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Planning and Community Development
General Plan EIR:
Traffic Thresholds & The Pipeline
City Council
February 10, 2014
Background
Planning and Community Development
• Renewed focus on alternatives to driving
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Foundation of General Plan Update
Guiding Principle 5
Policies
SB 743
• Existing CEQA traffic metrics look only at driving
> Intersection level of service
> Street segment
• Will bring new metrics and thresholds for review
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Purpose
Planning and Community Development
First Question to Resolve:
• Once the City Council approves new
thresholds, to which projects should they
apply?
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The Pipeline
Planning and Community Development
There are two
pipelines:
• Traffic review
pipelines
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The Pipeline
Planning and Community Development
There are two
pipelines:
• Traffic review
pipelines
• Development
review pipeline
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Option 1
Planning and Community Development
Thresholds apply to:
Any new application
submitted, after the
City Council
approves the
thresholds
Analysis:
• Would apply to
the least number
of projects
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Option 2
Planning and Community Development
Thresholds apply to:
Any new applications
deemed complete,
after the City Council
approves the
thresholds
Analysis:
• Would apply to
more projects
• If traffic study has
not been started,
why not use the
new thresholds?
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Option 3
Planning and Community Development
Thresholds apply to:
Any new project
which releases a
NOP, after the City
Council approves the
thresholds
Analysis:
• Would apply to
the most projects
• For projects
without a NOP
there is no
parallel
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Option 4
Planning and Community Development
Thresholds apply to:
Any new projects
which have signed a
MOU to prepare a
traffic study, after the
City Council
approves the
thresholds
Analysis:
• Would apply to
only a few
projects
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Option 5 – Staff Recommendation
Planning and Community Development
Thresholds apply to:
Any new projects
which have
• Not signed a
MOU to prepare a
traffic study
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• Not been deemed
complete
Analysis:
• If traffic study
hasn’t been
started, why not
apply new
thresholds?
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Committee and Commission Review
Planning and Community Development
• Planning Commission & Transportation
Advisory Commission:
> Unanimously approved staff’s recommendation
• Municipal Services Committee:
> Recommended that a project applicant can
voluntarily make use of the new thresholds if…
 The application is deemed complete & the traffic
MOU has been signed
 But an EIR has not yet been circulated.
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Next Steps
Planning and Community Development
• Traffic Thresholds
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Transportation Advisory Commission (February, 2014)
Community Meeting (March, 2014)
Planning Commission (March, 2014)
Municipal Services Committee (April, 2014)
City Council (April, 2014)
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All Options
Planning and Community Development
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