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File No. 6.44-4
ROGER G. HARDGRAVE Adoption of Program to Analyze
From: Subject: Impacts of Land Use Decision -
Dept:
Public Works Traffic Impact Analysis
Date: 2-24-93
Synopsis of Previous Council action:
09-05-90 -- Resolution No. 90-374 adopted designating the San
Bernardino County Transportation Commission (SANBAG)
as the Congestion Management Agency.
Recommended motion:
Adopt resolution.
cc: Shauna Clark
Al Boughey
Jim Penman
Sign u
Contact person: Roger G Hardgrave Phone:_ 5025
Supporting data attached: Staff Report & Resolution Ward: All
FUNDING REQUIREMENTS: Amount: N/A
Source: (Acct. No.)
(Acct. Description)
Finance:
Council Notes:
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California Government Code Section 65089 , added by passage
of Proposition 111 in June , 1990 , authorized a progressive in-
crease in gasoline taxes, in order to provide additional funding
for transportation. This section contains the requirement that a
Congestion Management Program be prepared for each County. The
San Bernardino County Transportation Commission (SANBAG) was
designated as the Congestion Management Agency, for the purpose
of preparing and monitoring the implementation of a Congestion
i Management Plan (CMP) .
SANBAG, in conjunction with technical advisory committees ,
developed a CMP for San Bernardino County. This CMP was adopted
by the SANBAG Board on 11-4-92 . Under this CMP, each participat-
ing agency must adopt and implement "a program to analyze the
impacts of land use decisions, including the estimate of costs
associated with mitigating these impacts. " A model resolution
for a City/County Land Use Transportation Analysis Program was
included in the CMP as Appendix B.
Traffic studies are normally required for developments
that could have a significant impact upon the City' s street
system. Under the Land Use Transportation Analysis Program, a
Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) will be required for all proposed
developments over the specified thresholds. The CMP mandates
that a TIA be prepared for developments that exceed the following
criteria:
250 Dwelling Units
250 , 000 GSF retail space
325, 000 GSF industrial space
125 , 000 GSF office space
250 Hotel/Motel Rooms
CEQA requires an environmental impact report for more than
500 dwelling units. Therefore, the above criteria are 1/2 of
those set forth in CEQA for environmental impact reports.
A TIA is a comprehensive traffic study, prepared in com-
pliance with the stringent guidelines contained in Appendix C of
the CMP. The limits of the street system studied by the TIA
extend to where the trips added by the proposed development
decrease to less than 50 2-way peak hour trips (on a CMP arterial
within another jurisdiction or 100 2-way peak hour trips on a
freeway) . However, a TIA is not required to evaluate traffic
impacts more than 5 miles from the proposed development.
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Draft TIA' s are to be submitted to SANBAG, and other
jurisdictions in which more than 50 trips will be added to their
street systems. These jurisdictions have 3 weeks to respond.
TIA' s will be used as a basis for apportioning responsi-
bility to mitigate identified deficiencies, including those in
other jurisdictions. This situation may result in the City,
where a proposed development is located, imposing an impact fee
to mitigate an identified deficiency in an adjoining jurisdic-
tion, or on a State Highway.
Some cities are considering lowering the threshold to
require a TIA. Lowering the threshold will result in additional
information on potential deficiencies on the regional street
system and provide a basis for collecting additional impact fees.
The downside is that more developments would have to incur the
extra cost of preparing a TIA, in lieu of a normal traffic study.
The proposed resolution lists the criteria set forth in
the CMP. This criteria could be lowered in the future, when
experience indicates the advisability of such action.
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We recommend that the Land Use/Transportation Analysis
Program be adopted.
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1 RESOLUTION NO.
2 RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SAN BERNARDINO ADOPTING A LAND USE/TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS
3 PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO.
4 WHEREAS, Section 65089 . 3 (a) of the California Government
5 Code requires development and implementation of a Congestion
6 Management Program in each of California' s urbanized counties;
7 and
8 WHEREAS, the San Bernardino Associated Governments has
9 been designated the Congestion Management Agency (CMA) for San
10 Bernardino County; and
11 WHEREAS, the CMP provides a method of relating community
12 regional goals regarding land use, traffic congestion, and air
13 quality, while retaining local authority to approve land use
14 decisions; and
15 WHEREAS, the CMP has designated a system of roadways on
16 which traffic congestion is to be monitored; and
17 WHEREAS, Section 65089 . 3 (a) of the California Government
18 Code requires the county and each city to adopt and implement "a
19 program to analyze the impacts of land use decisions, including
20 an estimate of the costs associated with mitigating these
21 impacts" on the CMP network of roadways.
22 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COMMON
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, AS FOLLOWS:
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24 SECTION 1. Purpose -
25 The purpose of the Land Use/Transportation Analysis
26 Program of the City of San Bernardino is to evaluate the
27 potential impact of land use decisions within the City on the
28 transportation system, both within and outside the City. The
1 evaluation of potential impacts shall be conducted in a Traffic
2 Impact Analysis Report (TIA Report) , prepared by the development
3 project applicant.
4 SECTION 2 . Definitions -
5 Congestion Management Agency (CMA) - The agency
6 responsible for developing the Congestion Management Program and
7 coordinating and monitoring its implementation.
8 Congestion Management Program (CMP) - A program required
9 for each urbanized county in California, pursuant to California
10 Government Code Section 65089.
11 CMP Intersections - Intersections of two CMP roadways.
12 CMP Segment - A section of CMP roadway between two CMP
13 intersections, or for limited access highways, a section between
14 two interchanges.
15 Key Intersections - CMP Intersections plus other
16 intersections on the CMP roadway network deemed to be critical to
17 traffic operations on that roadway.
18 Level of Service - (LOS) - A qualitative measure
19 describing operational conditions within a traffic stream;
20 generally described in terms of such factors as delay, speed and
21 travel time, freedom to maneuver, traffic interruptions, comfort
22 and convenience, and safety.
23 Link - A length of roadway between two intersections. A
24 CMP segment would typically consist of several roadway links.
25 Ramp - Connecting roadway between a freeway and a surface
26 street or between two freeways.
27 Travel Demand Management - (TDM) - Demand based techniques
28 for reducing traffic congestion, such as ridesharing programs
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1 and flexible work schedules enabling employees to commute to and
2 from work outside of peak hours.
3 CMP Model - The City of San Bernardino transportation
4 planning model, which is consistent with the Regional Model , and
5 is used for preparing CMP forecasts for San Bernardino County.
6 Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) Report - A report prepared
7 by a development project applicant identifying the potential
8 impact of the proposed project and mitigations needed to maintain
9 the traffic level of service on the CMP network.
10 Vehicle Trip - A one-way movement of a vehicle between two
11 points.
12 SECTION 3. Requirements -
13 TIA Reports shall be prepared when criteria and thresholds
14 established for the City of San Bernardino indicate they are
15 necessary, or when the proposed development exceeds half the size
16 of the CEQA thresholds for regional review. The thresholds for
17 required TIA Report preparation are:
18 250 Dwelling units
250, 000 GSF retail space
19 325, 000 GSF industrial space
125, 000 GSF office space
20 250 hotel/motel rooms
21 For mixed use developments, or staged developments, the size of
22 each proposed use shall be divided by the appropriate land use
23 type threshold shown above to determine a land use size ratio. A
24 TIA report will be required if the sum of the land use size
25 ratios equals or exceeds 1 . 0 . A procedure for making this
26 determination is provided in Appendix C of the 1992 CMP.
27 A copy of all draft TIA Reports will be forwarded to the
28 CMA upon the receipt of the report by the City of San Bernardino.
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1 If the TIA Report determines that the project would add 50
2 or more 2-way peak hour trips to a CMP arterial within another
3 jurisdiction or 100 2-way peak hour trips on a freeway, that
4 jurisdiction (and Caltrans , if a state highway) will also be
5 provided a copy of the TIA Report.
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6 TIA Reports shall be provided to the CMA and adjacent
7 jurisdictions so that information exchange and communication can
8 occur in concert with the permitting jurisdiction' s project
9 review schedule and prior to any approval or permit activity.
10 Agencies which receive TIA Reports shall provide any comments
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11 within 3 weeks of the date the TIA Report was mailed by the
12 Permitting jurisdiction. Should the comments received from
13 adjacent jurisdictions, the CMA, Caltrans, or transit agencies
14 recommend changes to the TIA Report, the permitting jurisdiction
15 shall consider comments received and make changes deemed
16 necessary by the permitting jurisdiction. Should the changes be
17 such that the permitting jurisdiction chooses to recirculate the
18 document, the commenting agencies will complete the review of the
19 revised document within two weeks of receipt. This process is
20 intended to be consistent with any actions required under the
21 local Land Use/Transportation Analysis Program.
22 If an affected City wishes their communications to be on
23 record with the CMA, that City will need to forward copies to the
24 CMA to be logged and filed. The CMA is available to serve as a
25 clearinghouse for such communications regardless of the size of
26 the subject project. These communications will document forecast
27 implications of land use decisions and, if deficiencies arise
28 which are attributable to another jurisdiction' s land use
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1 decisions, can be a basis for interjurisdictional sharing of the
2 responsibility to mitigate transportation impacts.
3 If an adjoining City, or Caltrans, believes that portions
4 of the CMP network within their boundaries are likely to be
5 impacted by a land use decision within an adjacent jurisdiction,
6 they may request, but cannot require, that the adjacent
7 jurisdiction prepare a TIA Report on the subject project. Such a
8 request is unnecessary if the size of the project exceeds the
9 adjacent jurisdiction' s review threshold, but special
10 circumstances may suggest a need for additional analysis.
11 Detailed guidelines for preparation of TIA Reports are set
12 forth in Appendix "C, " of the CMP. While the guidelines provide
13 some degree of flexibility in the preparation of TIA reports, a
14 notice of significant variation should be provided to the CMA.
15 SECTION 4 . The Land Use/Transportation Analysis Process -
16 The steps involved in the process are listed below:
17 A development application is submitted to the City.
18 If it is determined that an analysis is required, the
19 applicant will be provided with the standardized TIA
20 procedures and report format.
21 If neither the City' s size criteria nor the CMP
22 thresholds are met, no TIA Report is required.
23 However, Caltrans and the CMA shall be notified by the
24 City for proposed traffic-generating projects (other
25 than a single family residence) in Federally designated
26 urbanized areas where any portion of the project abuts
27 a State highway or abuts a roadway which intersects a
28 State highway, and is within 500 feet of that
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1 intersection, including interchange ramps. The purpose
2 of this requirement is to provide Caltrans with advance
3 warning of an opportunity to acquire right-of-way for
4 additional turning lanes at intersections on the CMP
5 network.
6 A copy of all final TIA Reports will be submitted to
7 the CMA. For projects adding 50 or more 2-way peak
8 hour trips to a CMP arterial within another
9 jurisdiction or 100 2-way peak hour trips on a freeway,
10 a copy of the final TIA Report will be provided to that
11 jurisdiction (s) , including Caltrans.
12 Potentially impacted jurisdictions may review TIA
13 Reports and provide technical comments to the City and
14 the CMA. The CMA may also comment to the lead agency,
15 and may attach the comments of other jurisdictions.
16 Responses from potentially impacted jurisdictions,
17 Caltrans, and the CNIA shall be considered during
18 deliberations on the project or plan approval. An
19 impacted jurisdiction may request to meet with the City
20 to resolve technical issues associated with the TIA,
21 which may include the magnitude of an impact, location
22 of an impact, timing of an impact, nature of the
23 proposed mitigation, estimated cost of mitigation, and
24 apportionment of responsibility to mitigate the impact.
25 Forecast interjurisdictional impacts of a project are
26 to be mitigated through a facility improvement or
27 strategy developed jointly by the City of San
28 Bernardino, the project applicant, and the impacted
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1 jurisdiction (s) .
2 A jurisdiction in which the CMP system is impacted by a
3 land use decision of the City of San Bernardino may be
4 compensated by the City, or the project applicant, for
5 any mitigations required within the impacted
6 jurisdiction. If this compensation does not occur, and
7 a deficiency plan is required according to CMP
8 guidelines to address the impacted portion of the CMP
9 system, the TIA Report may be used to assist in
10 apportioning the responsibility to mitigate the
11 deficiency within the impacted jurisdiction.
12 If resolution between the City of San Bernardino and a
13 potentially impacted jurisdiction cannot be achieved,
14 the impacted jurisdiction may request (but cannot
15 require) the City to condition approval of a project on
16 monitoring of traffic and/or travel characteristics to
17 and from the project site, and provision of mitigation
18 as warranted based on the results of monitoring. At
19 the lead agency' s discretion, this may be required of a
20 project as a mechanism to verify the magnitude of the
21 impacts of a specific project on CMP roadways, and
22 provide for mitigations as needed following project
23 approval.
24 5 . SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES FOR INVOLVED AGENCIES -
25 A. CMA Responsibilities -
26 Determine conformance of locally adopted Land
27 Use/Transportation Analysis programs pursuant to
28 Government Code Section 65089 . 3 .
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1 Review TIA Reports for technical consistency as a basis
2 for the determination of CMP conformance.
3 Participate as needed in discussions on the potential
4 interjurisdictional impacts of land use decisions,
5 mitigation of potential deficiencies , and fair
6 apportionment of responsibility for mitigation, at the
7 request of the City of San Bernardino or a potentially
8 impacted jurisdiction.
9 Maintain the CMP TIA Report guidelines and coordinate
10 modification of the guidelines as needed. If
11 modification is needed, the modified versions of the
12 guidelines are to be distributed to all local
13 jurisdictions, transit agencies, and Caltrans. Any
14 modifications to the guidelines are to be developed and
15 recommended by a technical committee which consists of
16 staff representatives of the CMA and local
17 jurisdictions, and must ultimately be approved by the
18 CMA Board.
19 As needed, assist the air districts in developing a
20 menu of transportation control measures or trip
21 reduction and travel demand management strategies will
22 receive credit as traffic mitigation measures .
23 Assist in making traffic, transit and TDM data
24 available to local agencies for purposes of preparing
25 CMP TIA reports.
26 In cooperation with SCAG and the local jurisdictions,
27 plan for and implement a regional database of existing
28 land use, approved changes in land use, and proposed
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1 changes in land use.
2 In cooperation with SCAG, make data available from the
3 CMP model for use in local models.
4 Maintain a log and file of TIA Reports received,
5 responses to TIA Reports received, and dates of
6 submission of responses to the lead agency as part of
7 the required database on traffic impacts.
8 Develop guidelines, in cooperation with local
9 jurisdictions and Caltrans, for traffic monitoring
10 programs potentially needed to monitor traffic
11 generated by certain development projects.
12 B. City of San Bernardino Responsibilities
13 Adopt and implement the Land Use/Transportation
14 Analysis Program.
15 - Act as lead agency for preparation of TIA Reports on
16 projects within the City.
17 Implement a transportation model and/or analytical
18 procedures capable of analyzing the impacts of land use
19 decisions on the regional transportation system, both
20 within the jurisdiction and in adjacent jurisdictions.
21 Provide copies of TIA Reports to all jurisdictions in
22 which project-imposed traffic impacts are identified.
23 Provide a copy of all TIA Reports to the CMA and list
24 jurisdictions to which the TIA Reports are being sent.
25 Incorporate consideration of TIA Report results and
26 responses of other jurisdictions on TIA Reports into
27 the land use decision and traffic impact mitigation
28 process and certify that the analysis is consistent
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1 with the CMP guidelines.
2 Participate as needed in discussions on potential
3 interjurisdictional impacts of land use decisions,
4 mitigation of potential deficiencies, and fair
5 apportionment of responsibility for mitigation.
6 Respond to TIA reports prepared by other jurisdictions
7 and bring traffic impact issues to their attention.
8 Notify Caltrans and the CMA of traffic-generating
9 projects (other than single family residences) within
10 Federally designated urbanized areas with a property
11 line in common with a State highway or within 500 feet
12 of a state highway along an intersecting street.
13 Consider requiring traffic monitoring programs for
14 certain development projects to confirm follow-through
15 of commitments made to the agencies impacted by that
16 development.
17 C. Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
Responsibilities
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19 Make models and model data available to local agencies
20 for purposes of preparing TIA Reports.
Maintain socioeconomic data sets for models.
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22 In cooperation with the appropriate air district,
23 determine which trip reduction/travel demand management
24 strategies will receive credit as traffic mitigation
measures.
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1 D. Caltrans Responsibilities -
2 Make traffic count and level of service information
3 available to local jurisdictions preparing TIA Reports .
4 Review CMP TIA Reports, provide a response to the
5 impacting jurisdiction, and enter into discussions on
6 the resolution of impacts on State roadways as
7 appropriate to each situation.
8 E. Transit Agency Responsibilities -
9 Make transit information available to local agencies
10 preparing TIA Reports.
11 Review CMP TIA Reports as submitted by local
12 jurisdictions, provide comments to the requesting
13 jurisdiction, adjacent impacted jurisdictions, and the
14 CMA, and participate in the process to resolve
15 identified impacts.
16 F. Southern California Air Quality Management District
(SCAQMD) and San Bernardino Air Pollution Control
17 District (SBCAPCD) Responsibilities
18 Maintain a list of transportation improvements that are
19 acceptable air quality mitigations for inclusion in the
20 action plans of TIA Reports.
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RESO: ADOPTING LAND USE/TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS PROGRAM r'UR CITY
OF SAN BEPNARDINO.
1 I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly
2 adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of San
3 Bernardino at a meeting thereof, held on the
4 day of 1993 , by the following vote, to-wit:
5 Council Members: AYES NAYS ABSTAIN ABSENT
6 ESTRADA
7 REILLY
8 HERNANDEZ
9 MAUDSLEY
10 MINOR
11 POPE-LUDLAM
12 MILLER
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14 Rachel Clark, City Clerk
15 The foregoing resolution is hereby approved this
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day of 1993.
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18 W. R. Holcomb, Mayor
19 City of San Bernardino
Approved as to form
20 and legal content:
21 James F. Penman
City Attorney
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