TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Director of Public Works
Prem Kumar, City Engineer
SUBJECT:Title
Consider Resolution to Approve the Mitigated Negative Declaration, Which Includes the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, for the Aviation Boulevard at Artesia Boulevard Southbound to Westbound Right Turn Improvement Project (Public Works Director Katsouleas).
ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 19-0088
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council adopt a resolution approving the Mitigated Negative Declaration, which includes the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, for the Aviation Boulevard at Artesia Boulevard Southbound to Westbound Right Turn Improvement Project (Project).
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Funding for the Project was approved in the City's Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP). The City received a $1,500,000 grant from the Measure R South Bay Highway Program, which has been budgeted in the CIP to cover the costs for Project design, environmental approval, right-of-way acquisition, construction, and all other components necessary for implementation of the project.
BACKGROUND:
The proposed Project, which is subject to substantial noise and traffic, calls for widening the southbound lane on the west side of Aviation Boulevard, just north of Artesia Boulevard, to provide a dedicated southbound to westbound 12.5-foot wide right-turn lane. The Project will also shift the existing pedestrian walkway to the west (see site map attached), which will permanently reduce the planter bed along Aviation Boulevard. The property owner was required to reserve and dedicate this planter strip width for street widening purposes when the land entitlement to construct the Chase Bank facility was obtained.
Due to the absence of a dedicated right turn lane, southbound Aviation Boulevard t...
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