7. ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 24-24 TO APPROVE THE CITY OF TUSTIN VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED ANALYSIS GUIDELINES UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT Senate Bill 743 (SB 743) was passed in 2013 establishing new requirements under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) which evaluates Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) metrics in-lieu of congestion or vehicle delay metrics previously used in determining a project’s potential transportation impacts as it relates to CEQA. Although SB 743 was passed in 2013, public agencies were not required to start using VMT to measure traffic impacts until July 1, 2020. Similar to many neighboring agencies, and since July 2020, the City has used the guidelines and VMT metrics for CEQA as set forth by the California Office of Planning and Research (OPR) when analyzing projects within the City. To ensure continuity within the City’s planning processes and ensure consistency within our local traffic network, the City hired RK Engineering Group, Inc. (RKE) to prepare the City of Tustin Vehicle Miles Traveled Analysis Guidelines.