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~ CITY COUNCIL
~ Staff Report
Meeting Date: Dec. 17,2019
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Staff Contact: Hossein Ajideh, Engineering Manager
hossein.ajideh@carlsbadca.gov, 760-602-2756
Subject: Determination of four deficient street facilities according to the Growth
Management Plan and adoption of measures to address deficiencies.
Recommended Action
Adopt a Resolution to:
A. Determine the following street facilities to be deficient because they do not meet the
level of service (LOS) performance standard required by the city's Growth Management
Plan (GMP):
1. Southbound El Camino Real from the Oceanside city limits to Marron Road
2. Northbound El Camino Real from Marron Road to the Oceanside city limits
3. Southbound College Boulevard from Aston Avenue to Palomar Airport Road
4. Southbound Melrose Drive from the Vista city limits to Palomar Airport Road
B. Exempt the following street facilities from the LOS performance standard, in accordance
with the General Plan Mobility Element criteria:
1. Southbound El Camino Real from the Oceanside city limits to Marron Road
2. Northbound El Camino Real from Marron Road to the Oceansidedty limits
3. Southbound Melrose Drive from Vista city limits to Palomar Airport Road
C. Expedite Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Project No. 6028, to address the deficiency
southbound College Boulevard from Aston Avenue to Palomar Airport Road, and waive
the right-of-way open space boundary adjustment requirement under General Plan
Open Space Element Policy 4-P.6
D. Expedite CIP Project No. 6034, to improve traffic operations southbound Melrose Drive
from the Vista city limits to Palomar Airport Road, and waive the right-of-way open
space boundary adjustment requirement under General Plan Open Space Element Policy
4-P.6
Executive Summary
Each year, staff collects traffic data in accordance with the GMP monitoring program to
determine if the performance standard is being met for each facility. Eight street facilities in the
city were identified in the Annual Growth Management Monitoring Report for fiscal year (FY)
2017-18 as falling short of the LOS performance standard (Exhibit 2). Exhibit 3 shows a map
with locations of these eight deficient street facilities.
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These eight street facilities1 are:
1. Southbound El Camino Real from the Oceanside city limits to Marron Road
2. Northbound El Camino Real from Marron Road to the Oceanside city limits
3. Southbound College Boulevard from Aston Avenue to Palomar Airport Road
4. Southbound Melrose Drive from the Vista city limits to Palomar Airport Road
5. Southbound El Camino Real from Cannon Road to College Boulevard
6. Northbound El Camino Real from College Boulevard to Cannon Road
7. Eastbound Cannon Road from El Camino Real to College Boulevard
8. Westbound Cannon Road from College Bo\_llevard to El Camino Real
This staff report identifies measures to address deficiencies on the first four street facilities
listed above.
A future staff report will be presented to the City Council to discuss options to address the
traffic flow deficiencies on the four remaining street facilities that do not meet the required
level of service.
Discussion
Background
This is the second of three staff reports stemming from a discussion at the July 16, 2019 City
Council meeting. At that meeting, staff presented a report on how these eight deficient street
facilities had been identified in the Annual Growth Management Monitoring Report for FY
2017-18 as falling short ofthe LOS performance standard.
City Council directed staff to consider additional options to address the deficiencies and
indicated a need for a detailed discussion with additional information before the City Council
would take action on the matter. As a result, the City Manager asked that the matter be
continued to a future City Council meeting to allow time for staff to prepare presentations
related to:
1) The different ways the transportation system management (TSM) and transportation
demand management (TDM) programs work to manage traffic congestion and improve
mobility
2) Recommendations on addressing the deficient level of service on four street facilities
located outside Local Facilities Management Zone 15
3) Additional options to address the deficiencies in level of service on four street facilities
affecting Local Facilities Management Zone 15, which relates to the uncompleted
portion of College Boulevard
1 This report uses the term "street facility" and the July 16, 2019 staff report referred to deficient "street
segments." "Street facility" is a section of roadway that shares the same roadway characteristics, and
which is composed of one or more street segments, while a "street segment" is the portion of a street
facility between two intersections. In some cases, such as with the four deficient sections of roadway
discussed in this report, a street segment is also a street facility. The term "street facility" is being used
in this report for greater consistency with terminology from the General Plan Mobility Element.
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The first of these presentations occurred on Dec. 10, 2019, when staff presented an
informational report to the City Council on how the city manages traffic with TSM and TDM
programs.
This report and a subsequent one will address the eight street facilities that have been
identified as falling below the city's required LOS standard.
Deficient Street Facilities under the City's Growth Management Plan
A primary objective of the city's GMP is to ensure that adequate public facilities are provided
concurrent with growth as established by Prnposition E, which was passed by voters in 1986.
Proposition E established broad guidelines for determining adequacy of public facilities. An
important component of the GMP is the Citywide Facilities and Improvements Plan (CFIP) that
includes specific performance standards for each of the 11 public facilities, including circulation
that addresses the livable streets network. The following performance standard was defined for
the livable streets network:
Implement a comprehensive livable streets network that serves all users of the system -
vehicles, pedestrians, bicycles and public transit. Maintain LOS D or better for all modes
that are subject to this multi-modal level of service {MM LOS} standard, as identified in
Table 3-1 of the General Plan Mobility Element, excluding LOS exempt intersections and
streets approved by the City Council.
The CFIP divided the city into 25 Local Facility Management Zones (LFMZs). Each LFMZ is
required to have an adopted Local Facilities Management Plan that must describe the
following:
• How the LFMZ will be developed
• How compliance with the GMP standards will be achieved
• What public facilities will be required to maintain each performance measure
• What financing mechanisms will be used to fund these facilities
The GMP requires development activity to stop in an LFMZ if a performance standard is not
being met, unless arrangements satisfactory to the City Council are made guaranteeing the
facilities and improvements that will addres.s the deficiency. No development permits or
building permits can be issued in the affected LFMZ until the problem is resolved.
However, SB 330, which was adopted on October 9, 2019 and is effective January 1, 2020, limits
public agencies' ability to deny housing developments and may impact the city's ability to
prohibit development and building permits under the GMP. The City Attorney's Office is
evaluating SB 330 and will update the City Council on its impacts in the near future.
FY 2017-18 Annual Monitoring Report and Four Street Facility Deficiencies
Each year, staff monitors the 11 different public facility systems, including for circulation, and
submits a report to City Council comparing performance data against the adopted standards.
The Annual Growth Management Monitoring Report for FY 2017-18 identified a total of eight
street facilities that do not have exemptions from the performance standard and that do not
meet the performance standard. This staff report identifies measures to address deficiencies on
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four of these street facilities. A future staff report will discuss the remaining four deficient
street facilities.
Table 1 summarizes the monitoring data and recommended actions needed to address the
deficiencies on these four street facilities. The table presents: a) the LOS reported in the report
("Without Actions"), b) the LOS expected after the recommended action is taken ("With
Actions"), and c) the LFMZs that would be affected by the deficiency if the recommended
actions are not implemented.
Table 1
Proposed Actions to Address Deficiencies at Four Street Facilities
Deficient LOS Affected From To Recommended Actions Without With Street Facility Actions Actions LFMZ (*)
1. El Camino Oceanside Marron Exempt from LOS D E E 1
Real City Limits Road standard(**)
2. El Camino Marron Oceanside Exempt from LOS D E E 2
Real Road City Limits standard(**)
3. College Aston Palomar Implement CIP No. 6028 F B 5
Boulevard Avenue Airport (add 2nd through lane)
Road
4. Melrose Vista City Palomar Exempt from LOS D F E 18
Drive Limits Airport standard(**);
Road Implement CIP No . 6034
(add 3rd through lane);
Notes:
* · Local Facilities Management Zone (LFMZ) that is affected by deficiency
** Transportation Demand Management (TDM)/Transportation System Management (TSM) measures
will be applied to development adding traffic to the street facilities exempt from the LOS D standard
Based on this information, staff recommends that City Council determine that a deficiency
exists at each of the street facilities listed in Table 1 per Carlsbad Municipal Code (CMC) Section
21.90.130 (c):
If at any time it appears to the satisfaction of the city manager that facilities or
improvements within a facilities management zone or zones are inadequate to
accommodate any further development within that zone or that the performance
standards adopted pursuant to Section 21.90.100 are not being met he or she shall
immediately report the deficiency to the council. If the council determines that a
deficiency exists then no further building or development permits shall be issued within
the affected zone or zones and development shall cease until an amendment to the city-
wide facilities and improvements plan or applicable local facilities management plan
which addresses the deficiency is approved by the city council and the performance
standard is met.
Measures to Address Street Facility Deficiencies
When a street facility deficiency is determined to exist, in accordance with CMC Section
21.90.080 and 21.90.130, the following options exist:
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• Where a feasible improvement project exists to achieve the performance standard:
o City Council can identify and fund a city improvement project that will result in
the street facility meeting the performance standard
o City Council can adopt an arrangement guaranteeing the improvement project
that will result in the street facility meeting the performance standard
• Where no feasible improvement project exists to achieve the performance standard:
o City Council can determine the street facility is built out and exempt from the
LOS D standard under General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.9. Apply
TDM/TSM strategies to development that adds vehicle traffic to the exempt
street facilities.
If a feasible improvement project exists that the city will not undertake, and there is no private
arrangement guaranteeing the improvement project, then City Council would prohibit issuing
development and building permits in affected LFMZs until the performance standard is met or
an arrangement guaranteeing the improvement is adopted.
The General Plan Mobility Element acknowledges that the city cannot always rely on adding
roadway capacity to address deficiencies. In other words, the city cannot always build our way
out of traffic congestion. The City Council has the authority to deem a street facility "built out"
and exempt from the LOS D standard when the following build-out criteria are met in
accordance with General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.9:
Develop and maintain a list of street facilities where specified modes of travel are exempt
from the LOS standard {LOS exempt street facilities}, as approved by the City Council. For
LOS exempt street facilities, the city will not implement improvements to maintain the LOS
standard outlined in Policy 3-P.4 if such improvements are beyond what is identified as
appropriate at build out of the General Plan. In the case of street facilities where the vehicle
mode of travel is exempt from the LOS standard, other non-vehicle capacity-building
improvements will be required to improve mobility through implementation of
transportation demand and transportation system management measures as outlined in
Policy 3-P.11, to the extent feasible, and/or to implement the livable streets goals and
policies of this Mobility Element. Evaluate the list of exempt street facilities, as part of the
Growth Management monitoring program, to determine if such exemptions are still
warranted. To exempt the vehicle mode of travel from the LOS standard at a particular
street intersection or segment, the intersection or street segment must be identified as built-
out by the City Council because:
a. acquiring the rights of way is not feasible; or
b. the proposed improvements would significantly impact the environment in an
unacceptable way and mitigation would not contribute to the nine core values of the
Carlsbad Community Vision; or
c. the proposed improvements would result in unacceptable impacts to other
community values or General Plan policies; or
d. the proposed improvements would require more than three through travel lanes in
each direction.
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. General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.11 requires new development that adds vehicular
traffic to street facilities that are exempt from the vehicle LOS D standard to implement:
• TDM strategies that reduce the reliance on single-occupant automobile and assist in
achieving the city's livable streets vision; and
• TSM strategies that improve traffic signal coordination and improve transit service.
Recommended Actions to Address the Four Deficient Street Facilities
Staff has considered the feasible improvement project options to address these deficiencies
and recommends that the City Council adopt the following measures to address the four street
facility deficiencies covered in this report:
1. Southbound El Camino Real from Oceanside City Limits to Marron Road
Staff recommends the City Council determine this street facility to be built out and exempt
from the LOS D standard, under General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.9 (d), because
addressing this deficiency through roadway improvements would require widening El Camino
Real to create an additional through lane. This would require more than three through travel
lanes in each direction.
This street facility is located in LFMZ 1. Under General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.11,
future development that adds traffic to this exempt street facility will be required to implement
appropriate TDM and TSM strategies.
2. Northbound El Camino Real from Marron Road to Oceanside City Limits
Staff recommends the City Council also determine this street facility to be built out and exempt
from the LOS D standard, under General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.9 (d), because
addressing this deficiency through roadway improvements would require widening El Camino
Real to create an additional through lane. This would require more than three through travel
lanes in each direction.
This street facility is located in LFMZ 2. Under General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.11,
future development that adds traffic to this exempt street facility will be required to implement
appropriate TDM and TSM strategies. The TSM strategies will include collaborating with the
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the City of Oceanside staff to improve
traffic signal operations across jurisdictional boundaries.
3. Southbound College Boulevard from Aston Avenue to Palomar Airport Road
Staff recommends the City Council expedite CIP Project No. 6028 to address the deficiency of
southbound College Boulevard by adding a second through lane, and waive the right-of-way
open space boundary adjustment requirement under General Plan Open Space Element Policy
4-P.6. This project, as shown in Exhibit 4, is expected to address the reported deficiency and
bring the stretch of roadway up to the desired levels of servLce.
In the July 16, 2019 City Council presentation, staff recommended the City Council designate
this street facility to be built out and exempt from meeting the required standard.
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That recommendation was based on concerns that restriping the roadway to add a through
lane would eliminate a bicycle lane, raising safety issues and conflicting with the Mobility
Element's Table 3-1 guidelines on bike lanes, and that the small strip of land needed to widen
the roadway while keeping the bike lane was protected by the city's Habitat Management Plan
(HMP}.
After further analysis and review, staff has determined the road widening described in CIP
Project No. 6028 will not encroach into the hard line HMP, and that the CIP project will keep the
required bike lane. After completion of this project, the street facility is expected to meet the
LOS D performance standard.
Currently, about $150,000 of CIP funding is available for this project design, but approximately
$450,000 of additional funding is expected to be needed to complete this project. A cost
estimate of the anticipated additional funding will be presented to the City Council once staff
has had an opportunity to scope the project. The proposed project improvements currently
include existing right-of-way for future roadway improvements; however, additional right-of-
way will be needed from the adjacent city-owned parcel to extend the right-turn lane.
The CIP Project No. 6028 improvements are within a coastal and wetland area. So, this project
may require some mitigation for its impact on sensitive habitat or species. HMP requirements
would include mitigation for various impacts from a ratio of 1:1 up to approximately 3:1 within
the coastal zone for both coastal sage and wetland habitat, respectively, depending on
acceptance from the permitting agencies. A cost estimate of the anticipated additional funding
will be presented to City Council once staff has had an opportunity to scope the project.
4. Southbound Melrose Drive from Vista City Limits to Palomar Airport Road
Staff recommends the City Council expedite CIP Project No. 6034 to improve traffic flow of
southbound Melrose Drive, and waive the right-of-way open space boundary adjustment
requirement under General Plan Open Space Element Policy 4-P.6. This project would add a
southbound right turn lane on Melrose Drive and re-stripe the existing lanes to provide a third
southbound through lane approaching the intersection with Palomar Airport Road as shown in
Exhibit 5.
This project is expected to improve traffic circulation, as described in Table 1, but is not
expected to meet the LOS D performance standard. Therefore, the street facility is expected to
remain deficient after completion of the project.
The city has set aside approximately $465,000 of CIP funding for this project, but approximately
$100,000 of additional funding is expected to be required to complete this project. A cost
estimate of the anticipated additional funding will be presented to the City Council once staff
has had an opportunity to scope the project. In 2012, the City Council authorized staff to solicit
bids on this project under Resolution No. 2012-252, but the project did not move forward due
to changes in priorities at that time.
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Staff recommends the City Council also determine this street facility to be built out and exempt
from the LOS D standard, under General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.9 (d). CIP Project No.
6034 only adds a third through lane; however, future roadway improvements to address the
anticipated remaining deficiency would require further widening of Melrose Drive to
accommodate a fourth through lane, which would conflict with General Plan Mobility Element
Policy 3-P.9 (d).
This stretch of roadway is located in LFMZ 18. Under General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-
P.11, future development that adds traffic to this exempt street facility will be required to
implement appropriate TDM and TSM strategies.
As part ofthe FY 2017-18 annual growth management monitoring report update, this item was
presented to the Traffic and Mobility Commission on Dec. 2, 2019, who approved support of
staff's recommendations to the City Council by a vote of 6-0-0-1 with Chair Mona Gecan absent.
Attached as Exhibit 6 are the draft minutes from that meeting.
Fiscal Analysis
No new CIP projects have beeri identified in this staff report, but additional funding is expected
to complete the existing CIP projects. Staff has outlined the anticipated future funding needs
below and will adjust the project costs as part of the FY 2020-21 CIP approval process or
separately for City Council approval.
I ANTICIPATED FUNDING REQUEST
CIP PROJECT NOS. 6028 AND 6034
Current Appropriation (6028) $150,000
Future Appropriation Needed (6028) $450,000
TOTAL ANTICIPATED FUNDS NEEDED $600,000
Current Appropriation (6034) $465,000
Future Appropriation Needed (6034) $100,000
TOTAL ANTICIPATED FUNDS NEEDED $565,000
Next Steps
Consistent with the City Council's direction, staff will update the applicable LFMP and CFIP as
needed to comply with the CMC and GMP. Field data has been collected and analysis is being
conducted to prepare the next Annual Growth Management Monitoring Report, fiscal year
2018-19.
Environmental--Evaluation (CEQA)
Exempting street facilities and intersections from the Growth Management Program circulation
LOS standard is an activity that was previously evaluated in the Final Program Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) 13-02 for the General Plan update (GPA 07-02), dated Sept. 22, 2015. The
City Council may declare certain street facilities as built-out and approve LOS exemptions
consistent with General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.9 provided that subsequent
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development projects located in LFMZs with exempted facilities incorporate appropriate TOM
and TSM measures to reduce project impacts.
The EIR evaluated the potential environmental effects of the implementation of General Plan
policies and Climate Action Plan measures that would reduce congestion and vehicle-related
demand through TOM and TSM. Therefore, pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) Guidelines Section 15168 (c) (2), the action to exempt the recommended street facilities
from the Growth Management Program circulation LOS performance standard is within the
scope of the Final Program EIR 13-02 and no further CEQA compliance is required.
Street improvement projects recommended in this staff report will be subject to appropriate
project-level CEQA review during their planning and design prior to implementation.
Public Notification
This item was noticed in accordance with the Ralph M. Brown Act and was available for public
viewing and review at least 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting date.
Exhibits
1. City Council Resolution.
2. Annual Growth Management Monitoring Report for fiscal year 2017-18: Circulation Section
3. Map of Deficient Street Facilities with Local Facility Management Zones
4. Location Map for College Boulevard and Palomar Airport Road, CIP No. 6028
5. Location Map for Melrose Drive and Palomar Airport Road, CIP No. 6034
6. Draft Minutes from the Dec. 2, 2019 Traffic and Mobility Commission Meeting
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RESOLUTION NO. 2019-270
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA,
DETERMINING DEFICIENCIES OF FOUR STREET FACILITIES ACCORDING TO THE
GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN AND ADOPTION OF MEASURES TO ADDRESS
DEFICIENCIES.
WHEREAS, on July 1, 1986 the City Council passed and adopted Ordinance No. 9808 amending Title
21 of the Carlsbad Municipal Code (CMC) by the addition of Chapter 21.90 establishing a Growth
Management Plan {GMP) for the city; and
WHEREAS, on Nov. 4, 1986, Carlsbad voters passed Proposition E, initiative Ordinance No. 9824,
establishing residential dwelling unit limits in the city's four quadrants and requiring that public facilities be
made available concurrent with need in accordance with the city's growth management program; and
WHEREAS, the GMP makes the approval of new development contingent upon adequacy of public
facilities, based on performance standards for eleven identified public facilities; and
WHEREAS, the Citywide Facilities and Improvements Plan {CFIP) includes the circulation
performance standard that requires facilities to maintain Level of Service (LOS) D or better, excluding LOS
exempt intersections and streets approved by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the GMP requires annual monitoring to measure adequate performance of various
public facilities, including circulation; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan Mobility Element, adopted in September 2015, requires that the city's
LOS analyses for growth management purposes use Highway Capacity Manual {HCM) methodology; and
WHEREAS, staff employed HCM methodology for its LOS analyses in the fiscal year (FY) 2017-2018
annual monitoring report, in lieu of the city's prior use of the Intersection Capacity Utilization-Carlsbad {ICU-
C) methodology; and
WHEREAS, CMC Section 21.90.080 states, "If at any time after the preparation of a local facilities
management plan the performance standards established by a plan are not met then no development
permits or building permits shall be issued within the local zone until the performance standard is met or
arrangements satisfactory to the City Council guaranteeing the facilities and improvements have been
made."; and
WHEREAS, the General Plan Mobility Element, Policy 3-P.9, allows City Council to exempt the vehicle
mode of travel from the LOS D standard for a street intersection or facility that has been identified as built-
out because one or more enumerated criteria has been met; and
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WHEREAS, General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.11 requires new development that adds vehicle
traffic to street facilities that are exempt from the vehicle LOS D standard to implement Transportation
Demand Management (TDM) and Transportation System Management (TSM) strategies to improve the
efficiency of the existing transportation system, reduce reliance on single-occupant automobiles and
provide attractive alternatives to driving an automobile according to the city's livable streets vision; and
WHEREAS, the FY 2017-2018 annual monitoring report identified the following four street facilities
not meeting the LOS D performance standard, and that roadway improvement projects and/or exemptions
from the performance standard can fully address these deficiencies: El Camino Real southbound from
Oceanside city limits to Marron Road; El Camino Real northbound from Marron Road to Oceanside city
limits; College Boulevard southbound from Aston Avenue to Palomar Airport Road; and Melrose Drive
southbound from Vista city limits to Palomar Airport Road; and
WHEREAS, on July 16, 2019, city staff presented recommended actions to City Council to address
the LOS D performance standard deficiencies identified in the FY 2017-2018 annual monitoring report for
the four above-described street facilities, and City Council returned the item with direction for staff to
formulate alternate solutions; and
WHEREAS, city staff continue to recommend addressing the LOS deficiencies at El Camino Real
southbound from Oceanside city limits to Marron Road and El Camino Real northbound from Marron Road
to Oceanside city limits through an exemption to the LOS D standard pursuant to Mobility Element Policy
3-P.9, because roadway improvements would require more than three through lanes in each direction of
travel, which is inconsistent with the General Plan Mobility Element; and
WHEREAS, city staff now recommend modified actions to address the deficiencies at College
Boulevard southbound from Aston Road to Palomar Airport Road and at Melrose Drive southbound from
Vista city limits to Palomar Airport Road; and
WHEREAS, the July 16, 2019 staff report recommended an exemption from the LOS D standard,
pursuant to Mobility Element Policy 3-P.9, for the deficiencies at College Boulevard southbound from Aston
Road to Palomar Airport Road, due to staff's prior determination that the addition of a second southbound
through lane on College Boulevard would remove the existing bike lane and that the road widening could
impact existing hardline Habitat Management Plan (HMP) preserve area, impact sensitive upland and/or
riparian habitat in the Coastal Zone, and be constrained by an existing SDG&E powerline easement and
tower support. Upon further examination by staff, the addition of a second southbound through lane
would not require removal of the existing bike lane and, furthermore, the necessary widening would not
impact existing hardline HMP preserve area; and
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WHEREAS, city staff have determined after further study the LOS deficiency at College Boulevard
southbound from Aston Road to Palomar Airport Road can be fully addressed by constructing the existing
Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Project No. 6028 to add a second southbound through lane on College
Boulevard with a waiver of the adjacent right-of-way from open space boundary adjustment requirements
under General Plan Open Space Element Policy 4-P.6, and would not impact the ability of Local Facility
Management Zone (LFMZ) 5 to meet the GMP open space standard; and
WHEREAS, the July 16, 2019 staff report stated that CIP Project No. 6034 would fully address the
deficiency at Melrose Drive southbound from Vista city limits to Palomar Airport Road; and
WHEREAS, city staff have determined after further study that the LOS D deficiency at Melrose Drive
southbound from Vista city limits to Palomar Airport Road cannot be fully addressed by constructing the
existing CIP Project No. 6034, and staff now recommends an exemption from the LOS D standard, pursuant
to Mobility Element Policy 3-P.9, for this street facility; and
WHEREAS, although it will not fully address the LOS D deficiency at Melrose Drive southbound from
Vista city limits to Palomar Airport Road, city staff recommend implementing CIP No. 6034 to widen Melrose
Drive to add a third southbound through lane on Melrose Drive with a waiver of the adjacent right-of-way
from open space boundary adjustment requirements under General Plan Open Space Element Policy 4-P.6.
CIP No. 6_034 will improve traffic congestion at this location and the resulting decrease in an existing parklet
of ornamental landscaping will not impact the ability of LFMZ 18 to meet the GMP open space standard;
and
WHEREAS, for the street facilities of El Camino Real southbound from Oceanside city limits to
Marron Road, El Camino Real northbound from Marron Road to Oceanside city limits, College Boulevard
southbound from Aston Avenue to Palomar Airport Road, and Melrose Drive southbound from Vista city
limits to Palomar Airport Road, staff recommends that the City Council adopt measures, as described in the
associated Staff Report, that either construct improvements to restore a deficiency to an acceptable level
of service, or determine the deficient street facility to be built-out and exempt from the LOS D standard
and apply TOM and TSM strategies to new development that adds vehicle traffic to the exempt street
facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City Planner has determined that: 1) exempting street facilities and intersections
from the GMP circulation LOS D vehicle performance standard is a subsequent activity of the General Plan
Mobility Element for which Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (EIR) 13-02 was prepared; 2) a
notice for the activity has been given, which includes statements that this activity is within the scope of the
program approved earlier, and that program EIR 13-02 adequately describes the activity for the purposes
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of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Section 15168{c)(2) and (e); 3) that the proposal to exempt
certain sections of El Camino Real and College Boulevard has no new significant environmental effect that
was not analyzed as significant in program EIR 13-02; and 4) none of the circumstances requiring a
subsequent or a supplemental EIR under CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 or 15163 exist.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the City Council determines a deficiency of the LOS D performance standard exists for the
following street facilities based on the results of the FY 2017-2018 growth management annual
monitoring report:
a. El Camino Real southbound from Oceanside city limits to Marron Road
b. El Camino Real northbound from Marron Road to Oceanside city limits
c. College Boulevard southbound from Aston Avenue to Palomar Airport Road
d. Melrose Drive southbound from Vista city limits to Palomar Airport Road
3. That the City Council determines El Camino Real southbound from Oceanside city limits to
Marron Road, and El Camino Real northbound from Marron Road to Oceanside city limits, are
built-out and exempt from the LOS performance standard for the vehicle mode of travel under
General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.9 (d), as roadway improvements to address the
deficiencies would require more than three through travel lanes in each direction, such that
future development which adds vehicle traffic to these exempt street facilities shall implement
TDM and TSM strategies in accordance with General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.11.
4. In relation to the street section of Melrose Drive southbound from Vista city limits to Palomar
Airport Road, City Council directs staff to expedite the roadway improvements under existing
CIP Project No. 6034 to partially address the identified LOS performance standard deficiency
and, under General Plan Open Space Element Policy 4-P .6, City Council waives any right-of-way
open space boundary adjustment requirements applicable to CIP Project No. 6034.
5. That the City Council determines Melrose Drive southbound from Vista city limits to Palomar
Airport Road to be built-out and exempt from the LOS performance standard for the vehicle
mode of travel under General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.9 (d), as the construction of
existing CIP Project No. 6034 will only partially address the LOS deficiency and additional
roadway improvements to fully address the deficiency would require more than three through
travel lanes in each direction, such that future development which adds vehicle traffic to these
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exempt street facilities shall implement TDM and TSM strategies in accordance with General
Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.11.
6. In relation to the street section of College Boulevard southbound from Aston Avenue to
Palomar Airport Road, City Council directs staff to expedite the roadway improvements under
existing CIP Project No. 6028 to address the identified LOS performance standard deficiency,
and, under General Plan Open Space Element Policy 4-P.6, City Council waives any right-of-way
open space boundary adjustment requirements applicable to CIP Project No. 6028.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad
on the 17th day of December 2019, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Hall, Blackburn, Bhat-Patel, Schumacher.
NAYS: None.
ABSENT: None.
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Exhibit 2
CIRCULATION
A. Performance Standard
Implement a comprehensive livable streets network that serves all users of the system -
vehicles, pedestrians, bicycles and public transit. Maintain level of service (LOS) D or
better for all modes that are subject to this multi-modal level of service (MMLOS)
standard, as identified in Table 3-1 of the General Plan Mobility Element, excluding LOS
exempt intersections and streets approved by the City Council.
The service levels for each travel mode are represented as a "grade" ranging from LOS A
to LOS F: LOS A reflects a high level of service for a travel mode (e.g. outstanding
characteristics and experience for that mode) and LOS F would reflect an inadequate level
of service for a travel mode (e.g. excessive congestion for vehicles, inadequate facilities
for bicycle, pedestrian, or transit users).
B. Livable Streets
The California Complete Streets Act (2008) requires cities in California to plan for a
balanced, multi-modal transportation system that meets the needs of all travel modes.
Accomplishing this state mandate requires a fundamental shift in how the city plans and
designs the street system -recognizing the street as a public space that serves all users
of the system (elderly, children, bicyclists, pedestrians, etc.) within the urban context of
that system (e.g. accounting for the adjacent land uses).
• Prior to adoption ofthe General Plan Mobility Element on September 22, 2015, the
growth management circulation performance standard was based on the circulation
needs of a single mode of travel....: the automobile.
• The General Plan Mobility Element identifies a new livable streets strategy for mobility
within the city.
• The livable streets strategy focuses on creating a 'multi-modal' street network that
supports the mobility needs of pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, and vehicles.
• Providing travel mode options that reduce dependence on the vehicle also supports
the city's Climate Action Plan in achieving its goals of reducing greenhouse gas
emissions within the city.
C. Street Typology
The city's approach to provide livable streets recognizes that improving the LOS for one
mode of transportation can sometimes degrade the LOS for another mode. For example,
pedestrian friendly streets are designed to encourage pedestrian uses and typically have
slow vehicle travel speeds and short-distance pedestrian crossings that restrict vehicle
mobility. Therefore, the General Plan Mobility Element's livable streets approach
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Exhibit 2
identifies, based on the location and type of street (street typology), the travel modes for
which service levels should be enhanced and maintained per the MM LOS standard (LOS
D or better).
• Mobility Element Table 3-1 describes the livable street typologies and Figure 3-1
depicts the livable street system.
• The street typology identifies which modes of transportation are subject to, and which
modes are not subject to, the MM LOS standard.
• The vehicle mode of travel is subject to the MM LOS standard only on the following
street typologies: Freeways, Arterial Streets, Arterial Connector Streets, and Industrial
Streets.
• The city has historically monitored vehicle LOS along 26 street segments.
o When the Mobility Element was adopted in 2015, eight of those street
segments were designated with street typologies where the vehicle is
accommodated but is not subject to the MM LOS standard.
o These eight street segments are streets where the LOS of other travel modes
(pedestrian, bicycle, transit) is a priority.
o These eight street segments were not monitored for vehicular LOS in this
report.
o Vehicular LOS data was collected along the remaining eighteen (26-8=18)
street segments as discussed below.
D. Methods to Measure Multi-Modal Level of Service (MMLOS)
• Vehicle LOS is measured as described below.
• The method to measure pedestrian, bicycle and transit LOS is based on the approach
used in preparation of the General Plan Environmental Impact Report (EIR), which
identifies attributes of a location and identifies a qualitative LOS grade based on the
attributes of the pedestrian, bicycle or transit facility. Each attribute contributes to a
point system that, when the total points for all attributes are added together,
corresponds to a qualitative letter grade. Following the adoption of the General Plan
Mobility Element and the MMLOS standard, city staff developed the MMLOS Tool,
which refines the method used in the General Plan EIR.
E. Changing How Vehicle LOS is Measured
During this reporting period, changes were made to how vehicle LOS is measured, in
comparison to previous years. The changes are summarized below and were made to
be consistent with the General Plan Mobility Element, recent changes to the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and the latest version of the Highway Capacity
Manual (HCM).
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Exhibit 2
, • Eliminated intersection vehicle LOS analysis.
The city has historically monitored vehicle LOS using both intersection and street
segment methodologies. The city eliminated the use of intersection LOS analysis and
now evaluates vehicle LOS using only street segment LOS analysis.
• Updated street segment vehicle LOS analysis.
The methodology used to evaluate vehicle LOS along street segments was updated to
be consistent with the Highway Capacity Manual, per the General Plan Mobility
Element. This update resulted in significantly reduced roadway capacities which
subsequently led to significantly lower LOS results on most roadway segments.
• Re-Defined street segments to monitor.
The 18 street segments that were historically monitored and will continue to be
monitored for vehicle LOS have been divided into 43 smaller street segments.
Changes in the number of lanes, signal spacing or speed limit define the segment
division. For this reporting period, traffic counts were not collected for all 43 street
segments. Rather, traffic counts were collected at the same 18 historical locations as
in previous years, and vehicle LOS is reported for the 18 street segments that align
with the historical locations. The other 25 street segments (43-18=25) were not
monitored in this report. All 43 street segments will be monitored in 2019.
• Changing vehicle LOS monitoring from summer conditions to average spring/fall
conditions.
The schedule for collecting field data for vehicle LOS was changed from summer to
spring and fall data collection. The industry standard is to monitor traffic in the spring
and fall to reflect typical conditions when school is in session. This report reflects
traffic data gathered in the fall of 2018. Traffic data is scheduled to be collected in the
spring of 2019.
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Exhibit 2
F. LOS D Exemptions
The City Council has the authority to exempt a street facility from the LOS D standard if
the street facility meets one or more of the following criteria from General Plan Mobility
Element Policy 3-P.9:
To exempt the vehicle mode of travel from the LOS standard at a particular street
intersection or segment, the intersection or street segment must be identified as built-out
by the City Council because:
a. Acquiring the rights of way is not feasible; or
b. The proposed improvements would significantly impact the environment in an
unacceptable way and mitigation would not contribute to the nine core values of
the Carlsbad Community Vision; or
c. The proposed improvements would result in unacceptable impacts to other
community values or General Plan policies; or
d. The proposed improvements would require more than three through travel lanes
in each direction.
The following street facilities were identified in the General Plan and are expected to
provide a vehicle level of service below LOS D at buildout. Per General Plan Mobility
Element Policy 3-P.10, the following street facilities, including the intersections along
these segments, are exempt from the vehicle level of service standard:
• La Costa Avenue between lnterstate-5 and El Camino Real
• El Camino Real between Palomar Airport Road and La Costa Avenue
• Palomar Airport Road between lnterstate-5 and College Boulevard
• Palomar Airport Road between El Camino Real and Melrose Drive
G. FY 2017-18 Facility Adequacy Analysis
This report includes circulation facility adequacy analysis for FY 2017-18. The details of
all LOS results are found in the 2018 GMP traffic monitoring data. The following table
summarizes the street segments where vehicle and other modes of transportation exceed
(do not meet) the MM LOS standard (LOS Dor higher).
1. Street Segments with Vehicle LOS Exceeding LOS D Standard
Compared to previous growth management monitoring reports, this report identifies
more street segments that do not meet the MM LOS standard -LOS Dor higher. The
increase in segments with a LOS below Dis primarily due to the changes in how vehicle
LOS is measured (as summarized above), and to a lesser degree changes in volume of
vehicles compared to previous years. Following this report, city staff will deliver a
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Exhibit 2
more detailed report to the City Council on the vehicle LOS reported in the table below
and shown in Figure 4.
Deficient Level of Service Adjacent Facility
Roadway From To (LOS) Management Zone
Segment AM PM (LFMZ)
El Camino Real Oceanside Marron Road E E 1, 2
City Limits
El Camino Real Marron Road Oceanside E E 1, 2
City Limits
El Camino Real College Blvd . Cannon Road C F 5, 8, 14, 15, 24
El Camino Real Cannon Road College Blvd F B 5, 8, 14, 15, 24
College Blvd. Aston Palomar B F , 5
Avenue Airport Rd .
Melrose Drive Vista City Palomar F E 5, 18
Limits Airport Rd .
Cannon Road El Camino College Blvd D F 8, 14,15,24
Real
Cannon Road College Blvd El Camino E D 8, 14, 15, 24
Real
2. Roadway Segments with Pedestrian LOS Exceeding LOS D Standard
None (all of the roadway segments monitored met the LOS standard)
3. Roadway Segments with Bicycle Los Exceeding LOS D Standard
None (all of the roadway segments monitored met the LOS standard) . .
4. Roadway Segments with Transit LOS Exceeding LOS D Standard
None (the recently adopted Travel Demand Management ordinance addresses all
outstanding issues)
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Exhibit 2
H. Buildout Facility Adequacy Analysis
The Environmental Impact Report for the 2015 General Plan evaluated how buildout of
the land uses planned by the General Plan will impact the vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle and
transit levels of service, and identified that additional circulation facilities may need to be
constructed in order to meet the GMP performance standard at buildout. The following
summarizes the results of that evaluation:
Vehicle Level of Service at Buildout
• Additional future road segments (extensions of College Boulevard, Poinsettia Lane
and Camino Junipero) needed to accommodate the city's future growth were
identified as part of the General Plan update. The General Plan Mobility Element
identifies these needed future road segments as "Planned City of Carlsbad Street
Capacity Improvements."
• The General Plan also called out the need to implement the scheduled lnterstate-5
North Coast Project and lnterstate-S/lnterstate-78 Interchange Improvement Project
that are needed to accommodate future growth.
• The Capital Improvement Program (CIP) funds projects that will upgrade the LOS
including several roadway widenings along El Camino Real near: College Road
(northbound), La Costa Avenue (southbound), and Cassia Road (northbound).
• The General Plan EIR identifies travel demand management (TDM) and traffic system
management (TSM) as mitigation measures for roadway sections that have been
given LOS exemptions.
Pedestrian, Bicycle and Transit Level of Service at Buildout
Improvements to pedestrian, bicycle and transit facilities may be needed to ensure
compliance with the MM LOS standard at buildout. Needed improvements will be
identified after the city has completed an evaluation of the facility according to the
roadway typology.
I. Next Steps
Carlsbad Municipal Code f 21.90.130 (c) states:
If at any time it appears to the satisfaction of the city manager that facilities or
improvements within a facilities management zone or zones are inadequate to
accommodate any further development within that zone or that the performance
standards adopted pursuant to Section 21.90.100 are not being met, he or she
shall immediately report the deficiency to the council. If the council determines
that a deficiency exists, then no further building or development permits shall be
issued within the affected zone or zones and development shall cease until an
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Exhibit 2
amendment to the city-wide facilities and improvements plan or applicable local
facilities management plan which addresses the deficiency is approved by the city
council and the performance standard is met.
A staff report will be sent to the City Council that includes the following:
• a list of the street segments subject to the LOS D standard and do not meet this
standard;
• a list of these deficient street segments that meet the conditions for an
exemption;
• a list of projects that could be implemented to meet the LOS D standard;
• a request that City Council determine which of these segments is deficient,
identify which ones should gain exemptions, and identify which projects to fund
in order to meet the LOS D standard.
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mitigation measures. He recommended staff monitor all roads including those not subject to the
auto Level Of Service (LOS) standard.
□ Commissioner Linke asked what the ridership was for the Carlsbad Connector program and if
.there was a target ridership established. Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager Schmidt
responded that early results report an average of 500 riders use the service per week and that
no ridership target was established for the program. It is a pilot project.
□ Commissioner Linke correspondence related to Fiscal Year 2017-18 Annual Growth
Management Monitoring Report Update is on file with the office of the City Clerk.
Motion by Commissioner Linke, seconded by Commissioner Hunter to SUPROrt staff's recommendation
on four deficient street facilities and to expedite Capital Improvement Pr:ogram (CIP) Project No. 6028
and CIP Project No. 6034.
Motion carried: 6/1 {Absent: Gocan) /J
Motion by Commissioner Linke, seconded by Commissione~Pow er, to recommend the City Council to
prioritize Transportation Demand Management and Transi:iofution System Management programs to
mitigate congestion on the exemption roads.
Motion carried: 6/1 (Absent: Gocan)
3. POINSETTIA LANE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS -{Staff Contact: ofin Kim, Public Works) -
Informational item
City Traffic Engineer presented the Traffic Studies and Traffic Investigations performed at
Poinsettia Lane, the results and the recommenaation of traffic sjgnals at intersections of
Poinsettia Lane/Oriole Court/Skimmer Court anfrPoinsettia [ane/Cassia Road.
□ Acting Chair Johnson noted that result changed from LOS A to LOS F apparently due to
inconsistent LOS methodologies being applied. She recommended staff standardize the LOS
methodology to produce consistent results.
□ Acting Chair Johnson askecJ if the monitoring'of exemption streets and non-exemption streets
are eyaltf'if&;,wjJh a consistent LOS methodology. Senior Engineer Bilse explained that the same
1,~if~;th;d~fff{{f"~~~sed to evaluate both exempt and non-exempt streets.
~J i qmmissioner P€n~~hes reco mencled that staff evaluate alternatives to the proposed traffic 77❖1,~fJ/>n Poinsettia Cfi ~nd cons·der installing roundabouts. This alternative would reflect a
singli• lane in each dire-et ion, lower speeds and result in a more pedestrian and bicycle friendly
envirci'ri~~m: The Mult\filodal Level of Service (MM LOS) was reported as "A" for Poinsettia
Lane, and•:h.e'~id not fe.el. that adequately reflected the proposed four lane signalized high-speed
d ~ <. ?~~;-~ :;:;, roa way. ✓/ x,:,,. ;,1/;, □ Commission~r'~qjter commented that the proposed roadway configuration and traffic signals
are consistent Y-{,itli current master planning documents that call for Poinsettia Lane to be a four-
lane high-speed arterial road.
□ Commissioner Perez asked if traffic calming was proposed on Cassia Road. City Traffic Engineer
Kim noted that formal traffic calming measures were not included in the plan, but several speed
feedback signs are scheduled to be installed along Cassia Road and linked to the traffic
management center.
□ Commissioner Linke commented that roundabouts seem to be a viable option that staff should
, have considered based on the relatively low traffic volumes reported for Poinsettia Lane. _He
also agreed with Commissioner Hunter that is too late to make changes to the master plans for
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Determination of Four Deficient Street
Facilities and Measures to Address
Deficiencies
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Hossein Ajideh, Engineering Manager
Paz Gomez, Deputy City Manager, Public Works
Dec. 17, 2019
Background
•July 16, 2019, staff presented Annual Growth Management Plan (GMP) Monitoring Report for
FY 17-18
•Report identified eight street facilities did not meet required standards
•City Council asked for additional options to
address deficiencies
•This is the second of three presentations
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Staff Recommendations
•Determine the following street facilities are deficient:
–* SB ECR from Oceanside city limits to Marron Rd
–* NB ECR from Marron Rd to Oceanside city limits
–SB College Blvd from Aston Ave to PAR
–* SB Melrose Dr from Vista city limits to PAR
•Exempt the street facilities marked * above
•Expedite CIP Project No. 6028, College Blvd from Aston Ave to PAR
•Expedite CIP Project No. 6034, Melrose Dr from Vista city limits to PAR
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Growth Management Plan (GMP):
Annual Monitoring Report
•Annual monitoring and reporting of public facilities
•City evaluates mobility performance for all modes of travel against performance standards
•Performance standard for vehicle traffic is Level of Service (LOS) D or better [Highway Capacity Manual (HCM)]
–Freeways, arterials, arterial connectors and industrial streets
•Monitoring through traffic counts and analyses (HCM)
•Monitoring results reflect conditions as of time of data collection
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FY 2017-18 GMP Monitoring Report
•Data collected in fall 2018
•18 street facilities
•Results summarized in FY 2017-18
GMP report (Exhibit 2)
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Monitoring Results
Eight deficient street facilities in four areas (>LOS D):
1.El Camino Real (ECR)
-Marron Rd to Oceanside (NB/SB)
2.College Blvd
-Aston Ave to Palomar Airport Rd (SB)
3.Melrose Dr
-Vista to Palomar Airport Rd (SB)
4.ECR/Cannon Rd
-ECR -College Blvd to Cannon Rd (NB/SB)
-Cannon Rd -College Blvd to ECR (WB/EB)
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1
2 3
4
-Deficient Street Segment
--Highway
-Major Street
("'cicyof
Carlsbad
Deficient Street Segments
With Local Facility
Management Zones
When LOS D Standard is Not Met
•City Manager reports deficiency to City Council
•If Council determines a street facility to be deficient:
–Council adopts an arrangement guaranteeing a feasible project that will achieve performance standard; OR
–Council determines the street facility is built out and exempt from LOS D standard if no project exists to achieve performance standard (TDM/TSM measures required)
•Otherwise, issuing development and building permits are prohibited in LFMZ w/deficient street facility until the performance standard is met or an arrangement guaranteeing a feasible project is adopted
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Senate Bill (SB) No. 330
•SB 330 adopted on Oct. 9, 2019 and effective Jan. 1, 2020
•Limits public agencies’ ability to deny housing developments
•May impact city’s ability to prohibit development permits under GMP
•The City Attorney’s Office is evaluating SB 330 and
will update Council in the near future
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What Does Exempting Street Facility Mean?
•Mobility Element policy 3-P.9
To exempt vehicle mode from LOS standard, the street facility must be identified as built-out by Council because:
a.obtaining rights of way not feasible; or
b.proposed improvements significantly impact environment in an unacceptable way; or
c.proposed improvements result in unacceptable impacts to other community values or General Plan policies; or
d.proposed improvements require more than three through lanes in each direction
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When a Street Facility is Determined Deficient
•Mobility Element policy 3-P.1 1
Requires new development that adds traffic to streets exempt from the LOS standard to implement:
–Transportation Demand Management (TDM)
strategies that reduce reliance on single-occupant
automobile
–Transportation Systems Management (TSM) strategies that improve traffic flow
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ECR:
Marron Rd to Oceanside city limits
(NB/SB)
Request an exemption in each
direction based on criterion 3-
P.9(d):
•ECR is already three lanes in
each direction
•Adding lanes is not
recommended in either
direction
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-Deficient Street Segment
--Highway
-Major Street
C Ci1yor
Carlsbad
Deficient Street Segments
With Local Facility
Management Zones
ECR: Marron Rd to Oceanside city limits
Exemption per criterion 3-P.9(d): More than three travel lanes required
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N
Oceanside
Carlsbad
SR 78
ECR
College Blvd:
Aston Ave to PAR (SB)
•Expedite CIP No. 6028 to improve
traffic flow on College Blvd by
adding a second SB through lane
•Waive ROW open space boundary
adjustment requirement (GP Open
Space Element Policy 4-P.6)
•Upon completion, LOS standard
will be met
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-Deficient Street Segment
--Highway
-Major Street
C ciry of
Carlsbad
Deficient Street Segments
With Local Facility
Management Zones
SB College Blvd: Aston Ave to PAR
Existing
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N
PAR
SB College Blvd: Aston Ave to PAR
Proposed CIP No. 6028
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N
PAR
Melrose Dr:
Vista city limits to PAR (SB)
•Expedite CIP No. 6034:
•improve traffic flow by adding a SB right
turn lane; and
•re-stripe existing lanes to provide a third
SB through lane
•Project expected to improve traffic
circulation but not expected to meet LOS D
•Request exemption per criterion 3-P.9(d):
more than three lanes required upon CIP
completion to address deficiency
•Waive ROW open space boundary
adjustment requirement (GP Open Space
Element Policy 4-P.6)16
-Deficient Street Segment
--Highway
-Major Street
{"cityof
Carlsbad
Deficient Street Segments
With Local Facility
Management Zones
SB Melrose Dr: Vista city limits to PARExisting
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N
Melrose
SB Melrose Dr: Vista city limits to PARProposed CIP No. 6034
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N
Melrose
Traffic and Mobility Commission’s
Recommendation
•Dec. 2, 2019, T&MC approved support of
staff’s recommendations to City Council by a
vote of 6-0-0-1 (w/ Chair Gocan absent)
•Vice Chair Johnson
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Staff Recommendations
•Determine the following street facilities are deficient:
–* SB ECR from Oceanside city limits to Marron Rd
–* NB ECR from Marron Rd to Oceanside city limits
–SB College Blvd from Aston Ave to PAR
–* SB Melrose Dr from Vista city limits to PAR
•Exempt the street facilities marked * above
•Expedite CIP Project No. 6028, College Blvd from Aston Ave to PAR
•Expedite CIP Project No. 6034, Melrose Dr from Vista city limits to PAR
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Thank You
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