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2021 Regional Plan EIR

Regional Planning Committee | April 2, 2021

The 2015 Regional Plan

EIR

2406 pages

16 pounds!

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What Else Weighs About 16 Pounds?

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| 4#1 Purpose of CEQA

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A Bold New VisionFast, Fair, Clean

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#2 Program EIR

#3 Resource Areas to be Addressed

1. Aesthetic & Visual2. Agricultural & Forestry3. Air Quality4. Biological Resources5. Cultural Resources6. Energy7. Geology, Soils & Paleontology 8. GHG Emissions9. Hazards & Hazardous Materials10. Hydrology & Water Quality

11. Land Use12. Mineral Resources13. Population & Housing14. Noise & Vibration15. Public Service & Utilities16. Transportation 17. Tribal Cultural Resources18. Water Supply19. Wildfire

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#3 Resource Areas to be Addressed

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#4 Alternatives

EIR ….. reasonable range of alternatives ….. feasibly attain most of project objectives …. 

avoid or substantially lessen significant impacts

2021 Regional Plan“PROJECT”

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#5 Mitigation

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#5 Mitigation

1. GHG‐4A Allocate Competitive Grant Funding to Projects that Reduce GHG Emissions (SANDAG)2. GHG‐4B Adopt a Detailed Regional Mobility Hub Strategy Implementation Plan to Reduce GHG 

Emissions (SANDAG) 3. GHG‐4C Fund Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (SANDAG)4. GHG‐4D Adopt a Plan for Transportation Fuels that Reduce GHG Emissions (SANDAG)5. GHG‐4E Assist in the Preparation of Climate Action Plans and Other Measures to Reduce GHG 

Emissions (SANDAG)6. GHG‐4F Implement Measures to Reduce GHG Emissions from Transportation Projects

(SANDAG)7. GHG‐4G Implement Measures to Reduce GHG Emissions from Transportation Projects

(Other Transportation Project Sponsors)8. GHG‐4H Implement Measures to Reduce GHG Emissions from Development Projects

(Local Governments)

2015 Regional Plan EIR

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3. GHG-4C Fund Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure (SANDAG)

In partnership with the California Energy Commission (CEC) and the APCD, the San Diego County Incentive Project will provide $21.7 million in incentives for publicly accessible charging stations in the first 3‐year

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Key Dates

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•August Release of Draft EIR for Public Review

•Final EIR December forBOD Certification

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2021 Regional Plan: Regional Growth Forecast and Sustainable Communities Strategy Land Use Pattern

Regional Growth Forecast: 2016 to 2050

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Series 14 Regional Growth Forecast

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• Department of Finance Population Projections• Revision January 2020

• Housing Unit and Jobs Forecast• Cohort-based using historical data• Peer Review Panels on assumptions to develop rates

and create counts in the future

Regional Growth Forecast and Land Use Pattern

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DOF Population Projections

Other External Data

Economic Model

Regional Modeling

SB 375 Requirements

Housing Parameters

Regional Totals

Local Jurisdiction Data

Demographics

Sub-Regional Modeling

Housing Unitsby Type

Population Households

Characteristics

Jobs by Sector

Planning Strategies

https://sandag.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=9dc69ab8a4aa497ca91d507a76f2dc2b

Synthetic Population

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Subregional Forecast

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• Housing capacity collection• Started collection in 2016• Used in the 2019 Federal Regional Transportation Plan• Finalized in 2018

• Incorporated additional changes

• Developed SCS Land Use Pattern for use in the 2021 Regional Plan

Land Use Pattern

A sustainable pattern of growth and development for the 2021 Regional Plan

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Sustainable Communities Strategy Requirements

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Greenhouse Gas Target

Regional Housing Needs Assessment

Latest Planning Assumptions

Land Use Pattern Overview

Focus housing and job growth primarily in Hub network to align with transportation investments

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Land Cover – 2001 and 2016

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2001 Land Coverby Class

2016 Land Coverby Class

Landscape Carbon Analysis

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2001 Total (Non‐Soil and Soil) Carbon Stocks (MT CO2e per pixel)Total: 254.5 MMT CO2e

2016 Total (Non‐Soil and Soil) Carbon Stocks (MT CO2e per pixel)Total: 238.5 MMT CO2e

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Land Use PatternNext Steps

• Complete transportation modeling and analysis for Draft 2021 Regional Plan

• Complete landscape carbon inventory

• Make available data to inform climate action plans and other local planning efforts

• Begin collecting updated planning information for Series 15 Regional Growth Forecast

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