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Council Meeting: August 14, 2001 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)
INTRODUCTION
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 state created the CMP 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 Santa Monica is required to conform to the CMP by taking the following
actions:
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Continue implementation of the Transportation Management Plan (TMP)
ordinance.
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Conduct biennial traffic counts and calculate levels of service for selected
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arterial intersections, 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.
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Adopt a Local Implementation Report which tracks the City's progress in
meeting the congestion management goals for new development.
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Hold a noticed public hearing and adopt a resolution certifying compliance with the
CMP.
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Annually adopt a resolution to self-certify conformance with the CMP requirements.
The City has complied with the requirements described above by implementing the City's
TMP Ordinance and analyzing impacts to the CMP network as part of the environmental
review process. Per an arrangement with LACMTA, required traffic counts will be
conducted in the fall, and the LACMTA will consider the City of Santa Monica to be in
conformity with CMP requirements.
The Local Implementation Report gauges compliance based on a numerical formula
established by the LACMTA. The 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 that 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
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credits.
This year the City has accrued 8,136 credits points from the following sources: Cloverfield
Boulevard improvements from the 10 Freeway off-ramp to Colorado, including dedicated
turning lanes, increased travel lanes and median islands for channeling; partial credit for
the construction of dedicated bus lanes on Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway as part
of the Transit Mall Project; and continued implementation of a Transportation Demand
Management Ordinance. The City carried over 130,705 credit points from improvements
in earlier years. Debits totaled 5,499 points as a result of new development building
permits approved this year. The net result is that the City's total credit balance that will be
reported to the MTA is now 133,342. 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.
Upon Council adoption, the Local Implementation Report and resolution will be forwarded
to the LACMTA. 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.
Conformance with the CMP is important in order to maintain the flow of state gas tax
monies to the City for transportation projects.
BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACTS
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The recommendation presented in this report does not have a budget or fiscal impact.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
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).
Prepared by: Suzanne Frick, Director
Ellen Gelbard, Deputy Director
Planning and Community Development Department
Lucy Dyke, Transportation Planning Manager
Attachment: A. Resolution for Adoption Finding the City to be in Compliance with
the 1999 Congestion Management Program (CMP).
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ATTACHMENT A