South Central Fresno
AB 617 Community
Truck Reroute Study
and
Fresno Community
Environmental Health
Impact Assessment
Andreina Aguilar,
Project Manager
1 What is a Truck Route?
California Vehicle Code (CVC)
35701, 35702, 35703, 35712, 35714
• Local authorities can designate truck routes
• Exclusive to local authority’s jurisdiction
• Commercial vehicles can use restricted streets for
pickups or deliveries, delivering materials for
construction, alteration, remodeling, or repair, or if they have building permits
Fresno Municipal Code (FMC)
Section 14-1303
• Street designated for vehicles exceeding 12,000 lbs.
• Established through Ordinance
• Vehicle operators are not prohibited from making
deliveries to and from streets not designated as
truck routes
2 Background
from Concept to Funding
Approval
3 History Timeline
City of Fresno Truck
Route Map
2005
2017
AB 617
Signed by former
Governor Brown
Southwest Fresno
Specific Plan adopted
by Council
2017
2018
Air District begins
conversation with City
on truck route map
Air District Published
CERP . Developed with
CSC and Community
input.
2019
2020
Funding Approval
4 Other Truck Route Maps
5 Bakersfield, Ca
Southwest Fresno
Specific Plan
Adopted October 2017
Goal T-10:
Create a healthy environment for Southwest Fresno residents by intentionally routing truck traffic away from sensitive areas such as residential areas, parks, and schools.
Recommended Removal:
• North Ave
• Jensen Ave
• Church Ave
• California Ave (Cesar Chavez Blvd)
• West Ave
• Thorne Ave
• Walnut Ave
• Elm Ave
6 Assembly Bill 617
(AB 617)
“Initiated a state-wide effort to monitor and reduce air pollution, and improve public health, in communities
that experience disproportionate burdens from exposure
to air pollutants through new community-focused and
community-driven actions”
7 Adopted July 2017
California Air Resources Board (CARB)
Air District
• Community Steering Committee (CSC)
• Partner with Communities on community air monitoring and emissions reduction program
Community
Emissions
Reduction
Program
(CERP)
Adopted September 2019
• Community Steering Committee (CSC)
• Technical analysis describing sources
of pollution in the community
• Possible Strategies for reducing
pollution impacts
• Suggested Measure:
• HD.11: Heavy Duty Truck
Rerouting
8 Funding
Air District Reimbursement Agreement
up to $500,000
City of Fresno – Measure C Flexible Funds
$250,000
Truck Reroute Study: $302,670
Health Impact Assessment: $303,473
Project Management & Misc. Expenses: $50,000
9 Background
from Funding Approval
through Completion of
Studies
10 Involvement
and
Coordination
2020 – Draft Project Scope and Request For
Proposal(RFP)
CSC, AIR DISTRICT, CITY
2021 – RFP Released
CITY
2021 – Consultant Interviews
CSC, AIR DISTRICT, CITY
2022 – Refine Scope
CSC, AIR DISTRICT, CITY
April 2022 – Council Award Contract
Agreements to Arcadis (formerly IBI Group) and
UCM
11 The Project
Health Impact Assessment (HIA)
• Population-Based Assessment
• Community-Based Health Survey
12 Truck Reroute Study
• Outreach and Engagement Plan
• Community Advisory Group (CAG)
• Existing Conditions Report
• Best Practices Report
• Truck Routing and Implementation Strategies
Report
The Project
Health Impact Assessment (HIA)
• Findings based on data analysis and
community-based survey findings
• 1,766 community-based surveys
• HIA recommendations used to inform
the Truck Study
• HIA recommends a 1000-foot buffer
between truck routes and sensitive
receptors(residents, schools, etc.)
13 The Project
14 Truck Reroute Study
• Using HIA findings and
recommendations, the truck study
identified where the sensitive
receptors are located in proximity to
truck routes
• Based on technical analysis and HIA
recommendations, the truck study
recommends removal of
approximately 39 net truck route
miles
• Where truck routes remain, the truck
study recommends other strategies to
add comfort for different mode users
• Infrastructure
• Non-Infrastructure
Community
Outreach What…
• Community Stakeholder Meetings
• Focus Group Meetings
• Council hosted Meetings
• CSC meetings
• Pop-up Event
How…
• Eblast
• Flyers
• Social Media
• Surveys online
• Community-Based Health
Surveys
15 Project Timeline
16 Project Timeline
17 Truck
Reroute
Study
Minor Changes from May 2024 to Now…
• Added FMC and CVC references
• Renamed Truck Regulated Areas to Truck Bypass Restriction Zones
• Table listing route changes
• Proposed Truck Route Map shown in quadrants for ease
• Compiled complete Study
18 Ordinance
Amend the existing
City of Fresno
Designated Truck
Routes
19 Remove Truck Routes Added Truck Routes
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* Related to Caltrans and California High-Speed Rail Authority circulation changes
Moving
Forward …
• September 12th: Workshop
• Upcoming City Council Meetings:
• Council can accept or not accept the Truck Study and Health Impact Assessment
• Introduction of Ordinance to amend the Designated Truck Route List • Adoption of Ordinance to amend the Designated Truck Route List • Effective 30 days after adoption
• Update public facing Designated Truck Route Map and share with the public and businesses
• Community concerns via FresGo
• Project Website: https://www.fresno.gov/publicworks/south- central-truck-re-route-study/
20 Questions / Discussion
Thank you
21 22
23 Supplemental
Info
Meetings
Supplemental
Info
Assembly Bill 98
(AB 98)
24 Proposed Legislation
Beginning January 1, 2026
• Prescribe various statewide warehouse design and build standards for any proposed new or expanded logistics use developments, as specified, including, among other things, standards for building design and location, parking, truck loading bays, landscaping buffers, entry gates, and signage.
• Require a facility operator, prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy, to establish and submit for approval by a city, county, or city and county a truck routing plan to and from the state highway system based on the latest truck route map of the city, county, or city and county, as prescribed.
• Require a facility operator to enforce the plan.
By January 1, 2028
• Require a county or city to update its circulation element, as prescribed, including identifying and establishing specific travel routes for the transport of goods, materials, or freight for storage, transfer, or redistribution to safely accommodate additional truck traffic and avoid residential areas and concentrations of sensitive receptors, as defined. • Establish specific standards for truck routes.
• Require a county or city to provide for posting of conspicuous signage to identify truck routes and additional signage for truck parking and appropriate idling facility locations. • Require a county or city to make truck routes publicly available and share maps of the truck routes with warehouse operators, fleet operators, and truck drivers. • Authorize the Attorney General to enforce these provisions, as provided, including by imposition of a fine of up to $50,000 every 6 months if the required updates have not been made.