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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-Planning CITY OF SAN BERNADINO - REQUEST FCk COUNCIL ACTION From: Larry E. Reed, Director Dept: Planning and Building Services Date: Mayor and Camon Council Meeting November 19, 1990 Subject: Presentation-Air ~ity Managemmt Plan Synopsis of Previous Council action: None ;r,-:-; ::'1:- ~.... "j "'n r,:.r (-) " .". J"" (:: '-.: Recommended motion: , I That the Air Quality Management Plan prepared by South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) and SCAG be received -and filed. ~h/ ignatu re Contact person: Valerie C. R:lss Phone: <;0<;7 Supporting data attached: Staff Reoort Ward: {';t:~ Win., FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: N/A Source: Finance: Council Notes: J 1- ~ ! 75-0262 Agenda Item No. /1 . . CITY OF SAN BERNQDINO - REQUEST FQ COUNCIL ACTION STAFF REPORT SUBJECT Presentation-Air Quality Management Plan Mayor and Common Council Meeting of November 19, 1990 (The 1989 Air Quality ~ana, gement Plan (AQMP) was prepared ,bY SCAG in conjunction with the South Coast Air Quality Manage- ment District (AQMD) in response to federal and state laws, primarily the Clean Air Act., 'The AQMP is interrelated with the Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA), the Growth Management Plan (GMP) and the Regional Mobility Plan (RMP). ~e AQMP identifies 122 measures to improve the region's air ,quality, of which 29 are the responsibility of local government. The AQMP consists of three tiers pertaining to transportation, land use and energy conservation. Tier I consists of actions to be undertaken within five years (and includes the 29 measures for which local governments are responsible) and transportation improvements which can be built with funds available in the next 20 years. Tier II includes actions to be undertaken from year 6 to 20 and actions that rely on additional funding or new legislative authority. Tier III contains actions that rely on future technology. Each year, all jurisdictions in the South Coast Air Basin file reasonable further progress reports in which they show what they have done to implement the Tier I measures. If we don't show reasonable further progress, the AQMD has the authority to step in and implement some of those measures. The city has been participating with the County and all of the cities in the County in the air basin to prepare an air quality plan for this area. The intent is for each jurisdic- tion to adopt this element into their respective general plans. The element will consist of goals, policies and programs and action options. The programs and action options will allow each jurisdiction to implement the goals in the manner that works best for them. As part of this process the County has established a policy advisory committee and a technical advisory committee, each of' whom meet on a monthly basis. councilmember Miller represents the City on the policy committee and Valerie C. Ross sits on the technical committee. The policy committee provides input related to the political acceptability of the proposed programs and action items. The technical committee provides the input for the draft documents. 75-0264 , o 0 Mayor and Common Council Presentation-Air Quality Management Plan November 19, 1990 page 2 The attached document was prepared by the consultant and includes the Tier I measures that will be included in our air quality plan. Attachment A of this document is an Action Profile Matrix that ranks the measures as to possible air quality outcome, political acceptability, local applicability and priority. Attachment B contains a summary, analysis and comments for the key measures. The draft air quality plan is scheduled for completion in March, 1991. Each jurisdiction will be responsible for their own environmental review, although the consultant on this project will prepare an environmental assessment. After that, Planning will bring the air quality plan back to the Planning commission and Mayor and Common Council as a general plan amendment for inclusion in the city's General Plan. No official action is being requested of the Mayor and Common Council at this time. The purpose now is to bring this topic to your attention, get some initial feedback and get you to start thinking about the measures and their implications. jdas M&CCAGENDA 1989AQMP o . v ,0""- . ~JG~PLAN SAN BBRNARDINO COurnyJ\JlIIlilit~' - :~?-;...;.~~ ~.\f:~i~ . ...~....", . "-,,,-~;,::-,:,- -" '-"1l'l':':: .,. _. .'~ ._)~ IMPR01llNG AIR QUALITY IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: .... . - A COOPERATIVE APPROACH A Bmfing Pap.. Jor Us. b, Ekd<<l O/fieillls November 7, 19!1O -. L WHY TIDS PAPER IS IMPORTANT TO YOU Fifteen citiealllCl die County of SID Bernardino bave been wortlDg topther to fashion a mocIc1 Air Quality Plan tbat would wort for each of those jurildictlons. It Is now time to bring IOIDC key ideas directly to local omcials 10 they can become II1CR involved. A Policy list Force (PTF), with a representative from each participating jurisdiction, bas begun a review of actious in the South Coast AIr Quality Management Plan to be taken by local govemmenlS to improve air quality. This Paper briefly eJ:.mincs five types of actions which will soon have to be acted upon by fifteen City Councils and the Board of Supervisors. These are not the only actious that will come to you for decision. Others will also be pan of the Draft Plan you will soon be seeing and are listed in A1f-hment A. This Altachment is a table from the Draft Air Quality Plan which ",mm..izcs possible actious according to possible imp'lClS on air quality, degree of probable local acceptability (based on partial surveys). appropriateness for local government, and overall priority. Each topic in this Paper was selected at the last PTF m~ng for your attention for one or more of the following reasons: 1) it could bave a silP"ifi""nt imp-t on air quality; 2) It could demonstrate a positive commitment to air quality by your jurisdiction; or 3) it involves difflc:ult and controversial choices for local officials. This paper USelI plain English. Technical terms and additional detail are found in the attached "Action Profiles" (Attacbment B). With revisious based on suggestious from this meeting, ti!is Paper will be a tool each elected official here can take to his or her colleagues for discussion. No effort is made here to describe the air quality situation in the SID Bernardino portion of the South Coast Air Basin. The main point to couslder is that ail of the relatively easy things have been done and related air quality improvemenlS largely achieved. Without a new surge of reductious in pollutanlS, particularly from motor vehicles, the recent curve of air quality improvement will reverse i1Self in light of projected growth in the area. The AQMP expeclS local jurisdictions to use the powers they already have in improving air quality by: . Planning - setting priorities and m.lril1g policy through their general plaus and other policy resolutions; Ii ii - il 1 . > o o ~OJONAL.9La QUALlTY' PLAN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY femES Rcp1Itlag _ seHil1g standards and enforcing them through zoning. subdivision control and project reviews; Designing - guiding and conditioning development projecls through the development review process; and Operating - '-;"8 an eumple by instituting certain changes in how local government operates. Each of these functions would be requiJed If your jurisdiction adopted acdoDS dclc:ribed on the following pages. . . . D. PROPOSED LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACI'lONS Bach of the action categories described involves significant pOlicy commitmel1t if it is to be adopted and CARRIED OUT. This discussion will help you understand the implications of the policy choices you face. . Talking Instellll of Travelinj The main idea of this strategy is to CQDCIuct business and JIV"'Ii"l" using phone systems Inste8d of driving your CIr. ID the simplest form, it can be done using CldstIng phone systems for working at home with a compn- or using ClIQ(ereDce o..ato.'I and speaker phones . to gondUCl _i'9 Mare IOphiItIcated <-. effective) approaches require atate- of~ commllllications centas which could be jointly sponsored by several jurisdictions. The purpclIe is to reduce auto trips . generally, the most effective way of cutting emissions. Yea, this straleJY may DOl have much early effect because it may DOt cut out a lIrp number of trips. However. ils c:ooperative implemeDtatlon will be a landmark effort by local govcnment when the planned COmmunicatloDS center is built. Bach jurisdiction couIcl bCisin progIlDIS .":"'111 ils staff to encourage aml1rf"8 lIII~,.t of trave1iQga and encourage otber iDstltutinns and blllinemllD do IitI:wlse. ID the meanwhiIc, a c:oncerted effort . could be IIIIde ID coopentiw1y develop . multi-governmental program for mulmum use of the communications center. . .,'.::;' ;."'>~' ,- .--,.- .. .... ,ii~~";~;;:'7, .... ..'"....... ....... . !l!'-......"...._,.. ~..;I: .,...., _',' -Y'_ ._.).i"~_" ."_..,......~;...,:-:-.~..,_.~.;~...:.,~. -,'. "." " " .,.,'." .. .~'..-". .~~,li; , .,' . ~.' ~,. .A_& ,.".;'>._;~'~~':;.~~. "~,.~~.: .,~ .'?,,_::~~~~it;: ~ ,., -,- ,.;.:. .." ,..'~- ~- .. Ia~ .- ~:.~t~-;(~~t~)~ - -._ -- r". --0 . - ~ t~:. '... #. - -~ ~IO~Jtm QpALrlY~"::>r1~ SAN BERNARDINO COUN'lY/~__ '-" "0 -1.':i( . Lu8.P~ButMO'" Peop~ 'Ibis Strategy c:aliiilll of putting a price OD parlting spaces in a County where it is typically "free" and eventually reducing parIdng standards so that other means of travel are more amlpClitive. It could apply 10 wort. sboppiDg, b1lliness and rcacadoD trips. 'Ibis has the potcDdaI 10 be one of the IIlOIt effective waya 10 reduce trips by one persoD in a car by encouraging people to ride together, take a bus, ride a bicycle or wallt. The net . result would be to p.llminAte a lot of auto trips. It also could be the cause for considerable concern by local governments because of fear of lost business, motorist incoD\lClliencc, employee dissatisfaction and local congestion if other ways of travel can't be used. For this reason, a long- term incremental program is recommended, beginning with parking invcntories and supply analysis. -, At an appropriate time local governments could institute this action within their own organization, then follow up with requirements for other institutional and business uses. Cwging for parkillg, . dedicating parlting spaces for carpools, providing casb rebates for those who share rides and limiting parlting spaces could all be part of thls strategy. Limitation of available parlting spaces sbould occur only if accompanied by a system of price incentives. . Fewer Trips cuul Shorter Trips' -. The thrust of this strategy is to get local governments and businesses to help eliminate auto trips by setting up plans so that a significant number of employees will share rides or use some other means of work travcl. 'Ibis is already being done with large employers (100 employees or more) by the Air Quality Management District under Regulation XV. With large employment centclS, an organization may be set up espccially to administer such a plan. If taken over by local government and approved by the District, these programs would allow for local review of regionally slgnific:aJit projCClS, a possible advantage for some jurisdictions. The Draft Plan also includes provision for similar programs to be extended 10 include smaller fums or employment ccntclS. An option would be to simply inform employees of opportunities, but not set up targets for achievcmenL 2 See 1_ or I"".. P.-Id1tr F_... RMa I'IriiIII SII[IpIy ........ . .._111 A... B. 3 See Trip iledIM:IiIm IIIIi. '1MAI1JIO 1'n.". _.4 ill .. - ; ..,. A IIIIi. B. 3 . o o ~QJC;NALJlm QUALm" PLAN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY' femES 1bis is one of the most effedive IDClUIS of reducing pollulaDtS ~"'e the number of lrips eliminated can be substantiaL Substantial employer cost and employee iDcoDvenience, . well. fear of business loss to firms without such requirement, suggest that an iDcremental approach would be In order, depending OD wbat occurs through the Congestion t.fR""l""""'t Plan. . Ltuul Uses Working TogBhe~ The idea of this strategy is to arrange land uses so they poteDtia1ly require fewer anto trips IS well IS shoner trips wbere they need to be made. 1bis can be done by nMewlDg new projects, developing phasing policies, increasing dellsities in transit corridors, encouraslDI mixed use projects, or lIdjusting pl........t land 1I8CS to reflect better balance. . Concern with growth mll"agement programs built around this idea centers OD potential tu bile losses by certIin jurisdictions, Inability to monitor or onll""V such a system, and disagrecmealS about the real air quality benefilS dllimM by the AQMP. The reduced pollution could be very large or quite limited, del-rti"g on who's interpretation one accepts. " . Las Dust From Roads fI1II1 F""";,,i , ."SIDce CIllO of the IIDt Iil"lfi"""t .;.,!.~...'..':.,.,~"'.' ..' IS in this Coun. ty Is dust in the air, :~::\.. IDg that would reduce die IcveI of . ~ . .f, . we breathe could have IubstantiaI .;{. .. . In Iddition, ~ the required dOlll ':;;:~:We_ overly dll'flc:Uk to c:my ouL .".....--. '-.-.. . lace. ' "'-. ,.,_.- are ........y ID P ........-"'..... " .;-'~:.,<r,.,,_~;i:b.~;' _ : ;h"~':' ,';- ,~~.~,~--;/.:I.,.l1y"eII8bUIhed requh#-_.~.I~ would foCus on a YIriet14f waya.to CllIIltrol dust . " . cIurbtJ road and ""flrt.. ClGlAuCdon as well as "'w-~ dust from .the .. of paved .and IIIIpIV8d surfaces (108dI, partiDa_ driveways). .Jt"""-tive IDOls _uld include .....Itinma,_ IIIOIIitoriiia ~..c:tio.Ii... .........dh.i mil aoaioD onto paved _r..-.1'llpIar.ueet-"i'lg prOJ1I1D1 and ltsbiIizIDg dirt ClIlllllplMld IUIfaceL WJae agricultare Is pncdmI. _n ...h1I1.......!Io wind breaks and operationli ""Mlr Ibould be required. -'-. .:..-' '"", -p;,',- . ....-...'-: ':].:",~: .. 1bis is an action area in which the combinedelforlS of .'-jurisdiction"wouId be very ~ .~ _: ~ ~)..~, -:.-" . -.. '.'~ _ d... _," "':".:;-::0:.