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Council Meeting: March 23, 1993
Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and City council
FROM: city staff
SUBJECT: Recommendation to Adopt an Ordinance Amending the City'S
Transportation Management Plan (TMP) Ordinance and to
Adopt the Land Use Analysis Program as required by the
Congestion Management Plan (CMP).
INTRODUCTION
On December 15, 1992, the city Council directed the City Attorney
to prepare an ordinance amending the city's Transportation
Management Plan (TMP) Ordinance. These amendments will incorporate
various requirements of the regional air quality district and
county transportation agency and modify certain compliance dates.
This report recommends that the council adopt the amended
ordinance.
The County's Congestion Management Plan (CMP) also requires that
the City adopt a Land Use Analysis Program which will be used to
analyze the impacts of land use decisions on the regional
transportation system. The proposed Land Use Analysis Program is
presented as an appendix to this report, and it is recommended that
the Council adopt the program.
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ADOPTION OF APPROVED SCAQMD REGULATION XV CHANGES
In December, 1991 and June, 1992, the South Coast Air Quality
Management District (SCAQMD) adopted amendments to Regulation XV
which the City needs to incorporate into the TMP. These SCAQMD
amendments require employers preparing trip reduction plans to
include employee involvement and notification requirements. The
City Attorney has drafted language for inclusion in the TMP
Ordinance to ensure that the TMP remains current with Regulation XV
provisions.
AMENDMENT OF NOTIFICATION AND COMPLIANCE DATES
The previously adopted version of the TMP indicates that the City
would have begun notifying employers of 100 or more employees to
comply with the ordinance on February 1, 1992. There was some
delay in implementation of the ordinance due to lengthier than
anticipated negotiations with SCAQMD, time necessary to recruit and
fill positions to staff the program, and new requirements from the
Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC), now the Los
Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
Therefore, the compliance notification schedule was amended in the
TMP Ordinance by the City Attorney to require notification for
employers of 100 or more employees beginning December 1, 1993. The
notification dates for employers with fewer employees were also
modified. The dates for compliance with the TMP for every
employer, whether or not they have been notified by the City to
comply, were also adjusted accordingly.
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CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PLAN (CMP) REOUIREMENTS FOR TMP ORDINANCE
On November 18, 1992, the LACTC approved the Congestion Management
Plan (CMP) which addresses congestion concerns by linking land use,
transportation and air quality issues. Included in the CMP is a
model Transportation Demand Management (TOM) Ordinance. All local
jurisdictions must adopt it or its equivalent and implement it by
April 1, 1993.
with the addition of language pertaining to new non-residential
development as included in the revised TMP Ordinance, the eMP
requirements regarding the TDM Ordinance will, in part, be met by
the City. These requirements are that non-residential development
of 25,000 square feet or more provide a display area with
transportation information, and that non-residential development of
100,000 square feet or more must, in addition to the above, provide
carpool and vanpool boarding areas, internal pedestrian circulation
systems, and bus stop improvements as required by the City.
Other CMP requirements for new development will be addressed by the
city through the revised Parking Ordinance, including minimum
vertical clearance for vans in parking structures, minimum
carpooljvanpool parking requirements, and minimum bicycle parking
standards.
CMP LAND USE ANALYSIS PROGRAM
The eMP also requires that local jurisdictions adopt a Land Use
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Analysis Program to analyze the impacts of land use decisions on
the regional transportation system. The purpose of the CMP Land
Use Analysis program is to ensure that local jurisdictions consider
regional impacts on transportation of new development through the
land use approval process.
The CMP Land Use Analysis program is designed to build on the
existing California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process in
identifying the impact of development on the eMP system and rely on
the procedural guidelines already established by CEQA. All
development projects required to prepare an Environmental Impact
Report (EIR) shall be subject to the Land Use Analysis Program,
except for projects for which a Notice of Preparation was prepared
prior to adoption of this program by the city or may be exempted as
outlined in Attachment B. Attachment B contains the Resolution
which specifies Transportation Impact Analysis guidelines required
in the preparation of an EIR for the Land Use Analysis Program as
adopted by the LACTC.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT
No budget or financial impacts will resul t from these
recommendations. Revenue and expenditure accounts have been
previously established by Council upon adoption of the TMP
Ordinance and the subsequent City Budget.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
It is respectfully recommended that the City Council adopt the
ordinance amending the City's TMP Ordinance to:
1. Add language adopted by SCAQMD to Regulation XV
concerning employee involvement and notification of trip
reduction plan preparation to maintain the TMP's status
as more stringent than Regulation XV:
2. Amend the dates when the City will begin notifying
employers of their need to comply with the TMP provisions
and, accordingly, amend the dates when employers must
comply with the TMP; and,
3. Incorporate additional requirements for new non-
residential development to fulfill certain requirements
of the City's Congestion Management Plan (CMP)
Transportation Demand Management (TDM) ordinance,
mandated by the state.
It is further recommended that the city Council adopt a Resolution
containing the proposed Land Use Analysis Program as required by
the Congestion Management Plan.
prepared by:
Paul Berlant, Director of LUTM
Ron Fuchiwaki, City Parking and Traffic Engineer
Karen Pickett, Transportation Management Coordinator
Paul Casey, Transportation Planner
Attachments:
Attachment A: Transportation Management
Ordinance, as amended
Attachment B: Land Use Analysis Program
Resolution
Plan
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CA:JL:mhstmp/hpadv/pc
City council Meeting 3-30-93
santa Monica, California
ORDINANCE NUMBER
(City council Series)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA MONICA AMENDING SANTA MONICA
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS 9.~6.070, 9.1~.090r 9.16.110 AND 9.16.120
RELATING TO WORKSITE TRANSPORTATION PLANS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.16.070 is
amended to read as follows:
SECTION
9.16.070.
Contents
of
worksite
Transportation Plans.
Employers of 50 or more
employees shall prepare, implement, and monitor
Worksite Transportation Plans for transportation
demand management
(TOM),
transportation system
management
(TSM) ,
and
transportation
facility
development (TFD), which Worksite Transportation
Plans shall reduce traffic and environmental
impacts of their sites in the city. The Worksi te
Transportation Plan shall be in a form approved by
the City'S Transportation Management Coordinator.
(a) The Worksite Transportation Plan shall
include some or all of the following mitigation
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measures, and shall lnclude an implementation
schedule for each incentive contained therein:
(1) Education and Marketing: Hire and
in-house Transportation Management
participate in a TMA if available or
fund
an
Coordinator;
required.
(2) Parking Management:
increase employee parking fees;
preferential carpool and vanpool parking.
(3) Ridesharing: Conduct
participate in Rideshare Matching Program;
vanpoolsi provlde carpool, vanpool, and
subsidies.
Charge or
establish
or
broker
buspool
(4) Transit: Provide transit tokens or
pass subsidies; dedlcate land, lf required or
approved by the city, for light rail right-Of-way,
park-n-ride lots, transit stops, or bus bays;
operate or fund shuttle bus operatlons; lnstall and
maintain bus shelter(s), if required or approved by
the city.
(5) Bicycling: Provide secure bicycle
storage facilities; provide showers and lockers;
develop or fund City-approved blcycle paths.
(6) Alternative Work Schedules:
Implement 4/40 work weeks; implement 9/80 work
weeks; implement other flexible work weeks as
approved by the city's Transportation Management
Coordinator; establish telecommuting program.
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(7) Trip Length Reduction: Conduct
outreach in order to facilitate hiring to increase
proport~on of employees living within three miles
radius of worksite.
(8) Use of Clean Fuel Vehicles:
Provide incentives to employees who commute in a
clean fuel vehicle.
(9) Other Measures Approved by the
city's Transportation Management Coordinator.
(b) The Worksite Transportatl.on Plan shall
consist of a report that:
(1) Calculates AVR levels for morning
and afternoon peak periods.
(2) Describes the plan incentives to be
offered.
(3)
Determines
the
number
and
percentage of the project population that
participates in rideshare activities, by mode, and
estimates these statistics for the upcoming plan
year.
(4) Determines the use of COde-required
on-site parking facilities (Le., number of spaces
for visitors, single occupant vehicles r carpools r
vanpools, etc.) and estimates use for the upcoming
year.
(5) Determines the use of off-site
parking and estimates use for the upcoming year.
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( 6) Determines the current number of
transit tokens/passes sold to project employees at
full or discounted prices and the estimated number
to be sold in the upcoming plan year.
(7) Determines the number of employees
on flextime schedules or on compressed schedules and
the number of employees who telecommute and
estimates these numbers for the upcoming year.
(8) Determines the number of employees
who bicycle or walk to work and the number of
bicycle racks, lockers, and shower/locker facilities
on-site and estimates these statistics for the
upcoming year.
(9) Determines the physical condition
of project-related TSM capital improvements.
( 10) Determines the number of morning
and evening peak period vehicle trips to and from
the works1te, and work related trips.
(11) Identifies and evaluates
objectives of the plan and provides an explanation
of why the plan is likely to achieve the AVR target
levels.
(12) Names the designated person or
trained Worksite Transportation Coordinator for each
site who is responslble for the preparation,
implementation, and monitoring of the plan.
(13) Includes an employee survey which
is not more than six months old, or other mechanism
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approved by the Parking and Traffic Engineer. This
survey must be taken over five consecutive workdays
(Monday through Friday). This survey must have a
minimum response rate of 75% of employees who report
to work between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. inclusive
Monday through Friday, and 75% of employees who
report to work or leave work between 3:00 p.m. and
7:00 p.m. inclusive Monday through Friday.
(14) Includes a zip code listing
showing where all employees live who report to the
worksite during the peak periods.
(15) Lists public transit services
serving the worksite, indicating the specific
locations of nearby transit stops.
(16) Includes a management commitment
cover letter signed by the highest ranking official
on site, which includes a description of efforts
taken to involve employees in the development of
commute alternatlve lncentives, and states that
employee notiflcation provislons have been and wl1l
be met.
(17) Describes the general type of
business and any unique aspects, such as seasonal
fluctuations in the number of employees and/or any
business cycles.
(c) All Worksite Transportation Plans are
required to descrlbe the actions that the employer
took to actively involve employees in the
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development of commute alternative incentives.
Examples of acceptable employee involvement efforts
include the following: open-ended survey questions;
quality circle discussions; employee awareness
programs; and, focus groups. The management
commitment letter must identify which effort(s) was
taken.
(d) Each employer filing a Worksite
Transportation Plan is required to notify its
employees of the contents of the plan thirty (30)
days prior to filing its plan with the city.
Notification must also include information about
when and where employees can review the plan.
Employers must notify employees of plan approval
wi thl.n thirty (30) days of approval by the ci ty .
The management commitment letter must state that
these provisions have been and will be met.
(e) Employers must keep detailed records of
all documents which verify the figures used to
calculate Average Vehicle Ridership (AVR). These
records shall include at a minimum: total eligible
employee populationt vehicle counts, monetary
incentive payments, service commencement dates for
vanpools, usage of company-owned fleet vehicles for
ridesharing or guaranteed ride home programs, and
number of employees telecommuting or working
flexible work hours. Records shall be retained for
at least two years. Approved trip reduction plans
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from prior years shall be kept for a period of at
least five years from date of approval. Failure to
maintain records or falsification of records will be
deemed a violation of this Chapter.
amended to read as follows:
SECTION 2. Santa Monica Municipal Code section 9.16.090 is
SECTION 9.16.090.
of Employer worksite Plans.
Procedures for submission
(a) The City TMP Office shall begin sending
written notice by certified mail to employers in
accordance with the following schedule:
December 1, 1993
and Dec. 1 of every
year thereafter
December 1, 1994
and Dec. 1 of every
year thereafter
December 1, 1995
and Dec. 1 of every
year thereafter
Each
employer
shall
Employers who employ
100 or more employees
Employers who employ
50-99 or more employees
Employers who
employ 10-49
employees.
submit
to
the
City'S
Transportation Management Coordinator a Worksite
Transportation Plan within 90 calendar days after
the receipt of the notice. For employers of 100 or
more employees, an approved Regulation XV Plan less
than six months old may be submitted as the Worksite
Transportation Plan. In the event that the employer
reasonably needs more time to submit a Worksite
Transportation Plan, the employer may file a written
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request for an extension with the City's
Transportation Management Coordinator. All requests
must be received by the City TMP Office no later
than 60 calendar days after notification by the
city. The City's Transportation Management
Coordinator shall notify the employer whether or not
the extension has been granted within 15 days of
receipt of a written request for extension. In no
event shall the submission date be extended for more
than 60 days from the initial submission date.
(b) After the employer submits the Worksite
Transportation Plan, the Ci ty' s Transporta tion
Management Coordinator must either approve or
disapprove the plan within 120 days. Notice of
approval or disapproval shall be given by registered
or certlfied mail. If the Worksite Transportation
Plan is disapproved, the reasons for disapproval
shall be given in writing to the employer. Any plan
disapproved by the city's Transportation Management
Coordinator must be revised by the employer and
resubmitted to the City's Transportation Management
Coordinator within 30 days of the notice of
disapproval.
(c) An approved employer plan may be revised
by submitting a plan revision. The revision shall
not be effective until approved by the city's
Transportation Management Coordinator.
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(d) No employer of 100 or more employees
shall be responsible for complying with this Chapter
until such time as the city and South Coast Air
Quality Management District execute an agreement
which provides an exemption to those employers from
the requirements of filing a Regulation XV plan with
the South Coast Air Quality Management District. If
at any time the City fails to meet its obligations
under the executed agreement, employers of 100 or
more employees in the City shall be released from
this Chapter and shall be subject to compliance with
South Coast Air Quality Management District
Regulation XV requirements. However, this exemption
does not relieve employers from their obligation
under South Coast Air Quality Management District
Regulation VII.
(e) It is the responsibility of all employers
of 100 or more employees to submit to the City their
Worksite Transportation Plan by December 1, 1994,
even if they do not receive a notice from the city,
unless they have been notified by the City to do so
at an earlier date.
(f) It is the responsibility of all employers
of 50-99 employees to submit to the City their
Worksite Transportation Plan by December 1, 1995,
even if they do not receive a notice from the City,
unless they have been notified by the City to do so
at an earlier date.
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(g) It is the responsibility of all employers
of 10-49 employees to submit to the city their
Worksite Transportation Plan by December 1, 1996,
even if they do not receive a notice from the city,
unless they have been notified by the city to do so
at an earlier date.
(h) It is the responsibility of all employers
subject to this Ordinance to submit an updated
Worksite Transportation Plan to the City annually on
the anniversary date of the most recent WorkS1 te
Transportation Plan approval by the city.
SECTION 3. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.16.110 is
amended to read as follows:
SECTION 9.16.110. Developer Worksite
Transportation Plans. Developers of non-residential
projects which will result in ten (10) or more peak
period trips once the development is completed shall
submit a Worksite Transportation Plan to the city
for implementation of selected measures from Section
9.12.070 and required measures, as applicable, from
section 9.12.120, at their development site in
accordance with the procedures set forth in section
9.12.120.
SECTION 4. Santa Monica Municipal Code Section 9.16.120 is
amended to read as follows:
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SECTION 9.16.120. Procedure for SUbmission of
Developer Plans.
(a) Developers of non-residential projects
which will generate 10 or more p.m. peak period
trips who apply for building permits for new or
expanded development proj ects in the City shall be
required to submit a Worksite Transportation Plan
meeting the requirements of this Chapter at the time
of application for the project's first planning
approval. The City'S Transportation Management
Coordinator shall approve or disapprove the plan
within thirty (30) days of project approval by the
Planning Division or the City Council, when a
Planning Division approval is appealed. Notice of
approval or disapproval shall be given by registered
or certified mail. If the plan is disapproved, the
reasons for disapproval shall be given in writing to
the developer. Any plan disapproved by the City's
Transportation Management Coordinator must be
revised by the developer and resubmitted to the
City's Transportation Management Coordinator within
30 days of the notice of disapproval.
(b) Developer Worksite Transportation Plans
shall include those items listed in Section 9.12.070
which relate to facility improvements that the
developers may implement, plUS any improvements as
required in paragraph (c) below. Examples of
developer plan elements include preferential parking
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areas, bicycle storage lockers, showers and lockers,
and transit bays.
(c) In addition to optional or otherwise
required facility improvements, the following shall
be required:
(1) Non-residential development of
25,000 square feet or more shall provide, to the
satisfaction of the City, a bulletin board, display
case, or kiosk, displaYlng transportation
informatlon located where the greatest number of
employees are likely to see It. Information shall
include, but is not limited to, the following:
a. Current maps, routes and
schedules for public transit routes serving the
site.
b. Telephone numbers for
referrals on transportation information including
numbers for the regional ridesharing agency and
local transit operators.
c.
Ridesharing promotional
by commuter-oriented
material supplied
organizations.
d. Bicycle route and facility
information, inclUding regional/local bicycle maps
and bicycle safety information.
e. A list of facilities available
for carpoolers, vanpoolers, bicyclists, transit
riders, and pedestrians at the site.
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(2) Non-residential development of
100,000 square feet or more shall comply with the
requirements in Section 9.12.120 (c) (1) above, and
shall provide all of the following measures to the
satisfaction of the city:
a. A safe and convenient zone in
which vanpool and carpool vehicles may deliver or
board their passengers.
b. Sidewalks or other designated
pathways following direct and safe routes from the
external pedestrian circulation system to each
building in the development.
c. If determlned necessary by the
City to mitigate the project impact, bus stop
improvements must be provided. The City will
consult with the local bus service provlders in
determining appropriate improvements. When locating
bus stops and/or planning building entrances,
entrances must be designed to provide safe and
efficient access to nearby transit stations/stops.
(d) An approved worksite transportation plan
shall be required prior to issuance of a building
permit.
(e) Developers shall not be required to
update approved transportation management plans.
However, compliance wi th such plans shall be
accomplished by the requirement set forth in Section
9.12.080 that employer worksite plans be consistent
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with developer plans for the worksite, unless the
Transportation Management Coordinator approves
alternative plan components.
(f) A developer may amend a Worksite
Transportation Plan subsequent to approval of such
plan by submitting a plan revlsion. A subsequent
owner may amend a plan in the same manner. The
amended plan shall not be effective until approved
by the City'S Transportation Management Coordinator.
SECTION 5. Any provlsion of the Santa Monica Municipal
Code or appendices thereto inconsistent with the provisions of
this Ordinance, to the extent of such inconsistencies and no
further, are hereby repealed or modified to that extent necessary
to effect the provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 6. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
or phrase of thls Ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid
or unconstitutional by a decision of any court of any competent
jurisdictlon, such decls10n shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance. The City Council hereby
declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each and
every section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase not
declared invalid or unconstitutional without regard to whether
any portion of the Ordinance would be subsequently declared
invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 7. The Mayor shall s1gn and the City Clerk shall
attest to the passage of this Ordinance. The city Clerk shall
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cause the same to be published once in the official newspaper
within 15 days after its adoption. This Ordinance shall become
effective after 30 days from its adoption.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Acting City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 30th day of March, 1993.
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P Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 1679(CCS)
was duly and regularly introduced at a meeting of the City
Council on the 23rd day of March 1993~ that the said Ordinance
was thereafter duly adopted at a meeting of the city Council on
the 30th day of March 1993 by the following Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo, Genserl Greenberg,
Holbrook, Olsen, Rosenstein,
Vazquez
Noes: Counci1members: None
Abstain: councilmembers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
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Ci ty Clerk /
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RESOLUTION NO. 8565 (CCS)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COID\CIL OF TIlE CITY OF
SANTA )10~,]CA ADOPTING THE LAl\'D USE ANALYSIS PROGRA:rvt
FOR LOCAL CONFOAAIA~CE \VITH THE CONGESTION MAt'\TAGEl\fRNT PLAN
WHEREAS, on November 18. 1992 the Los Angeles County TransportatIon CommIssIOn
(LACTC) approved the Congestlon Management Plan (eMP) WhICh addresses congestIon
concerns by hnkIng land use, transportation and au qUalIty deCISIOns, and
WHEREAS, State law reqUires that local JunsdIctIOns adopt a Land Use AnalYSIS
Program to analyze the Impacts of land use declSlons on the regIOnal transportatIon system as
part of theIr CMP reqUirements by Apnl 1. 1993, and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the Cr-.'fP Land Use AnalYSIS Program IS to ensure that local
JunsdICtIOnS conSIder the regIOnal transportatIon Impact of new development through the land
use approval process; and
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WHEREAS, the CMP Land Use AnalysIs Program IS desIgned to buIld on the eXIstIng
CalifornIa EnvIronmental QualIty Act (CEQA) process In Identifying the impact of development
on the CMP system and rely upon the procedural gUIdelInes already establIshed by CEQA, and
WHEREAS, aU development projects for which an EIR IS requIred shall be subject to
the Land Use AnalYSIS Program, except for projects for WhICh a NotIce of PreparatIon was
prepared pnor to adopuon of thIS program by the City, or otherwIse exempt as outlIned in
Attachment A; and
WHEREAS, Attachment A contaInS the specIfic TransportatIon Impact AnalYSIS
gUIdelInes reqUlred to be followed In the preparatIon of an EIR for the Land Use AnalYSIS
Program as recommended by the LACTC,
NOW. THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. The Clty CouncIl of the CIty of Santa Momca approves the TransportatIon
Impact AnalysIs gUldehnes m Attachment A to be used m the preparatIon of all EnvIronmental
Impact Reports, except where exempted, as reqUIred by the CongestIon Management Plan.
SECTION 2. The Cay Clerk shall certIfy to the adoptIon of thIS Resoluuon, and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be In full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM'
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UESEPH LAWRENCE
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Adopted and approved this 23rd day of March, 1993.
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Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. B565(CCS}
was duly adopted by the City council of the City of Santa Monica
at a meeting thereof held on March 23, 1993 by the following
Council vote:
Ayes: Councilmembers: Abdo, Genser, Greenberg,
Holbrook, Olsen, Rosenstein,
Vazquez
Noes: Councilmembers: None
Abstain: Councilmernbers: None
Absent: Councilmembers: None
ATTEST:
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City Clerk