SR-091096-9A
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Councll Meetl~g: SeD~e~te~
San~a Ylon.:...ca,
9A
SEP 1 0 1996
Callfcrn.:...a
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100~
JJt:J
TO:
~aycr arcd ~lty Cou~c~l
FRO!:-']:
Clty Staff
SUBJECT: ReconmenciCitlon to Approve =l:CS:: ?hase of Downtm.jr.
Clrculation P~a~.
::;:NT::<ODJCT:::ON
Ens reDort recommencs :.~a::. :.te Clty CCl.'::~cll approve tree flrs:.
phase of mcdlflcatior.s ~o -;:he dO~'I!n~c\.."n area clrculat::..on p..:.an,
dlrect staff to Droceed Wltt the lnple~entat.:...cn of tje proposed
~odlf.:...ca::lCr.s a~G ap~rcpr.:...ate fundl~g .:...n the amount of $675,300 for
tiese lmprovemen::s.
Conpcnents 0: ':::e L.rst pjase lnclude tte
follo;,..,;.:...r:g:
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Rest~lpe 4tt Street to e~lTlnate one lar.e ncr,:jbound and
add metered parzlng en the east s.:...de between Wllshlre
3oJ~evard auG Broadway
o
Restr.:...ne 5tt S::ree~ to ade one lane scuthocund and two-
way lef::. tur~ neGla~, malntaln~ng two lanes northbound
o
Restrlpe Brcacway :'0 carry two-way trafflC
o
Eodlfy San':a ~cn.:...ca P~ace parklng structure as necessary
due to ::::"18 .:...r_trod',,:c::lOr. of ::V'O-'f<lay trc.fL_c or. Broadway
o
El~TIlnate left turr. out of San':a ~on.:...ca Place pa~klr.g
st~uctt:re en ~o C:ol.ora.do F:.\!enl.:.e
o
~stG8Ils~ a corct~cl~8d rlgjt-t~rr. :rom ~orthbounc Ocear.
Aven~e to eastbou~d Colorado Avenue.
o [V:OCl:Y traf:lc slgnals anc t.:...nL1g to ::aclll tate Yle'~;
::raf:lc :lcv
9A
SEP 1 0 1996
Bl-"CKGROUND
As Dart of the adoptlon of ~~e 3ayslce Dlstrlc~ Speclflc Plar. In
January 1996, the Clty COl.::.nell au-:':1orlzed the Cl-::::Y Manager ::0
r.egotiate and exec~te a ~o"-t~act wlth Roma Jeslgrc Gracp to prepare
the dcwntowr: ~rbar: des~gn p~an for ~je a~ea bordered ny Wllshl~e
Bouleva~d on the n02::'th, tf:e San::a t10:-1~ca Freei-vay OE the sC--1th, tte
a~ley between Seve~-:j St::ee-: a~d Llr:co~n 30ulevarc C~ t~e east, QJO
Oeear. Avenue or. the west. ~he fl::S-: p~ase of the 9roJec-: lnvolves
the develcpmer.-: of a f~a~ to mocl=Y ~ie elrc~lat~o~ system ln tte
dowr:town area to oala~ce the neecs of pedestr~ans, ::ranS1L ~sers
and ::1:e autoTobl~e. The second phase of the pro=ect wll~ focus on
the ldent~flcatlon and deslgn of s~::eetseape inprcverer:ts ~r. the
publlC r~ght of vay lr.clGd~ng b~:: not limlted to street trees,
llgttlng, street furr:~ ture and Dt:blic art.
Follmn:1g Cour:cll
actlon on the proposed clrcJlatlcn plan, tte second Dnase of the
prOject wll~ beglr: at a CO~'Ur:lty wlde workstcD Dlanned for early
fall.
Slr:ce JanJa~y, staff and tte consJ~Lar.ts iave beer: wcrklng w~ti the
Counell apPolnted Lowntcwn Crban Jeslgn Pla:1 Steerlng CcrrIDlttee to
develc~ reco~menda::lc~s.
As part 0= ~~e ?~ocess, tte =ollcwlng
actlvltles were cc~ducted:
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Twelve staketolce:: ~r.tervlews
represen-:atlF2S f::::-om the
busl~ess conrLunl~V
\'Jl th Vc.rlCUS
do;.....nto.~m area.
c Three lr:formatlCnc.l ~eetl~gs lr:cludlr:g a
DUS1Des s gro:lp lnfor:ra ::lor.a~ rree::1Eg, a
2
~elg~borhcod group ~nfor~at1oJal Qeet~Jg, and
a hotel/vls~~cr iLfor~~t1ona~ meetlng
o A meet~ng ~~tt =ep=ese~tat~ves from Sears
o ~wo meet1Jgs w~tt represeLta~lves fro~ San~a
[\!]O~llca Place
o A Teet1~g Wltt s~ude~ts Iron Santa Monlca H1gh
SC~-100~
o ?ive Steerlng CO~L1~~ee neet1ngs
o Cne comr~E~tv-w~de worksjop
ANJ'.,L YS=S
?roposed Phase I C1rculat~cn ?la~
Santa Mo~~ca's des1re for a st=o~g dcw~~cwn, ldeEt~fled In Do~h ~he
BayslCie C1s~r1ct Speclf1c Plan ar:d the =.,and Jse :::lenent of the
General Plan, lS ~~e g~lc1ng ~dea nehlnd the DowJtown C1rculatlon
?~an as proposed by t~e proJec~ cOJsul~ant ~ea~. Cne of the maln
pr1nC1pals beh1nd the p~aE 15 tie un~e=5tanQ1r:g that ccngest10n 15
a fact of 11:e lE sJccess:J~ Jrban p~aces, and tte ~lan beg1ns W1~~
the reccg:11':lon that c. certalE le"21 0: CO:'1gest1on 15 bOt~l
app=opr1a~e and 6es1racle to a thr1vl~g downtown. ~h~s, the a1m of
the DlaJ ~s r:ot ~c do away w~ti cor:gestlon, but to manage 1t In G
way that e:1na:1ces ra~~e= ~han dlsr~p':s the downtown enVlror:ment.
As proposed, ~he pla~ a_~ows wldesp~ead but slow-speed vej1c~la~
access th~ougjou~ cow~town so that d=lvers are aware ~hat ,:tey are
operat1ng ~lthln a pedestr1a~ prlcr~ty distr1ct. Measures such as
reconflgcT1ng o~e-'da,! stree::s Dac:C to tTdo-TNay, enCOc.rag1:1g Ocl-
st=ee~ par%l~g a:1c 1ntegrat1~g ::rans~t systers all combine to ~ake
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for a safer a~a mo~e 8ecestr~a~ a~d ~ranSl~ fr1er.d~y enV1ror-ment.
At the sa~e tlme, ~t lS 1mpcrta~~ =or dr~vers ~o oe able to get ~c
the1r dest1nat~o~s 1L a reaso~able aDd d1~ect fasi~on. Slmpl~fY1ng
c~rculat1on pa~terns by el1m1~a~lLg c~e-way s~~ee~s w~ll rrake tte
street systeC'L more "L:se~-=rle::-:.d~y".
The pla~ a~ms to rec~eate downtow~ stree~s as ~ult1-purpose publ~c
facll1~les that serve tte ~eeas af na~y users. Ti~s near-s shlftlng
~:he foc-.1s of nost st:::ee-.:s ::rom a pL_nary foc1.:s o~ free- =low~:lg
~rafflC to ODe tha~ balances ~ie ~eeQs of ve~lcles, pedestr12Ls,
translt and bicycles. ~h~le the exact calance be~ween modes w1ll
vary fro~ st:::eet
+-~
Lv
s':reet
(~.e.
some more auto,
some rrore
pedes~r1an), al~ w1ll be ctaracter~zed by the mult~-nodel qual~ty
~eedeQ ~o suppor~ the ieveloDTen~ of a cchere~t dowLtcwn cistric-':.
Ttrough ~he COTJilUf;l ty process fo::: tr!e adoptloL of :'.:1e Bays:.de
Dlstr1ct SDec~f~c Plan ana t~e developreent 0:: t~e downtown
clrculation plan,
a n1.:~be= 0= 1ssues have Deen ra~sed Wh1Ch
a-r",
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addressee 1n the procosea fl~st p~ase p~an.
These include tte
Four~t Street nercha~~'s des~re :cr shcr~-~err, on-street park~ng
on Fourth S~ree~,
conce~n abo~t ~~e pedestr1ar./ve~lc~lar
conflicts at the crosswa~k betwee~ Sa~ta Mcn~ca Place and the Th1rd
Street Prome~ade, a deslre on the par:. of down-.:own merchants ann
members
of
tte
COrTI'1t:n:. ~ y
e=-imlnate
one-T'Jay streets
:.n
the
down~cwr- area, and an ove~all concern about pedes~rian safety lD
the dowctO~L area.
S~3fff the consu=-taEt tean and tbe Steerlng
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COnIDlttee reel ~iat these lSSJes represent l~~edlate concerns, a~d
should there::cre be adc:ressed as a flrst phase to ::te cveral=-
down~owr. Jrbar. eeslgn ane clrc~latlon plan.
As a result of ll_p':':: :Jbtalne6 througi the co:rnunl ty out2:eaci
process, aLd based on the p~lr.clpa:s ou::l~ned above, the consu=-::aLt
team has develcpec a p~a"- for the Gow~town c~rcula~lcL system wi~ch
1r.cl~des the ::cllo~lng key Tod~f1ca::1ons:
o Rest~lpe ~::~ 3::reet to ellmlnate one lane no~thboilnd and
add netered par~lng o~ tte eas:: s~de between Wllsj1~e
Boulevarc a~d B~oadway
o Rest2:1pe 3::~ St~ee:: to add one :ar.e scuthbo~nd and two-
way le::t turn ne~la~, naln::alElng two =-anes northbcunc
o Restrlpe E~oatiway ::0 carry two-way traffle
o lJIodlfy f~ee',..'ay of=:- ranp s.::..gnage to dlrect Bayslde
Dlstr~c:: r.cr::jbo~r.d ~otcrlsts to tte ?lfth S::reet off-
ramp aLd C1V1C Center soutjbound wotO~lS::S to tie 4th
S::ree:: cf:-rarnp
o Sln'lna::e =-ef:: tl.:.rns O-.Jt of Santa ::1oL~ca Place structures
o ::::stabllsh a cOLtrcl':"ed r::..gtt-::T:~n from Ocean AveLue nartt
::0 Coloraco Avenue eas~
o =v:od~:y ::raff~c S19nals ana t1minq to fac:.ll tate l1eitJ
::raf:1c f':"ov
Tte inteLt 0:: tte p~cposed 0_an 1S ~o~ to move traf:lc ~ircugh ::~e
dO'..mtowr.. a~ea as q.llckly as pcsslble, b;.lt rather to create a
vlbra~~, ffilxed-use, st~eet-orlented urban dlstrlct busy Wl~~
people, cars, blcycles 2~G Duses,
Tie revlsed cl~culatlon pla~
wll: 1ITprOVe sene cendltlo~S b~t w1l~ also make sene streets ja~der
to :ravel by automoDlle. ?ar exaTp~e, ~eTovlLg o~e ner~~bound laEe
of trafflc frOT FCJ~tt Street ~o accomr.cdate o~-st~ee~ pa~klng wl~l
nest llkely ~ncrease delay and co~gest~on fer a~toToDlle ane bJs
trafflC jU~lng tte day.
I~ lS a~tlc~Dated t~at Uehlcle bac~-up
wll~ be s~gn~flcan~ at Cc~cracc a~c FOJrth St~ee~ c~eat~ng eelays
for vehlc~es app~cachl~g a~d traue~lLg through do~~tc~n on ?oJrth
Street. 3m-lever, 1 ~ '~;::..ll also lmprove ~he pedes::rlan enVlronmer:t
en the east SlGe 0= Fourth Street by provid~r:g 2 b~ffer betweer:
pedes~rla~s aLe t~aff::..c la~es ana prev::..ce COLveElen~ short-term on-
t - ~ ~ th ~ 1- .
S Iee~ par<lr,g =or :o~r ~~ree~ ITe~CLa~~s.
Cveral~, the proposed
Dlan balances the needs ef uehlc~es w~~j oLher Toces aLd uses ana
crea~es a more usab:e a~d d::..verse streetscape enulro~rren~.
Steerlng ConTlttee ReccTne~datlon
At ::he A~gust 8, 1996 mee~~ng 0: the ~owntowr: Urban ~eslgn P~an
Steerlng COrrIT1~tee, tte CO~Jl~~ee ado~ted a recor~er:datlon ::0 seek
Clty Cc~ncll aU::::-lorlza~lon for the l:nplenen::at::..cn 0: :.he :lrst
phase of rr,c6lflca~lc=-:s ":0 the dO~"]Lto',.J~ ClrC..l~at~o::'. systerr ~-
cut~lned aDove.
ELv~rcnmental :npact
To de~e~Mlne the ~r2ff::..c ~~pact 0: the Pnase = 0la~ O~ downtcwn
area lntersect2..o:"!s f st2f= tL:::-ed c:~e ",=rafflC ccns'Jl t.:..ng fl:!::r\ of
~1eyer f I"lohadees Asscc~a~es f :LC. to p::epare a::'! an::;.lysls of the
proposed modlflcat~ons.
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?he proposed c~rculatlon pla~ was analyzed to ITa~e su~e there we~e
no addl~lonal ~npacts beycnc those p~evlously ~de~t~f~ed In :ie
BaYSlde D1St~lct P~ar S:::F. Tte a~a~ys~s lndlcates =ta: :~ere wll~
be co ::..rrDacts :':1at ~37e :-10-::: bee:} prev..:...ous':"y add~e5sed by t:12
S-:::ateroent of Over~ld~ng Cors..:...deratlo~S adopted DY the Clty COU~Cl':"
as part of the cert..:...flca:lon of tee 3ayside Jlstrlc= Speclflc ?lan
E:::R. '='here~ore,:1o add::.. tlcnal envlro::mental ana':" VS2. S lS recp.:.l.::ed
to lTp':"enent thlS p':"an.
Cost
The estl~ated cost :0 lnplenent
::l.::st
phase
of
t':1e
traff:..c
changes o~ Fourtt St~eet,
~l=th Street and Broadway ar.~
..:...ntersect..:...on cna~ges at Ocean Ave~ue and Colorado Avenue as
recorr~e~ded DY :':1e Steerlng CCnID1:tee 15 approxlmately $678,500.
'='tlS estlmate ..:...ncl~des ceslgn cos:s, sLrlplng a~d slg~age changes
Oll Fo~r-:::j Street, F:..f:t Stree: and 3roadway, slg~al rrcdl=~caLlons
along F1Ith S:ree: fraT Wllsh::..re Bo~levard to Colo~ado Avenue and
along 3roadway fron ::"~ncoln Bo~levard to Ocean Ave:-.ue, parklll-g
rreters on the eaSL s..:...de of ?ou~:t Stree: betwee~ W~lshlre Boulev2~d
a~d Broadway, and the ~eccnflg~ratlo~ of :ie In:erseC~lon of Ocean
Aver:ue aile. Co2-erade F.ve=-;~e :0 ell:Tlnate 't::.r.e "free r..:...gh:" L",-oTI Oce2~
Ave~~e Dortt ~o Colorado Ave~~e eas:. As p~evlously ~e~tlor:ed, tte
converslo~
o ~ E roa di..,;"c-:y'"
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t~~'O-h'2Y traf':lc requ~res
substa:1t.::..a':"
changes to the dlrec~lonal .:lcw and parklng layou: of :he San:a
Monica P':"ace par~~~g strJct~~e c~ 3roadway. ~he cost te mod~fy tte
st~~ctu~e, ~i::..ch lS lr:cluded l~ :':1e tota: proJect cost 0': $678,580,
"7
15 esti~ated at $31C,JJO.
The total cost to :.mole:1'e~t the ::lrst phase of the dm...T!":tmic
clrc.1laL_o:l plan lS S678,5CO.
Of thlS anciJ.nt, $3,800 w1:"1 be
covered by eX1stlnq f~cd:.~g al~ccated for ~~e repavlng and
restriplng
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v~
fCTcth
Street between W1:sh.:.re
Bou:"evard and
Broadway. The~e=o~e, ar. appro~rlGtlon of $675,500 fro~ the General
Fund wlll be ~ea~lred ~y the C1ty Co~nc1l ln orje~ ~o lmplement the
flrs~ phase lT~~ovemeLts.
Imnlementatlon
It is estHrated that :.t va~l take app~oxlIDately 12 months to
lmplemen~ t~e flrs~ phase of the p~oposed plan.
Th1S ::.:...nef::ame
::..ncLldes ::rJe to s:.x TO:1ths fo~ preparat,:,oil of a des.:.gn B.:1C
speclflcatlo~s Dld package, or.e nO:1th fer b1CC1r.g, one month for
award of contract, ene IT~nth for co~trac:: doc~ITent p::eparatlon and
l:lltlatlon of construct:.on, ar.e ~~ree ~o fo~r ITon~~s for completlon
of cons::r~ctlO:-l.
Next Steps for Streetscape Improvene:1ts
Fcllo1t-l.:.ng C~Y..H:e:..l actlO:-l 0:1 t::-1e f:.rs:: p:1ase 0:: ~ne c:.rcula t:'Oii
plan, the consu:"tan~ ;4:.1:" proceed w:.t~ the des:..gn of s::reetscape
lmprOVeme:1ts.
The 5tree~scape des:..gn process wi 1:" -=-nc~ude a
co:rrnur:l ::Y-TtJ2-de \^Torks~cp as 1,.;e11 as a ssrles of pub11C neetlngs '..1:" th
the Steerlng Comn1t::ee.
Ocee a prel:.ml~ary streets cape plan and
l~pleITentat:.on ~_ac ~as ~een ?reparec by ~~e co~su~ta~t a~c
t5
reVleWea by t~e Steerl~g CCT~~t~ee a~d Pla~n~ng COITm~SS~O~1 ~he
plan '~nll be preser:.tec -:0 -::12 C1 ty Councll for fu:a.l approval.
Tn1S process lS ar.-:~c~Jated to take apprcx~ma~ely f1ve ~on-:hs.
BUDGET/?INANCIAL IMPACT
':'te lnpleme:1-:at10:1 8:: -:::e f.:..:::st oh2.se of -:..'1e Do',.:r:.to'.-m C~rculatlo:1
Plan w1ll req~lre a:1 appropr1a-:10r:. 0:: $675,500 to account :1uuher
Cl-770-415-20097-890~-99457 Wh1Ch wlll be flnanced fro! tie Ger:.era~
Plan u:1reserved fLnd ba~a:1C2.
RECO~M:::KJATICK
I~ 15 reco~menced tjct ~:1e C1ty Cou:1Cll d1rect sta::f to Droceed
w~th the l~p~e~en~2.t':"o:1 0= tt2 r.:..rs-: p:1ase of -:te downtowr:.
c~rculat1or:. p~a:1 a:1d Gpprcprla~e fUnCl:1g ln the arount of $67S,50C
for the l~prCVene:1~s.
Prepared by:
Suzar:.ne F:::1Ck, Dl:::ector of peD
?arer:. Sl:1s6e:::g, Fla:1r:.l:1g ~anager
CaV1G Martli-, Act.:..ng Ser:.1or Flanne:::
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