TO:
Honorable Mayor Powell and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
David N. Carmany, City Manager
FROM:
Richard Thompson, Community Development Director
Angelica Ochoa, Assistant Planner
SUBJECT: Title
Resolution No. 12-6382 Determining that the City is in Compliance With the Program Requirements of the 2012 Congestion Management Program (CMP) for Los Angeles County as Prepared by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 12-6382
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RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council conduct the public hearing and adopt Resolution No. 12-6382 demonstrating the City's compliance with the program requirements of the 2012 Congestion Management Program (CMP).
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Local jurisdictions are required to meet the program requirements identified in the CMP to continue to be eligible to receive Section 2105 gas tax funding. The City annually receives approximately $200,000 in Section 2105 Local Gas Tax Subvention funds.
BACKGROUND:
The main goal of the CMP is to mitigate traffic impacts in the county associated with new development. The Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) is the agency responsible for monitoring and implementing the CMP for Los Angeles County. All local jurisdictions that receive Section 2105 Gas Tax funds are required to maintain and continue their CMP conformance.
A public hearing notice was published in the Beach Reporter on August 16, 2012 as part of the CMP implementation responsibilities. The local compliance process requires certification through the adoption of a Resolution of Compliance, and submittal of a Local Development Report (LDR). A Resolution of Compliance is attached as Attachment A, and the LDR is attached as Attachment B.
DISCUSSION:
Local Responsibility
Each jurisdiction is responsible for monitoring new developments and mitigating impacts on an annual basis. The MTA assigns traffic mitigation measures to individual jurisdictions based upon development activity. In 1983, The MTA established a debit and credit point system which places a specific debit value (traffic impact) for each type of development and establishes a mitigation goal for the jurisdiction. This system ensures that jurisdictions responsible for impacts will be assigned mitigation responsibilities for each project.
The CMP includes mitigation strategies which are categorized as land use, transportation demand management, transit, transportation system management, and capital improvement strategies. For example, some of these may include signal synchronization, signal upgrades, and bike and pedestrian improvements. Implementing these strategies would generate credits to offset debits accrued by new development.
The goal of the CMP is to mitigate congestion, establish credit values through implementation measures and, thus maintain a credit balance. The City currently has a credit balance of 2,008 points toward new development activity for future years and will remain the same for 2012. Since 2003, the City of Manhattan Beach has not accrued new credits or debits because the program has been suspended.
2012 Changes
Since 2003, MTA has been conducting a Congestion Mitigation Fee Study to determine the feasibility of implementing a countywide traffic impact fee based on net new trips to meet CMP requirements. Until this study is complete, MTA has suspended the credit and debit system and the necessity to mitigate development impacts or generate credits. MTA will continue to work with local jurisdictions towards establishing this new system and plans to replace the credit/debit system currently in place.
MTA staff has indicated that any new development activity reported this year will not be counted retroactively if the MTA decides to continue the credit/debit program at a future date. In order to stay in compliance and preserve the City's eligibility for gas tax funds, the City must continue to report their development activity through the Local Development Report (LDR).
2012 Local Development Report
The attached LDR for 2012 reports new development activity and demolitions. The reporting period for the current LDR covers June 1, 2011 through May 31, 2012. The City of Manhattan Beach LDR is attached as Exhibit B. The following summarizes the contents of this report.
Deficiency Plan Status Summary:
This item (Section I, pg. 1) provides a summary of the City's CMP compliance for the required reporting period. The summary indicates the total number of units and square footage of new commercial development categories after adjusting the demolitions.
New Development Activity Report:
This section (Section I, pg. 2) summarizes the City's development activity for the reporting period. This section is comprised of three reports, these are:
1. New Development Activity (Section I, pg. 2) - This section quantifies the total number of building permits issued between June 1, 2011 and May 31, 2012 by land use type.
2. New Development Adjustments (Section I, pg. 3) - This section quantifies the total number of demolitions between June 1, 2011 and May 31, 2012 by land use type.
3. Exempted Development Activity (Section I, pg. 4) - This section quantifies the total number of exemptions between June 1, 2011 and May 31, 2012.
CONCLUSION:
With the adoption of the attached Resolution, and submittal of the Local Development Report (LDR), the City of Manhattan Beach is in compliance with the 2012 Congestion Management Program requirements.
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