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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-06-01; City Council; 3648-1; Regional Air Quality Strategies~ CITY Or CARLSBAD .- AGENDA BILL NO._ ,r DATE: Jupe.l,_1976 DEPARTMENT:+ Planning Subject:' 6I0NAL AIR QUALITY STRA CITY COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION . initial:. Dept.Hd. C. Atty.VM � C. Mgr. Statement of the Matter The Air Quality Planning Team made a presentatio to tfie City aunc1" on M y 4 expl ai ni rig the Regional Air Quality Strategies, proposed for the San Diego Air Basin.. The team requested that the Council pass a resolution supporting the air quality strategy and management ' process contained in attachments 1-through 4. The attachments represent - a combination of Strategies A' and B as outlined in the R.A.Q::reparx of April, J976 and recommended to the Council by Mr. Bill Simmons of the Intermediate Management Group. Staff ha's analyzed the Air Quality Planning Team's recommendations in the attached memorandum and concurs with the Team's ,proposed strategy, In addition Staff has outlined the impact of the•strategy on the local area and ways in wh` 'i the City can implement and supplement the regional effort. EXH1611�,: emoran m'from Planning Director, analyzing alternate strategies & recommending Council endorsement of combination strateav A-B. Memorandum. from Planning Director to City Manager, regarding local implementation of the RAQS.' Exhibit A - Tactic Summary:' Exhibit B - Tactic Description. Staff memo dated May 25, 1976 re meeting with Air•Quality;Team Resolution RECOMMENDATION If Council -concurs, adopt Resolution No. 8q/45-- approv;,n,, the Air Quality Strategy and Management process outlined in atta,,,hments 1 through 4 (the combinatior. alternative). Council action 6-1-76 Resolution #3915 was adopted, approving the Air Quality and -Strategy and Management process outlined in attachments 1 thru 4. MEMORANDUM Ma" 21, 1976 TO: CITY COUNCIL FROM: PLANNING DIRECTOR .SUBJECT: REGIONAL AIR QUALITY STRATEGY — CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT At the City Council's May 14 meeting, the Regional Air Quality Planning.team requested the Council to support a strategy to improve San Diego regional air quality. The team presented to the Council three distinct 4ir quality strategies and an alternative combination strategy. The Council was requested to support, by resolution, th-eir choice among the strategies for implementing the Regional Air Quality Strategies (RAQS). S�ra•tegies A and B are essentially the same except that emphasis i A is based upon gasoline vapor recovery and a Regional Comprehensive Plan evaluation; and Strategy B emphasizes emission control for vehicles, carpools, etc. Strategy C includes strict emission and vapor controls which include the emphasis on strategies A and B as well as retrofit Mint). for vapor control, public transit and surface coating (paint). This strategy, however, could be exhorbitantly, expensive and the Council therefore may wish to cc^s deM an alternative which may not require such significant fiscal commitments but may require public restraint and cooperation. The RAOS team suggested a counter option which combines stra- tegies A and B. The combination strategy would involve a review of the Regional Comprehensive Plan as well as emission control on vehicles/engines. The City Council should consider an ap- proach which the City could effectively and efficiently parti= cipate in, without a substantial local fiscal commitment. Inasmuch as enforcement and implementation are legislated to CPO and the County's Air Pollution Control District, the City's responsibility should be directed toward the support of a regional strategy which could be assisted by local policy. The attached report to the City Manager evaluates tactics which a local agency could enforce effectively. Therefore the Staff suggests that the Fourth Alternative (Combination of Strategy A and B) be recommended by Resolution as the.Reaiona'i Air Oualitv Strateav the City endorses for the following reasons: r �- a) The combination alternative will address land -use and emission control; b)• It will be cost effective, maximum return/dollar invested; c) Local agencies can efficiently implement a number of proposed tactics; d) It wi-11 insure that local planning efforts immediately recognize air quality impacts as part of the pl-annning decisions. If you have questions regarding this matter, please contact my office at your convenience. /(�!ci�',c-Z.C.��, - .0 '2. Donald A. Agatep�i/ PLANNING DIRECTOR` D,AAe cpl 5/10/76 •MEMORANDUM TO: CITY MANAGER . FROM: PLANNING DIRECTOR SUBJECT: STRATEGIESIMPLEMENTATION FOROTHETHE SANREGIONAL AIRAIR BASINQUALITY ST The Air Quality Planning Team made a presentation on May 4 to the City Council explaining the Regional Air Quality Si;rage- gies (RAQS) proposed for the San Diego Air Basin. The team asked that the Council pass a resolution approving =a pro- posed air quality strategy and management process. It was also suggested that the Council examine ways in which local air quality strategies could be effected. This memorandum is intended to identify tactics that the City Council may wish to support as a part of the region -wide air quality improvement effort. The City'does influence air quality in its land use decisions, its operational prac tices and in the example it sets for Carlsbad citizens. By affirming its commitment to clean air, the City can set the standard for the rest of the County. The Air Quality Planning Team suggested that reducing the number of vehicle trips that people make, through a variety of tactics, can significantly improve air quality. Strategies can be implemented at the local suggested by the team which level include: r ,Communications and Nome Goods Delivery Maximum Bicycle System; "-Regional Comprehensive Plan -- Maicimum Carpools and Van Pools with Incentives ; r �^ Paue zY ... _ SDH:cpl The attached Exhibit A is a summary of the relative merits of these tactics. Exhibit B explains the individual tactics in more detail. As a policy ;natter, there are a number of specific tactics which the City Council could adopt to contribute to basin -wide air quality improvement. These tactics are described below. Staff has made no attempt to evaluate the feasibility or merit of these tactics, but has simply suggested a full range of Possible measures available to the City Council. Some of the measures may be politically unacceptable or difficult to implement. Staff's intent is to generate discussion on the role the City plays in basin -wide air quality improvement. Review of City Operations and Functions — The,City, as an employer and provider of municipal services, can review its own functions in determining ways to improve air quality. In this way the City and its employees would set an example for other local businesses and residents. These measures include: — Require employees to reduce business -related travel by: (a) using telephone, radio and mail correspondence as an alternate to travel whenever possible; (b) Consolidate field trips into single multi -purpose trips; (c) Sharing rides to meetings with employees of other North County Cities; (d) using public transit (bus, train and airplane) whenever possible on out-of-town business trips; --Encourage employees to walk, bike or ride the bus or form carpools by: (a) Subsidizing transit fares for employees; (b) Giv'ing pay incentives to employees who travel in •carpools, walk, bike or ride the bus; -2- Paae 3 - (c) Allowing employees who carpool, b�,e, walk or ride the bus to arrive 10 minutes late and depart 10 minutes early. i _ (d) Allowing carpbolers to use City vehicles. - (e) Giving preferential parking to carpooiers. (f) Taxing employees using City parking lots. - Require that all contractors hired_by the City specify measures to reduce travel; - Require that City -sponsored functions (such as Parks and Recreatiorl outings) use bus transit whenever possible. - Ensure that all City vehicles are equipped ,.ith the most up=to-date emission control devices. Maximum Bike System_Improvements - The Re0 onal Air Quality Strategies (RA,QS) estimates that bike system improvements can be effective in reducing basin - wide reactive hydrocarbon emissions by up to 1.7 tons. The Cipy`has already establishers a bike corridor system through the Circulation Element of the General Plan. has adopted standards for bikeway development and has a requirement for bike route dedication and improvement in the Subdivision Ordinance. However, no bike routes have been created in the City to date. The following chart indicates the funds available to juris- dictions in San Diego County for bicycle route improvements: •N , SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR BICYCLE ROUTE IMPROVEMENTS (Constant 1974 Dollars) SOURCE OF FUNDS-�AN-UUN-76 FY-1976-77 FY1977-78 FY1978-79FY-1979-80 FY1980-81 Federal1 Federal Highway Act of 1973 Federal Land and Water $ 50,000 $ 50,000 $ 50,000 $ 50'00& $ 50,000 $ 50,00( Conservation Fund State SB36, State Highway Budget SB36, Bicycle Lane Account 50,000 40,000 50,000 40,000 50,000 40,000 50,000 40,000 50,000 40,000 50, 40, Local Transportation Fund, 2% 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 300, S6244, California Bikeways Act - 100,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 100, SB283, Transportation Fund i - 150,000 50,000 501000 -- - TOTAL $ 440,000 $ 690,000 $ 590,000 $ 590,000 $ 540,000 $ 540, n Page 4 The Local Transportation Fund (LTF) is supposed to be allo- cated to Cities on a population basis. To date, Carlsbad has qualified for $9,625 in LTF monies, but has not filed any p,toject•applications. In addition to improving the bike route system, the City can induce increased bike ridership by providing secure bike lockers and other amenities. Land Use Controls — Theintent of the Regional Air Quality Strategy is that land development patterns in local jurisdictions would be required to follow the standards set by a Regional Comprehensive Plan. The plan forecasts urban growth patterns in a more compact manner than anticipated in the City's General Plan. The effects of land use controls on air emissions is relatively small when related to emissions basin -wide. However, certain individual projects could have a major effect on basin -wide air quality (a refinery, for instance). Tfie following list summarizes actions which the City could undertake as a part of its land use controls to lessen air quality impacts: — Ensure that new developments — especially large commer- cial ,complexes and industry — can be adequately served by existing public trans it and the bike system. — Require that growth occur in an orderly, compact manner, consistent with an adopted public facilities management program. — Prohibit any new developmefit which may have a major adverse impact on air quality. — Develop a mechanism for allowing reduced parking for those developments which successfully accommodate alternate transportation -modes. -4- Page 5 Traffic Flow'Improvements — The RAQS estimates that traffic flow improvements' could achieve tip to a 1.1 ton/day reduction in reactive hydrocarbon emissions. The City can achieve traffic flow improvements by: — Designing streets to minimize stop and go traffic. — Avoiding signalization of intersections wherever pos- sible. Where signals are necessary, having them synchronized, one intersection to the next. Bus S stem Im rovements — The bus system improvements envisioned in the RAQS could achieve up to a 4.7 ton/day reduction'in reactive hydrocarbon emissions. While the main authority for improving the public bbs system in North County lies with the North County Transit bistrict and the Comprehensive Planning Organization, the City can participate in bus system improvements by: Supporting an expansion of services by North County Transit (NCT). — Encouraging NCT to offer commuter bus passes at a discount rate. — Planning new developments in such a manner that they can easily be served by a public bus system. — Encouraging NCT to schedule busses at hours convientr to work commuters. — Encouraging employers to subsidize bus passes for their employees. Public Information The City does have the responsibility to improve air quality through both its own actions and through Ithe education of citizens in the Community. The City can educate and inform its citizens by: -5- — Dispensing air,quality information through the media and at public meetings. — Utilizing City Staff as technical resource persons .to assist private businesses or citizens wishing to implement air quality strategies. `Summary — Staff has outlined a humher of actions the City can take to implement and sup,lement the Regional Air Quality Strategies. The relative merit of these actions has not been analyzed. However, Staff can, if desired, prepare a more detailed ana- lysis of the relative costs and benefits of the air quality improvement tactics outlined in this report. j> ATTACHMENTS: As noted SDH: cpl -6- + 9SGm� rqv... twit c�a�c` oxOr^ '<�x m••1 ' • • T7o0 ax... f'th� m0 c�7�0'L mvo� to 2• n� Ir 3 m�-�C) ,rim�2M P N P<Op-4 KN < N ll Z N m J, f •O V � . � G 7AC . . mUIin NCn ctWZCNio v�!4A+twamo 3 o a -+ m Q 0 0 U3 o< Z N � vt • :o _ s ' 0. -4 O m 2 r •r too M r tmitOm m a o. o. mN•1 Ia Vf O — n . N N CA tA ov m d :` C. CA r{. •to w A m w' to H S O to A ri .rS m p �7� '0 �m-ro+. 7� v •02 TrA 0 9 s7�s a -t g%o'pr• •O W •t ft' iJ x W •• N m • on „ < m N 2 -Oo —1 �o•+to Cl) m cm ry V1� �� �� Fes• o v� N o, N+ ina mr c . C v + �. v _! Gam.. C N Via. 1 •r-• r. ' ��O•c�i —0 oo n a ��. ; o or t s p, p P. C• r- , �iacw 41 J O C C C O tO.l G 1� •� J H C W O G O C O bOiY 4, 41Olr 1. i+ A N • m Ja. aL CL cL al.. O " 41O. 0tj •� �� m O !- re W KOKu C1'A N O+- N a.- N O w O U. O u S K J 0. 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It includes a transit system which combines a fixed guideway in more heavily populated portions of the region, express bus service in moderately populated areas, and local community service bus operations. It also includes the adopted bikeway element and the regional carpool program of the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). 'Land use development patterns assumed to exist under the RCP are more compact than in the Existing Trends assumptions. The transit system adopted in the RTP is proposed for implementa- tion -between 1975 and 1995, and is a combination of: A. 1Fixed guideway transit operating on 59 miles of track in the more heavily traveled areas of San Diego, La Mesa, E1 Cajon, National City and Chula Vista; B. Express bus on freeways and arterial roads in the region's moderately traveled corridors, including many areas of North and South County; and C. Local community -scale transit service expanded throughout the region to serve the needs of each community as well as to pro- vide feeder access to the fixed guideway transit and to the express buses. The Bicycle Element of the RTP contains recommendations for more extensive bicycle routes and facilities and other improvements. While much of the bicycle improvement program is directed at re- creational opportunities, attention has also been given to use of bike routes for accommodating transportation trips. The RTP also contains a carpool matchinn program and a growth management program which deals with spatial development of the region. In order to implement the RCP, the City would have to revise its General Plan to reflect population and development patterns assumed in the RCP. MAXIMUM CARPOOLS/VANPOOLS PLUS INCENTIVES(T2) Description This tactic includes a more elaborate carpool program than that con- W ned,'in tactic Tl, a vanpool program and a subscription transit program. This tactic is primarily for the home -to -work trip but also for other trip purposes. Essential to a more extensive carpool program are incentives. These include carpool matching and information services, preferential parking for carpools, elimination of "free" parking (parking lot construct;on and maintenance costs of parking fees no longer paid by the employers), gas tax with subsidy for carpools, and more subtle factors such as strong support by both labor organizations and management. Already deemed a successful concept, the vanpool is considered to be the most innovative new commuter effort to develop in recent years. The tactic is initiated by the employer who purchases a van which is driven by an employee. The employee drives a group of employees to and from work. Operating expenses of the vanpools may be paid by either the employer or employee. A subscription transit program entails the charter of buses by employers from public or private transit operators to provide employees with subscri.p*ion buspool service. Subscribers are ensured that they will have a space on the bus. Local government can provide technical assistance and try to organize subscription buses, carpools and vanpools. However, the employer bears a great deal of responsibility in the success of these measures. COMMUNICATIONS AND HOME GOODS DELIVERY (T3) Description -- This tactic is primarily communications with incentives for their use. Communication can replace some face-to-face interaction requiring personal travel. Opportunities for using communications to eliminate trips exist in numerous business, shopping, education -cultural, and recreational situations. Readily available communications equipment include: telephones, the mail, radio, television, audio and video cassettes, Gable TV, telecopiers and portable computer terminals. Communications may significantly reduce shopping trips in two ways: (1) trips for comparison price shopping; and (2) telephone orders (with home goods delivery). The practice of home goods delivery was prevalent a few decades ago. However, home goods delivery has declined for small consumer goods; with the increase in cost for such services. Also, the need for such service has diminished as people have gained more personal mobility and shopping center development has brought goods and services together for convenience. er.ommended by Air quality Planning Team for adoption as part of the RA^ 11P41 MAXIMUM BUS SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS: EXISTING TRENDS BUS ALTERNATIVE (T5) Description This,.tactic, an alternative transportation system analyzed by CPO, would produce an extensive bus -only tra.ns'it system for the region, which would accommodate an average daily weekday patronage of 452,000 in 1995 compared to a current daily 1975 bus patronage of about 100,000. The system would be composed of about 1,240 buses compared with 350 today. To achieve such a system would require an IN extensive bus acquisition program. The express bus speeds reflect the use of traffic -metered freeways in the congested portion of the freeway system. The bus-on-me-tered- freeway concept is compatible with the proposed traffic metering system now being implemented on selected freeways in the San Diego Region. The system provides for the addition of exclusive bypass vehicle access at all times to freeways while regulating access for all other traffic. MAXIMUM BICYCLE SYSTEM (T7) Descr'i pti on — This) tactic is a much more extensive bicycle system than, that pro- posed in the RCP, Tactic T1. It envisions a major expansion of bicycle facilities including: the adopted regional bicycle route system, community -oriented routes, bicycle feeder systems.to public transit, possible employer incentives and includes facilities. Such facilities include theft -resistant racks, connections with ex- press bus service, showers and locker rooms. TRANSIT FARE REDUCTION (112) Description — This tactic assumes that a reduction of transit fares on bus systems within the region to zero would increase transit ridership. This assumption is based on the experience of San Diego Transit Corporation when they reduced transit fares from 35 cents to 25 cents and elimi- nated zone charges for the period from September 1972 until July 1975. During that period, transit patronage increased significantly: An adverse effect of reducing transit fares to zero is that it would require an increase in the subsidy given to transit ti opera��on in the i'egion. Inflationary pressures on transit operation costs and the reluctance to increase government subsidies of transit systems would work against implementation of this tactic.. TRAFFIC FLOW IMPROVEMENT (T14) Description — This tactic is based on the assumption that increasing average vehicle speed and minimizing stop -and -go traffic on non -freeway streets would reduce emissions from vehicles. Analysis by A.M. Voorhees and Associates, Inc., has indicated that preferential lane treatment on *Recommended for adoption in the RAOS. -3- freeways for carpool; and buses may betcounter-phe roductive ion to for low - the goal of reducing emissions becauseo ed occupancy vehicles. g trafficthere flow Onmay cbityastreets. This might7be emissions by improving achieved by modern signal timing systems, synchronization of traffic lights, and computer monitoring of urban traffic. Some such programs are already in effect and others are being instituted. Currently, average vehicle speed on non -freeway streets is quite high "30 MPH. If, however, it were possible to increase the average speed to%, exhaust emissions from traffic on those streets would be reduced about 5% according to EPA -prepared speed/emission curves. Increasing average vehicle speed from 1>0 to 33 MPH would be very •di`fficult however, given the fact that speed limits on almost all non freeway streets are either 35 to 20 MN SDH -q MEMORANDUM May 25, 1976 TO:,' ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR FROM: DANA HIELD SUBJECT: MAY 21 MEETING WITH AIR QUALITY PLANNING TEAM REGARDING CITY ENDORSEMENT OF RAQS (REGIONAL AIR QUALITY STRATEGIES) Apparently there has been some concern among cities in the County over endorsement of the RAQS. The Intermediate Management Group, IMG (which is the administration group superceding the Air Quality Planning Team), called the meeting to dispel fears about their proposed strategy and to stress the need for City endorsement. Only one city has taken action on the RAQS thus far - National City - and they have flatly refused to endorse any strategy because they don't understand what it entails. The team will be making a second attempt in National City to explain the RAQS and to encourage endorsement. The rest of the cities expressed apprehensions about the Regional Comprehensive Plan requirement of IMG's proposed strategy. (This is the combination A-B strategy which Don has recommended that we endorse.) The Regional Comprehensive Plan (RCP) has been diluted from that originally proposed in Strategy A. The cities would still be required to reconcile their General Plans with the RCP, but the local agency could override CPO changes by a 2/3 vote. (SEE EXPLANA- TION IN ATTACHMENT 4 OF THE ENDORSEMENT RESOLUTION.) From what Don, Mike and I understand about the RCP, our General Plan is basically consistent -- especially in light of the public facilities manage- ment mechanism built into our Land Use Element. So our endorsement of the IMG's alternative strategy will not mean substantial changes to our General Plan. I gathered that nearly all the cities will be endorsing strategy B -- IMG's proposal minus the RCP and 95% Vapor Control Recovery (Tactic P7 described on Attachment 3 to the resolution). I asked Simmons whether it would be foolhardy for Carlsbad to take a stricter stance on their endorsement and he replied that: 1) They would be gratified if Carlsbad would take such a stance; 2) It was apparent that the Carlsbad City Council was significantly more enlightened and sophisticated ill their approach to air quality matters than the other cities that they had approached; 3) And, it was also apparent this enlightenment was a by-product of certain political situations we are facing (i.e.: power plant and refinery). The reason the Air Quality Planning Team is pushing the RCP is that the RAQS must be submitted to the State Air Resources Board and EPA for acceptance. It may well be that the RAQS will be rejected unless adequate land use controls are integrated into the program. It seems to me. that even if the cities reject the RCP on the first go -around, it may be pushed back on them by ARB and EPA. At least one member of the Air Quality Planning Team will be present at the June 1 Council Meeting, As I see it, we have the following options: 1) We can stick by Don's recommendation to endorse the IMG proposal (or as he call it, "the combination A-B strategy") which is outlined in the resolution and attachments; 2) We can go along with what appears to be the consensus of other cities and endorse Strategy B. To accomplish this we would delete reference to "p7** and ***" on page 2 and delete attachments 3 and 4 of the resolution; 3) We can still offer the suggestions for, local implementation and supplementation to the council as an 4-nformation item and offer, at,their direction, to come back with a more detailed analysis, x have written this rather hurriedly. Please let me know if anything is unclear and I will try to go over it with you. Mike Aulick at CPO has been very helpful to us and I'm sure he will be happy to give us any further assistance. 1�1� S. Dana Hield SDR:rcpl -2- RESOLUTION NO. 3 q 16— RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CARLSBAD APPROVING THE PROPOSED REGIONAL AIR QUALITY STRATEGY AND A1R MANAGEMENT PROCESS _ WHEREAS Air Pollution is a major threat to health of residents in C a r 1 s b a d :a WHEREAS the Clean Air Act of 1970 requires that actions be taken to reduce photochemical oxidants and other air pollutants; WHEREAS the Transportation Control Plan promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency to improve air quality aroused substantial public opposition; WHEREAS the San Diego Air Quality Planning Team has studied the problem of Air Pollution and has evaluated alternative strategies for contolling it; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the C I TY Cui KQ 11 n c CARLSBAD hereby approves the proposed Regional Air Quality Strategy and Air Management Process as she, vn in Attachments 1 through �. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that it is inappropriate at this time to include tactics in the Regional Air Quality Strategy to reduce pollution which may be transported into San Diego from the South Coast Air Basin by meteorological forces. However, additional research into such pollutant transport (which APCD research suggests may be the cause of all occurrences of .20 ppm oxidant or higher) should be included as a part of the Regional Air Quality Strategy; and { BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the state and federal governments are hereby strongly encouraged to apply evaporative and process loss controls similar to those being proposed herein for San Diego, to other air basins so that San Diego will not be at a competitive economic: disadvantage due to our strong local action to clean up the air; RESOLVED, passed and approved this 1st day of Jun e 1976. ATTEST: A Gize�dSlgn�Etur!e����W/ Z�tI�LF'i Robert C. Frazee, Mayor of the W ga et E. Adams City of Carlsbad, California City At (SEAL) I E I i ' ik • ATTACHMENT • PROPOSED REGIONAL AIR QUALITY STRATEGY TACTIC NUMBER* TACTIC E* P2 Surface Cleaning �. P3, P4 Surface Coating P9 Gasoline Volatility Rdduction M3 California Emissions Standards for Light Duty Vehicles M4 California 5/25 and Evaporative ive Exhaust Emissions Standards standard Vehicles for Heavy Duty M7` M9 Additional Evaporative Emissions Controls on New Light Duty Vehicles P1 Dry Cleaners M1 inspection and Maintenance of On Vehicles M5 California Emissions Standards for Street ,Motorcycles T3 Communications and Home Goods Delivery T7 Maximum Bicycle System A2 . Evaporative Controls on New General Aviation •Aircraft M 14 Emission Standards for Off -Road Heavy Duty Vehicles Equal to 5/25 Standard for On -Road, Heavy Duty Vehicles i t , *See Final Report for complete definition of tactics , ' Attachment 1••; TACTIC NUMBER T2` X2 -2- TACTIC NAME Maximum Carpools/Vanpools with Incentives Home Utilities Engines n7 ** Gasoline Vapor Recovery at 95% *** Coordinated Land Use and Transportation Actions Research into pollutant transport from the South Coast Air Basin is included as a part -of this strategy. * See Final Report for complete definition of tactics ** See Attachment 3, clarification of proposed tactic See Attachment 4, description of -proposed process ATTACHMENT 2 PROPOSED AIR MANAGEMENT PROCESS 1. The responsibility and authority of existing agencies will be used to carry out the .Regional Air Quality. Striategy--(•RAQS) ; no new agencies will be created. 2. The Air Pollution Control District (APCD) will be responsible for air pollution monitorin meteorological analysis; operat:ionsofoairynventorying; l investigation, implementation, and enforcementof technological controls. 3. 4 S. The cities in San Diego County, the County of San -Diego, the Comprehensive Planning Organization District, and other appropriate agen(CPO), the Unified Part cies will include air se and transportation quality cor;siderations in all land u actions subject to the California Environmental Quality Of 1970 (CEQA) by addressing consistency with the RAQS asct part of required Environmental Impact Reports. The CPO will be responsible for providing liaison among the cities and others involved -in-carrying out and/or updating the Regional Air Quality Strategy. The CPO will be responsible for providing coordination between the Section 208 Water. Quality Planning Program and the implementation and/or u- dating of the Regional Air Quality Strategy. p An Air Quality Program Management Committee* will be responsible for coordinating all phases of implementation, enforcement, and revision of the RAQS. This responsibility includes: overall direction for implementing) the RAQS (a) setting progress of RAQS implementation and enforcementmonitoring (a) assur that implementation takes place or that non-implementationiis brought to the: attention of other agencies and the public, (d) resolving or pursuing resolution of conflicts which arise during the implementation and/or revision of the RAQs, (e) identifYi:tc4 needs for revision of the RAQS and settin all direction for such revisions. The Air g over - Management Committee will be composed of designatedprrogram epresenta- tives of .the Air Pollution Control Board, the Comprehensive Planning.Organi2ation, the County of San Diego San Diego. The Air Quality Program Managemest�Commi�eeCwity illof annually select a chairman froin among its members. The Aix Quality Program'Management Committee may adopt rules of procedure as it deems necessary. 6• The Air Quality Program Management Committed will prepare a * formerly known as the Air Quality Intermediate Management Group ' Attachment 24• -2- detailed work program for the, implementation and%or revision of the ?=+QS. This work program will contain details of the activities, commitments, and staff assignments expected of affected agencies. The work program will seek reasonable re- imbursement to these agencies through appropriate grant funds including -those,-of `the -Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) . The work program assignments will be made on a functional basis, e.g, the APCD will provide technical air quality analysis, the CPO will provide growth projections and prepare transportation plans and coordinate efforts of the affected general' purpose governments and special districts, County and city governments will carry out those actions for which they are lead agency as dpfinec; in the RAQS and CEQA as needed. The Air Quality Program Management Committee may establish,ad hoc task forces_composed, of •s+dffwfrom various agencies. The Aix Quality Planning Team, = carrently constituted with a project supervisor, will not continue. 7. The CPO will appoint one person to act as staff to the Air Quality Program'Management Committee, to act under the direction and supervision of the Chairman consistent with actions of the Committee. ATTACHMENT 3' CLARIFICATION•OF TACTIC P7, VAPOR RECOVERY AT 95% Tactic P7 calls for en increase in the control of vapors in the storage and transfer of gasoline from 90% (present rule) to 95%, in 1985. As indicated in the description of P7 in the Air Quality Planning Team Final Report, it is quite possible that no significant hardware changes would be involved. Processing units that have been tested by the Air Pollution Control District (APCD) indicate that a 958 efficiency or greater can be achieved. The -problems with the systems are reliability and collection efficiency at the vehicle. Reliability is improving as minor technical problems Reliability can be maintained with an activeenforcement resolved , as planned by the APCD. Finally, the State's 90-day "hands off and 3-year warranty requirements for certification should further improve the systems. Efficiency at the nozzle/vehicle interface will also increase, for two reasons. First, both the State and Federal Governments are requiring standardized fill pipes on all vehicles, beginning with 1978 California models. By 1985, 50 to 70% of all vehicles - should have standardized fill pipes. Second, there is reason to, believe that nozzle technology is not as well developed as it might be and :improvement of nozzle design should provide further efficiency in a few years. 'Thus, Tactic P7 may ,be achieved with little or no _.,- current regulatorymi program, assuming that secondary recovery the systems are finally installed and standardized automotive fill pipe requirements are implemented. ATTACHMENT PROPOSED PROCESS FOR COORDINATED LAND USE AND TRANSPOR`.CATION AC?:IONS TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY General Description This process proposes to achieve air quality improvements through coordinated land use -and transportation actions by local general Purpose governments, the Comprehensive Planning Organization (CPO), transit authorities, and the Unified Port District. At the present time, there exists in the San Diego Region a Regional Comprehensive Plan (RCP) including Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) adopted by CPO. There also exists a set of general plans which have been adopted by general purpose local governments. At present there are incompatibilities which exist between these plans which interfere with the attainment and maintenance of clean air --standards. This proposed process recognizes the validity of both local general plans and the RCP as officially adopted land use and transportation policy in San Diego. This proposed process -envisions modifications to both general plans and the RCP so as to achieve consistency of purpose and achieve a0 quality, benefits. Compatibility among these plans and policies would be brought about by a cooperative effort between local agencies and CPO wherein incompatibilities adversely affecting air quality are jointly identified, appropriate changes determined, and then these changes proposed to local agencies or CPO as appropriate. If, After considering the proposed changes, actions by CPO and local agencies do not resolve incompatibilities which interfere with achievement or maintenance of clean air standards, then the local agency plan may nevertheless be effectuated if the local agency adopts it by at least a 2/3 vote. This proposed land use and transportation process includes formula- tion of an air quality impact assessment methodology for analyzing proposed changes to general plans or changes to the RCP. The Air Pollution Control District is currently formulating such a method- ology with the assistance of CPO. If there is regional approval of this land use and transportation process then a change to State law may be sought if needed.