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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
To receive a presentation from Gary Gallegos, Executive Director of SANDAG with an update on
Senator Kehoe's Senate Bill 468 and the impacts to the CALTRANS I-5 Widening project.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
Senate Bill 468 imposes various additional requirements that affect the I-5 Widening project.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:
Pursuant to Public Resources code section 21065 and the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) Guidelines section 15378, this action does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of
CEQA in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical change in the environment or a
reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and therefore does not require
and environmental review.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None
EXHIBITS:
1. Senate Bill 468 introduced by Senator Kehoe.
DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Skip Hammann 760-602-2730 skip.hammann@carlsbadca.aov
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AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 17, 2011
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 26, 2011
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 29, 2011
SENATE BILL No. 468
Introduced by Senator Kehoe
February 17, 2011
An act to add Sections 103 and 149.10 to the Streets and Highways
Code, relating to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 468, as amended, Kehoe. Department of Transportation: north
coast corridor project: high-occupancy toll lanes.
Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full
possession and control of the state highway system. Existing law
imposes various requirements for the development and implementation
of transportation projects.
This bill would impose additional requirements on the department
with respect to specified highway projects on State Highway Route 5
in southern California, known collectively as the north coast corridor
project, that are located entirely or partially in the coastal zone, including
requiring the department to collaborate with local agencies, the
California Coastal Commission, and other affected local, state, and
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federal agencies to ensure that multimodal transportation options are
evaluated and included in the public works plan and, where appropriate,
in the project design for the projects. The bill would make these
requirements applicable to the San Diego Association of Governments
(SANDAG) and would also require SANDAG, for these projects, to
establish a safe routes to transit program that integrates the adopted
regional bike plan with transit services and, pursuant to SANDAG's
agreement, as specified, to commit to dedicate for regional habitat
acquisition, management, and monitoring activities a portion of specified
taxes approved by the voters in San Diego County. The bill would, for
these projects, require the department to suspend a notice of
determination relating to environmental impact, issued between January
1, 2011, and January 1,2012, until it is determined that environmental
documents for the projects satisfy the requirements of the bill. The bill
would also make legislative findings and declarations.
Existing law authorizes SANDAG to conduct, administer, and operate
a value pricing high-occupancy toll (HOT) lane program on 2 corridors
included in the high-occupancy vehicle lane system in San Diego
County.
This bill would also authorize SANDAG to conduct, administer, and
operate a value pricing HOT lane on State Highway Route 5. The bill
would require SANDAG to carry out the HOT lane program in
cooperation with the department and would require revenues from the
program to be used for the costs of the program, for improvement of
transit services, and for high-occupancy vehicle facilities.
By imposing additional requirements on SANDAG, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state.
Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act
for a specified reason.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
1 SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the
2 following:
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1 (a) The California coastal zone is a unique natural resource, the
2 protection of which is recognized as a shared responsibility of the
3 state, local governments, and regional entities. State, local, and
4 regional agencies desiring to make investments in transportation
5 infrastructure within the coastal zone have an affirmative obligation
6 to ensure that investments do not compromise or diminish existing
7 natural resources, including the coastal zone flora and fauna, water
8 quality, and unique views.
9 (b) The coastal zone is also a unique economic resource with
10 both its natural and built environment being a destination for
11 individuals, families, and groups to enjoy the diversity of
12 recreational opportunities.
13 (c) Contributing to these ends, the California Coastal Act of
14 1976 (Division 20 (commencing with Section 30000) of the Public
15 Resources Code) establishes policies for the protection and
16 enhancement of resources in the coastal zone as a priority of
17 statewide importance.
18 (d) Transportation investments to be made in the coastal zone
19 should not erode the very qualities that make it an attractive setting
20 in which to live, work, and recreate.
21 (e) The California Coastal Act of 1976 is intended to protect,
22 maintain, and, where feasible, enhance and restore the overall
23 quality of the coastal zone environment and its natural and artificial
24 resources; ensure orderly, balanced utilization and conservation
25 of coastal zone resources taking into account the social and
26 economic needs of the people of the state; maximize public access
27 to and along the coast; and encourage state and local initiatives
2 8 and cooperation in preparing procedures to implement coordinated
29 planning and development for mutually beneficial uses in the
30 coastal zone.
31 (f) In accordance with the California Coastal Act of 1976, future
3 2 developments that are carefully planned and developed are essential
33 to the economic and social well-being of the people of this state
34 and especially to working persons employed within the coastal
35 zone.
36 (g) The north coast corridor project is a 27-mile long series of
37 projects within the coastal zone that includes improvements to a
38 segment of State Highway Route 5, and the Los Angeles-San
39 Diego-San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) rail corridor, and is projected
40 to take up to 40 years to complete. The north coast corridor portion
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1 of the LOSSAN rail corridor operates between the City of
2 Oceanside and the City of San Diego in San Diego County, with
3 stations along its route. The LOSSAN rail corridor is used for
4 intercity and commuter rail passenger service and for freight service
5 and includes a portion of the coastal rail trail. Where applicable,
6 all references to the north coast corridor project in this act are also
7 a reference to the individual projects making up the entire north
8 coast corridor project.
9 (h) The Department of Transportation (department) and the
10 Federal Highway Administration are responsible for developing
11 an environmental document and constructing improvements to
12 State Highway Route 5, and the department and the Federal
13 Railroad Administration have prepared a programmatic
14 environmental document for the LOSSAN corridor. Nothing in
15 this section is intended to conflict with the authority of the
16 department, the San Diego Association of Governments
17 (SANDAG), or the Federal Railroad Administration to prepare
18 one or more project level environmental documents for all, or a
19 portion of, the LOSSAN corridor.
20 (i) SANDAG has agreed that it will be responsible for
21 constructing improvements in the LOSSAN corridor and funding
22 portions of the improvements to the LOSSAN corridor and State
23 Highway Route 5 within the north coast corridor using funding
24 from a San Diego County voter-approved transactions and use tax
25 ordinance known as TransNet (Proposition A, 2004). TransNet
26 provides SANDAG with economic benefits funding for use on
27 regional environmental projects such as those needed in the north
28 coast corridor.
29 (j) The coastal lagoons in the north coast corridor have
30 historically experienced adverse impacts to water quality and to
31 the numerous and varied sensitive habitat areas, and to plant and
32 wildlife species supported within and adjacent to the lagoons.
33 Historical alteration of lagoon areas from construction of highway
34 and rail crossings and realignment or channelization of inland
35 waterways have affected water quality and directly impacted
36 sensitive habitat areas. These impacts have occurred over decades
37 and require substantial resources and major restoration efforts to
38 remedy.
39 (k) Revenue from single-occupant-vehicle users of a managed
40 lanes system on State Highway Route 5 in the north coast corridor
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1 could provide millions of dollars annually toward the support of
2 transit services and transportation improvements in the corridor.
3 (/) Reduced congestion in the north coast corridor would result
4 in less exhaust emissions per vehicle. Managed lanes and
5 anticipated congestion reduction on corridor general purpose lanes
6 would help reduce emissions per traveler and per trip in the north
7 coast corridor. The most recent air quality determinations for the
8 San Diego region air basin demonstrate that there is an urgency
9 in providing transportation options that will relieve health impacts,
10 reduce existing congestion on State Highway Route 5, and provide
11 enhanced transit services including nonmotorized options in the
12 north coast corridor.
13 (m) The ability to manage the use and vehicle composition of
14 managed lanes in the north coast corridor would provide flexibility
15 for changing the way the lanes on State Highway Route 5 are used
16 in the future. Changes to the use of managed lanes could address
17 changing technology, land use, travel patterns, travel demand,
18 economic conditions, and other travel characteristics, and allow
19 for higher vehicle occupancy, greater use of transit, or creation of
20 a truck route during certain times of day.
21 (n) The transportation sector of the economy is the largest
22 contributor of greenhouse gases in California. Activities that would
23 assist the San Diego region in meeting the reduction goals for
24 greenhouse gas emissions described in Assembly Bill 32 (Ch. 488,
25 Stats. 2006) and the objectives of Senate Bill 375 (Ch. 728, Stats.
26 2008), include the reduction of per capita vehicle miles traveled
27 and integrating transportation and land use to achieve high levels
28 of nonmotorized travel and transit use, achieving regional housing
29 needs, including identified affordable housing needs, reducing the
30 length of commutes, locating housing in closer proximity to job
31 centers, and other required or regionally recognized strategies that
32 address the relationships between land use, transportation,
33 economic considerations, air quality, and climate policy. It is the
34 intent of the Legislature that transportation infrastructure decisions
35 regarding the north coast corridor project achieve a coordinated
36 and balanced transportation system that considers both the
37 short-term and long-term future, and be consistent with the
38 countywide goals and objectives in the adopted Sustainable
39 Communities Strategy for San Diego County and the greenhouse
40 gas reduction targets established by the State Air Resources Board
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1 for San Diego, consistent with Senate Bill 375 (Ch. 728, Stats.
2 2008), as well as other regional, statewide, and national
3 transportation and environmental quality goals.
4 (o) The north coast corridor is a major economic corridor
5 carrying about one-third of all freight in the San Diego region. The
6 total value of goods transported on the north coast corridor via rail
7 and State Highway Route 5 is estimated at eighty-nine billion
8 dollars ($89,000,000,000), and increased congestion in the north
9 coast corridor will cause a detrimental constraint on commerce
10 and the economy.
11 (p) Construction on the north coast corridor project is expected
12 to provide thousands of jobs within the state, as well as increased
13 recreation and goods movement revenue.
14 (q) Implementation of the objectives of the north coast corridor
15 project is critical to the environment, economy, and welfare of the
16 people in the San Diego region and throughout the state.
17 (r) Pursuant to Executive Order 13274, signed by President
18 George W. Bush on September 18, 2002, the portion of State
19 Highway Route 5 in the north coast corridor has been designated
20 by the Secretary of Transportation as a high-priority transportation
21 infrastructure project entitled to expedited federal environmental
22 reviews.
23 (s) The north coast corridor project and its public works plan
24 will meet the public needs of an area greater than that included in
25 any local permitting agency's certified local coastal program and
26 the breadth of those needs was not anticipated by the department
27 and SANDAG when the local coastal programs were certified by
28 the California Coastal Commission.
29 (t) The Legislature desires to address a balance of social,
30 economic, and environmental interests by providing for the ability
31 of the north coast corridor project to proceed if the project complies
32 with the California Coastal Act of 1976 along with the further
33 specifications in this act.
34 SEC. 2. Section 103 is added to the Streets and Highways Code,
35 to read:
36 103. (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the
37 following meanings:
38 (1) "Multimodal" means transportation options within a
39 transportation corridor, including, but not limited to, highways,
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1 rail lines, pedestrian walkways and bike lanes, and commuter
2 transit services.
3 (2) "8+4 Buffer Alternative" means the addition of a multimodal
4 managed lane facility consisting of two lanes on either side of
5 State Highway Route 5 within the north coast corridor, separated
6 from general purpose lanes by striping or other approved traffic
7 control devices, and which, to the maximum extent feasible, is
8 built within existing rights-of-way owned by the department. The
9 managed lanes would give priority to high-occupancy vehicles,
10 vanpools, and one or more bus rapid transit routes. Value pricing
11 techniques would allow single-occupant vehicles to use the facility
12 by paying a toll, as long as single-occupant vehicle use does not
13 negatively impact the transit uses of the managed lanes.
14 (3) "Public works plan" means a plan as described in Section
15 30605 of the Public Resources Code. A public works plan allows
16 for an integrated regulatory review by the California Coastal
17 Commission rather than a project-by-project approval approach,
18 but does not change or abridge any of the California Coastal
19 Commission's existing authorities, including, but not limited to,
20 federal consistency review authorities under the federal Coastal
21 Zone Management Act of 1972 (16 U.S.C. Sec. 1451 et seq.). The
22 public works plan allows for an expedited process that describes,
23 evaluates, and provides mitigation measures for coastal access,
24 highway, transit, multimodal and community enhancement, and
25 environmental mitigation projects within the north coast corridor.
26 (b) A public works plan approved for the north coast corridor
27 project within the coastal zone shall include all of the applicable
28 elements of the north coast corridor project to be carried out by
29 the department or the San Diego Association of Governments
30 (SANDAG), including coastal access, highway, transit, multimodal,
31 community enhancement, and environmental restoration, and
32 mitigation projects. Once the public works plan for the north coast
3 3 corridor has been approved and certified by the California Coastal
34 Commission, subsequent review by the California Coastal
35 Commission of a notice of intent to develop for a specific project
36 in the public works plan shall be limited to imposing conditions
37 to ensure consistency of the project with the public works plan.
38 The public works plan shall satisfy all of the following:
39 (1) Identify the California Coastal Commission's area of original
40 jurisdiction and provide a process for obtaining coastal
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1 development permits from the California Coastal Commission
2 directly in those areas.
3 (2) Contain, but not be limited to, the following elements: the
4 type, size, intensity, and location of all development included in
5 the north coast corridor project; the maximum and minimum size
6 of facilities proposed to be constructed; the standards to which the
7 projects should conform; the thresholds for when amendments to
8 the public works plan may be required; and a proposed timetable
9 and phasing program for all projects.
10 (3) Establish the mitigation measures that the department and
11 SANDAG will be required to undertake prior to construction of
12 each phase. The mitigation measures shall be described with
13 sufficient detail to allow the department and SANDAG to
14 accurately estimate the cost and effort associated with each
15 particular measure and avoid the need for an amendment to the
16 public works plan unless a project is inconsistent with the project
17 description in the approved public works plan.
18 (c) For all elements of the north coast corridor project that are
19 located, entirely or in part, in the coastal zone, as defined by
20 Sections 30103 and 66610 of the Public Resources Code, the
21 department and SANDAG shall comply with all of the following
22 requirements:
23 (1) Collaborate with all stakeholders, including local agencies
24 through which the proposed project traverses, the California
25 Coastal Commission, and other affected local, state, and federal
26 agencies to ensure that multimodal transportation options are
27 evaluated and included in the public works plan and, where
28 appropriate, in the project design.
29 (2) SANDAG shall establish a safe routes to transit program
30 that integrates the adopted regional bike plan with transit services.
31 (3) SANDAG shall recommend that the department select an
32 alternative no larger than the 8+4 Buffer Alternative as the
33 preferred alternative for the State Highway Route 5 north coast
34 corridor after it makes a finding that it is consistent with TransNet
35 as approved by voters in 2004. The determination of the preferred
36 alternative shall be made by the department and the Federal
37 Highway Administration in their environmental impact report or
38 environmental impact statement, and SANDAG shall include the
3 9 preferred alternative in its next update to the regional transportation
40 plan.
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1 (4) In order to reduce, environmental impacts to the coastal
2 lagoons, both rail and highway bridges crossing each lagoon shall
3 be constructed concurrently and the bridge projects for both
4 highway and rail shall be included in the public works plan in
5 accordance with all necessary permits and reviews. SANDAG and
6 the department shall ensure that bridges are constructed to their
7 ultimate width and length so that construction impacts to each
8 lagoon are minimized.
9 (5) The public works plan shall evaluate the traffic impacts of
10 the proposed capacity-increasing highway project on city and
11 county streets and roads within the coastal zone, and the department
12 shall consult with the affected local jurisdictions regarding those
13 impacts and include the results of the consultations within the
14 public works plan.
15 (6) Environmental consequences of the proposed north coast
16 corridor project shall be monitored to ensure that the benefits from
17 mitigation, as described in the permits issued for the individual
18 projects, are being achieved.
19 (7) Construction of all or a portion of the capacity-increasing
20 project on State Highway Route 5 shall move forward concurrently
21 with multimodal projects and environmental mitigation and
22 enhancement projects within each phase, as specified in the public
23 works plan. The phasing plan shall include criteria specified by
24 the California Coastal Commission within the public works plan
25 that shall be met before the next phase of development can occur,
26 and each phase shall include a balance of transit and highway
27 improvements. Although the department and SANDAG shall
28 endeavor to maintain a balance of transit, rail, highway, and
29 environmental improvements in each phase, nothing in this section
30 is intended to limit the ability of the department or SANDAG to
31 seek a public works plan amendment from the California Coastal
32 Commission in order to accelerate a project from a later phase in
33 the public works plan if additional funding is identified to carry
34 out the project at an earlier stage than originally intended.
3 5 (8) Prior to a public works plan being submitted to the California
36 Coastal Commission by the department and SANDAG, the
37 department and SANDAG shall provide at least two public hearings
38 on the public works plan for the north coast corridor project.
39 (9) SANDAG has agreed that it will be responsible for
40 constructing improvements in the Los Angeles-San Diego-San
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1 Luis Obispo rail corridor and funding portions of the improvements
2 to that corridor and State Highway Route 5 within the north coast
3 corridor using funding from a San Diego County voter-approved
4 transaction and use tax ordinance known as TransNet. Pursuant to
5 that agreement, SANDAG shall commit to dedicate a portion of
6 the TransNet Regional Habitat Conservation Fund for regional
7 habitat acquisition, management, and monitoring activities
8 necessary to implement habitat conservation plans based on the
9 estimated economic benefits derived from permitting and approval
10 efficiencies on the north coast corridor project as a result of the
11 procedures of this section, with that funding to be released by
12 SANDAG in phases based upon the proportion of project work
13 that has been issued permits, consistency reviews, or other
14 applicable approvals, and in accordance with any other criteria as
15 deemed appropriate by SANDAG taking into account the purpose
16 and intent of TransNet.
17 (d) The California Coastal Commission, the department, and
18 SANDAG shall work cooperatively toward completing all design
19 approvals, reviews, determinations, and permitting for the north
20 coast corridor project on an expedited basis. To meet the goals in
21 this section, the following provisions shall apply:
22 (1) The Legislature finds that it is the California Coastal
23 Commission's role to apply a regional or statewide perspective to
24 land use debates where the use in question is of greater than local
25 significance. To that end, the California Coastal Commission is
26 authorized to utilize Section 30515 of the Public Resources Code
27 for the north coast corridor project and the process referenced in
28 that section may be streamlined pursuant to agreement between
29 the California Coastal Commission and those jurisdictions with
30 an approved local coastal program.
31 (2) The department and SANDAG shall perform work and
3 2 complete development consistent with the phasing program adopted
33 in the public works plan pursuant to subdivision (b) unless changes
34 are reviewed and approved by the California Coastal Commission.
35 (3) A public works plan prepared for the north coast corridor
36 project by the department and SANDAG shall be treated as a
37 long-range development plan to which the provisions in Sections
38 21080.5 and 21080.9 of the Public Resources Code shall apply.
39 (4) A permitting agency's decision to review and approve a
40 public works plan, a plan amendment, or related notice of
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1 impending development, make a consistency determination, or
2 issue a permit for the north coast corridor project shall be reviewed
3 under the substantial evidence standard.
4 (5) Consistent with an agreement between the California Coastal
5 Commission, the department, and SANDAG, following approval
6 of the public works plan, the California Coastal Commission shall
1 limit its subsequent regulatory review of the rail aspects of the
8 north coast corridor project to federal consistency.
9 (e) A notice of determination issued pursuant to Section 21108
10 or 21152 of the Public Resources Code after January 1, 2011, but
11 prior to January 1, 2012, for a project subject to this section shall
12 be suspended by the department until it is determined that the
13 project's environmental documents are consistent with the
14 provisions of this section.
15 (f) (1) Nothing in this section shall be construed to supersede,
16 or in any way alter or lessen the effect or application of, the
17 California Coastal Act of 1976 (Division 20 (commencing with
18 Section 30000) of the Public Resources Code).
19 (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to narrow the
20 authority of the California Coastal Commission, at any stage of
21 the approval or review process, to resolve policy conflicts pursuant
22 to Section 30200 of the Public Resources Code.
23 SEC. 3. Section 149.10 is added to the Streets and Highways
24 Code, to read:
25 149.10. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 149 and 30800 of this
26 code, and Section 21655.5 of the Vehicle Code, the San Diego
27 Association of Governments (SANDAG) may conduct, administer,
28 and operate a value pricing and transit development program on
29 the State Highway Route 5 in managed lanes serving as a
30 high-occupancy vehicle expressway. The program, under the
31 circumstances described in subdivision (b), may direct and
32 authorize the entry and use of the State Highway Route 5
33 high-occupancy vehicle lanes by single-occupant vehicles during
34 peak periods, as defined by SANDAG, for a fee. The amount of
35 the fee shall be established from time to time by SANDAG, and
36 collected in a manner determined by SANDAG.
37 (b) Implementation of the program shall ensure that Level of
38 Service C, as measured by the most recent issue of the Highway
39 Capacity Manual, as adopted by the Transportation Research
40 Board, is maintained at all times in the high-occupancy vehicle
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1 lanes, except that subject to a written agreement between the
2 department and SANDAG that is based on operating conditions
3 of the high-occupancy vehicle lanes, Level of Service D shall be
4 permitted on the high-occupancy vehicle lanes. If Level of Service
5 D is permitted, the department and SANDAG shall evaluate the
6 impacts of these levels of service of the high-occupancy vehicle
7 lanes, and indicate any effects on the mixed-flow lanes.
8 Continuance of Level of Service D operating conditions shall be
9 subject to the written agreement between the department and
10 SANDAG. Unrestricted access to the lanes by high-occupancy
11 vehicles shall be available at all times. At least annually, the
12 department shall audit the level of service during peak traffic hours
13 and report the results of that audit at meetings of the program
14 management team.
15 (c) Single-occupant vehicles that are certified or authorized by
16 SANDAG for entry into, and use of, the State Highway Route 5
17 high-occupancy vehicle lanes are exempt from Section 21655.5
18 of the Vehicle Code, and the driver shall not be in violation of the
19 Vehicle Code because of that entry and use.
20 (d) SANDAG shall carry out the program in cooperation with
21 the department and shall consult the department in the operation
22 of the project and on matters related to highway design and
23 construction. With the assistance of the department, SANDAG
24 shall establish appropriate traffic flow guidelines for the purpose
25 of ensuring optimal use of the express lanes by high-occupancy
26 vehicles.
27 (e) (1) Agreements between SANDAG, the department, and
2 8 the Department of the California Highway Patrol shall identify the
29 respective obligations and liabilities of those entities and assign
30 them responsibilities relating to the program. The agreements
31 entered into pursuant to this section shall be consistent with
32 agreements between the department and the United States
33 Department of Transportation relating to this program and shall
34 include clear and concise procedures for enforcement by the
35 Department of the California Highway Patrol of laws prohibiting
36 the unauthorized use of the high-occupancy vehicle lanes. The
37 agreements shall provide for reimbursement of state agencies, from
38 revenues generated by the program, federal funds specifically
39 allocated to SANDAG for the program by the federal government,
40 or other funding sources that are not otherwise available to state
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1 agencies for transportation-related projects, for costs incurred in
2 connection with the implementation or operation of the program.
3 Reimbursement for SANDAG's program-related planning and
4 administrative costs in the operation of the program shall not
5 exceed 3 percent of the revenues.
6 (2) All remaining revenue shall be used in the State Highway
7 Route 5 corridor exclusively for (A) the improvement of transit
8 service, including, but not limited to, construction of transit
9 facilities and support for transit operations, and (B) high-occupancy
10 vehicle facilities.
11 (f) SANDAG, the North County Transit District, and the
12 department shall cooperatively develop a single transit
13 improvement plan for the State Highway Route 5 corridor.
14 SEC. 4. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
15 Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution because
16 the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
17 district are the result of a program for which legislative authority
18 was requested by that local agency or school district, within the
19 meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code and Section
20 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution.
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2050 RTP/SCS,SB 468,Carlsbad City Council UpdateNorth Coast Corridor
Provide more transportation choices through an integrated systemPreserve natural resources and promote smart growthMaximize investments and meet funding challenges2Planning for a sustainable future
3Integrated transportation system
Natural resources and smart growth4
Investments and funding5
6North Coast CorridorA Better Environment for the Future
Comprehensive program includes:– Highway improvements– Coastal rail & transit enhancements– Environmental protection and coastal access improvements7Balanced Solution for the Future
8Express Lanes Only SolutionTwo express lanes in each direction (8+4) with striped buffer
Coastal Rail Improvements: CarlsbadLOSSAN Coastal Rail Projects:– Carlsbad Village Double Track– Carlsbad Double Track– Poinsettia Station Improvements9
Carlsbad Coastal EnhancementsNew bike & pedestrian trailsLagoon and water quality protectionsReconstructing rail bridges to improve tidal flowsConcurrent freeway/rail construction to minimize environmental impacts10
State Senate Bill 468Establishes clear coastal permitting process– Recognizes Public Works Plan as vehicle to integrate review of I-5 NCC rail, express lanes, community, and environmental enhancementsConcurrent rail/freeway lagoon bridge constructionAllows for release of TransNetfunds for habitat conservation as projects receive permitsEnsures public participation: two PWP hearingsFasTrak® revenues from corridor support transit11
Looking AheadAug 1, 2011: Close of Draft RTP/SCS EIR comment periodOct 2011: Adoption of 2050 RTP, SCS, and EIR Early 2012: Public review of Coast Protection Plan (PWP)Early 2012: Submit PWP to Coastal CommissionLate 2012: Coastal Commission hearings and final environmental report 2013: Begin I-5 highway construction12