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San Carlos council certifies 2045 General Plan EIR and adopts General Plan text updates
Summary
After a final EIR review, the San Carlos City Council voted unanimously to certify the Final Environmental Impact Report for the 2045 General Plan reset and to adopt amendments that carry development capacity forward to 2045; the Final EIR found program‑level significant and unavoidable impacts for air quality, greenhouse gases, transportation (VMT) and wildfire and the council adopted a statement of overriding considerations.
The San Carlos City Council certified the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the 2045 General Plan reset and adopted associated General Plan text amendments at the May 27 meeting, after a staff and consultant presentation and public hearings.
Senior management analyst Akanga Chopra and PlaceWorks consultant Steve Noak summarized revisions to the General Plan and the Final EIR findings. The reset updates the city’s planning horizon to 2045 to reflect recent growth, the downtown and northeast specific‑plan projections and the development pipeline. The staff presentation identified program‑level buildout tested in the EIR: roughly 8,300 net new housing units above baseline, a population increase of about 15,000, nearly 9 million square feet…
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