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Placerville adopts 2020 Active Transportation Plan to maintain grant eligibility
Summary
Council adopted the city’s 2020 Active Transportation Plan (ATP), a programmatic document the council said had previously been approved by the El Dorado County Transportation Commission but not by the city. Adoption establishes eligibility for certain grants; the plan will be used to guide pedestrian and bicycle projects.
The Placerville City Council on May 13 adopted the City of Placerville Active Transportation Plan (2020), a program-level document staff and commissioners said is necessary to preserve eligibility for state and regional grant funding for pedestrian and bicycle projects.
Planning and development staff explained the ATP underwent a comprehensive public process in 2020 and was adopted by the El Dorado County Transportation Commission but was not formally adopted by the city council at that time. Adoption by council will allow city projects aligned with the ATP to be eligible for grant programs, staff said.
Development services staff described the plan as programmatic and noted it is typically updated every five years; staff and a transportation commission representative said the document remains a solid basis for grant applications. The staff recommendation also included a determination that adoption is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) at the programmatic level; staff warned that individual projects derived from the plan will be subject to separate CEQA review when they come forward.
Council discussion touched on historic districts and the desire by at least one member to ensure future updates consider historic-area design sensitivities so that active-transportation improvements do not conflict with local historic preservation goals.
The motion to adopt the 2020 Active Transportation Plan passed on a roll-call vote: Council member Carter — aye; Council member Noe — aye; Vice Mayor Gottberg — aye; Mayor John Clerici — aye.
