Subject
Motion - In order to deal with increased traffic congestion on the westside of Los Angeles and in the Westchester/LAX area, City Council approved the Coastal Transportation Corridor Specific Plan in 1993. The boundaries of the Specific Plan are the City of Santa Monica to the north, Imperial Highway to the south, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and the 405 Freeway to the east, and are entirely within the boundaries of Council District 11.
The Coastal Transportation Corridor Specific Plan established the following: impact assessment fees for new development to fund specific transportation improvements within the boundaries of the Specific Plan; trip generation tables for use in mitigating traffic impacts; and a list of specific transportation improvements to be undertaken within the Specific Plan boundaries.
The Coastal Transportation Specific Plan has not been updated since 1993 and is woefully out of date. The trip generation tables, impact assessment fees, and list of transportation improvements need to be updated. Traffic congestion within the Specific Plan boundaries has continued to worsen and new priorities and new strategies need to be developed. A Specific Plan update would include a broad array of approaches including, but not limited to, development of light rail transit in the Lincoln Boulevard Corridor, increased congestion impact assessment fees, implementation of special parking districts and parking fees, greater use of bus transit and neighborhood traffic calming projects, as well as development of pedestrian and bicycle facilities.
THEREFORE MOVE that the City Council direct the Department of Transportation, in partnership with the Planning Department, CD-11 and City Attorney's Office, to update the Coastal Transportation Corridor Specific Plan.
FURTHER MOVE that the City Council authorize the Department of Transportation to use funds from Council Districts 11's Coastal Transportation Corridor Specific Plan (CTCSP), Fund #447, to pay for the update of the Specific Plan.
FURTHER MOVE that the Department of Transportation be instructed to report back with specific fund transfer recommendations within 60 days.
File History
1-30-07 - This day's Council session
1-30-07 - Ref to Transportation Committee
1-30-07 - File to Transportation Committee Clerk
10-19-07 - For ref - Communication from the Department of Transportation, dated October 15, 2007, relative to various actions regarding the update of the Coastal Transportation Corridor Specific Plan.
10-22-07 - Ref to Transportation and Personnel Committees - to Transportation Committee Clerk
10-26-07 - File to Personnel Committee Clerk
11-14-07 - For ref - Communication from the Department of Transportation, dated November 8, 2007, relative to the second report regarding the transfer of Coastal Transportation Corridor Specific Plan (CTCSP) funds into the appropriate salary accounts to fund the two new positions of one Transportation Engineering Associate for the Department of Transportation, and one City Planning Associate for the Department of City Planning.
11-14-07 - Ref to Transportation and Personnel Committees - to Transportation Committee Clerk
12-18-07 - Council Action - Transportation Committee Report ADOPTED (Personnel Committee waived consideration).
12-20-07 - File to Mayor FORTHWITH
12-24-07 - Mayor's message concurred in Council Action on December 18, 2007
12-24-07 - File to Council and Legislative Processing Clerk
1-9-08 - File to Transportation and Personnel Committees Clerks OK
1-10-08 - File in files