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cancelled all subsequent meetings and no schedule has been issued for how or when
thresholds will be established. The Working Group has not convened since the fall of 2010.
As of the preparation of this Draft EIR, the proposal has not been considered or approved for
use by the SCAQMD Board.

Southern California Association of Governments

As described above, SB 375 requires the MPOs to prepare a Sustainable Communities
Strategy (SCS) in their regional transportation plan. SCAG's SCS is included in the SCAG
2012–2035 Regional Transportation Plan Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS)
(SCAG 2012a). The document was adopted by SCAG in April 2012. The goals and policies of
the RTP/SCS that reduce vehicle miles traveled (VMT) focus on transportation and land use
planning that include building infill projects, locating residents closer to where they work
and play and designing communities so there is access to high quality transit service. The
2012–2035 RTP/SCS is expected to reduce per capita transportation emissions of 9 percent
by 2020 and 16 percent by 2035. In June of 2012, CARB accepted SCAG’s determination that
the Final RTP/SCS would meet the region’s GHG reduction target.

SCAG’s SCS is now included in its 2016–2040 RTP/SCS. The document was adopted by SCAG
on April 7, 2016. The 2016–2040 RTP/SCS is expected to reduce per capita transportation
emissions by 8 percent by 2020 and by 18 percent by 2035 (SCAG 2016a).

Metro Countywide Sustainability Planning Policy and Implementation Plan

The Metro Countywide Sustainability Planning Policy and Implementation Plan, approved in
December 2012, builds upon existing federal, State, regional, and local sustainability policies
and plans. This policy serves as a guidance and implementation tool to increase coordination
and collaboration across transportation modes, planning disciplines, and government
agencies. The main goals of this policy are to improve air quality and increase transportation
choices in Los Angeles County (Metro 2012).

Metro Complete Streets Policy
The Metro Complete Streets Policy was developed by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority (Metro) in October 2014, and serves as a standard for
comprehensive, multimodal transportation system design in Los Angeles County. This policy
uses the existing policies established by the Metro Countywide Sustainability Planning Policy
and Implementation Plan and builds upon them by clarifying and adding goals. These goals
further encourage a multimodal transportation system by promoting active transportation,
and add goals similar to those of the CTP 2040 by encouraging safety and healthy, equitable
communities (Metro 2014).

Local – Los Angeles County

Countywide Energy and Environmental Policy
The Countywide Energy and Environmental Policy (Policy) was adopted by the Los Angeles
County Board of Supervisors on January 16, 2007, to provide guidelines for the development
and enhancement of energy conservation and environmental programs within County

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