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Council Meeting: August 8, 2000 Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City staff
SUBJECT: Recommendation to Adopt Annual Local Implementation Report on the City's
Congestion Management Goals and Approve Resolution of the City Council
Finding the City to be in Compliance with the 1999 Congestion Management
Program (CMP)
INTRO~UCTION
This staff report recommends that the City Council adopt the annual Local Implementation
Report on the City's congestion management goals and the attached Resolution stating
that the City is in compliance with the 1999 Los Angeles County Congestion Management
Program (CMP). The CMP is a state-mandated program that was created to link land use,
air quality and transportation decisions. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan
Transportation Authority (LACMTA) administers the program for all cities in Los Angeles
County. Conformance with the CMP is required in order for the City to be eligible for state
gas tax monies from Proposition 111, passed by the voters of California in June, 1990.
BACKGROUND
The City of 5anta Monica is required to conform to the CMP by taking the following actions:
• Continue implementation of the Trar~sportation Management Plan (TMP)
ordinance.
• Conduct biennial traffic counts and calculate levels of service for selected
arterial inte~sections, consistent with CMP specifications.
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• As part of the environmental review process, analyze the impacts of new
development on the CMP system.
• Adopt a Local Implementation Report which tracks the City's progress in
meeting the congestion management goals for new development.
• Hold a noticed public hearing and adopt a resolution certifying compliance with the
CMP.
. Annually adopt a resolution to self-certify conformance with the CMP requirements.
The City has complied with the first three requirements described above by implementing
the City's TMP Ordinance, conducting and forwarding traffic counts to the LACMTA {traffic
counts are required in the odd-numbered years) and analyzing impacts to the CMP
network as part of the environmental review process.
The Local Implementation Report (attached to the Resolution in Attachment A} summarizes
the City's efforts in meeting congestion mitigation goals set out by the LACMTA. First, the
report calculates the number of debit points that must be mitigated based upon new
development activity. Second, the report includes a list of eligible transportation and land
use measures which mitigate the impact of the new development and provide credit points.
Unused credit points from previous local implementation reports are carried over to the
following years. The report then summarizes the balance of debits to credits. This year's
Local Implementation Report shows that the City has a surplus in congestion mitigation
credits from land use, transit and transportation demand management (TDM) measures
when compared to congestion debits due to new development.
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Tnis year tne ~iiy nas accruea 34,[75 crediis poinis Trom ine ioiiowing sources: Land 'use
Strategies including approval of development along transit corridors and "transit friendly"
parking design; Transit Credit for additional bus service and route modifications that
resulted in a significant increase in passenger miles carried by the Big Blue Bus; and
continued implementation of a Transportation Demand Management Ordinance. The City
carried over 101.578 credit aoints from imorovements in earlier vears. Debits totaled 5,047
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is that the City's total credit balance that will be reported to the MTA is now 130,806. These
credits can be used in the future to claim Proposition 111 gas tax funds if the City's debits
from development permits surpass that year's Congestion Management credits. To date
the surplus credits have not been needed, since the City has annually generated more
credits than debits.
If adopted, the Local Implementation Report and resolution will be forwarded to the
LACMTA for determination of the City's conformance with the CMP. LACMTA staff will
review the report for Santa Monica and all other Los Angeles County cities and present
the information to the LACMTA Board later this year. Cvnformance with the CMP is
important in order to maintain the flow of state gas tax monies to the City for transportation
projects.
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STAFF RECOMIVIENDATION
it is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached Resolution and attached Local
Implementation Report finding that the City is in compliance with the 1999 Congestion
Management Program (CMP).
Pranarari h~r ~i i~anna Frick fliractnr
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Ellen Gelbard, Deputy Director
Planning and Community Development Department
Attachment: A. Resolution for Adoption Finding the City to be in Compliance with
tha 1qG~l C'.nnnactinn 11Aananamant Prnnram (C:AAP1
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ATTACHMENT A