HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-01-12; City Council; Resolution 2021-006RESOLUTION NO. 2021-006
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE CARLSBAD SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN
WHEREAS, the Sustainable Mobility Plan (SMP) is a comprehensive planning document
intended to guide future development of the city's multimodal transportation network; and
WHEREAS, the SMP furthers the community's vision to enhance walking, biking, public
transportation and connectivity throughout the city, and to enhance mobility through increased
connectivity and intelligent transportation management; and
WHEREAS, the SMP is a key element in implementing the General Plan Mobility Element
adopted in 2015, and will help meet the greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals of the Climate Action
Plan (CAP) by shifting community members away from private automobiles toward modes that are
more livable, cleaner and healthier; and
WHEREAS, on Dec. 7, 2020, the Traffic and Mobility Commission held a public meeting and by
a vote of 6/0/1 recommended to the City Council adoption of the SMP; and
WHEREAS, the city planner has considered the potential environmental effects of the SMP and
determined that the project is statutorily exempt from environmental review pursuant to Article 18,
CEQA Guidelines Section 15262, Feasibility and Planning Studies, because it is a project involving only
feasibility or planning studies for possible future actions which the agency, board, or commission has
not approved, adopted or funded, and that no exception to the exemption, as set forth in CEQA
Guidelines section 15300.2 applies.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as
follows:
1.That the above recitations are true and correct.
2.That the Traffic and Mobility Commission recommends adoption of the Sustainable
Mobility Plan to the City Council.
3.That the City Council hereby adopts the Sustainable Mobility Plan.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 12th day of January, 2021, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Hall, Blackburn, Acosta, Bhat-Patel, Schumacher.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
MATT HALL, Mayor
BARBARA ENGLESON, City Clerk
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