SR 08-25-2015 9A (2)
City Council
Report
City Council Regular Meeting: August 25, 2015
Agenda Item: 9.A
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: David Martin, Director, Planning and Community Development, Strategic &
Transportation Planning (PCD)
Subject: Compliance with the Congestion Management Program, and Related
Development Report
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council hold a public hearing, receive public comment,
and adopt the attached resolution stating that the City is in compliance with the 2010
Los Angeles County Congestion Management Program (CMP), including the Local
Development Report.
Executive Summary
Conformance with the CMP is required in order for the City to be eligible for State gas
tax 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. The approval of the attached resolution will
ensure that the City continues to receive the apportionment of State gas tax revenues
authorized under Section 2015 of the State Streets and Highway codes.
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. Since 1993,
all 88 local jurisdictions in Los Angeles County have been implementing a CMP
Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Ordinance. The CMP TDM ordinance
focuses on designing "TDM Friendly" development standards to be incorporated into the
project design such as transportation information areas, preferential parking f or
rideshare vehicles, direct and convenient pedestrian access, and safe and convenient
access to bicycle parking.
Metro annually reviews the performance of local jurisdictions to verify that they are
conforming to CMP requirements. These responsibilities include assisting in monitoring
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the CMP system; adopting and implementing a transportation demand management
ordinance; adopting and implementing a land use analysis program; and participating in
the Countywide Deficiency Plan.
Discussion
Conformance with the CMP is required in order for the City to be eligible for the portion
of State gas tax funds authorized under Section 2105 of the State Streets and Highway
Code. The City of Santa Monica must comply with Metro's CMP requirements by taking
the following actions:
Continue implementation of the Transportation Demand Management Ordinance.
Analyze the impacts of new development on the CMP system as part of the
environmental review process.
Conduct biennial traffic counts on odd-numbered years for selected arterial
intersections and calculate levels of service, consistent with CMP specifications.
Prepare and adopts a Local Development Report Annually.
Adopt a resolution to self-certify conformation with CMP requirements annually.
The CMP sets a minimum TDM requirement for new non-residential development
projects which exceed established thresholds of 25,000, 50,000 and 100,000 gross
square feet. With the adoption of the City's updated Transportation Demand
Management Ordinance in June, 2015 the City goes beyond the CMP TDM
requirements and established thresholds of 7,500 square feet for non -residential
projects and residential projects with 16 or more units. Additionally the CMP focuses on
physical TDM requirements. The City's TDM ordinance goes above and beyond by
requiring programmatic TDM measures in conjunction with the physical requirements.
The City conducted biennial traffic counts for selected arterial intersections as required
by the CMP and submitted the count data to Metro in June, 2015. Additionally, the City
conducts Citywide transportation counts every two years that inventory vehicle, bicycle
and pedestrian volumes at each signalized intersection in Santa Monica. These counts
are used to update the Travel Demand Forecasting Model and to monitor transportation
and travel conditions citywide.
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The Local Development Report (LDR) collects information on categories of
development activity that occurred within the city over the past year. The Local
Development Report, provided as Attachment B, summarizes the City's development
activity based on building permits issued between June 2014 and May 2015. The
issuance of permits for 158 new residential units and the demolition of 53 existing units
this year resulted in a net increase of 105 residential units. Of the new 158 residential
units, 5 are affordable units. Since 2009, permits were issued for the construction of
762 affordable units, an average of just over 100 units per year. More recently, since
2013 the number of permits issued for affordable units has been below the recent trend
with permits for only 63 affordable units pulled over the last three years. The CMP
category of "Commercial," which includes retail and restaurant reflects a net decrease
of 37,770 square feet. The category of "Non-Retail" reflects a net increase of 135,210
square feet of lodging and a net decrease of 2,090 square feet of office. The 425
Colorado Ave (OTO) hotel project, which represents the majority of the non-residential
development in the LDR, included physical and programmatic TDM measures such as
long and short term bicycle parking, shower and locker facilities, bicycle available for
hotel guests, participation in the establishment of a TMA, subsidized employee transit
passes, car share spaces, and preferential parking for carpools.
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 Impacts and Budget Actions
There is no immediate financial impact or budget action necessary as a result of the
recommended action. Revenues related to the portion of the State of California tax
funds authorized under Section 2105 of the States and Highway code have been
included in the FY 2015-16 budget at account 43402.400860.
Prepared By: Francie Stefan, Strategic & Transportation Planning Manager
Approved
Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. CMP Conformity Resolution
B. 2015 COMPLETED LDR Form
CITY OF SANTA MONICA Date Prepared:August 31, 2015
2015 CMP Local Development Report
Reporting Period: JUNE 1, 2014 - MAY 31, 2015
Contact:ENTER NAME HERE
Phone Number:ENTER PHONE NUMBER HERE
CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY
2015 DEFICIENCY PLAN SUMMARY
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DEVELOPMENT TOTALS
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY Dwelling Units
Single Family Residential 7.00
Multi-Family Residential 98.00
Group Quarters 0.00
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY 1,000 Net Sq.Ft.2
Commercial (less than 300,000 sq.ft.)(37.77)
Commercial (300,000 sq.ft. or more)0.00
Freestanding Eating & Drinking 2.09
NON-RETAIL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY 1,000 Net Sq.Ft.2
Lodging 135.21
Industrial 0.00
Office (less than 50,000 sq.ft.)(2.09)
Office (50,000-299,999 sq.ft.)0.00
Office (300,000 sq.ft. or more)0.00
Medical 0.00
Government 0.00
Institutional/Educational 0.00
University (# of students)0.00
OTHER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY Daily Trips
ENTER IF APPLICABLE 0.00
ENTER IF APPLICABLE 0.00
EXEMPTED DEVELOPMENT TOTALS
Exempted Dwelling Units 5
Exempted Non-residential sq. ft. (in 1,000s)0
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2. Net square feet is the difference between new development and adjustments entered on pages 2 and 3.