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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt Resolution No. 179 approving a Memorandum of Agreement between the City of San Marcos, County of San Diego and City of Carlsbad regarding construction of a truck bypass on Rancho Santa Fe Road.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
Rancho Santa Fe Road is the most accessible truck route to the San
Diego County landfill in San Marcos for vehicles originating to
the south of the facility. A portion of Rancho Santa Fe Road south
of La Costa Avenue is currently under construction and will be improved to prime arterial standards. The portion of Rancho Santa Fe Road north of La Costa Avenue is a substandard, two lane section of road which experiences heavy traffic volumes.
The Carlsbad City Council in response to citizens’ complaints of
noise and congestion, determined not to designate Rancho Santa Fe
Road as a truck route and directed the Police Department to begin
enforcement. As a result, trash trucks originating in areas south
of Carlsbad were forced to travel east on Palomar Airport Road and
then south on Rancho Santa Fe Road through a portion of the City of San Marcos.
In response to this increase of approximately 130 additional trucks per day, the City Council of San Marcos is in the process of enacting an ordinance mandating truck weight mitigation fees of approximately $430 per round trip. San Marcos delayed adoption of the ordinance until its January 13, 1987 meeting. The extra distance traveled will also tend to increase the cost of waste disposal services for the cities in North San Diego County.
In order to achieve a resolution of this issue, representatives of the cities of San Marcos and Carlsbad, as well as County
representatives and industry representatives have been meeting to
consider possible alternative ways of resolving this matter.
A draft agreement is being negotiated among the various represen- tatives and calls for the construction of a truck route bypass for northbound trucks for that portion of Rancho Santa Fe lying northerly of La Costa Avenue. The main unresolved issue in the draft agree- ment is when trucks will be allowed back on Rancho Santa Fe Road. The City of Carlsbad has taken the position that trucks not be allowed on Rancho Santa Fe Road until the truck bypass is completed, which is estimated to be in May 1987.
The City of San Marcos is seeking to have Rancho Santa Fe Road
reopened to truck traffic on January 31, 1987.
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Page 2 of Agenda Bill No. ffn
The existing Rancho Santa Fe Road from La Costa Avenue to about
5000 feet north was constructed by the La Costa Vale tract to
straighten the old winding alignment and improve sight distances.
This portion of the road was constructed to what was its half-width
at the time, 32 feet curb to curb which allowed twelve feet for
each lane plus a shoulder. The grade is approximately 7%. Because
of this grade and the nature of the traffic on the street, there is a significant noise impact to the neighboring homes. Also this
grade causes fully loaded trash trucks to slow, backing up traffic.
Alternative 1, which is the recommended alternative, calls for the
construction of a truck bypass utilizing the old alignment of Rancho
Santa Fe Road for northbound one-way truck traffic. This bypass
would begin north of La Costa Avenue where the route of old Rancho Santa Fe Road splits off. An entry ramp would have to be constructed at this point. The old unused right-of-way cuts across the northwest
corner of a proposed commercial development which is presently at
the tentative map stage. The remainder of the one-way bypass would
require repairs to a portion of the pavement as well as an AC overlay
of at least 2 inches. This would give the loaded trash trucks a
completely separate road away from the houses along Rancho Santa
Fe Road and would eliminate most of the congestion problems. A
600-foot transition lane would allow the trucks to safely re-enter the traffic flow on Rancho Santa Fe Road north of Cadencia where the road is fairly level.
The estimated cost of this alternative is $200,000. Three other alternatives were considered, but all were more costly. Copies of
those alternatives are included in this Agenda Bill.
Alternative 2 is structurally similar to the first but entails turning Rancho Santa Fe Road between La Costa Avenue and the future Melrose into a couplet, with all northbound traffic utilizing old
Rancho Santa Fe Road. This would allow two (2) lanes each way and
would require a 24-foot wide AC overlay instead of the 14-foot overlay
suggested in Alternative 1. The noise and congestion could again
be temporarily mitigated but the cost, an estimated $233,191, would
increase.
Alternative 3 would be to add a third lane for northbound traffic
on the new Rancho Santa Fe Road alignment, and a soundwall along
the portions of the road where the homes are near the road grade.
Rancho Santa Fe Road was originally built to half the width of a
secondary road. The developer dedicated a total of 71 feet for right-of-way. Even though Rancho Santa Fe Road was recently upgraded on the Master Plan to a Prime Arterial (126 feet, six lanes), there is sufficient room to build a permanent third lane in the present alignment, which would then be integrated into the future improvements presuming the existing alignment becomes the ultimate alignment.
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Page 3 of Agenda Bill No. fpsa
An acoustical analysis performed for the City of Carlsbad Assessment
District 86-5 concludes that traffic noise impacts could be reduced
to the 65 decibel level by a solid acoustical barrier. This barrier
which would range in height from three to seven and a half feet high, is included in Alternative No. 3 to mitigate the noise from
trucks. Though the cost of this alternative is more, the improvements are permanent if this alignment is designated as the ultimate alignment, unlike those of the other alternatives. The cost of the soundwall is estimated to be $196,000 and the third lane $317,534. The total project cost including design is estimated at $513,534.
Alternative 4 proposes installation of the soundwall alone. The
noise alonq the section of Rancho Santa Fe Road would be mitigated
at an estimated cost of $256,960.
issues would not be addressed in this alternative, however.
The congestion and traffic-safety
The design of Alternative No. 1 is currently underway and is scheduled for completion on January 22, 1987. Bidding and award of contract is estimated to take 30 days, and construction is estimated at 60 to 90 days. It is anticipated the project could
be completed in May.
The attached draft agreement proposed by Carlsbad calls for the City of Carlsbad to designate Rancho Santa Fe Road as a truck route when the temporary truck bypass is completed.
The draft agreement proposed by the City of San Marcos (Exhibit 21, calls for Rancho Santa Fe Road to be reopened to truck traffic on
January 31, 1987. Both Cities and the County have been meeting
to attempt to resolve the issue, but a final agreement has not yet
been reached.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The estimated cost to design and construct Alternative 1 is $200,000. The agreement calls for the County's Solid Waste Enterprise Fund to pay for the design and construction of the bypass not to exceed the engineer's estimate of $200,000. Any costs in excess of $200,000 would have to be absorbed by the City of Carlsbad.
EXHIBITS :
1 .k. Resolution No. B93f approving agreement.
2.v'Letter from City of San Marcos, dated December 24, 1986.
3. /' Location Maps and Cost Estimates for Alternatives 1 through 4.
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RESOLUTION NO. 8938
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF SAN
MARCOS AND THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO TO CONSTRUCT A TRUCK BYPASS ALONG RANCHO SANTA FE ROAD IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD.
WHEREAS, Rancho Santa Fe Road has served as access to the
solid waste landfill in San Marcos; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad has not designated Rancho Santa
Fe Road through the City of Carlsbad as a truck route thereby
prohibiting solid waste truck traffic; and
WHEREAS, 'the City of Carlsbad is concerned about the impact
of solid waste truck traffic through the residential areas along
Rancho Santa Fe Road in the City of Carlsbad; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Marcos has concern regarding the impac.
of traffic on roads within the City of San Marcos used as access
to the Solid Waste Facility; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of San Marcos has intro-
duced an ordinance which would establish a mitigation fee for truck
traffic along certain San Marcos streets; and
WHEREAS, the impact of prohibiting truck traffic on Rancho
Santa Fe Raod through the City of Carlsbad and the mitigation fee
proposed by the City of San Marcos result in increased costs to
citizens for collection and disposal of trash generated in the
North County and transported to the County's San Marcos Solid
Waste Facility; and
WHEREAS, solid waste management is a regional concern that must
be addressed by all cities and the County; and
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WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of all users of the San
Marcos Solid Waste Facility to cooperate in ensuring access to
this regional facility.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Carlsbad as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the agreement between the cities of San Marcos,
Carlsbad and the County of San Diego attached hereto is hereby
approved.
3. That the Mayor is authorized and directed to sign the
agreement on behalf of the City of Carlsbad.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Carlsbad held on the 13th day
of January , 1987 by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Pettine and Mamaux
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
- ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Cvrk
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EXHIBIT "A" ,3 RESOLUTION NO. fydf
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT AMONG THE CITY OF CARLSBAD
AND THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS AND THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
TO CONSTRUCT A SOLID WASTE TRUCK BYPASS TO THE EXISTING
RANCHO SANTA FE ROAD IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD
WHEREAS, permanent alignment of Rancho Santa Fe Road
through the City of Carlsbad will not be finalized before
three to five years; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad is concerned about the
impact of solid waste truck traffic through the residential
areas along Rancho Santa Fe Road in the City of Carlsbad; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Marcos has concerns regarding
the impact of traffic on roads within the City of San
Marcos used as access to the Solid Waste Facility; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad has not designated Rancho
Santa Fe Road through the City of Carlsbad as a truck route,
thereby prohibiting solid waste truck traffic; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of San Marcos has introduced
an ordinance that would establish a mitigation fee for solid
waste truck traffic along the City of San Marcos roads; and
WHEREAS, Rancho Santa Fe Road is not now but is planned
to be constructed as a prime arterial road through the
City of Carlsbad; and
WHEREAS, the impact of prohibiting truck traffic on
Rancho Santa Fe Road through the City of Carlsbad and
the mitigation fee proposed by the City of San Marcos result
in increased costs to citizens for collection and disposal
of trash generated in the North County and transported to
the County's San Marcos Solid Waste Facility; and
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WHEREAS, solid waste management is a regional concern
that must be addressed by all cities and the County; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of all users
of the San Marcos Solid Waste Facility to cooperate in
assuring access to this regional facility.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND AGREED THAT:
1. An alternate solid waste truck access through
Carlsbad, utilizing approximately one mile of the old
Rancho Santa Fe Road right-of-way (as shown on Attachment
A), will be constructed for use until the permanent
alignment of Ransho Santa Fe Road is improved.
2. The City of Carlsbad will administer the design
and construction of the project. All in-house administrative
costs will be absorbed by the City of Carlsbad.
3. The County's Solid Waste Enterprise Fund will
fund the out-of-pocket expenses for the design and construc-
tion of the bypass, not to exceed the engineer's estimate
of $200,000 (see Attachment B).
4. Rancho Santa Fe Road will remain designated as
a prime arterial street and, when built to this standard,
will serve as permanent access to the San Marcos Solid
Waste Facility for the life of the Facility.
5. The City of San Marcos will take no further action
until April 30, 1987 regarding imposition of solid waste
truck mitigation fees.
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6. Upon completion of the temporary truck bypass and
construction of Rancho Santa Fe Road to prime arterial
standards south of La Costa Avenue, the Carlsbad City
Council will designate Rancho Santa Fe Road as a truck
route.
CLAUDE A. LEWIS, Mayor
City of Carlsbad
City of San Marcos
County of San Diego
Attested :
ALETHA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Clerk City of Carlsbad
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EXHIBIT "2"
Frank Aleshire City Manager City of Carlsbad 1200 Elm Avenue Carl sbad, CA 92008-1 989
of San cllarcos
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December 24, 1986
Dear Frank:
The San Marcos City Council , at their meeting of December 23, 1986, made the fol1 owing deci sions re1 ati ng to the conti nui ng negotiations with the City of Carlsbad and the reopening of Rancho Santa Fe Road within the City of Carlsbad to truck traffic.
1. To modify the Memorandum of Agreement as proposed by staff. Said modification would require the reopening of Rancho Santa Fe Road as a truck route through the City of Carl sbad by January 31 , 1987.
2. To delay the second reading of the San Marcos Ordinance until January 13, 1987 in order to allow the City of Carlsbad the opportunity to adopt, at their January 6, 1987 Council meeting, the modified Memorandum of Agreement, a copy of which is attached for your review.
The San Marcos City Council has again expressed their desire to resolve this matter in a timely and equitable manner to the benefit of both our Cities as well as all residents of the North County.
Sincerely,
MVM : sv
Mike Mi strot Assistant to the City Manager
Encl . cc : Supervisor Jonn MacDonal d Lari Sheehan Jo MacKenzie Bud Porter Jeff Kitchie Sharon Reid
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT AMONG THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AND THE CITY OF SAN MAKCOS AND THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO TO
CONSTRUCT A SOLID WASTE TRUCK BYPASS TO THE EXISTING RANCHO
SANTA FE ROAD IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD
WHEREAS, permanent alignment of Rancho Santa Fe Road through
the City of Carlsbad will not be finalized before three to five
years; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad is concerned about the impact of
solid waste truck traffic through the residential area along Rancho
Santa Fe Road in the City of Carlsbad; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Marcos has concerns regarding the
impact of traffic on roads within the City of San Marcos used as
access to the Solid Waste Facility; and
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad has not designated Rancho Santa
Fe Road through the City of Carlsbad as a truck route, thereby
prohibiting solid waste truck traffic; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of San Marcos has introduced an
ordinance that would establish a mitigation fee for solid waste
truck traffic along the City of San Marcos roads; and
WHEREAS, Hancho Santa Fe Road is not now but is planned to be
constructed as a prime arterial road through the City of Carlsbad;
and
WHEREAS, the impact of prohibiting truck traffic on Kancho
Santa Fe Road through the City of Carlsbad and the mitigation fee
proposed by the City of San Marcos result in increased costs to
citizens for collection and disposal of trash generated in the North
County and transported to the County's San Marcos Solid Waste
Facility; and
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WHEREAS, solid waste management is a regional concern that
must be addressed by all cities and the County; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interests of all users of the San
Marcos Solid Waste Facility to cooperate in assuring access to this
regional facility.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AND AGREED THAT:
1. An alternate solid waste truck access through Carlsbad,
utilizing approximately one mile of the old Rancho Santa Fe Road
right-of-way (as shown on Attachment A), will be constructed for use
until the permanent alignment of Rancho Santa Fe Road is improved.
2. The City of Carlsbad will administer the design and
construction of the project. All in-house administrative costs will
be absorbed by the City of Carlsbad.
3. The County's Solid Waste Enterprise Fund will fund the
out-of-pocket expenses for the construction of the bypass, not to
exceed the engineer's estimate of $200,000 (see Attachment B).
4. Rancho Santa Fe Road will remain designated as a prime
arterial street and, when built to this standard, will serve as
permanent access to the San Marcos Solid Waste Facility for the life
of the facility.
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5. The City of San MarCOS will take no action regarding
imposition of solid waste truck mitigation fees until January 31,
1987.
6. Upon completion of the temporary truck bypass and
construction of Rancho Santa Fe Road to prime arterial standard
south of La Costa Avenue, the Carlsbad City Council will designate
Rancho Santa Fe Road as a truck route.
In the event the temporary bypass is not completed by January
31, 1987, the existing Rancho Santa Fe Road will be opened to truck
traffic on an interim basis pending completion of the bypass
improvement.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City
I of at its regular meeting held the day of
1987, by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ATTEST:
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TENTATIVE AGREEMENT
RANCHO SANTA FE ROAD TRUCK ROUTES
1. Carlsbad will allow northbound truck traffic on Rancho Santa Fe
Road when the bypass loop is opened north of La Costa Avenue
and Rancho Santa Fe Road south of La Costa is rebuilt. No
southbound truck traffic would be allowed on Rancho Santa Fe
Road. Carlsbad will make a good faith effort to have the
bypass loop open by April 30, 1987 by "fast tracking" the
project .
2. San Marcos will agree not to arbitrarily impose a fee if
the project is substantially completed on April 30, 1987.
San Marcos will agree to allow northbound trash truck
traffic to travel through San Marcos.
3. County Board of Supervisors will be asked to contribute
additional funding to be offered as a bonus incentive to
the contractor to expedit construction of the loop.
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105 W. RICHMAR AVENUE 0 SAN MARCOS, CALIFORNIA 92069
61 91 744-4020
January 6, 1987
Mayor C.A; Lewis
City Council City of Carlsbad
1200 Elm Avenue Carlsbad, CA 92008
Dear Mayor Lewis & City Council:
I am writing to make one final plea to convince you that continuing to
restrict truck traffic on Rancho Santa Fe Road will not and does not solve
your Ci ty' s or our region' s probl ems.
The action your Council took last April only transferred a small percent of
your traffic problem to your neighboring city , greatly compoundi ng our existing traffic problems. In fact, the timing could not have been worse. The City of San Marcos had just contracted for major improvements on San
lularcos Boulevard, to include the intersection of Rancho Santa Fe and San Marcos Boulevard. In addition, the County had also just begun major
improvements on Rancho Santa Fe at "Dead Man's Curve."
Our cities share a common problem. From the beginning, we pleaded with
Carlsbad to rescind their action and work with us in developing a realistic,
long term solution to the traffic circulation problem. Trash truck operators are getting the blunt of the impact, yet all 3 axle truck operators are paying
for an emotional re-active action that has only shifted and compounded the problem.
As you know, I went to your meeting in La Costa with approximately 100 local residents. As I stated then, I've attended many similar meetings in my own community, the same concerns and complaints were expressed in San Marcos.
Short term, restrictive action, such as diverting truck traffic to your neighboring cities or imposing traffic mitigation fees impacting over 170,000 rate payers, are not long term, responsible solutions.
I would not be so presumptuous as to tell you how to solve your traffic
problems, but I would like to share with you some of the steps we are taking to solve ours:
In the next few weeks, we will be introducing a "Peak Hour Traffic Management P1 an" that wi 11 work toward sol vi ng traffic congestion, thereby reducing or preventing stop and go traffic that will also do much to improve
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the entire region's air quality. It will also save fossil fuel. We will accomplish this through cooperation with pub1 ic and private sector employers, as well as our high school and college community.
Along with developing flex-time and modified work schedules, we will be developing incentives for, just to name a few:
-- Preferential parking for ride sharers. -- Provide assistance for devel oping in-house carpool -vanpool coordi nati on. -- Provide subsi dy pl ans or other incentives for carpool -vanpool participants. -- Provide fare subsidies or incentives for transit use. -- Encourage noon-time shuttle service. -- Provide i ncenti ves for future devel opers and employers.
The City has already begun extensive capital improvement programs to assist in better handling existing, as well as future traffic circulation needs. The City will begin evaluating other methods of improving traffic circulation that may be quickly and inexpensively initiated for some immediate relief - such as:
-- Improving signalization and signing; -- Changing the direction of one or more lanes. -- Channel i zati on and restri ping. -- Shoul der, street and i ntersec ti on wi deni ng. -- Providing transit she1 ters and bicycle racks.
These are long term solutions, positive actions that could spread throughout North County to become a regional solution, not just a neighborhood solution.
In our last joint meeting of August 7, 1986, Former Mayor Mary Casler agreed that our City has been patient. Jointly, we agreed to take the following back to our Councils: Mayor Casler agreed that once the Rancho Santa Fe Rd. reconstruction project south of La Costa Ave. was completed (estimated to be November '861, Carlsbad should re-open Rancho Santa Fe until the bypass or re-alignment of Rancho Santa Fe was completed. I was to express to my Council that we were working together in a spirit of cooperation and request our Council remove the truck mitigation ordinance from the agenda. In August, Carlsbad wasn't sure yet which of 3 staff suggested remedies Carlsbad would choose to address the long term problem. The County had agreed to ask the Board to assist Carisbad with waste management funds in the construction of the bypass or noise extenuators, if that were Carlsbad's decision.
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As I stated at the beginning of my letter, our cities share a very comon problem with the rest of the county. file have a number of major problems in our region we need to solve. Traffic is only one -- important, but only one. We need to continue our efforts to get Highway 78 widened; we must work togetner to assist or push the Feds into acting on our increasing immigration problem; we must continue in a cooperative manner working with SArJDAG and the other North County cities to plan future traffic circulation routes; and most important, start preserving rights-of-way to serve our futcrre needs. The November '87 Transportation Sales Tax Ballot Measure will also require a lot of time and combined efforts.
Back in August, the representatives of both of our cities agreed to take positive action. Our City feels we have fulfilled a regional need by allowing the trash to energy plant that will extend the 1 ife of the San Marcos Landf ill and continue the flow of local and regional trash trucks through our City, as well as defer the need for another landfill in someone else's backyard.
Our residents have been subjected to the flow of hundreds of additional trucks through our City daily for the benefit of one neighboring city's neighborhood.
Let both cities back-off - let's put things back the Hay they were just long enough to work out SON responsible, long tern solutions tnat benefit not
only our two communities, but our region. Botn our Councils have the best interest of our residents in mind, let's prove it by attacking the real problems, not each other.
Lee B. Thibadeau Mayor
cc: Rick Gittings, City Manager-San Marcos San Marcos City Council Frank AI eshire, City Manager-Carl sbad Supervi sor John WacDonal d City of Encinitas City of Vista
- City of Oceanside City of Escondido County of San Diego
Bud Porter, NCTD Jeff Ritchie Arie de Jong