RESOLUTION NO. 18752
SERIES 2023
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOUNTAIN VIEW AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 18575, TEMPORARILY DESIGNATING FOR SHORELINE BOULEVARD, PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE SECTION 21655. 5
AND FINDING THE RESOLUTION TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE
CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER -
CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS TITLE 14, SECTION 15301
WHEREAS, on June 22, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 18575 temporarily designating bus -only lanes along Charleston Road, from Landings Drive to Shoreline Boulevard, for exclusive use by High Occupancy Vehicle ( HOV) meeting the definition of a " bus," as defined in the California Vehicle Code Section 233; and
WHEREAS, the City Council approved the temporary designation24 hours per day, seven days per week, for a one-year period commencingupon initial use of the HOVbus -only lanes, which began operations VnFebruary11, 2022;and WHEREAS,
the North 8ayshorePrecise Plan, adoptedin 2014and amendedin 2017, designates portions of CharlestonRoad as a transitboulevard, establishingtransit as a high - priority mode for thisstreetand to supportfast and reliabletransit service (CharlestonTransit Boulevard); and WHEREAS,
the CharlestonTransit Boulevardwill providepermanentdedicated bus - only lanes, which is expectedto be completedby 2025; and WHEREAS,
unless amendedby the City Council, ResolutionNo. 18575will terminateFebruary 11, 2023, resultingin thebus -onlylanesbeingreopenedto allvehiculartraffic; and WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section21655. 5 authorizeslocal authorities, with respect to highwaysunder their jurisdiction, to permitexclusiveor preferentialuse of highwaylanes for HOVs; and WHEREAS,
the engineeringestimate of theeffectof theexclusive -use lanesunsafety, congestion' and highwaycapacity remains applicableand unchangedfrom the determinationsmade in ResolutionNo. 18575, finding,that conversionof thelanesto bus -only alongCharlestonRoad does not resultin anyanticipatedadverse safety impacts; may help managepotential increase in congestionby encouragingmore employeesto usetransitinsteadof single -occupancy1- Resolution No. 187S2
of vehicles eligible to use the bus -only lanes will be reduced; and WHEREAS, initial monitoring reports of the bus -only lane operations and congestion levels indicate the temporary designation of the bus -only lane is successful in improving transit operations along Charleston Road; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to extend the designation for the temporary bus -only lanes until the permanent replacement of the temporary lanes by the Charleston Transit Boulevard designated bus lanes; and
WHEREAS, as aLlthffiZed by Resolution No 18575, the Public Works Director would continue to have the authority, in the Public Works Director' s discretion, to temporarily suspend or terminate the bus -only lane as needed to address congestion management and public health and safety concerns; and
WHEREAS, the temporary HOV bus -only lanes along Charleston Road are categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act ([ EO4) pursuant to Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations Section I5301, Existing Facilities, which categorically exempts operation, repair, maintenance, or minor alteration of existing highways and 5tn29tS, sidewalks, gutters, bicycle and pedestrian trails, and similar facilities, including transit improvements, such asbuslanes; now, therefore, beit RESOLVED:
that the City Councilof theCity of MountainView herebyamendsResolutionNo. 18575to extendthe temporarydesignation of thebus -only lanesfor exclusiveuse for HOVs, as setforthin ResolutionNo. 18575and pursuantto CaliforniaVehicle Code Section21655. 5, beyond a one-year periodand designatethat the temporarybus - only lanesremainin placeuntil the lanesare permanentlyreplaced by theCharlestonTransit Boulevarddesignated bus lanes; and be it FURTHER
RESOLVED: that the temporarydesignationof thebus -onlylanesremainssubject to thePublicWorks Director's delegatedauthority as setforthin ResolutionNo. 18575, in thatthe PublicWorks Directorhas the authority, in thePublicWorks Director's discretion, to temporarily suspend or terminatethe bus -only lanes as neededto addresscongestionmanagement and publichealth and safetyconcerns; and be it FURTHER
RESOLVED: that the CityCouncilhereby finds the Resolutioncategoricallyexempt from the CaliforniaEnvironmentalQuality Act ( CEQA) pursuantto theCEQAGuidelines, Title 14 of theCaliforniaCode ofRegulations, Section153Ol, Existing Facilities. Except as amendedset forth herein, ResolutionNo. 18575 shall remain in full forceand 2- Resolution No. 18752
The foregoing resolution was regularly introduced and adopted at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Mountain View, duly held on the 10th day of January 2023, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Abe- Koga, Kamei, Matichak, Showalter, Vice Mayor Hicks, and Mayor Ramirez
NOES: Non@
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: APPROVED:
HEA HER GLASER (
YCITY) CLERK
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LUCAS R IREZ
MAYOR
Pursuant to Mountain View Charter § 709( b), I do hereby certify that the foregoing is an original or a correct copy of the Resolution passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Mountain View at a Regular Meeting held on the 10th day of January 2023, by the foregoing vote.
City Clerk
City of Mo ntain View