement with the Alameda County
Transportation Commission, which authorizes the pass-through transportation sales tax
funding (Measure BB) to the City, requires that bicycle and pedestrian master plans be
updated every five years; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda adopted the Transportation Choices Plan in
2018, which recommended that the City prepare an up-to-date Active Transportation
Plan to replace the 2009 Pedestrian Plan and 2010 Bicycle Master Plan to reduce
commute hour traffic volumes at the estuary crossings and within Alameda; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda adopted the Climate Action and Resiliency Plan
in 2019, which recommends that the City implement bicycle and pedestrian
improvements to reduce automobile trips and greenhouse gas emissions in Alameda,
and set a goal to add 10.44 miles of previously unplanned bikeways that are of a type
expected to shift bicycling behavior; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda adopted the updated General Plan in 2021,
which recommends that the City prepare an up-to-date Active Transportation Plan to
replace the 2009 Pedestrian Plan and 2010 Bicycle Master Plan to reduce automobile
congestion, improve environmental quality, and improve pedestrian and bicycle safety
in Alameda; and
WHEREAS, the City of Alameda adopted the Vision Zero Action Plan in 2021,
which recommends that the City implement bicycle and pedestrian capital
improvements to increase pedestrian and bicycle safety and help eliminate fatalities and
serious injuries on Alameda public roads by 2035; and
WHEREAS, on November 16, 2022, the City of Alameda Transportation
Commission recommended approval of the November 2022 draft Active Transportation
Plan; and
WHEREAS, on December 6, 2022, the City Council conducted a duly -noticed
public hearing, reviewed the November 2022 draft Active Transportation Plan and all
pertinent maps, documents and exhibits, and public comments.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council finds that the
Active Transportation Plan will help implement the City of Alameda General Plan,
Climate Action and Resiliency Plan, Vision Zero Action Plan, and Transportation
Choices Plan by providing an 8 -year work program to improve pedestrian and bicycle
facilities and programs in Alameda; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council finds that, based on
substantial evidence in the record, the potential environmental impacts of the project to
approve the Active Transportation Plan have been evaluated and disclosed pursuant to
CEQA. On November 30, 2021, by Resolution No. 15841, the City Council certified a
Final Environmental Impact Report for the Alameda 2040 General Plan (State
Clearinghouse No. 2021030563) in compliance with CEQA, and adopted written
findings, a Statement of Overriding Considerations, and a Mitigation Monitoring and
Reporting Program for the General Plan Amendment to update the Alameda General
Plan (General Plan EIR), which evaluated the environmental impacts of implementing
the Mobility Element of the General Plan update, which includes policies directing the
preparation and implementation of the Active Transportation Plan. Pursuant to CEQA
Guidelines sections 15162 and 15163, none of the circumstances necessitating further
CEQA review are present with respect to the General Plan EIR. Adoption of the Active
Transportation Plan to implement the policies and goals of the Mobility Element would
not require major revisions to the General Plan EIR due to new significant impacts or
due to a substantial increase in the severity of the significant environmental
effects. There have been no substantial changes with respect to the circumstances
under which the project would be undertaken that would require major revisions of the
General Plan EIR due to new or substantially increased significant environmental
effects. Further, there has been no discovery of new information of substantial
importance that would trigger or require major revisions to the General Plan EIR due to
new or substantially increased significant environmental effects. For these reasons, no
further environmental review is required; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby adopts the Active
Transportation Plan as shown in Exhibit A and with the amendments recommended by
staff and the Transportation Commission listed in the December 6, 2022 staff report to
City Council.
Exhibit A
Draft Active Transportation Plan
[On file with the Clerk's office]
I, 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 continued
meeting assembled on the 20th day of December 2022, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Knox White, Vella and Mayor
Ezzy Ashcraft — 4.
NOES: Councilmember Herrera Spencer — 1.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official
seal of the said City this 21st day of December 2022.
Lara Weisiger, City Clerk
City of Alameda
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Yibin• Shen, city Attorney
City of Alameda