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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 1a - Resolution No. 6985 adopting Congestion Management Program1 In rar tl rlub — ua� 5, 1903 STAFF REPORT �al4nity of �o Development Services Department DATE: August 20, 2013 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Jason Kruckeberg, Assistant City Manager /Development Services Director By: Jim Kasama, Community Development Administrator Prepared By: Thomas Li, Associate Planner SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NO. 6985, FINDING THE CITY OF ARCADIA TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (CMP) AND ADOPTING THE CMP LOCAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65089 Recommendation: Adopt SUMMARY Each City in the State of California is required to submit annually a Local Development Report and certify by resolution to the local Congestion Management Agency that it is in compliance with the local Congestion Management Program. For the City of Arcadia, the report and resolution are sent to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) as the local Congestion Management Agency. The report is due each year by September 1. It is recommended that the attached Resolution No. 6985 be adopted and sent to the MTA with the Local Development Report. BACKGROUND The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Congestion Management Program (CMP) was developed in response to the passage of Proposition 111 in 1990. Proposition 111 provided an increase in the State Gas Tax to fund regional transportation improvements (Streets and Highways Code, Section 2105) and included the CMP to monitor regional transportation conditions. Conformance with the CMP assures that local agencies are providing transportation improvements to offset the traffic congestion resulting from new development. If a City does not conform to the CMP, that City's share of the Gas Tax increase provided by Proposition 111 may be withheld and allocated to the County to use on regional Resolution No. 6985 — CMP August 20, 2013 Page 2 of 4 transportation projects. To assure conformance with the CMP, local agencies must perform the following actions: 1. Implement a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Ordinance and a Land Use Analysis (LUA) Program. 2. Submit to the local Congestion Management Agency, by September 1 of each year, a resolution finding that the City is in conformance with the CMP, and a Local Development Report (LDR) showing that the City is meeting its traffic congestion mitigation responsibilities. For the City of Arcadia, the resolution and LDR must be submitted to the MTA, and the LDR consists of four (4) forms: a Deficiency Plan Summary, a New Development Activity Form, a New Development Adjustments Form, and an Exempted Development Activity Form. DISCUSSION The requirements of the TDM Ordinance (Ordinance No. 1984) and the LUA Program (Resolution No. 5780) are being applied to relevant projects, and the attached Resolution No. 6985 and LDR verify that the City of Arcadia is in conformance with the CMP. Compliance Action No. 1 The City Council adopted a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Ordinance (Ordinance No. 1984) and a Land Use Analysis (LUA) Program (Resolution No. 5780) in 1994. The TDM Ordinance is applied to new, nonresidential developments of 25,000 or more gross square feet. The LUA Program is applied to any project that is subject to an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Compliance Action No. 2 Annually, a resolution and Local Development Report (LDR) must be submitted to the MTA by September 1 to show that the City is meeting its traffic congestion mitigation responsibilities. The CMP requires that cities mitigate traffic congestion resulting from new development. Historically, cities are required to track all new development activity, and the CMP assesses debits and credits, based on new development and demolition activity. In addition, cities may submit to the MTA a list of transportation projects that reduce local and /or regional traffic congestion for credits. This year, the only requirement for CMP compliance is to report the new development activity using the LDR, and submit the adopted Resolution. Resolution No. 6985 — CMP August 20, 2013 Page 3 of 4 The attached Resolution No. 6985 finds the City of Arcadia to be in conformance with the CMP and adopts the Local Development Report (LDR) in accordance with California Government Code Section 65089. For the current reporting period (June 1, 2012, to May 31, 2013) the LDR consists of the following four (4) forms: • Deficiency Plan Summary — This form (Section 1, Page 1) summarizes the local development activity by showing the net development totals. • Part 1: New Development Activity — This form (Section 1, Page 2) shows the number of residential units built, and the square- footage of other development activity, based on the building permits that were issued during the current reporting period. • Part 2: New Development Adjustments — This form (Section 1, Page 3) shows the adjustments, or the credits toward the new development debits, based on demolition permits that were issued during the current reporting period. • Part 3: Exempted Development Activity — This form (Section 1, Page 4) shows development that is exempt from being reported as, "new development activity," such as low- income housing and reconstruction of earthquake- damaged buildings. During the reporting period, building permit records show 70 new single - family homes were permitted and five (5) new multiple - family residential units. The City currently has approximately 70 multiple - family units in the "pipeline" for development, and single - family residential permits continue at a fast pace. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT Reporting on compliance with a local congestion management program is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The development, or adoption of transportation improvement programs is statutorily exempt per Section 15276 of the CEQA Guidelines. PUBLIC NOTICE A public hearing notice for the adoption of Resolution No. 6985 was published in the Arcadia Weekly on July 29, 2013. Resolution No. 6985 — CMP August 20, 2013 Page 4 of 4 FISCAL IMPACT Nonconformance with the CMP could jeopardize Gas Tax funds. If the MTA determined that a City is not in conformance with the CMP, the State Controller is notified to withhold from that jurisdiction its annual allocation of the State Gas Tax increase enacted by Proposition 111 (Streets and Highways Code, Section 2105). The amount of City Gas Tax funds for the current reporting period that is subject to CMP conformance is approximately $265,000. The City of Arcadia, however, is in conformance with the CMP, so these funds are not in jeopardy of being withheld. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 6985 finding the City of Arcadia to be in conformance with the Congestion Management Program (CMP) and adopting the CMP Local Development Report, in accordance with California Government Code Section 65089. Dominic Lazza City Manager Attachments: Resolution No. 6985 Local Development Report RESOLUTION NO. 6985 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, FINDING THE CITY OF ARCADIA TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (CMP) AND ADOPTING THE CMP LOCAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65089 WHEREAS, CMP statute requires the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ( "LACMTA "), acting as the Congestion Management Agency for Los Angeles County, to annually determine that the County and cities within the County are conforming to all CMP requirements; and WHEREAS, LACMTA requires submittal of the CMP Local Development Report by September 1 of each year; and WHEREAS, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on August 20, 2013, concerning the proposed approval of the Report. NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. That the City of Arcadia has taken all of the following actions, and that the City is in conformance with all applicable requirements of the 2010 CMP adopted by the LACMTA Board on October 28, 2010: 1. The City has locally adopted and continues to implement a transportation demand management ordinance, consistent with the minimum requirements identified in the CMP Transportation Demand Management chapter. 2. The City has locally adopted and continues to implement a land use analysis program, consistent with the minimum requirements identified in the CMP Land Use Analysis Program chapter. 3. The City has adopted a Local Development Report, attached hereto and made a part hereof, consistent with the requirements identified in the 2010 CMP. This report balances traffic congestion impacts due to growth within the City with transportation improvements, and demonstrates that the City is meeting its responsibilities under the Countywide Deficiency Plan consistent with the LACMTA Board adopted 2003 Short Range Transportation Plan. SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution and shall forward a copy of this Resolution to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Passed, approved and adopted this day of , 2013. FWAMMON City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: gVt&-' P, f Stephen P. Deitsch City Attorney 2 Mayor of the City of Arcadia CITY OF ARCADIA Date Prepared: August 14, 2013 2013 CMP Local Development Report Reporting Period: JUNE 1, 2012 -MAY 31, 2013 Contact: THOMAS LI Phone Number: 626- 574 -5447 CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY * IMPORTANT: All " #value!" cells on this page are automatically calculated. Please do not enter data in these cells. DEVELOPMENT TOTALS RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY Single Family Residential Multi - Family Residential Group Quarters COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY Commercial (less than 300,000 sq.ft.) Commercial (300,000 sq.ft. or more) Freestanding Eating & Drinking NON - RETAIL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY Lodging Industrial Office (less than 50,000 sq.ft.) Office (50,000- 299,999 sq.ft.) Office (300,000 sq.ft. or more) Medical Government Institutional /Educational University (# of students) OTHER DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY ENTER IF APPLICABLE ENTER IF APPLICABLE EXEMPTED DEVELOPMENT TOTALS Exempted Dwelling Units Exempted Non - residential sq. ft. (in 1,000s) Dwelling Units (1.00) (30.00) 0.00 1,000 Net Sq. Ft.2 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.000 Net Sa.Ft.2 0.00 0.00 (17.90) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Daily Trips 0.00 0.00 u u Page 1 2. Net square feet is the difference between new development and adjustments entered on pages 2 and 3.