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City Council Meeting: July 26, 2011
Agenda Item: 9B
To: Mayor and City Council
From: David Martin, Acting Director, Planning and Community Development
Subject: Public Hearing, Resolution Finding the City to be in Compliance with the
Congestion Management Program, and Related Development Report
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1) hold a public hearing, receive public comment, and adopt the attached resolution
stating that the City is in compliance with the 2004 Los Angeles County Congestion
Management Program (CMP), and
2) adopt the annual Local Development Report.
Executive 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.
Background
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:
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• Continue implementation of the Transportation Management Plan (TMP)
ordinance.
Conduct biennial 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. Traffic .counts from the four CMP network arterial
monitoring sections in Santa Monica were submitted to Metro on June 15, 2011.
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 2010 and May 2011. The issuance of
permits for 305 new residential units and demolition permits for 41 units this year
resulted in a net increase of 264 residential units, of which 226 are affordable units.
The CMP category of "Commercial," which includes retail and restaurant reflects a net
decrease of 24,730 square feet and the category of "Non-Retail" reflects a net increase
of 210,390 square feet of office, and increases. of 208,430 square feet and 93,800
square feet for lodging and institutionaUeducation respectively.
Upon 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 Impact & Budget Actions
The recommendation presented in this report does not have a budget or fiscal impact.
Prepared by: Annette Colfax, Transportation Demand Program Manager
Approved:
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avid Martin
Acting Director, Planning and
Community Development
Forwarded to Council:
Rod Gould
City Manager
Attachment A: Congestion Management Program Conformity Resolution
Reference Resolution
No. 10599 (CCS)