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Item to be presented by:
Jeff Lambert
CONSENT CALENDAR
DATE: January 28, 1997
SUBJECT: GENERAL PLAN CIRCULATION ELEMENT AMENDMENT REQUEST
FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR LEGALLY REQUIRED TRAFFIC
STUDIES AND FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH
DEPARTMENT: Community Development
On September 3, 1996, the City Council approved contractual arrangements with Meyer,
Mohaddes and Associates, Inc. to provide the traffic analysis for the alternative circulation
networks for the Circulation Element Amendment at an appropriate level of detail for the
environmental impact report. This proposal included analysis of five alternatives, at an equal
level of detail, in order to provide information about the trade-offs among alternatives. These
alternatives-- the Existing Planned Roadway System, the Newhall Ranch Road Reduction, and
the Golden Valley Road Network --are refined versions of three roadway network options
addressed previously in the Center City Traffic Modeling Study. A fourth alternative, known
as the Reduced Trip Generation, uses the Newhall Ranch Road Reduction as the base network
and adds trip reduction techniques to reduce demand. Following a public comment period and
a well -attended public scoping meeting on December 4, 1996, a fifth alternative was identified
as the Reduced Trip Generation using the Golden Valley Road Network as the base network.
Several legal questions were raised during the public comment period regarding the adequacy
of the earlier model runs and the definition of the "no project" alternative. To be legally
defensible, the first three alternatives would need to be re -run with a new cumulative project
list that includes the 25,000 unit Newhall Ranch project and the 2,500 unit Tesoro Del Valle
project. These projects had not been considered by the County at the time the earlier modeling
was prepared and, therefore, were not included in those runs.
On September 3, 1996, the Council appropriated $23,000 and authorized the City Manger to
execute an agreement and provide a contingency for Meyer Mohaddes Associates, Inc. to prepare
the traffic analysis. To perform the additional traffic studies necessary to meet legal
environmental review requirements, an additional $3,000.00 is requested for a total amount not
to exceed $ 26,000.00.
Additional project costs have arisen from required public outreach efforts which were
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unanticipated. in the Planning Department budget includingadvertising, mailings, taping of
public meetings and workshops and related printing and office supplies. An additional $10,000
is requested to cover these public outreach efforts.
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager or designee to increase the existing contract's
contingency with Meyer Mohaddes Associates,. Inc., by $3,000 to prepare the
additional traffic analysis for a total contract amount of $26,000.00; and appropriate
$3,000.00 to Account No. 4401-8001 from the General Fund Contingency Account No.
1240-7401; and,
2. Appropriate $4,000.00 to Account No. 3 100-73 10 (Advertising), $3,000.00 to Account
No. 3100-7308 (Printing), $1,000.00 to Account No. 3100-7309 (Postage) and
$2,000.00 to Account No. 3100-7307 (Office Supplies) from the General Fund
Contingency Account No. 1240-7401.
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