R10935City Council Meeting: February 23, 2016 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NUMBER /033 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
ADOPTING A PEDESTRIAN ACTION PLAN FOR THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
WHEREAS, the City of Santa Monica has adopted a general plan, including the
Land Use and Circulation Element ("LUCE") for the physical development of the city, a
plan which constitutes the City's constitution governing land use; and
WHEREAS the LUCE includes a comprehensive land use and circulation
strategy, emphasizing livability and supporting all types of transportation, including
walking; and
WHEREAS, the Circulation Element specifically identifies walking related goals,
policies, and actions, including:
0 Goal T6 Enable everyone to walk comfortably everywhere in Santa
Monica,
0 Goal T7 Ensure that walking is safe for everyone, everywhere in Santa
Monica;
® Goal T8 Provide a beautiful and attractive pedestrian environment
throughout the City; and
WHEREAS, the Pedestrian Action Plan is a direct implementation of the LUCE
and was developed in concert with other LUCE efforts: creating a companion piece to
the 2011 Bike Action Plan, incorporating physical improvements identified in the 2013
Bergamot Area Plan, and maintaining consistency with the 2014 Draft Downtown
Specific Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Pedestrian Action Plan recognizes that walking is a core part of
the City's identity and character and lays out a specific vision of the future of walking in
the City and priority projects, and programs designed to guide improvements to the
walking environment over the next 15 years; and
WHEREAS, the recommendations in the Pedestrian Action Plan are based on
detailed spatial analysis of where pedestrian demand is highest, where pedestrian
facilities could be improved and where pedestrian collisions have occurred; and
WHEREAS, the Pedestrian Action Plan includes goals and policies that set
citywide direction in key areas related to walking and identifies a coordinated set of
practices, programs, and projects that will improve the City's walking environment over
the next fifteen years;. and
WHEREAS, the Pedestrian Action Plan was the result of an extensive public
process with over 600 in-person surveys completed at community events, an online
forum which hosted over 1400 visitors, and three community meetings, including two
Planning Commission meetings; and
WHEREAS, City staff also presented this plan to the Commission on the Senior
Community, the Recreation and Parks Commission, the Disabilities Commission, the
Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Santa Monica Inc., and the Task Force on the
Environment; and
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WHEREAS, the Planning Commission reviewed the Pedestrian Action Plan on
December 2, 2015 and recommended that the City Council adopt the plan; and
WHEREAS, the Initial Study and Negative Declaration ("IS/ND") has been
prepared in accordance with State and City CEQA guidelines to address the potential
environmental effects of the policies, programs and projects identified in the plan; and
WHEREAS, based on the analysis provided within the IS/ND, the adoption of the
Pedestrian Plan will not result in significant impacts on the environment and no
mitigation measures were identified in the IS/ND and none were needed to reduce the
severity of an identified impact,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The February 2016 Pedestrian Action Plan, attached hereto as
Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference, is hereby adopted and certified as
the official Pedestrian Action Plan for the City of Santa Monica.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and
thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Adopted and approved this 23rd day of February, 2016.
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1, Denise Anderson -Warren, Acting City Clerk of the City of anta Monica, do
hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 10935 (CCS) was duly adopted at a
meeting of the Santa Monica City Council held on the 23rd day of February, 2016, by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers O'Connor, Himmelrich, Davis, McKeown,
Mayor Pro Tem Winterer, Mayor Vazquez
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember O'Day
ATTEST:
Denise Anderson -Warren, Acting City Clerk