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Home My WebLink About2020-04-06; Traffic and Mobility Commission; MinutesTRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION Minutes Council Chambers 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008 Monday, April 6, 2020, 5:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER: Chair Gocan called the Meeting to order at 5:03 p.m. ROLL CALL: Present: Gocan, Johnson, Hunter, Fowler, Linke and Perez. Absent: Penseyres APPROVAL OF MINUTES: This meeting was conducted virtually via Zoom due to the stay-at-home order for COVID-19. Motion by Vice-Chair Johnson, seconded by Commissioner Hunter, to approve the minutes for March 2, 2020, with a minor correction and by adding one comment made by Commissioner Hunter on Item 3 - Four Deficient Street Facilities. Motion carried 5/0/1/1 - (Absent: Penseyres - Abstained: Linke) PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA: No public comments Commissioner Penseyres joined the Traffic and Mobility Commission meeting at 5:11 p.m. DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS: 1.POLICE MONTHLY REPORT-(Staff contact: Lieutenant Christie Calderwood, Police Department) -Informational only Lieutenant Calderwood reported that the police department has changed their mission, due to the health crisis, with focus on educating the public to stop/limit the spread of COVID 19. As a result, the tasks of the community service officers, motor officers and police officers are to respond to serious calls and to enforce the closures of beach access/ parking access/ public parks and some trails. 2.SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY PLAN -{Staff Contact: Nathan Schmidt, Public Works). Staff Recommendation: Approve staff recommendations Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager Schmidt presented the Sustainable Mobility Plan {SMP) and asked the commissioners to support staff's recommendation to City Council to adopt the Carlsbad SMP. Page 1 of 6 Public Works Transportation 1635 Faraday Avenue I Carlsbad, CA 92008 I 760-434-2730 t facilities, and therefore the staff recommendation should be to support building the College Boulevard extension rather than pursuing the proposed exemptions. Linke noted that this recommendation is consistent with past action taken by City Council on joint public/private partnerships to finance road projects. 0 Deputy City Manager Gomez addressed Commissioner Linke's comments: 1. The College Boulevard extension project, which has a private development financing obligation according to the current LFMZ 15 Plan and the Citywide Facilities and Improvements Plan (CFIP), is to construct a two-lane alternative. Staff is required to comply with City Council direction in the two plans unless City Council provides direction to amend the LFMZ 15 Plan and CFIP to consider a project for a four-lane alternative and a city-led financing option. 2. The staff recommendation includes expediting existing CIP projects to relieve congestion on the deficient facilities, and this approach is consistent with that taken on southbound Melrose Drive near Palomar Airport Road . That is, continue to construct improvements even though the facilities are deemed exempt. 3. It is true that previously each zone that increased traffic on a deficient facility by at least 20% was previously obligated to contribute to resolving the deficiency, but that is no longer the case since the General Plan Mobility Element was updated in 2015. 0 In response to Commissioner Linke's statement that an exemption would discourage the completion of the proposed roadway improvement projects, Transportation Director Frank responded that the General Plan states: For Level of Service exempt street facilities, the city will not implement improvements to maintain the level of service standard outlined on policy 3P.4, if such improvements are beyond what is identified appropriate at build out of the General Plan. Since the College Boulevard extension project is included in the General Plan, the proposed exemptions will not negatively impact the College Boulevard extension project. 0 Deputy City Manager Gomez clarified that the current City Council direction is that private development will fund and construct College Boulevard extension. Because the College Boulevard extension is identified in the LFMZ 15 plan, it is a requirement for the private developers to fund and build this infrastructure if the developers move forward. ~Commissioner Penseyres inquired if the feasibility study would trigger Proposition H. 0 Deputy City Manager Gomez explained that Proposition H has a trigger that public voter approval is required if the project cost would be over one million dollars of General Funds. ~Commissioner Hunter was pleased to see the project on El Camino Real from Jaspar Drive to Sunny Creek included in staff's presentation, but he does not support the proposed exemptions being requested by staff. 0 Vice-Chair Johnson enjoyed the presentation on the Four Deficient Street Facilities and reiterated her concerns about exemptions. She would prefer supporting a recommendation to address the problem of congestion. 0 Transportation Director Frank asked Commissioner Linke for a clarification on exactly what he meant in Part B of his proposed motion regarding 11the quantitative data and conclusions from the traffic study ... " ~Commissioner Linke responded that the intent for the quantitative data is to show the information from the slides he presented earlier, including the bar graphs and histograms showing before-and-after conditions, because the staff report is more qualitative (pass-fail). Commissioner Linke provided an example that the staff report simply says that a two-lane College extension could be 11over capacity," but that the quantitative data shows that it is only Page 4 of 6 Public Works Transportation 1635 Faraday Avenue I Carlsbad, CA 92008 I 760-434-2730 t projected to be 29 cars or 3% over capacity, versus saving 20,000 vehicle trips from being stuck in congestion on the deficient streets. Commissioner Linke said that he wanted the City Council to have a fulsome understanding of the vast benefits the College extension could create when they are making their decision on whether to fund it. 0 Transportation Director Frank stated: "I think we all agree that with the College Boulevard extension, it fully resolves all the deficiencies with ample capacity for future growth. So, we all agree upon that. I think what you are asking for, Commissioner Linke, is the graphics which you provided that show the traffic data--versus just a description of it-and a chart." Motion by Commissioner Fowler, seconded by Commissioner Penseyres, to approve staff recommendations: 1. Adopt a resolution to: A. Determine the following street facilities to be deficient because they do not meet the vehicular level of service (LOS) performance standard required by the city's Growth Management Plan: 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 Boulevard to El Camino Real B. Determine the following street facilities to be built out and exempt from the vehicular LOS performance standard, in accordance with General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.9: 1. Southbound El Camino Real from Cannon Road to College Boulevard 2. Northbound El Camino Real from College Boulevard to Cannon Road 3. Eastbound Cannon Road from El Camino Real to College Boulevard 4. Westbound Cannon Road from College Boulevard to El Camino Real C. Expedite Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Project No. 6094, to improve traffic circulation by widening northbound El Camino Real from Sunny Creek Road to Jackspar Drive, by proposing different funding sources which may necessitate meeting Proposition H requirements if more than $1 million of general funds are used. Motion failed : 2/5 (No: Gocan, Johnson, Hunter, Linke and Perez) Motion by Commissioner Linke, seconded by Commissioner Hunter, to: 1. support staff recommendations regarding points lA and lC stated above, and 2. reject point 1B listed above, and 3. direct a representative of the T&MC to make a presentation to the City Council on the quantitative data and conclusions from the traffic study conducted on College Boulevard extension, and 4. recommend that City Council direct staff to develop a city-led financing program to build the College Boulevard extension. Motion approved: 5/2 (No: Fowler and Penseyres) Attached is the quantitative data and conclusions from the traffic study conducted on College Boulevard extension that Commissioner Linke had requested to be included in the staff report for the May 5, 2020 City Council meeting. Page 5 of 6 Public Works Transportation 1635 Faraday Avenue I Carlsbad, CA 92008 I 760-434-2730 t Eliane Paiva CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER COMMENTS: Upcoming City Council Items on Traffic and Mobility: • Urgency Ordinance establishing NO PARl<ING zone on Carlsbad Boulevard between Pine Avenue and La Costa Avenue, Ponto Drive from Ponto Road to southern terminus, and Ponto Road TRAFFIC & MOBILITY COMMISSION COMMENTS: Commissioner Linke thanked all the commissioners and staff for the good work. Vice-Chair Johnson also complimented everyone for the good work. Chair Gocan was very pleased, and thankful with all the work involved in the meeting especially since it was the first time that the Commission meeting was held virtually using Zoom . Traffic and Mobility Commission requested staff to attach to the minutes the Quantitative Data Report provided by commissioner Linke. Exhibit: Attachment A ADJOURNMENT: Chair Gocan adjourned the Traffic & Mobility Commission Meeting on April 6, 2020, at 9:03 p.m. Eliane Paiva, Minutes Clerk Page 6 of 6 Public Works Transportation 1635 Faraday Avenue I Carlsbad, CA 92008 I 760-434-2730 t Traffic & Mobility Commission Recommendation to the City Council City Council Meeting Date: May 5, 2020 Subject: Determination of four deficient street facilities and financing program options for the College Boulevard extension project At the April 6, 2020 meeting, the commission voted 5-2 (Gocan, Hunter, Johnson, Linke, and Perez in favor; Fowler and Penseyres oppose_d) to support staff's recommendations that the City Council find the four street facilities deficient and to expedite Capital Improvement Program Project No. 6094, but to oppose staff's recommendation to exempt the facilities from the vehicle level of service (LOS) performance standard, and to provide the following information derived from the traffic study. The motion further recommended that the City Council direct staff to take the necessary steps to develop a city-led financing program for construction of the College Boulevard extension project with all area developers paying their fair shares. College Boulevard Extension Traffic Operations Analysis information Nearly 20,000 vehicle trips per day are in heavy congestion on the deficient street facilities. The following histogram of northbound El Camino Real traffic (May 2019 counts between Jackspar Dr and College Blvd) shows a 3 hour 45 minute period of deficiency during the PM commute, during which an average of 10,328 vehicles were traveling under Growth Management Plan (GMP) deficient LOS "F11 conditions: Northbound El Camino Real (Jackm_M_-College 5/2019) 3500 ,------------· 300() a, E zsoo ::, 0 > 2000 -~ 1&60 :.c -LOSA-D -LOS E-F (deficient) ........ GMP limit g! 1500 > -----------------________ ,, ___ ., -------11---- ;: ::, ~ •~ µ,.,.,. ··--.• ,.,,m1UI I ~ l lllllll I Time of day 1 \___~ 10,328 vehicles (3 hr. 45 min) Among all four deficient facilities, a cumulative average of 19,313 vehicles per day were traveling during GMP deficient LOS "E" or "F" conditions: Street facility I Congested vehicles per day NB ECR(PM) 10,328 SB ECR (AM) 3,096 EB Ca nnon (PM) 3,229 WB Ca nnon (AM) 2,660 TOTAL 19,313 The College Boulevard extension would fully resolve the congestion problems on the deficient street facilities with ample capacity for future growth. In the following chart, the red bars show that the Cannon Rd and El Camino Real street facilities are all cu rrently deficient during the indicated time periods, with peak vehicle volumes at 7% to 73% over their GMP deficiency limits. However, the adjacent green bars show that all of the deficiencies are fully resolved with the College Blvd extension and related recommended projects, with peak volumes at 24% to 51% under the limits. For the College Blvd extension itself, a two-lane configuration would open right around the limit, and a four- lane configuration would be well under its limit. Cannon Road 3500 ■ Cur,ent. 111 +College 3000 +---------..... GMP limit E _a 2500 +---------g QJ u 2000 .s::. ~ 1500 ... g 1310 .... .s::. .::t:. 1000 - n, QJ Q. 500 130% EBPM The study concludes: WBAM El Camino Real 173% SBAM NBPM 2.900 (3 In) 1860 (Zin) College ................ 1760 (4 In) 103% ....... 880 (Z In) NBPM ... Ultimately, the addition of the College Boulevard extension provides a valuable connection for the City of Carlsbad and for the region and, as shown ir;i the analysis, will effectively redistribute trips throughout the network to reduce the effect of congestion on several existing roadway segments in the project vicinity. 2 Attachment A Meeting Date: April 6, 2020 To: Traffic and Mobility Commission Staff Contact: John Kim, City Traffic Engineer John.Kim@carlsbadca.gov, 760-602-2757 Subject: City Traffic Engineer Report Past City Council Items on Traffic and Mobility March 17, 2020 • ADA Beach Access Project and Trail Connectivity to Tamarack State Beach March 24, 2020 • Growth Management Plan LFMZ 15 Road Segments Upcoming City Council Items on Traffic and Mobility April 7, 2020 • Urgency Ordinance establishing NO PARKING on Carlsbad Boulevard between Pine Avenue and La Costa Avenue Other Items ● The staff report with traffic calming recommendations for College Boulevard will be rescheduled for a later date. City Traffic Engineer Report Previous Items brought up by Traffic and Mobility Commission Item Action Striping changes on Melrose at PAR Will be addressed by CIP Project No. 6034 Speed limit primer Can be incorporated into next speed limit item brought to the Commission Grand Promenade per Village and Barrio Master Plan None at this time Annual Safety Report per Carlsbad Municipal Code Police Department responsibility Striping modifications on PAR at Costco driveway Work order issued in May 2019 Traffic volume trends Can be incorporated into proposed Annual Traffic Collision Report using LRSP funding Roundabout striping guidelines None at this time