2022-07-12; City Council; ; Public Hearing to Consider the Traffic and Mobility Commission Recommendations to Exempt Street Facilities, and to Adopt Resolutions Accepting Fiscal Year 2020-21 Growth — Carlsbad City Council, July 12, 2022 (part 3 of 3)

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Corte De La Pina Bet. Yarrow Dr & Cosmos Ct
Thursday
9/30/2021
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Project #:CA21_040160_079 City:Carlsbad
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Project #:CA21_040160_079 City:Carlsbad
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Council Chambers
1200 Carlsbad Village Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008
June 6, 2022, 4:00 p.m.

CALL TO ORDER: 4 p.m.

ROLL CALL: Perez, Linke, Penseyres, Fowler, Coelho and Newlands

Absent: Proulx
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Chair Perez led the Pledge of Allegiance.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

Minutes of the Regular Meeting held March 7, 2022.

Motion by Acting Chair Linke, seconded by Commissioner Fowler to approve the minutes for the March 7, 2022, meeting as presented. Motion carried, 6/0/0/1 (Absent: Commissioner Proulx) Minutes of the Regular Meeting held April 4, 2022.

Motion by Acting Chair Linke, seconded by Commissioner Fowler to approve the minutes for the April 4, 2022, meeting as presented. Motion carried, 6/0/0/1 (Absent: Commissioner Proulx) PUBLIC COMMENT:

Cindy Beauchamp requested that staff install on Plum Tree Road a third stop sign, or speed bumps to slow the traffic speed, a pedestrian crosswalk, and a permanent traffic feedback device.

Jim Young spoke representing Tim Morgan and Michael Zepeda requesting a revision on the current pedestrian improvements on Tamarack Avenue and Valley Street. The group believes the current project is out of character of the neighborhood and has had very little community input. The project currently fails to address the root cause of the issues which are safety, speed and visibility.

Tom Gibbs requested that the staff and the commissioners consider adding a safe crosswalk on Tamarack Avenue between College Boulevard and the Hope Elementary School. The visibility is difficult in this location and unsafe for pedestrians.

CONSENT CALENDAR: None
PUBLIC HEARING:

1.FISCAL YEAR 2020-21 GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN / GENERAL PLAN ANNUAL MONITORING

REPORT CIRCULATION SECTION, ADOPTION OF GROWTH MANAGEMENT PLAN FINDINGS, DETERMINATION OF DEFICIENT STREET FACILITIES - Support staff’s recommendation to City Council to:

1.Receive and file the attached Growth Management Plan, or GMP,/General Plan Annual Monitoring Report Circulation Section, prepared pursuant to Carlsbad Municipal Code, or CMC, § 21.90.130(d) and Gov. Code § 65400.

Exhibit 8
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2. Recommend that the City Council adopt resolutions to: A. Determine the following street facilities to be deficient pursuant to CMC § 21.90.130(c) because they do not meet the vehicular level of service, or LOS, component of the city’s circulation performance standard in the Citywide Facilities and Improvements Plan, or CFIP: 1. Eastbound Aviara Parkway between Manzanita Street and El Camino Real 2. Westbound Aviara Parkway between El Camino Real and Manzanita Street 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 and the CFIP Circulation Performance Standard: 1. Eastbound Aviara Parkway between Manzanita Street and El Camino Real 2. Westbound Aviara Parkway between El Camino Real and Manzanita Street (Staff Contact: Nathan Schmidt
Staff’s Recommendations: Take public input, close the public hearing and support staff’s recommendations.

Transportation Planning & Mobility Manager Schmidt presented the report and reviewed a PowerPoint presentation (on file in the Office of the City Clerk)

Commissioner Newlands asked about exempted facilities and if staff will ever study this facility again to see if it can be unexempted.

Transportation Planning & Mobility Manager Schmidt replied that the city could revisit a location that is exempt in the future. To date, the city has not unexempted a location, but the plan is to include exempted facilities as part of the annual review.

Commissioner Penseyres inquired about potential of improving the bike lane.

Transportation Planning & Mobility Manager Schmidt replied that improvements to the bike lane could be done as part of a work order by staff. This could be added as part of the recommendation.

Vice-Chair Linke inquired about whether a field study was done and if it was accessed to see if there are any recommendations to be done for the intersections. Were the intersections analyzed? He also asked about the intersections on the overview picture which show that eastbound on Aviara Parkway the cars are getting 475 feet. Were the cars not able to get into the turn lanes and that causes the backup?

Transportation Planning & Mobility Manager Schmidt replied that they did not collect traffic intersection volumes and that is what would be needed to a high level of analysis. In the overview picture it was a combination of both the cars not getting into the turn lanes and cars had to wait.

Vice-Chair Linke said that he would like to see more of an intersection analysis so that we can be improving conditions on these streets.

Assistant City Attorney Contreras clarified that 3.P.11 states that after an intersection is exempted that then is the time to look at doing TDM and TSM measures.

Vice-Chair Linke agreed with Assistant City Attorney Contreras, but the fact is that there will be no new projects going into this area that will fund TDM and TSM. Is this accurate?

Transportation Planning & Mobility Manager Schmidt replied that this is accurate.

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Vice-Chair Linke commented that this is the sixth annual report that has come out since the MMLOS has been required to be in the report and again MMLOS is not included in the monitoring report. He does not want to recommend acceptance of the overall report because the MMLOS is not included in the report.

Vice -Chair Linke inquired a commissioner could go to the City Council meeting when this report is presented to ask for staff to make this a priority.

Transportation Director Frank said the department is working diligently to get the MMLOS item updated as soon as possible. They can’t set an exact deadline, but they can say they are trying to do this within six months to a year. They can’t foresee the challenges that may come up with the ad-hoc committee.

Assistant City Attorney Contreras said there are only a limited amount of times where a commissioner has attended a City Council meeting and provided comment relative to the item that was before City Council.

These are usually the Semiannual Transportation Report and the T&MC Work Plan. There is no rule about expanding that and sending a commissioner about a different report.

Chair Perez opened the duly noticed Public Hearing at 4:53 p.m.

Hearing no one wishing to speak, Chair Perez closed the duly noticed Public Hearing at 4:53 p.m.

Motion by Commissioner Fowler, seconded by Commissioner Coelho to support staff’s recommendation to City Council to receive and file the Growth Management Plan/General Plan Annual Monitoring Report Circulation Section prepared pursuant to Carlsbad Municipal Code, § 21.90.130(d) and Gov. Code §65400.

Motion carried: 4/2/0/1 (No: Vice-Chair Linke and Commissioner Penseyres; Absent: Commissioner Proulx)
Vice-Chair Linke and Commissioner Penseyres voted NO because the need for the inclusion of the Multimodal Level of Service monitoring in the annual Growth Management Plan monitoring report.

Motion by Vice-Chair Linke, seconded by Commissioner Penseyres to support staff’s recommendations to City Council to adopt resolutions to:

A. Determine the following street facilities to be deficient pursuant to CMC § 21.90.130(c) because they do not meet the vehicular level of service, or LOS, component of the city’s circulation performance standard in the Citywide Facilities and Improvements Plan, or CFIP:
a) Eastbound Aviara Parkway between Manzanita Street and El Camino Real b) Westbound Aviara Parkway between El Camino Real and Manzanita Street 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 and the CFIP Circulation Performance Standard:
a) Eastbound Aviara Parkway between Manzanita Street and El Camino Real b) Westbound Aviara Parkway between El Camino Real and Manzanita Street Motion carried: 6/0/0/1 (Absent: Commissioner Proulx)

Motion by Commissioner Coelho, seconded by Commissioner Newlands to nominate Vice-Chair Linke to represent the commission at City Council meeting on July 12, 2022, to discuss the need for the inclusion of the Multi-Modal Level of Service monitoring in the annual Growth Management Plan monitoring report.

Motion carried: 5/1/0/1 (No: Commissioner Fowler; Absent: Commissioner Proulx) July 12, 2022 Item #15 Page 681 of 690

DEPARTMENTAL REPORTS:

2. POLICE REPORT REGARDING TRAFFIC & MOBILITY RELATED MATTERS DURING THE MONTH OF MAY 2022 – (Staff Contact: Lieutenant Jason Jackowski, Police Department) Staff’s Recommendation: Receive a presentation

Lieutenant Jackowski presented the report and reviewed a PowerPoint presentation (on file in the Office of the City Clerk)

3. THE AVENIDA ENCINAS COASTAL RAIL TRAIL AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT –– Receive and consider public comments for Avenida Encinas Coastal Rail Trail and Pedestrian Improvements, CIP Project No. 6004 that were inadvertently omitted from the April 4, 2022, meeting of the Traffic & Mobility Commission. (Staff Contact: Brandon Miles and Hossein Ajideh, Public Works) Staff’s Recommendation: Receive and consider public comments and provide input to staff based on the project and public comments

PUBLIC COMMENT:

David Pierce requested that staff revise the proposed traffic lanes width on the rail trail segment on Avenida Encinas and the mixing zones and crossover for the right turn lanes. He suggested protected bicycle intersections.

Lance Schulte requested that staff replies to the email from Chas Wick regarding ADA accessibility.

Please consider the request to landscape the excess pavement along Avenida Encinas by creating a barrier promoting safety for bicycles.

Vice-Chair Linke mentioned that last month he asked questions on this topic on behalf of public commenters. Does he need to repeat those questions today to get them on the record?

Assistant City Attorney Contreras said that the item requires that input be provided to staff and that was the reason for receiving these extra public comments. We need input from the Commission as well.

Relative to the public comments that have been provided, does the commission have any input that they wish to provide to staff? The material that was presented in April is part of the agenda, and the comments that were received today are also part of the agenda.

Commissioner Coelho asked about segments two and three in which the design is still underway.

Engineering Manager Ajideh responded that is correct for segment two the design is being finalized. For segment three we are in the early stages.

Vice-Chair Linke brought up the raised landscaping which is not in the current budget. This was a request from the public.

Engineering Manager Ajideh responded that the project has a limited scope and budget. We arefinalizing the design to meet the deadline for the grant. Raised landscaping is not a possibility at this point.

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Vice-Chair Linke asked about westbound Avenida Encinas looking north on Carlsbad Boulevard. Some commenters were concerned about the right hand, left-turn lane and that the cars come into the bike lane. Is it possible to make another set of guidelines to guide the right most left- turn lane so they don’t swerve into the bike lane?

Associate Engineer Miles responded that the “cat tracks” can be included to help follow the lane lines.

This is a level of detail that we can add to the intersection.

Vice-Chair Linke commented on the crosswalk on Avenida Encinas crossing over Ponto Drive. There is no pedestrian crossing control on Avenida Encinas. The public is concerned about having to cross on an uncontrolled crosswalk.

Traffic Engineer Kim responded that Avenida Encinas is uncontrolled, and the crosswalk could be updated to include a high visibility crosswalk but would remain uncontrolled. With new development coming in we could do an analysis on this intersection.

Vice-Chair Linke asked about Avenida Encinas where it crosses the train tracks near the Batiquitos Lagoon. There is a private trail on the other side and the public would like to see something put in this location.

Traffic Engineer Kim responded that they looked to see if adding a marked crosswalk would be appropriate in the location. Since the trail on the north side is private, staff did not think that a crosswalk at this location would be the best use of public funds.

Vice-Chair Linke inquired about the reduction to a single lane going southbound on Avenida Encinas at Poinsettia Lane. There are two left turn lanes on the plan. There are two lanes that immediately merge, so the concern is that the traffic is heavy. Will this be able to contain the traffic?

Traffic Engineer Kim said that they are working the design of this section, and they intend to preserve, to the extent possible, two southbound lanes between Poinsettia Lane and the shopping center driveways.

Chair Perez asked about northbound on Avenida Encinas, on the corner there is a high pitch. If a cyclist was going to turn onto that lane then it is a challenge to cut over and climb up to make the right turn.

Commissioner Newlands commented that the private trail on the other side of the Batiquitos Lagoon is actually not locked and it gets a lot of pedestrian traffic. Could they reconsider this location?

Traffic Engineer Kim said that staff will take another look.

Commissioner Coelho reiterated that it would be great if staff could look at the Poinsettia Lane and Avenida Encinas left turn. This is a high traffic area and we want to make sure we aren’t creating a bigger problem on Poinsettia Lane coming off the freeway

4. NORTH COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR PLAN – Receive a report and provide input to staff on the proposed draft project for the North County Comprehensive Multimodal Corridor Plan. (Staff Contact: Nathan Schmidt, Public Works) Staff’s Recommendation: Receive a presentation and provide input to staff on the plan.

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Transportation Planning & Mobility Manager Schmidt presented the report and reviewed a PowerPoint presentation (on file in the Office of the City Clerk)

Vice-Chair Linke talked about the Class II bike lane versus Class IV bike lanes for Palomar Airport Road, it looks like Class IV was planned for the entire length. However, for El Camino Real it states in the Strategy Page that Class IV lanes were prepared for the entire length. However, the Preliminary Program and Projects Locations page indicates that Class II bike lanes was planned for the entire length. Will we receive clarification on this from SANDAG? The Commission has a consensus that Class II bike lane is better when there are a lot of conflicts and where there are not a lot of conflicts then Class IV bike lanes is better. He also commented on the flex lanes and that the Transit Priority Lanes are not going to work well in Carlsbad.

Assistant City Attorney Contreras asked for a motion to reflect the feedback provided by the commissioners.

Motion by Vice-Chair Linke, seconded by Commissioner Penseyres to support staff recommendations and provided the following input:
a) The report should clarify inconsistencies within the document between the recommended bikeway facility types such as Class-II versus Class-IV bikeways b) Class-II buffered bike lanes are the preferred bikeway facility type for roadways within the city c) The commission disagrees with the implementation of transit priority lanes within the city.

Motion carried: 6/0/0/1 (Absent: Commissioner Proulx)

5. INCLUSION INTO THE CARLSBAD RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION CHANGE FOR PARK DRIVE –– Support staff’s recommendation to:
1) Include Park Drive between Monroe Street and Tamarack Avenue into the Carlsbad Residential Traffic Management Program; and,
2) Submit a request to the California Department of Transportation of a functional classification change on California Road System maps for Park Drive between Monroe Street and Hillside Drive. (Staff Contact: Miriam Jim and John Kim, Public Works
Staff’s Recommendation: Support staff’s recommendations.

City Traffic Engineer Kim and Senior Engineer Jim presented the report and reviewed a PowerPoint presentation (on file in the office of the City Clerk)

PUBLIC COMMENT:

Anthony Wisneske complained about speeding on Park Drive and requested that staff consider making Park Drive safer for bicycles, pedestrians and all the residents.

Commissioner Fowler asked about the consequence of this project. He also inquired about a speed limit change.

Senior Engineer Jim said that with the T&MC approval of Park Drive as an exception to the Carlsbad Residential Traffic Management Program, staff will work with the public to come up with traffic calming measures that will address residents’ speeding concerns. In order to allow the Police Department to enforce the speed limit of 25mph on Park Drive, it would require a functional classification change to a Local Street on California Road System maps.

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City Traffic Engineer Kim said that portions of Park Drive are posted at 25mph but are currently not enforceable. We need to change the classification so that the 25mph speed limit would be enforceable.

Commissioner Penseyres clarified that staff is only asking for one segment to go into the CRTMP program. Why are we not doing this for the whole street?

Senior Engineer Jim said that in order to consider the whole street they would need a request from residents. As of right now there have been no requests for the portion between Tamarack Avenue and Hillside Drive. This portion of Park Drive is also classified as a Major Collector on California Road System maps.

City Traffic Engineer Kim said that if the T&MC would like to request all of Park Drive to be included into the CRTMP program that staff would be open to that as well. Staff just needs to receive a request for the whole street to initiate the CRTMP process.

Commissioner Penseyres commented that once traffic calming measures have been applied on that one Segment, it is likely that staff will receive complaints for the other section of Park Drive.

Chair Perez said that there are five schools in the area of Park Drive. There is a lot of congestion near the schools and there are lots of e-bikes in this location as well. He believes that we should really focus on safety and enforcement in this area.

Motion by Commissioner Coelho, seconded by Chair Perez to support staff’s recommendations and added item c) below:
a) Include Park Drive between Monroe Street and Tamarack Avenue into the Carlsbad Residential Traffic Management Program; and,
b) Submit a request to the California Department of Transportation of a functional classification change on California Road System maps for Park Drive between Monroe Street and Hillside Drive; and, c) Include Park Drive between Tamarack Avenue and Hillside Drive as an exception into the Carlsbad Residential Traffic Management Program.

Motion carried: 6/0/1 (Absent: Commissioner Proulx)

6. TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION FISCAL YEAR 2022-23 WORKPLAN – Provide input to staff on the commission’s draft work plan that identifies activities that the commission anticipates undertaking in the coming year. (Staff Contact: Nathan Schmidt, Public Works) Staff’s Recommendation: Discuss the proposed workplan and provide input to staff.

Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager Schmidt presented the report and reviewed a PowerPoint presentation (on file in the office of the City Clerk)

Vice-Chair Linke inquired about the Advanced Signal Coordination Program, when the first batch of street deficiencies were disclosed in 2019 staff made a presentation to City Council which included the adaptive signal program. This was supposed to be in place by the end of 2020.

City Traffic Engineer Kim said that he believes that staff did bring an update of the signal system to the Traffic & Mobility Commission. They are evaluating signal performance and not tying the City of Carlsbad July 12, 2022 Item #15 Page 685 of 690

to adaptive program, but this will be reported as we move forward. The Covid situation has adopted traffic patterns and we need to assume that traffic conditions will again change from this point forward. We are coming up with signal strategies based on the data we are receiving now. We will bring an update to the T&MC in the future.

Vice-Chair Linke asked about the TDM program update which has been on the work plan for the past two years. On the last work plan update a year ago it said that the Commission would get an update by September 2021. What is the status of this now? Is the program being left on the work plan?

Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager Schmidt replied that the TDM Program is currently being worked on by Community Development and an update should be provided in the next three months.

Vice-Chair Linke asked about the TIA Guidelines which has been on the workplan for at least two years.

Is that still in process?

Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager Schmidt replied yes, this is still in process.

Vice-Chair Linke suggested there should be a performance review with some metrics to evaluate the TDM Program. What has the current program been doing? He would like the Commission to receive an annual report on how the TDM program is performing. How many solo drivers have been eliminated? What are the performance metrics that would be used.

Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager Schmidt replied that an annual report on the performance of the TDM Program is a good suggestion. We have multiple sources that could be presented to the Commission.

Vice-Chair Linke commented that the City Council is in the process of deciding Capital Improvement Projects priorities. The Sustainable Mobility Plan is a tool that could be used to help prioritize projects.

The City Council was not presented with the deficiencies that could be addressed on our prioritization list.

He suggested that the T&MC be involved in advising the City Council on what we think should be prioritized. The CIP project list should be provided to the Commission to provide input prior to next year’s CIP prioritization meeting.

Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager Schmidt replied that as part of the update to the City’s Traffic Impact Fee Program, the first phase of that program was looking at prioritization of all of the projects identified in the SMP. It was a high-level plan, and we don’t have tangible cost data or construction feasibility data. The TIF was intended to take a closer look at those projects to provide a more realistic prioritization list.

Chair Perez reiterated that looking forward those five commissioners have terms ending in 2022. There is a lot of material that will be moving over to 2023. It would be nice to see everything we can with the months that we have left with this Commission.

Motion by Vice-chair Linke, seconded by Commissioner Newlands to add the following input:
a) Include annual Transportation Demand Management performance updates; and, b) Remove the request to live stream the Traffic & Mobility Commission meeting.

Motion carried: 6/0/0/1 (Absent: Commissioner Proulx)

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7. SEMIANNUAL TRANSPORTATION REPORT – Receive a report regarding the accomplishments of each division of the Transportation Department on the past six months and goals for the next six months. (Staff Contact: Tom Frank, Public Works)
Staff’s Recommendation: Receive the report.

Transportation Director and City Engineer Frank presented the report and reviewed a PowerPoint presentation (on file in the office of the City Clerk)

Motion by Vice-Chair Linke, seconded by Commissioner Penseyres to nominate Chair Perez to represent the Traffic & Mobility Commission at City Council meeting on July 26, 2022, and nominated Commissioner Coelho as an alternate.

Motion carried: 6/0/0/1 (Absent: Commissioner Proulx)

PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-AGENDA ITEM CONTINUATION:

Robert Beauchamp spoke about Plum Tree Road and encourages everyone to read the email with input from his wife Cindy Beauchamp who spoke earlier in the meeting. He believes the road design is too narrow. The community is requesting a third stop signs or speed bumps, a crosswalk, and a permanent traffic feedback device.

CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER COMMENTS:

Traffic Engineer Manager Kim mentioned that his presentation about the westbound bike lane on Aviara Parkway at Manzanita Street was folded into the GMP presentation provided by Nathan Schmidt.

Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager Schmidt informed the T&MC that the Council Chambers may not be available for the August 1, meeting due to scheduled renovations. Staff will let the T&MC know if a cancelation of the meeting will be necessary.

TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION COMMENTS: Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager Schmidt reminded the T&MC that due to the holiday the July meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, July 5, 2022.

Assistant City Attorney Contreras said that he will not attend the July 5, meeting but that his colleague Allegra Frost will attend.

Commissioner Penseyres commented on Tamarack Avenue and Valley Street and the need to address the issues. Could staff put together a history of the public request on this issue and how we got to where we are currently. We have spent a lot of money and time designing this. However, the public does not seem satisfied on this issue. How are we going to move forward and address the issues?

Assistant City Attorney Contreras said the T&MC can ask staff to agendize the history of the public requests on Tamarack Avenue and Valley Street.

Motion by Vice-Chair Linke, seconded by Commissioner Penseyres to request staff to agendize a future item to review the installation of a HAWK crossing at the intersection of Valley Street and Tamarack Avenue based on comments received during the public comments portion of the agenda. This item shall include:

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1) An overview of the history of the project review and approval process and 2) Potential options for traffic calming at the intersection Motion carried: 6/0/0/1 (Absent: Commissioner Proulx)

Vice-Chair Linke brought up a comment about the Poinsettia Lane, Aviara Parkway intersection. We have heard about this in the past. After the completion of Poinsettia Lane there is more through traffic. A commenter stated that they think that an additional through lane might be better than the second right turn lane should be considered. Another non agenda item brought up by the public was status of the No Large vehicle parking on Madison Street.

Traffic Engineer Manager Kim mentioned that staff works with the police department on any parking complaints, and rely on the Police Department for these issues.

ADJOURNMENT:

Chair Perez adjourned the Traffic & Mobility Commission Meeting on June 6, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.

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Eliane Paiva, Minutes Clerk

July 12, 2022 Item #15 Page 688 of 690

CITY OF CARLSBAD

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Carlsbad Traffic and Mobility Commis- sion will hold a public hearing at the Council Chamber, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad, California, at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, June 6, 2022, to receive and make recom- mendations to City Council on the Circulation Section of the Annual Monitoring Re- port for the City of Carlsbad General Plan/Growth Management Plan/Citywide Facil-ities and Improvements Plan, prepared pursuant to Carlsbad Municipal Code Section

21.90.130 and Gov. Code Section 65400.

Traffic and Mobility Commission meetings take place in the Council Chamber at City Hall, located at 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive or can be watched via livestream or re-played on the city website at http://www.carlsbadca.gov . You can participate in the meeting by providing comments in-person at the meeting or you may e-mail your com- ments to the Minutes Clerk at [email protected] by 2 p.m. the day of the meeting.

All written comments received will be shared with the Traffic and Mobility Commis- sion prior to the meeting and included as part of the official record. However, written comments will not be read out loud.

This component of the monitoring report includes discussion of compliance with the Citywide Facilities and Improvements performance standards for Circulation, as amended in 2015 pursuant to Resolution No. 2015-243. The Traffic and Mobility Com-mission will also make a recommendation to City Council related to compliance with the City’s Circulation performance standard, including but not limited to circulation improvements and implementation actions, potential vehicular Level of Service ex- emptions pursuant to General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.9, and/or any other permissible actions allowed under Carlsbad Municipal Code Chapter 21.90. The Com-mission’s Staff Report and the Circulation component of the Monitoring Report will be available on the City’s agenda website at least 72 hours before the Commission hear- ing: https://www.carlsbadca.gov/cityhall/clerk/meetings/boards/traffic.asp Those persons wishing to speak on this proposal are cordially invited to attend the pub-lic hearing. If you have any questions, please contact Nathan Schmidt in the Transpor- tation Department of the Public Works Branch at (442) 339-2734 or Nathan.Schmidt@ carlsbadca.gov. If you challenge this Annual Monitoring Report or the Traffic and Mo- bility Commission recommendations in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Carlsbad, Attn: City Clerk’s Office, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008, at or prior to the public hearing.

PUBLISH: May 27, 2022

CITY OF CARLSBAD

TRAFFIC AND MOBILITY COMMISSION
05/27/2022 CN 26597
Exhibit 9
July 12, 2022 Item #15 Page 689 of 690

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Carlsbad will hold a public hearing at the Council Chamber, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad, California, at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12, 2022, to receive, file, and accept the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Annual Monitoring Report for the City of Carlsbad General Plan/Growth Management Program (GMP)/Citywide Facilities and Improvements Plan (CFIP), prepared pursuant to Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 21.90.130. As discussed below, the City Council may also adopt resolutions with vehicular Level of Service exemptions and performance standard consistency findings.

This Monitoring Report includes analysis of development activity, compliance with residential development caps and quadrant limits, facilities and improvements adequacy analysis, including discussion of compliance with the Citywide Facilities and Improvements Plan performance standards for Administrative Facilities, Libraries, Wastewater Treatment Capacity, Parks, Drainage, Circulation, Fire, Open Space, Schools, Sewer Collection Systems, and Water Distribution Systems, and adoption of GMP consistency findings.

The City Council will also consider recommendations from the Traffic and Mobility Commission made at their public hearing held on June 6, 2022, where the Growth Management Plan’s Circulation Section of the GMP report was presented and consideration given to findings that two street facilities are found to be deficient and may justify exemption.

The City Council may also take actions related to compliance with the City’s Circulation performance standards, which may include potential vehicular Level of Service (LOS) deficiency findings and vehicular LOS exemptions pursuant to General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.9, along with the adoption of CEQA Exemptions.

Those persons wishing to speak on this proposal are cordially invited to attend the public hearing. The staff report will be available on or after Friday, July 8, 2022. If you have any questions, please contact Eric Lardy in the Planning Division at (442)339 -2712 or [email protected]. The meeting can be viewed online at https://www.carlsbadca.gov/city-hall/meetings-agendas or on the City’s cable channel. In addition, written comments may be submitted to the City Council at or prior to the hearing via U.S. Mail to the attention of Office of the City Clerk, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008, or via email to [email protected].

If you challenge this Annual Monitoring Report, the vehicular exemptions, findings, or the City Council’s actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Carlsbad, Attn: City Clerk’s Office, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008, at or prior to the public hearing.

PUBLISH: July 1, 2022

CITY OF CARLSBAD

CITY COUNCIL
Exhibit 10
July 12, 2022 Item #15 Page 690 of 690

Tammy Cloud-McMinn
Subject: FW: Agenda Topic for Next City Council Meeting From: [email protected]
Date: July 9, 2022 at 1:26:06 PM PDT
To: Priya Bhat-Patel
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Subject: Agenda Topic for Next City Coucil Meeting
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"Considering whether to declare a segment of Aviara Parkway exempt from the standard for vehicle traffic set in the city's Growth Management Plan" Thank you,
Stephen Schechner
7083 Rockrose Terrace
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Subject: FW: City of Carlsbad City Council Item: GMP Monitoring Report From: [email protected]
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Thank you very much for your prompt reply. I do understand what you are saying. I didn't realize that there was even an LOS that the City was holding itself to.

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Mr. Schechner,
I was forwarded your email to Council member Bhat-Patel regarding your questions related to the Growth Management Plan {GMP) Monitoring item on tomorrow's City Council agenda.

The GMP Monitoring program is an annual study conducted by the city to review the status of development activity and how performance standards were met for certain public facilities performance. As part of the transportation analysis of this year's study it was found that the both the eastbound and westbound roadway facilities of Aviara Parkway between Manzanita Dr. and El Camino Real do not meet the city's vehicle level of service (LOS) standard. This failure is primarily due to the short distance between the two closely spaced traffic signals at Manzanita Dr. and El Camino Real as the signals slow vehicles traveling through this short segment and create congestion during the busiest peak hours. City staff is recommending that both directions of Aviara Parkway be determined to be exempt from the city's vehicle level of service standard as adding additional travel lanes would not correct the existing deficiency and would not be consistent with the city's policies that promote comprehensive livable streets network that serves all users of the system -vehicles, pedestrians, bicycles and public transit.

The vehicle LOS exemption, if approved by city council, would mean that any future development project that would add trips to the segment of Aviara Parkway between Manzanita Dr. and El Camino Real would be required to implement non-vehicle capacity-building improvements that will be required to improve mobility through implementation of 1 Transportation Demand Management (TDM) and Transportation Systems Management (TSM) measures as outlined in General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.11. This exemption essentially reorients the city's planning focus from increasing vehicular capacity by making physical roadway improvements toward indirect transportation demand measures to reduce overall vehicle trips, and to focus upon non-vehicular modes of travel.

Thank you for your interest in this matter. The full GMP monitoring report can be found as an attachment to the city council agenda which is posted on the city website here: https://www.carlsbadca.gov/city-hall/meetings-agendas/- folder-581
I also realize that this if a very technical concept so please feel free to email me or call at 760-637-7183 if you would like to discuss this item further.

Thank you,
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Nathan Schmidt, AICP
Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager
Public Works Branch/Transportation Department
City of Carlsbad
1635 Faraday Ave .

Carlsbad, CA 92008
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Th is Monitoring Report includes analysis of development activity, compliance with residential development caps and quadrant limits, facilities and improvements adequacy ana lysis, including discussion of compliance with the Citywide Facilities and Improvements Plan performance standards for Administrative Facilities, Libraries, Wastewater Treatment Capacity, Parks, Drainage, Circulation, Fire, Open Space, Schools, Sewer Collection Systems, and Water Distribution Systems, and adoption of GMP consistency findings.

The City Council will also consider recommendations from the Traffic and Mobility Commission made at their public hearing held on June 6, 2022, where the Growth Management Plan's Circulation Section of the GMP report was presented and consideration given to findings that two street facilities are found to be deficient and may justify exemption.

The City Council may also take actions related to compliance with the City's Circulation performance standards, which may include potential vehicular Level of Service (LOS) deficiency findings and vehicular LOS exemptions pursuant to General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.9, along with the adoption of CEQA Exemptions.

Those persons wishing to speak on this proposal are cordially invited to attend the public hearing. The staff report will be available on or after Friday, July 8, 2022. If you have any questions, please contact Eric Lardy in the Planning Division at (442)339-2712 or [email protected]. The meeting can be viewed online at https://www.carlsbadca.gov/city-hall/meetings-agendas or on the City's cable channel. In addition, written comme nts may be submitted to the City Council at or prior to the hearing via U.S. Mail to the attention of Office of the City Clerk, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008, or via email to [email protected].

If you challenge this Annual Monitoring Report, the vehicular exemptions, findings, or the City Council's actions in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City of Carlsbad, Attn: City Clerk's Office, 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008, at or prior to the public hearing.

PUBLISH: July 1, 2022

CITY OF CARLSBAD

CITY COUNCIL

FY 2020-21 Growth Management
Plan Monitoring Report
Eric Lardy, City Planner
Community Development Department
Nathan Schmidt, Transportation Planning and Mobility Manager Public Works
July 12, 2022
{city of
Carlsbad

INTRODUCTION
•Annual report required by Municipal Code
•Zoning Code Section 21.90.130(d)
•Provide status on Performance standards
ensure public facilities are provided
concurrent with growth
•State Laws and Resolutions suspended
portions of Growth Management Plan
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Carlsbad

PUBLIC FACILITY STATUS
Public
Facility
FY 2019-20
compliance Public Facility FY 2019-20
compliance
Admin Yes Sewer Yes
Library Yes Water Yes
Fire Yes Open Space Yes
Schools Yes Parks Yes
Drainage Yes Circulation 2 facilities
deficient
Wastewater Yes

RECOMMENDED ACTION
•Support staff’s recommendation to:
–Receive and file the Growth
Management Plan / General Plan Annual
Monitoring Report Circulation Section,
prepared pursuit to Carlsbad Municipal
Code (CMC 21.9.130)
ITEM 15: FY 20-21 GMP MONITORING
{ City of
Carlsbad

RECOMMENDED ACTION (CONT.)
•Adopt resolutions to:
–Determine the following street facilities to be deficient pursuant to CMC §21.90.130(c) because they do not meet the vehicular level of service (LOS) component of the city’s circulation performance standard in the Citywide Facilities and Improvements Plan(CFIP):
•1.Eastbound Aviara Parkway between Manzanita Street and El Camino Real •2.Westbound Aviara Parkway between El Camino Real and Manzanita Street ITEM 15: FY 20-21 GMP MONITORING
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RECOMMENDED ACTION (CONT.)
•Adopt resolutions to:
–Determine the following street facilities to be built out and exempt from the LOS performance standard, in accordance with General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.9 and CFIP Circulation Performance Standard:
•1.Eastbound Aviara Parkway between Manzanita Street and El Camino Real •2.Westbound Aviara Parkway between El Camino Real and Manzanita Street ITEM 15: FY 20-21 GMP MONITORING
{ City of
Carlsbad

MOBILITY PERFORMANCE

STANDARDS
•Implement a comprehensive livable streets
network that serves all users of the system
•Maintain LOS D or better for all modes of
travel
•Excluding LOS exempt streets approved by
the City Council
ITEM 15: FY 20-21 GMP MONITORING
The Mobility Element seeks to enhance t'ehicle,
,miking, bicycling, and public transportation
systems options uithin Carlsbad, and impro1'e
mobility through increased connectil'ity and
intelligent transportation management.

Increasing transportation options and ,mprol'ing
connectwity <l'ithin the city are core mlues
of the Carlsbad Comm1mity Vision and
also support other core mlues of the ••ision,
including sustainability, access to recreation
and actit•e, healthy lifestyles, and neighborhood
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VEHICLE LOS METHOD
•Evaluated All Vehicle LOS Typologies:
•Arterial, Arterial Connector, Industrial
•78 Locations
•A
•Based on highest peak hour directional volume
from three-day counts
•Counts conducted Tuesday through Thursday in
September, October, November 2021
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VEHICLE LOS ANALYSIS

RESULTS
ITEM 15: FY 20-21 GMP MONITORING
•Arterial
•Nine (9) deficient facilities
•All previously exempted
•Arterial Connector
•Two (2) deficient facilities
•Not exempt
•Industrial
•No deficient facilities
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DEFICIENT STREET FACILITIES
•Two deficient facilities:
(1)Eastbound Aviara Parkway from
Manzanita St. to El Camino Real
(2)Westbound Aviara Parkway from
El Camino Real to Manzanita St.
•LOS F (Both Directions / AM and PM
Peak Hours)
•A
ITEM 15: FY 20-21 GMP MONITORING
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ITEM 3: FY 20-21 GMP MONITORING
Manzanita St.Aviara Pkwy.

N
ADT = 16,663
LOS F
ADT = 13,508
LOS D ADT = 10,693

LOS A/B
Alga Rd.

ITEM 4: NORTH COUNTY CMCP
Aviara Parkway
ManzanitaStreetPotential Multimodal Improvements
High Visibility Crosswalks
Dashed Green Striping at
Bike Lane

BASIS FOR EXEMPTIONS
•City Council has authority to deem a street facility
exempt under GP Mobility Element Policy 3-P.9
•Acquiring the rights of way is not feasible; or
•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 •The proposed improvements would result in
unacceptable impacts to other community values or General Plan policies; or •The proposed improvements would require more than three through travel lanes in each direction.

ITEM 15: FY 20-21 GMP MONITORING
The Mobility Element seeks to enhance t'ehicle,
,miking, bicycling, and public transportation
systems options uithin Carlsbad, and impro1'e
mobility through increased connectil'ity and
intelligent transportation management.

REQUIREMENTS FOR EXEMPT

FACILITIES
•General Plan Mobility Element Policy 3-P.11
requires new development that adds vehicular
traffic to street facilities that are exempt from
the vehicular 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
•TSM strategies that improve traffic signal
coordination and improve transit service
ITEM 15: FY 20-21 GMP MONITORING
The Mobility Element seeks to enhance t'ehicle,
,miking, bicycling, and public transportation
systems options uithin Carlsbad, and impro1'e
mobility through increased connectil'ity and
intelligent transportation management.

TRAFFIC & MOBILITY

COMMISSION REVIEW
ITEM 15: FY 20-21 GMP MONITORING
•On June 6, 2022, the Traffic & Mobility Commission
supported staff’s recommendations to determine
the two street facilities deficient and exempt from
Vehicle LOS
•Appoint Vice-Chair Linke to discuss the need for the
inclusion of the Multi-Modal Level of Service
monitoring in the annual Growth Management Plan
monitoring report
{ City of
Carlsbad

RECOMMENDATION

1.Review and consider Traffic and Mobility Commission’s Recommendation

2.Adopt a resolution accepting the Fiscal Year 2020-21
Growth Management Plan Monitoring Report

3.Adopt a resolution determining two street facilities as deficient

4.Adopt a resolution determining two street facilities built out and exempt from vehicular level of service
performance standard
{city of
Carlsbad

T&MC seeking direction from City Council
•Multimodal level of service (MMLOS): A -F
–Vehicle
–Pedestrian
–Bicycle
–Transit

Growth management for circulation
facilities after 2015 GP update
•MMLOS purpose: “[T]he purpose of the MMLOS methodology is to provide a means for evaluating impacts of individual development projects, as well as monitoring the LOS for individual streets to ensure that they are meeting the specified standard by street type.” •Performance standard: “Maintain LOS D or better for each mode” based on the street prioritizations in the Mobility Element, excluding segments exempted by the City Council
•Nexus: Street prioritizations will create a nexus to developer

MMLOS monitoring results have never appeared
in a Growth Management report
•FY2015-16: New MMLOS methods to be developed for use in next report •FY2016-17: New MMLOS methods “required to be consistent with the Mobility Element” to be completed in Summer 2018 for use in next report •FY2017-18: MMLOS evaluations ongoing, and needed improvements to be reported separately to council •FY2018-19: Pedestrian and bicycle LOS evaluated, but staff identified concerns, so MMLOS methods to be refined in coordination with T&MC, results to be reported to council by end of 2020 •FY2019-20: Pedestrian, bicycle, and transit LOS evaluated, but MMLOS methods not finalized, and results to be reported to council by end of 2021 •FY2020-21 (current report): Pedestrian, bicycle, and transit LOS evaluated, but MMLOS methods not finalized, and results to be reported to council in future

Erosion of impact of MMLOS on
growth management
•FY2018-19 report
–Entire city effectively exempted from transit LOS standard (CAP TDM Program) –Portions of city developed prior to 2015 update effectively exempted from MMLOS monitoring deficiencies (non-retroactive) •FY2019-20 report
–Citywide transit LOS exemption rescinded?
•2021-2022
–May not be possible to assess individual development impacts using MMLOS •Deficiencies are pre-existing
•Nexus cannot be established

Examples of MMLOS improvements
•Additional safety lighting for all modes
•Pedestrian: crosswalks, curb extensions,
countdown heads, refuge medians, RRFBs
•Bicycle: new lanes, buffered lanes, sharrows
•Transit: crosswalks, benches, shelters, more
frequent service

T&MC seeking direction from City Council
•Transportation, Community Development, and Legal
–Harmonize MMLOS language in Mobility Element/CFIP with more recent views –Maintaining MMLOS D
–Ability to create nexus
•Finalize a meaningful MMLOS system
–Conduct monitoring and reporting
–Condition developments

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Carlsbad City Council
July 12, 2022