Resolution no. 23-45
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE APPROVING THE LOCAL ROADWAY SAFETY PLAN (LSRP) WHEREAS, Federal regulations require that each State has a Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) and while the SHSP is used as a statewide approach for improving roadway safety, a Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP) is a means for providing local and rural road owners with an opportunity to address unique highway safety needs in their jurisdictions while contributing to the success of the SHSP; and WHEREAS, starting in 2022, the Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) Calls for Projects, will require that an agency have an approved LRSP to be eligible to apply for federal HSIP funds; and WHEREAS, on February 18, 2020, City Council authorized staff to submit a grant application to Caltrans for the LRSP development; and WHEREAS, the Scope of Work of the project included preparation of the City’s LRSP through acquiring and analyzing traffic and collision data, identifying partners to review the data, selecting emphasis areas, developing safety strategies and countermeasures, and adopting the final plan; and WHEREAS, the LRSP will play a critical role in addressing traffic collision risks and may identify specific or unique conditions that contribute to traffic collisions within the City and will provide a blueprint for future projects with costs associated with each project; and WHEREAS, the City previously determined that the preparation of an LRSP is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Class1: Existing Facilities) and Section 15306 (Class 6: Information Gathering); and WHEREAS, on April 6, 2021, City Council approved the Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Kimley-Horn and Associates to prepare the LRSP; and Whereas, stakeholder meetings and field tours were held with representatives from various City Departments, Capistrano Unified School District, Orange County Sheriff’s Department, Orange County Fire Authority, San Clemente’s Public Safety Committee, and local pedestrian and bicycle activist to present the purpose of the LRSP, the results of the citywide crash pattern and trend analysis for crash severity and roadway user type (pedestrian and bicycle crashes), and priority locations identified from the citywide crash analysis; and WHEREAS, stakeholder feedback packets were distributed to meeting attendees and guidance was provided for the feedback sought regarding priority locations, areas with known safety issues / high-risk behaviors including near schools, and desired roadway infrastructure improvements and safety programs and stakeholder packet responses were collected and addressed in the LRSP; and WHEREAS, the approval of the LRSP would enable City staff to submit grant applications, with the goal of receiving funds to implement the LRSP identified priority projects.
NOW, THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, ORDERED AND FOUND by the City Council of the City of San Clemente, State of California, as follows:
SECTION 1: Incorporation of Recitals.
The City Council hereby finds that all of the facts in the Recitals above are true and correct and are incorporated and adopted as fully set forth in this resolution.
SECTION 2: The San Clemente City Council hereby approves and accepts the Local Roadway Safety Plan (LRSP) prepared by Kimley-Horn and Associates dated December 2022.
SECTION 3: The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this ____ day of June, 2023.
ATTEST:
_______________________________ _____________________________ City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, Mayor of the City of San Clemente, California California
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) §
CITY OF SAN CLEMENTE )
I, LAURA CAMPAGNOLO, City Clerk of the City of San Clemente, California, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 23-45 was adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Clemente held on ______ day of June 2023, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
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CITY CLERK of the City of
San Clemente, California
Approved as to form:
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Elizabeth A. Mitchell, City Attorney
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