SR-417-002-04 (4)
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Council Meeting: July 22, 2003 Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City staff
SUBJECT: Hold a Public Hearing on the Annual Local Implementation Report on the
City's Congestion Management Goals and Resolution of the City Council
Finding the City to be in Compliance with the 2002 Congestion Management
Program (CMP)
INTRODUCTION
This staff report recommends that the City Council hold a public hearing to adopt the
annual Local Implementation Report on the City's congestion management goals and
adopt the attached resolution stating that the City is in compliance with the 2002 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)
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ordinance.
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Conduct biennial traffic counts and calculate levels of service for selected
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. The required traffic counts were completed and submitted to MTA.
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
credits.
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The City's total credit balance that will be reported to the MTA is 148, 741. This year the
City has accrued 5,129 credits points from improvements to the City?s street network,
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including capacity improvement to the 4 Street east-bound I-10 Freeway on-ramp (dual
left-turn signal and lane striping improvements); the added capacity of Olympic Drive
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(partial credit prior to completion): signal synchronization improvements along 26 Street
(between Wilshire Blvd and Colorado Avenue), Lincoln Boulevard (between the I-10
Freeway and Ocean Park Blvd) and Cloverfield (between Colorado Avenue and the
I-10 Freeway): and construction of median islands on Broadway and Wilshire Blvd (partial
credit prior to completion.) The continued implementation of a Transportation Demand
Management Ordinance also generates credits for the City. The issuance of new
development building permits this year resulted in a net accumulation of 2,961 CMP debit
points. The final balance is derived by subtracting this year?s accumulated debits from the
accrued credits (net gain of 2,168 credits) and adding 146,573 carryover credits accrued in
prior years. 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.
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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
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 2002 Congestion
Management Program (CMP).
Prepared by: Suzanne Frick, Director
Ellen Gelbard, Assistant Director
Planning and Community Development Department
Attachment: A. Resolution for Adoption Finding the City to be in Compliance with
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the 2002 Congestion Management Program (CMP).
Resolution No. 9876 (CCS)
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ATTACHMENT A