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Cloverdale council adopts updated circulation element, certifies EIR under SB 743
Summary
At its July 8 meeting the Cloverdale City Council certified a subsequent EIR and approved a general plan amendment to update the circulation element to comply with California's SB 743, adopting vehicle-miles-traveled (VMT) metrics and calling for mitigation measures and a VMT mitigation bank for future projects.
At its July 8 meeting the Cloverdale City Council certified a subsequent environmental impact report and approved a general plan amendment to update the circulation element, a change driven by state requirements to measure transportation effects by vehicle miles traveled rather than intersection level of service. Mary Bean, consultant with First Carbon Solutions, told the council the work was primarily a compliance exercise under state law and focused on transportation policies and VMT screening thresholds.
The change matters because Senate Bill 743 altered how projects are evaluated under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Bean said, "The state now, through Senate Bill 743, SB 743, focuses on a metric called…
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