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C84y C®a~ncii NieeYing: Aasgust 10, 2010
Agenda Item: ~-
To: Mayor and City Council
Fram: Eileen Fogarty, Director, Planning and Community Development
Subject: Hold a Public Hearing and Adopt a Resolution Finding the City to be in
Compliance with the Congestion Management Program and Adopt the
Related Development Report
Ree®mmended AcYi®n
Staff recommends that the City Council hold a public hearing and adopt the attached
resolution stating that the City is in compliance with the 2004 Los Angeles County
Congestion Management Program (CMP), including adoption of the annual Local
Development Report.
Execaa#ive Summary
Conformance with the CMP is required in order for the City to be eligible for state gas
funds. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
administers the state-mandated program for Los Angeles County and requires every
city to certify compliance with the program. There is no budget impact associated with
the recommendation in this report.
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The CMP was created to link land use, air quality and transportation decisions as a
result of Proposition 111, passed by the voters of California in June 1990.
Conformance. with the CMP is required in order for the City to be eligible for state gas
funds. The City of Santa Monica must comply with Metro's CMP requirements by taking
the following actions:
® Continue implementation of the Transportation Management Plan (TMP)
ordinance.
® Conduct. biennia! traffic counts on odd-numbered years for selected arterial
intersections and calculate levels of service, consistent with CMP specifications.
® Analyze the impacts of new development on the CMP system as part of the
environmental review process.
® Prepare and adopt a Local Development Report annually.
Adopt a resolution to self-certify conformance with CMP requirements annually.
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 Local Development Report collects information of categories of development
activity that occur within the city over the past year. The Local Development Report,
attached to the resolution (Attachment A), summarizes the'City's development activity
based on building permits issued between June 2009 and May 2010. The issuance of
new development and demolition permits this year resulted in a net increase of 113
residential units, including 16 affordable units. The CMP category of "Commercial,"
which includes retail and restaurant reflects a net decrease of 11,690 square feet and
the category of "Non-Retail" reflects a net decrease of 25,340 square feet of office, and
increases of 208,430 square feet, 111,710 square feet, and 1,340 square feet for
lodging, medical, and institutional/education respectively.
Upan Council adoption, the certified resolution and Local Development Report will be
forwarded to Metro. Metro staff will report to its Board on all Los Angeles County cities
later this year. Conformance with. the CMP is important in order to maintain the flow of
state gas tax monies to cities for transportation projects.
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Financial irr~pact ~ l3udge8 Actions
The recommendation presented in this report does not have a budget or fiscal impact.
Prepared by: Annette Colfax, Transportation Demand Program Manager
Approved:
Forwaarded to Council:
Eileen Fogarty
Director, Planning and ommunity
Development
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Rod Gould
City Manager
Attachment A: Congestion Management Program Conformity Resolution
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Reference Resolution No.
10520 (CCS).