MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA
JOINT MEETING OF THE REGIONAL PLANNING TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP (TWG) AND THE CITIES/COUNTY TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE (CTAC) The TWG and CTAC may take action on any item appearing on this agenda.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
SANDAG, Board Room 401 B Street, Suite 800 San Diego, CA 92101-4231
12 noon – 2 p.m. CONVENE JOINT TWG/CTAC MEETING
2 – 3:15 p.m. CONVENE TWG MEETING
Staff Contacts: TWG CTAC Carolina Gregor Alex Estrella (619) 699-1989 (619) 699-1928 [email protected] [email protected]
AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS
Joint TWG/CTAC Meeting: • INITIATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION SCENARIOS TO FURTHER REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS • ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY TWG Meeting: • SAN DIEGO FORWARD: THE REGIONAL PLAN • INVENTORY OF LOCAL PARKING POLICIES IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION • FORMATION OF NEW ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP
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To request this document or related reports in an alternative format, please call (619) 699-1900, (619) 699-1904 (TTY), or fax (619) 699-1905.
JOINT MEETING OF THE REGIONAL PLANNING TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP AND THE CITIES/COUNTY TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE Thursday, March 14, 2013 ITEM # RECOMMENDATION 12 noon – 2 p.m. CONVENE JOINT MEETING OF TWG AND CTAC
A. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
The Regional Planning Technical Working Group (TWG) and the Cities/County Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) members should conduct self- introductions.
B. PUBLIC COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Members of the public shall have the opportunity to address TWG and CTAC on any issue within the jurisdiction of SANDAG that is not on this agenda. Anyone desiring to speak shall reserve time by completing a “Request to Speak” form and giving it to the staff coordinators prior to speaking. Public speakers should notify the coordinators if they have a handout for distribution to working group members. Public speakers are limited to three minutes or less per person. TWG and CTAC members also may provide information and announcements under this agenda item.
CONSENT
+C. TransNet SMART GROWTH INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND ACTIVE INFORMATION TRANSPORTATION GRANT PROGRAM: STATUS UPDATE (Suchi Mukherjee)
SANDAG approved the first round of Smart Growth Incentive Program projects under TransNet in May 2009, and the first round of Active Transportation Program grants in June 2009. This report provides an overview of the progress made to date by the grant recipients.
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REPORTS
+D. INITIATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE LAND USE AND INFORMATION/ TRANSPORTATION SCENARIOS TO FURTHER REDUCE GREENHOUSE DISCUSSION GAS EMISSIONS
As part of the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy (2050 RTP/SCS) adopted in 2011, the SANDAG Board of Directors committed to preparing alternative land use and transportation scenarios to explore a range of options of what it would take to further reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions between 2035 and 2050. This item provides an overview of the purpose, anticipated steps, and schedule for this exploratory analysis, which will help inform various components of San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan. The TWG and CTAC will serve as the primary SANDAG working groups providing input to the Regional Planning and Transportation Committees on this work effort, and participation and input by stakeholders and the public will be sought at key milestones.
D1. Anticipated Steps and Review of Previous SANDAG Scenario Planning Efforts (Carolina Gregor) Staff will provide an overview of the purpose, anticipated steps, and schedule for developing the alternative scenarios; how the scenario planning effort fits into the development of the regional plan; and background information on previous scenario planning efforts undertaken by SANDAG.
D2. Modeling Tools to be Used in this Effort (Clint Daniels) Staff will discuss the land use and transportation modeling tools that will be used in the scenario planning effort and potential visualization capabilities.
D3. Examples and Lessons Learned from Scenario Planning Efforts in Other Regions (George Mazur, Cambridge Systematics) The consultant team will describe examples and highlight lessons learned on similar scenario planning efforts in California and other states.
D4. Next Steps (Carolina Gregor) Next steps will include brainstorming on regional land use and transportation phasing assumptions, involvement of stakeholders and the public, and ideas on effective outreach and communication techniques.
+E. ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY DISCUSSION FRAMEWORK (Christine Eary)
As part of the 2050 RTP/SCS, SANDAG committed to planning an Active Transportation Program including Safe Routes to School and Safe Routes to Transit. Staff will present a proposed framework for an Active Transportation Implementation Strategy. This approach includes refinements to what was proposed at CTAC in February. The CTAC and TWG are asked to provide input regarding this process.
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F. ADJOURNMENT OF THE JOINT CTAC/TWG AND NEXT MEETING INFORMATION
The next CTAC meeting will be held on Thursday, April 4, 2013.
2 – 3:15 p.m. CONVENE TWG MEETING
1. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS INFORMATION
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
Members of the public shall have the opportunity to address TWG on any issue within the jurisdiction of SANDAG that is not on this agenda. Anyone desiring to speak shall reserve time by completing a “Request to Speak” form and giving it to the staff coordinators prior to speaking. Public speakers should notify the coordinators if they have a handout for distribution to working group members. Public speakers are limited to three minutes or less per person. TWG members also may provide information and announcements under this agenda item.
+3. MEETING MINUTES APPROVE
The TWG should review and approve the meeting summary from its February 14, 2013, meeting.
CONSENT
+4. FORM 700 STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS (Carolina Gregor) INFORMATION
All TWG members and alternates are required to submit a Form 700 Statement of Economic Interests for calendar year 2012. Please see the attached report for instructions. Forms are due to Michelle Posada of SANDAG by Friday, March 22, 2013.
REPORTS
+5. SAN DIEGO FORWARD: THE REGIONAL PLAN (Phil Trom) INFORMATION
The regional plan has been branded as San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan. A brief video showcasing the branding approach will be shown and staff will highlight upcoming next steps. The final work program and schedule and the final public involvement plan were both presented to the SANDAG Board in late February and are attached for the working group's information.
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+6. INVENTORY OF LOCAL PARKING POLICIES IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION DISCUSSION (Antoinette Meier/Marisa Mangan)
At the January 2013 TWG meeting, staff announced they would be interviewing SANDAG member agencies regarding their local parking policies and management strategies. Staff is returning to present outcomes and initiate discussion on potential next steps for how parking management strategies could be considered in the development of San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan.
+7. FORMATION OF NEW ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP DISCUSSION (Chris Kluth)
The Bicycle-Pedestrian Working Group was established to inform SANDAG planning efforts for nonmotorized travel. Over the years SANDAG’s role in bicycle transportation has grown from administering a modest grant program into a comprehensive work element that includes implementation of the Regional Bicycle Plan, planning for pedestrians, safe routes to school, safe routes to transit, and complete streets. Together, these efforts comprise what is now referred to as the Active Transportation Program. Formation of a new Active Transportation Working Group (ATWG) is intended to reflect a new emphasis on a comprehensive approach to active transportation in the region. Staff will discuss the transition to a new Active Transportation Working Group and present the staff report and charter that was presented for approval to the Transportation Committee on February 15, 2013. The TWG will be asked to provide input on potential revisions to the ATWG membership roster as a result of comments from the Transportation Committee.
8. ADJOURNMENT AND NEXT MEETING INFORMATION
The next TWG meeting will be held on April 11, 2013, from 1:15 to 3:15 p.m. Note: A special meeting on the Alternative Land Use and Transportation Scenarios may be held immediately before the TWG meeting from 12 noon to 1:15 p.m. TWG members should mark their calendars.
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5 San Diego Association of Governments JOINT MEETING OF THE REGIONAL PLANNING TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP AND THE CITIES/COUNTY TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
March 14, 2013 AGENDA ITEM NO.: C
Action Requested: INFORMATION
TransNet SMART GROWTH INCENTIVE PROGRAM File Number 3300100, 3300300 AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION GRANT PROGRAM: STATUS UPDATE
Introduction
This report provides an update through December 31, 2012, on projects funded by two grant programs included in the TransNet Extension Ordinance and Expenditure Plan: (1) the Smart Growth Incentive Program, and (2) the Active Transportation Grant Program, formerly known as the Bicycle, Pedestrian and Neighborhood Safety/Traffic Calming Program. This report also provides information regarding ongoing oversight efforts and an update on one Active Transportation grant, the Inland Rail Trail Phase IIIB Right-of-Way Engineering project that is being discontinued at the City of Vista’s request.
Discussion
The TransNet Extension Ordinance provides 2 percent of the annual TransNet revenues for both the Smart Growth Incentive Program (SGIP) and Active Transportation Grant Program (ATGP). In addition, the ATGP receives 2 percent of the annual Transportation Development Act (TDA) revenues. This report includes an update on the progress of both grant programs through December 31, 2012 (Attachments 1 and 2), and information regarding ongoing oversight efforts and the current cycle for both programs.
Smart Growth Incentive Program
In May 2009, SANDAG awarded $9.4 million in funding to 14 projects (six planning grants and eight capital grants) for the first two-year cycle of the TransNet SGIP. The program was established through the TransNet Extension Ordinance “to provide funding for a broad array of transportation- related infrastructure improvements that will assist local agencies in better integrating transportation and land use, such as enhancements to streets and public places, funding of infrastructure needed to support development in smart growth opportunity areas consistent with the Regional Comprehensive Plan, and community planning efforts related to smart growth and improved land use/transportation coordination.” Of the 13 projects that went forward, one has been completed and the remaining projects are scheduled to be completed between now and the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 (June 2014).
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Active Transportation Grant Program
In June 2009, SANDAG also awarded $7.8 million in TDA and TransNet funding to 30 projects (12 planning, parking, and program grants, and 18 capital grants) under the Active Transportation Grant Program. Although this was the first annual cycle of this program under the TransNet Extension, SANDAG has been funding bicycle and pedestrian projects with TDA funds since 1972, and bicycle projects under the original TransNet Ordinance since FY 1989. The TransNet Extension Ordinance specifies that the funds be used “for bikeway facilities and connectivity improvements, pedestrian and walkable community projects, bicycle and pedestrian safety projects and programs, and traffic calming projects.” Of the 30 projects, 23 have been completed, and one project was discontinued at the request of the local jurisdiction. The remaining projects are scheduled to be completed between now and the end of FY 2013 (June 2013) with the exception of the Inland Rail Trail (IRT) Phase IIIB Right-of-Way Engineering project, which is being discontinued at the City of Vista’s request but will be completed by SANDAG as part of the Regional Bike Plan implementation program. To continue right-of-way engineering activities along the corridor as a part of the Regional Bicycle Plan Early Action Program, SANDAG staff will ask the ITOC on April 10, 2013, and Transportation Committee on April 19, 2013, to reprogram unspent funds from the grant to allow the agency to complete work along the corridor.
Grant Oversight
SANDAG staff provides ongoing oversight of SGIP and Active Transportation grantees through review of quarterly reports and regular status updates to the Transportation and Regional Planning Committees. Staff also provides an annual update on grant programs to the TransNet Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee.
Staff reviews quarterly reports to ensure that grantees are making timely progress with respect to the Use-It-or-Lose-It provisions of their grant agreements (described below), and to ensure that the project deliverables match the deliverables in the grant agreement scopes of work. The “Watch List” column in Attachments 1 and 2 are used to identify projects that that are close to reaching a milestone and need to be monitored for a possible grant amendment or another appropriate action.
Policy Governing Timely Use of Grant Funds (“Use-It-or-Lose-It” Policy)
The applicable Use-It-or-Lose-It Policy (Attachment 3), which was in place for these projects prior to the adoption of Board Policy No. 035, states that all projects must be completed according to the project schedule provided in the grantee’s respective grant agreements, and that, at the latest, capital improvement projects must award a construction contract within two years of an executed grant agreement with SANDAG. The Policy also states that capital projects must be completed within 18 months of an executed construction contract (a maximum of 3.5 years from contract execution). A planning project must award a consultant contract within one year of an executed grant agreement with SANDAG, and complete the project within two years of an executed consultant contract (a maximum of 3 years from contract execution).
While schedule adjustments of up to 12 months may be approved by SANDAG staff, per Section 3.1.1 of the Use-It-or-Lose-It Policy, Smart Growth Incentive Program and Active Transportation Grant Program amendment requests are presented to the ITOC for a recommendation and to the
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Regional Planning and Transportation Committees (respectively) for approval when the requests meet either one of the following conditions:
• Time requested exceeds 12 months; and/or
• Time requested causes the project to miss a Use-It-or-Lose-It milestone deadline (consultant or construction contract award or project completion).
There are no projects requesting amendments at this time.
Next Steps
The report on the Smart Growth Incentive Program, Active Transportation Grant Program, and proposed reprogramming of unspent funds for the City of Vista’s Active Transportation grant will be presented to the Regional Planning Committee as an information item on April 5, 2013 and as an action item to the ITOC on April 10, 2013 and Transportation Committee on April 19, 2013.
Attachments: 1. Status of TransNet Smart Growth Incentive Program FY 2010 Grants 2. Status of TransNet/TDA Active Transportation FY 2010 Grants 3. TransNet Smart Growth Incentive Program and Bicycle Pedestrian Neighborhood Safety/Traffic Calming Program Use-It-or-Lose It Requirements
Key Staff Contact: Suchi Mukherjee, (619) 699-1943, [email protected]
8 Attachment 1 Status of TransNet Smart Growth Incentive Program FY 2009 - FY 2010 Grants Reporting period through December 31, 2012
# AGENCY PROJECT GRANT GRANT STATUS NEXT MILESTONE CONTRACT WATCH TYPE AMOUNT MILESTONE DATE EXPIRATION LIST
1 Chula Industrial Capital $283,900 PROJECT Vista Boulevard Bike COMPLETE – Lane & Pedestrian JULY 2012 Improvements 2 Chula Palomar Gateway Planning $400,000 Second screencheck Project Jun-13 Jun-13 X Vista District Specific of Draft EIR Completion Plan & EIR complete. Third and final screencheck in progress. 3 Chula Third Avenue Capital $2,000,000 Construction in Project Mar-13 Mar-13 X Vista Streetscape progress. Completion Implementation Project
4 Lemon Lemon Grove Capital $1,895,000 Construction in Project Nov-13 Nov-13 Grove Trolley Plaza progress. Completion
5 National 8th Street Corridor Capital $2,000,000 90% construction Project Jun-14 Jun-14 City Smart Growth plans and Completion Revitalization specifications (Phase II) complete. Phase I construction in progress.
Watch List projects are those whose Use-It-or-Lose-It milestones appear to be in danger of falling behind schedule and, therefore, require additional monitoring. Projects that were not awarded have been removed from this list and funds have reverted back to the SGIP. 9 Status of TransNet Smart Growth Incentive Program FY 2009 - FY 2010 Grants Reporting period through December 31, 2012
p# AGENCY PROJECT GRANT GRANT STATUS NEXT MILESTONE CONTRACT WATCH TYPE AMOUNT MILESTONE DATE EXPIRATION LIST
6 San Mid-City SR 15 BRT Planning $225,000 Final Study Report Project Feb-13 Feb-13 X Diego Station Area in progress. Completion Planning Study Recommendations prepared for presentation to community stakeholders. 7 San Chollas Triangle Planning $275,000 Master Plan Project Dec-13 Dec-13 Diego Master Plan Concepts used to Completion prepare traffic analysis; community plan amendment and environmental analysis in progress. 8 San Euclid & Market Planning $400,000 Draft Master Plan Project Mar-13 Mar-13 X Diego Village Master Plan complete. Preparing Completion for review and feedback by community stakeholders.
Watch List projects are those whose Use-It-or-Lose-It milestones appear to be in danger of falling behind schedule and, therefore, require additional monitoring. Projects that were not awarded have been removed from this list and funds have reverted back to the SGIP. 10 Status of TransNet Smart Growth Incentive Program FY 2009 - FY 2010 Grants Reporting period through December 31, 2012
p# AGENCY PROJECT GRANT GRANT STATUS NEXT MILESTONE CONTRACT WATCH TYPE AMOUNT MILESTONE DATE EXPIRATION LIST
9 San Imperial Avenue & Planning $400,000 Completion of Draft Project Mar-13 Mar-13 X Diego Commercial Street Master Plan in Completion Corridor Plan progress. Refinements to mobility section and technical report underway. Preparing for review and feedback by community stakeholders.
10 San Park Boulevard/ Capital $224,000 100% design Project Sep-13 Sep-13 Diego Essex Street complete. Completion Pedestrian Crossing Advertised and & Traffic Calming awarded construction contract.
11 San Park Boulevard/City Capital $300,000 90% design Award Sep-13 Feb-14 Diego College/San Diego complete. Construction High Pedestrian & Contract Transit Access Improvements
Watch List projects are those whose Use-It-or-Lose-It milestones appear to be in danger of falling behind schedule and, therefore, require additional monitoring. Projects that were not awarded have been removed from this list and funds have reverted back to the SGIP. 11 Status of TransNet Smart Growth Incentive Program FY 2009 - FY 2010 Grants Reporting period through December 31, 2012
p# AGENCY PROJECT GRANT GRANT STATUS NEXT MILESTONE CONTRACT WATCH TYPE AMOUNT MILESTONE DATE EXPIRATION LIST
12 San Fourth & Fifth Capital $619,000 100% design Award Mar-13 Sep-13 Diego Avenue/Nutmeg complete. Construction Pedestrian Crossing Contract & Traffic Calming
13 San Fourth Avenue/ Capital $233,000 100% design Award Mar-13 Sep-13 Diego Quince Pedestrian complete. Construction Crossing & Traffic Contract Calming
Watch List projects are those whose Use-It-or-Lose-It milestones appear to be in danger of falling behind schedule and, therefore, require additional monitoring. Projects that were not awarded have been removed from this list and funds have reverted back to the SGIP. 12 Attachment 2
Status of TransNet/TDA Active Transportation Program FY 2010 Grants Reporting period through December 31, 2012
# AGENCY PROJECT GRANT GRANT STATUS NEXT MILESTONE CONTRACT WATCH TYPE AMOUNT MILESTONE DATE EXPIRATION LIST 1 Carlsbad Installation of Capital $150,660 PROJECT Audible Pedestrian COMPLETE – Signals & FEBRUARY 2012 Countdown Pedestrian Signals 2 Chula Chula Vista Plan $150,000 PROJECT Vista Bikeway Master COMPLETE – Plan Update FEBRUARY 2011 3 Chula Sidewalk Safety Capital $116,220 PROJECT Vista Program – I Street COMPLETE – Sidewalk SEPTEMBER 2011 Improvements 4 Coronado Coronado Bicycle Plan $75,000 PROJECT Master Plan COMPLETE – MARCH 2011 5 Escondido Downtown Parking $14,378 PROJECT Escondido Bike COMPLETE – Racks OCTOBER 2011 6 Escondido Ash Street Capital $457,357 PROJECT Undercrossing COMPLETE - MARCH 2012 7 Escondido Escondido Creek Capital $524,100 The grant Bike Path agreement for this project was terminated in July 2012 at the request of the City of Escondido. The grant funds will remain in the Active Transportation Grant Program.
Watch List projects are those whose Use-It-or-Lose-It milestones appear to be in danger of falling behind schedule and, therefore, require additional monitoring. Projects that were not awarded have been removed from this list and any funds have reverted back to the Active Transportation Grant Program. 13
Status of TransNet/TDA Active Transportation Program FY 2010 Grants Reporting period through December 31, 2012
# AGENCY PROJECT GRANT GRANT STATUS NEXT MILESTONE CONTRACT WATCH TYPE AMOUNT MILESTONE DATE EXPIRATION LIST 8 Escondido Escondido Creek Capital $157,500 Final design Award Jan-13 May-13 Bike Path Lighting specifications Construction & Restriping completed. Contract 9 Escondido West Bernardo Capital $1,425,000 PROJECT Bike Path & COMPLETE – Cantilever MARCH 2011 10 La Mesa La Mesa Bicycle Plan $75,000 PROJECT Facilities Master COMPLETE - Plan FEBRUARY 2012 11 La Mesa Spring Street Capital $88,000 PROJECT Trolley Station COMPLETE – Pedestrian Access SEPTEMBER 2011 Improvements 12 La Mesa La Mesa/El Cajon Capital $361,000 PROJECT Boulevards COMPLETE – Intersection SEPTEMBER 2011 Improvements & Pedestrian Infrastructure 13 National National City Plan $50,000 PROJECT City Bicycle Master Plan COMPLETE – FEBRUARY 2011
Watch List projects are those whose Use-It-or-Lose-It milestones appear to be in danger of falling behind schedule and, therefore, require additional monitoring. Projects that were not awarded have been removed from this list and any funds have reverted back to the Active Transportation Grant Program. 14
Status of TransNet/TDA Active Transportation Program FY 2010 Grants Reporting period through December 31, 2012
# AGENCY PROJECT GRANT GRANT STATUS NEXT MILESTONE CONTRACT WATCH TYPE AMOUNT MILESTONE DATE EXPIRATION LIST 14 National Sweetwater River Capital $130,000 PROJECT City Bike Path Gap COMPLETE – Closure Design – DECEMBER 2010 Plaza Bonita Road 15 San Diego EIR & Feasibility Plan $150,000 Second screencheck Project Jun-13 Jun-13 Study for Bike of Draft PEIR Completion Master Plan complete. Update 16 San Diego Pedestrian & Support $290,000 Program outreach is Project Jun-13 Jun-13 Bicycle Safety under way and was Completion Education extended to 287 Program elementary schools, 102 middle schools, and 31 parent workshops. 17 San Diego San Diego Plan $150,000 Finalized pedestrian Project Apr-13 Apr-13 Pedestrian Master focus areas and Completion Plan Phase 4 existing conditions mapping. Inventory of curb ramps and sidewalk complete. 18 San Diego UCSD Plan $75,000 PROJECT Bicycle/Pedestrian COMPLETE – Master Plan APRIL 2012 19 San Diego Bicycle Detection Capital $73,500 PROJECT at Signalized COMPLETE – Intersections MAY 2012
Watch List projects are those whose Use-It-or-Lose-It milestones appear to be in danger of falling behind schedule and, therefore, require additional monitoring. Projects that were not awarded have been removed from this list and any funds have reverted back to the Active Transportation Grant Program. 15
Status of TransNet/TDA Active Transportation Program FY 2010 Grants Reporting period through December 31, 2012
# AGENCY PROJECT GRANT GRANT STATUS NEXT MILESTONE CONTRACT WATCH TYPE AMOUNT MILESTONE DATE EXPIRATION LIST 20 San Diego Kelton Road Capital $248,400 100% Design Award Feb-13 Feb-13 X Midblock complete. Construction Pedestrian Construction Contract. Staff Improvements contract award amendment delayed because in progress to original winning Jul-13. contractor was deemed ineligible due to contracting violations on an unassociated project. Five- month staff-level extension in progress to July, 31, 2013. 21 San SR 15 Bike Path Capital $350,000 PROJECT Diego/ Final Design & COMPLETE – Caltrans Environmental OCTOBER 2012 Document 22 San Barham Drive Capital $700,000 PROJECT Marcos Urban Trail COMPLETE – Improvement JANUARY 2012 Project 23 SANDAG Bicycle Locker Support $50,000 PROJECT Wireless COMPLETE – Communication JANUARY 2012 24 SANDAG Bicycle Locker Support $50,000 PROJECT Retrofits & COMPLETE – Upgrades JANUARY 2012
Watch List projects are those whose Use-It-or-Lose-It milestones appear to be in danger of falling behind schedule and, therefore, require additional monitoring. Projects that were not awarded have been removed from this list and any funds have reverted back to the Active Transportation Grant Program. 16
Status of TransNet/TDA Active Transportation Program FY 2010 Grants Reporting period through December 31, 2012
# AGENCY PROJECT GRANT GRANT STATUS NEXT MILESTONE CONTRACT WATCH TYPE AMOUNT MILESTONE DATE EXPIRATION LIST 25 SANDAG Bicycle Map Plan $25,000 PROJECT Printing & COMPLETE – Distribution JULY 2010 26 SANDAG Bayshore Bikeway Capital $1,078,000 PROJECT Segments 7 & 8 COMPLETE – MARCH 2012 27 Santee Carlton Oaks Drive Capital $30,200 PROJECT Class II Bike Lanes COMPLETE – MARCH 2010 28 Vista Inland Rail Trail Capital $500,000 Project is being Project May-13 May-13 X Phase IIIB – Right- discontinued at Completion of-Way the City of Vista’s Engineering request. SANDAG will continue right-of-way engineering activities along the corridor to implement the Regional Bicycle Plan Early Action Program. Project close-out in progress. 29 Vista Safe Pedestrian Capital $50,649 PROJECT Crossing at COMPLETE – Longhorn Drive JUNE 2011 30 Vista Boys & Girls Club Capital $146,844 PROJECT Sidewalk COMPLETE – Improvements JUNE 2011
Watch List projects are those whose Use-It-or-Lose-It milestones appear to be in danger of falling behind schedule and, therefore, require additional monitoring. Projects that were not awarded have been removed from this list and any funds have reverted back to the Active Transportation Grant Program. 17 Attachment 3 TransNet Smart Growth Incentive Program and Bicycle Pedestrian Neighborhood Safety/Traffic Calming Program Use-It-or-Lose-It Requirements
1. Project Milestone and Completion Deadlines 2.1.1. For extension requests of up to six months, the grant recipient must request the extension in 1.1. This policy applies to all Smart Growth Incentive Program grant funds, whether from TransNet or writing to the SANDAG Program Manager at another source. By signing a grant agreement for the least two weeks prior to the earliest project Smart Growth Incentive Program, grant recipients agree schedule milestone deadline for which an to the following project delivery objectives. extension is being requested. 2.1.2. For extension requests that will cause one or 1.1.1. Capital Grants. The project must be completed according to the schedule provided in the more project milestones to be delayed more grant agreement, but at the latest, a than six months, but less than twelve months construction contract must be awarded within aggregate, the grant recipient must request an two years following execution of the grant extension in writing to the SANDAG Program agreement, and construction must be Manager at least six weeks prior to the earliest completed within eighteen months following project schedule milestone deadline for which award of the construction contract. an extension is being requested. 2.1.3. The project sponsor seeking the extension 1.1.2. Planning Grants. The project must be completed according to the schedule provided must document previous efforts undertaken to in the grant agreement, but at the latest, a maintain the project schedule, the reasons for consultant contract must be awarded within the delay, and why they were unavoidable, one year following execution of the grant and demonstrate an ability to succeed in the agreement, and the planning project must be extended time frame. complete within two years following award of 2.1.4. If the Program Manager denies an extension the consultant contract. request under this Section 2, the project Failure to meet the above deadlines may result in revocation of sponsor may appeal within ten business days all grant funds not already expended. of receiving the Program Manager’s response to the Regional Planning Committee. 1.2. Grant funds made available as a result of this process may be awarded to the next project on the 2.1.5. Extension requests that are rejected by the recommended project priority list from the most recent Regional Planning Committee will result in project selection process, or they may be added to the termination of the grant agreement and funds available for the next project funding cycle, at obligation by the project sponsor to return to SANDAG’s discretion. Any project that loses funding SANDAG any unexpended funds. Unexpended due to failure to meet the deadlines specified in this funds are funds for project costs not incurred policy may be resubmitted to compete for funding in a prior to rejection of the extension request by future call for projects. the Regional Planning Committee.
2. Project Milestone and Completion Deadlines 3. Project Delays and Extensions of up to One Year 2.1. Grant recipients may receive extensions on their project 3.1. Requests for extensions beyond one year or that will schedules of up to one year for good cause. Extensions cause a project to miss a deadline in Sections 1.1.1 or of up to twelve months aggregate that would not cause 1.1.2 (including those projects that were already the project to miss a deadline in Sections 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 granted extensions by the SANDAG Program Manager may be approved by the SANDAG Program Manager for and are again falling behind schedule) will be the Smart Growth Incentive Program. Extensions considered by the Regional Planning Committee. beyond twelve months aggregate or that would cause The Regional Planning Committee will only grant an the project to miss a deadline in Sections 1.1.1 or 1.1.2 extension under this Section 3 for extenuating must be approved by the Regional Planning Committee. conditions beyond the control of the project sponsor, For an extension to be granted under this Section 2, the defined as follows: following conditions must be met: 18
3.1.1. Capital Grants 3.1.1.5. Litigation. Extensions may be granted when a lawsuit has been filed concerning 3.1.1.1. Environmental. An extension may be the project being funded. granted when, during the environmental review process, the project sponsor 3.1.1.6. Other. Extensions may be granted due to discovers heretofore unknown sites changes in federal/state policies or laws (e.g., archeological, endangered species) that can be shown to directly affect the that require additional investigation and project schedule. mitigation efforts. The project sponsor 3.1.2. Planning Grants must demonstrate that the discovery is new and unforeseen. 3.1.2.1. Changed Circumstances. An extension may be granted for a planning project 3.1.1.2. Right-of-Way. Extensions for delays when circumstances not within the necessary to complete right-of-way control of the grant recipient, such as an acquisition may be granted only when action by an outside agency, require a right-of-way needs are identified that change in the scope of work for the could not have been foreseen at the time project. the grant agreement was signed. 3.2. The grant recipient shall make its request directly to the 3.1.1.3. Permitting. Delays associated with Regional Planning Committee, providing a detailed obtaining permits from external agencies justification for the requested extension, including a may justify an extension when the project revised project schedule and work plan, at least sponsor can demonstrate that every effort six weeks prior to the earliest project schedule has been made to obtain the necessary milestone deadline, or deadline in Sections 1.1.1 or permits and that the delay is wholly due 1.1.2, for which an extension is being requested. to the permitting agency. 3.3. Extension requests that are rejected by the Regional 3.1.1.4. Construction Schedule. Extensions may be Planning Committee will result in termination of the granted when unavoidable construction grant agreement and obligation by the project sponsor delays create a conflict with restrictions to return to SANDAG any unexpended funds. on construction during certain times of Unexpended funds are funds for project costs not the year (for instance, to avoid nesting incurred prior to rejection of the extension request. season for endangered species).
19 Smart Growth Incentive Program Guidelines and Call for Projects – FY 2009 to 2010 San Diego Association of Governments JOINT MEETING OF THE REGIONAL PLANNING TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP AND THE CITIES/COUNTY TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
March 14, 2013 AGENDA ITEM NO.: D
Action Requested: INFORMATION/DISCUSSION
INITIATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATIVE File Number 3100000 LAND USE AND TRANSPORTATION SCENARIOS TO FURTHER REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS Introduction
As part of the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (2050 RTP/SCS) adopted in 2011, the SANDAG Board of Directors committed to preparing alternative land use and transportation scenarios to explore a range of options of what it would take to further reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions beyond those projected in the 2050 RTP/SCS between 2035 and 2050. This item provides an overview of the purpose, anticipated steps, and schedule for this exploratory analysis, which will help inform various components of San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan. The TWG and CTAC will serve as the primary SANDAG working groups providing input to the Regional Planning and Transportation Committees on this work effort, and participation and input by stakeholders and the public will be sought at key milestones.
This item is presented for information and discussion by the TWG and CTAC.
Purpose
The main purpose of this effort is to create a broad range of alternative land use and transportation scenarios to test a variety of strategies, including potential parking and pricing strategies, that could result in further reductions of GHG emissions beyond those projected in the 2050 RTP/SCS, and attempt to address what some termed “backsliding” of GHG reductions (See Table 1). Staff proposes that the scenarios be approached as an exploratory analysis to examine the kinds of measures that could further reduce GHG emissions from cars and light trucks in our region. An important step would be to consider the economic effects of the scenarios during the screening process. It is proposed that the scenario outcomes be considered in the development of San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan in the following ways:
1. Inform the land use pattern of the Sustainable Communities Strategy; 2. Inform the development of the Revenue Constrained and Unconstrained transportation network scenarios for the regional plan; 3. Inform the development of a menu of supporting land use, transportation, parking, and pricing policies for consideration in the various chapters of the regional plan; and 4. Assist, to the extent possible, with the next GHG target-setting process with the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
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Background on GHG Emission Reduction Targets and Projected Reductions per the 2050 RTP/SCS
The 2050 RTP/SCS contained two targets to reduce GHG emissions from cars and light trucks on a per capita basis from 2005 levels. These targets were established by CARB in the target-setting consultation process, as called for in Senate Bill (SB) 375 (Steinberg, 2008). SB 375 went into effect in 2009 and added statutes to the California Government Code to encourage planning practices that create sustainable communities and reduce GHG emissions specifically from cars and light trucks.
As shown in Table 1, the first CARB target for the San Diego region was to reduce GHG emissions by seven percent by 2020, and the second was to reduce GHG emissions by 13 percent by 2035. The 2050 RTP/SCS demonstrated that the plan met these two targets, achieving reductions of 14 percent by 2020 and 13 percent by 2035. Although no target was set by CARB for 2050 (the horizon year for the plan), the plan anticipated GHG emission reductions of ten percent by 20501. Various stakeholders viewed the decreasing GHG emission reductions from 14 percent to 13 percent to 10 percent as moving in the wrong direction, and referred to this decrease over time as “backsliding.” The development of the alternative land use and transportation scenarios is intended to explore a range of strategies that could address the “backsliding” and further reduce GHG emissions.
Table 1: GHG Emission Reduction Targets and Projected Reductions Average Weekday Per Capita CO2 for Cars and Light Trucks from 2005
Target Year GHG Emissions Reduction GHG Emission Reductions Targets established by CARB Projected in 2050 RTP/SCS 2020 7% 14% 2035 13% 13% 2050 N/A 10%
Forecasting and Modeling Efforts
Concurrent with the scenario planning effort, SANDAG is also developing the Series 13 Regional Growth Forecast and new land use, transportation, and visioning tools, including the PECAS land use model, the transportation related Activity-Based Model (ABM), and the UrbanFootprint visioning tool (currently under development by Calthorpe Associates), which are anticipated to be ready by summer 2013. The forecast will assume a base year of 2012 and a horizon year of 2050. UrbanFootprint will be used over the summer as the basis to develop, test, and visualize the initial set of wide-ranging scenarios. Once the scenarios are narrowed down to a “shortlist” after some preliminary rounds of screening, the scenarios would be further tested in the fall using the full suite of modeling tools (PECAS and ABM). GHG emissions will be the primary
1 Page 3-3 of the SANDAG 2050 RTP/SCS states, “The 2050 horizon year extends well beyond the target years of 2020 and 2035 outlined in SB 375. So what happens beyond 2035? While growth will continue in the region, after the urbanized areas have been developed according to current local general plans, development could gradually move toward more remote areas where fewer transportation options are available if local plans are not changed. The growth forecast shows this happening simply because most local general plans have a horizon year prior to 2050. Although, it is expected that local plans will be updated and revised between now and 2050 to reflect more development in the urbanized areas of the region, based on current plans, the projected growth beyond 2040 would likely result in an increased demand for driving. The results for 2050 are best estimates based on historical and current empirical observations in the region and do not reflect future attitude changes about transportation and where people will choose to live and work as a result of significant investments in transportation options. In addition, the GHG modeling for 2050 uses emission factors for the year 2040 (EMFAC 2007 includes emissions factors through 2040 only) and assumes no technological improvements to vehicles or fuels in the final ten years of the plan (this is due to the lack of accepted published data beyond 2040).”
21 indicator, and based on the capabilities of UrbanFootprint, the TWG and CTAC will be asked to consider additional indicators when the tool becomes available.
Proposed Constants and Factors
To maintain points of comparison among the scenarios, it is proposed that the scenarios include the regional population, housing units, and employment totals for 2035 and 2050 as constants based on the Series 13 Regional Growth Forecast. It is proposed that the main factors to be tested in the scenarios include: regional land use patterns, phasing of transportation projects included in the 2050 RTP/SCS Revenue Constrained and Unconstrained transportation networks, transportation pricing and parking policies, and potentially other factors that might be suggested though the input process. These are summarized below in Table 2.
Table 2: Proposed Constants and Factors
Proposed Constants Proposed Factors to be Tested • Regional population totals in 2035 and 2050 • Regional land use patterns • Housing unit totals in 2035 and 2050 • Phasing of transportation projects • Regional employment totals in 2035 and 2050 included in the 2050 RTP/SCS Revenue Constrained and Unconstrained transportation networks • Transportation pricing policies • Parking policies • Other potential factors
Attached as background information is a report to the SANDAG Board prepared in 2010 regarding the scenario testing effort that occurred as part of the GHG emission target-setting process related to SB 375. Attachment 1 of the report summarizes the alternative scenarios that were prepared as part of that effort.
Anticipated Steps
The following are the anticipated steps for this project.
1. Input on Land Use and Transportation Concepts and Indicators. Brainstorm with working groups, Policy Advisory Committees, SANDAG Board, and stakeholders to define land use and transportation concepts/assumptions that could be tested, and indicators by which the scenarios will be evaluated. It is assumed that approximately ten scenarios will be developed and analysis will be based on a handful of indicators, with GHG emission reductions serving as the primary indicator.
2. Public Outreach and Visualization. Public outreach and visualization will be an important component of the process. The development of the land use and transportation assumptions and associated indicators would happen through SANDAG meetings, workshops, stakeholder outreach, and other mechanisms included in the regional plan Public Involvement Plan (PIP).
3. Scenario Development, Modeling, Analysis, and Refinement. Model, test, evaluate, and refine the scenarios based on feedback from the working groups, Policy Advisory Committees,
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SANDAG Board, and stakeholders on an iterative basis. This would result in reports summarizing the performance of the alternative scenarios.
4. Policy Development (Land Use, Transportation, and Pricing). Based on results of the analysis, a menu of supporting land use, transportation, parking, and pricing policies will be developed for discussion and consideration in the regional plan.
5. Coordination with Other Potential Related Areas. Coordinate with work on other SANDAG projects, such as the Regional Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Policy, Smart Growth Concept Map update, white papers, and other areas, as needed.
Schedule
Initial work on defining the scenario assumptions is anticipated to begin this spring, and scenario testing is expected to begin in summer 2013, when the Series 13 Forecast and new modeling tools are available. Through this process, SANDAG anticipates preparing a number of scenarios, and expects that the scenario testing, analysis, and refinement will be completed by January/February 2014, so that the results can be used to assist in the CARB target-setting process and help develop the SCS land use pattern, the new Revenue Constrained and Unconstrained Transportation Network Scenarios, and the supporting land use, transportation, parking, and pricing policies to be considered in San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan.
Next Steps
Next steps will include brainstorming on regional land use concepts and transportation phasing assumptions, involvement of stakeholders and the public, and ideas on effective outreach and communication techniques
Attachment: 1. SANDAG Board Report, May 14, 2010, Item #3: Senate Bill 375 Implementation: Greenhouse Gas Target-Setting – Scenario Testing
Key Staff Contact: Carolina Gregor, (619) 699-1989, [email protected]
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS AGENDA ITEM NO. 10-05-3 MAY 14, 2010 ACTION REQUESTED – DISCUSSION
SENATE BILL 375 IMPLEMENTATION: File Number 3000500 GREENHOUSE GAS TARGET-SETTING – SCENARIO TESTING
Introduction
SANDAG is in the process of developing its first Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) subject to the provisions of Senate Bill 375 (SB 375) (Steinberg, 2008). The 2050 RTP is scheduled for Board adoption in summer 2011. At the March Board of Directors Policy meeting, SANDAG staff provided an overview of the SB 375 implementation efforts currently underway. Staff outlined the status of the greenhouse gas (GHG) target-setting process as outlined by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) through the Regional Targets Advisory Committee (RTAC), and the approach to testing various planning scenarios to determine the effects of GHG reduction strategies on emissions.
Discussion
Baseline RTP Analysis
SANDAG staff, in coordination with the other metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) in the state and the staff from CARB, has prepared an analysis of adopted RTPs to determine the base year (2005) per capita GHG emissions from the transportation sector (cars and light-duty trucks), as well as projected GHG per capita emissions in the years 2020 and 2035 – the target years outlined in SB 375. For SANDAG, the 2030 RTP, adopted in November 2007, is being used to evaluate this “base case” scenario. In addition, staffs at SANDAG and the other MPOs have developed alternative scenarios for evaluation that would include new and expanded strategies that could lead to reduced per capita GHG emissions as compared to the base case. It is anticipated that the results from any analysis performed will be provided to CARB staff for its consideration in recommending GHG emission targets for the transportation sector later this year. The SANDAG base case scenario (2005 per capita GHG emissions), as expressed from data in the 2030 RTP,1 and estimates for the target years 2020 and 2035 are outlined in Table 1.
1 While the information in Table 1 is based on Revenue Constrained transportation network from the 2030 RTP, it has been processed through the SANDAG four-step transportation model, which includes enhancements that were not available at the time the 2030 RTP was adopted. In addition, assumptions for the price of fuel and the trips that originate outside of the region and pass through the region to a destination outside of the region were not included in the numbers. Finally, the data relies on the recently completed 2050 Regional Growth Forecast.
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(Average Weekday Pounds Per Capita CO2 Emissions from Passenger Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks)
Current Plan Percentage Change 2005 Base Year 2020 2035 From 2005 to 2020 From 2005 to 2035
26.0 23.7 24.6 -8.8% -5.4%
The per capita emissions in 2020 are lower than the 2005 base case due to balanced transportation capital investments and balanced growth in jobs and housing throughout the region. However, per capita emissions increase from 2020 to 2035 due in part to a disparity in employment growth and housing growth that begins to emerge after 2020 as employment clusters in the South Bay and North County Inland areas grow more rapidly than housing. In addition, there is more funding available for capital improvements through 2020 than is available between 2020 and 2035.
SB 375 Scenario Testing Status
In March, SANDAG staff outlined three scenarios that the four largest MPOs (Southern California Association of Governments, Association of Bay Area Governments/Metropolitan Transportation Commission, SANDAG, and the Sacramento Area Council of Governments) agreed to test against their adopted RTPs. SANDAG also evaluated these three scenarios against two land use assumptions to evaluate the effects development patterns could have on GHG reduction. The first land use scenario that was evaluated includes the 2050 Regional Growth Forecast land uses recently accepted by the Board of Directors. The second land use scenario involved the intensified density assumptions for the ‘Urban Center’ and ‘Town Center’ place types identified on the SANDAG Smart Growth Concept Map. In addition, SANDAG assumed the areas listed as ‘potential’ smart growth areas are built out at the minimum density for that place type. The three scenarios are briefly described below.
System Efficiency and Transportation Demand Management
This scenario would focus on reducing GHG emissions through the implementation of Transportation Demand Management (TDM) and System Efficiency measures. Such measures include congestion relief at identified traffic bottlenecks, telecommuting, expanding ridesharing options, including enhancements to the vanpool program, the bus pool program with the military, and implementing Safe Routes to Schools strategies.
Systems Development
This alternative would focus on expansion of the regional transit system improvements and bicycle/pedestrian systems development to reduce vehicle trips in the San Diego region.
Pricing
This scenario would focus primarily on pricing as a strategy to reduce the demand on the transportation system. This scenario would evaluate the effect of adding additional high-occupancy toll (HOT) lanes to the regional transportation system, and operating this network in a manner that would optimize demand for transit and ridesharing in these corridors. In addition, this scenario
25 would evaluate the effectiveness of implementing a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) fee, which would increase the cost of driving. Finally, this scenario would include a parking pricing measure that would expand the requirement for private vehicles to pay for parking in certain locations. This scenario is similar in scope to one that was evaluated last year by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for the San Francisco Bay Area, in conjunction with the update of its most recent RTP.
The three scenarios were developed to assess the effects of various bundles of measures and their ability to reduce GHG emissions. These scenarios were not developed with the same revenue constraints that are used to develop the RTP, only to assess how emissions could be reduced by assembling different GHG reduction measures. The revenue projections that will be used to determine investment levels that can be made in the RTP development are currently being prepared. Once the revenue projections are completed, SANDAG staff will use those projections to further refine these scenarios and to compile a hybrid scenario, based on input provided by the Board of Directors and the measures that perform the best in the scenario testing process. These scenarios, the funding assumptions to develop them, and their results will be submitted to CARB for their use in the target-setting process. After a draft target is issued to SANDAG on June 30, staff will continue to work with CARB and submit feedback on SANDAG’s ability to meet the proposed target. Table 2 includes the results of the scenario testing process.
Table 2 – SANDAG Greenhouse Gas Emissions Scenario Testing
(Average Weekday Pounds Per Capita CO2 Emissions from Passenger Vehicles and Light-Duty Trucks and Percentage Change from 2005 Baseline)
Operations: Development: Series 11 System 2005 Baseline = 26.0 CO lbs System Pricing 2 Revenue Efficiency & / person Development (Scenario C) Constrained TDM (Scenario B) (Scenario A) 23.7 22.9 23.4 22.0 2020 2050 Regional -8.8% -11.9 % -10.0% -15.4% Growth Forecast 24.6 23.6 24.1 23.1 2035 -5.4% -9.2% -7.3% -11.2%
2050 Regional Growth 23.6 22.7 23.2 21.8 2020 Forecast + All Urban & -9.2% -12.7% -10.8% -16.2% Town Center Existing to Max Density 24.4 23.3 23.8 22.8 2035 Potential to Min Density -6.2% -10.4% -8.5% -12.3%
Due to existing modeling capabilities, budgetary constraints, and the fact that SANDAG will be migrating to a new transportation model that will be available for development of the next RTP (to be adopted in 2015), some GHG reduction measures cannot be modeled in the same way as the ones that are included in the scenarios outlined above. SANDAG is continuing to support implementation of additional measures despite the fact that they cannot be included in the GHG target-setting process. These additional measures are programs that are currently being implemented in the region for GHG reduction and other desirable outcomes. These measures include:
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Performance Measures
While the scenario testing process is being refined to determine the effects of the various scenarios on GHG reduction, further analysis would be required if any of these measures were to be adopted as part of the 2050 RTP. In addition, staff will be presenting the Board of Directors with an initial set of performance measures to provide context beyond GHG emission reduction. In addition to GHG emission numbers, staff will provide the Board of Directors with additional performance measures consistent with the adopted RTP policy goals and objectives.
Mobility Social Equity Reliability Healthy Environment System Preservation & Safety Prosperous Economy
The Board of Directors will be presented with options for achieving the GHG reduction targets as the development of the RTP proceeds. The development of the 2050 RTP will include considerations for meeting all the goals established by the Board of Directors.
Next Steps
Over the next several weeks, SANDAG staff will continue to participate in the SB 375 GHG target- setting process with CARB, Caltrans, and other MPOs in the state and will regularly report on progress to the Board of Directors and appropriate Policy Advisory Committees. SANDAG recently completed a set of five workshops to solicit input on the development of the RTP and to inform the public about the progress of the GHG target-setting process. In addition, staff solicited comments on the preparation of the environmental impact report for the 2050 RTP.
Staff will continue to seek direction from the SANDAG Board of Directors and Policy Advisory Committees and input from the public on this process throughout the development of the 2050 RTP and its SCS through regular meetings and public outreach activities. While the SB 375 target-setting process does allow MPOs to submit a target for CARB to consider, it is proposed to submit the results of the scenario development process to CARB and work with their staff after the draft target is set to ensure the target is both ”ambitious and achievable,” in accordance with the RTAC recommendations.
2 Eco-driving includes driver education and driving techniques that can reduce fuel consumption, accident rates, and GHG emissions.
27 Schedule for SB 375 Target-Setting Activities
Activity Agency Date Submit final target-setting analysis to CARB staff SANDAG Early June Recommend draft targets to CARB Board CARB staff June 30, 2010 Provide comments on draft targets MPOs July-September 2010 Approve final targets CARB September 30, 2010
GARY L. GALLEGOS Executive Director
Attachments were not ready at the time of mailout and will be sent out under separate cover when completed.
Key Staff Contact: Rob Rundle, (619) 699-6949, [email protected]
28 SB 375 Target Setting: Description of Alternative Scenarios
On Model/ Existing RTP Level of Off Scenario Categories & Measures Deployment Model 2020 Level of Deployment 2035 Level of Deployment System Efficiency & TDM 1 Bottleneck relief projects Revenue Constrained highway On 2020 Revenue Constrained highway network updated to include 17 additional projects: 2030 Revenue Constrained highway network (with 17 network additional projects noted in the 2020 Level of Deployment) I-805 NB Plaza Bl Aux Lane I-8 WB Fletcher Pkwy Aux Lane I-15 SB Centre City Pkwy Aux Lane I-15 SB Valley Pkwy Aux Lane I-8 WB Texas St/Mission Ctr Capacity Improvements I-805 NB University Ave Aux Lane SR-52 (AM/PM) Mast Blvd Interchange Improvements SR-94 WB 49th St. Aux Lane I-5 NB B St. Aux Lane SR-78 EB/WB (AM/PM) Barham Dr. Aux Lane I-805 SB Governor Dr. Aux Lane I-805 NB La Jolla Village Dr Aux Lane I-5 SB 29th St. Aux Lane I-5 NB Manchester Ave Aux Lane I-5 SB 5th Ave Aux Lane 2 Telecommuting/flexible/alternative 5% daily white-collar worker On 30% of daily white-collar work trip reduction Same as 2020 deployment level work schedules trip reduction
3 Vanpool programs Projected 20% vanpool Off 75% increase in number of vanpools by 2020 (1,124 vans up from 662) 175% increase in number of vanpools by 2035 (1,814 increase by 2010 already vans up from 662) achieved 4 Safe routes to schools strategies Not included in RTP Off 10% increase in walk/bike school trips (159,775 trips up from 145,250) by 2020 20% increase in walk/bike school trips (179,542 trips up assumptions from 149,618) by 2035 5 Carpool programs Not included in RTP Off 70% increase in number of carpoolers (214,724 carpoolers up from 126,587 144% increase in number of carpoolers (309,342 assumptions carpoolers) from 2010 to 2020 carpoolers up from 126,587 carpoolers) from 2010 to 2035
6 Buspool programs Not included in RTP Off Buspool participation of 1% military personnel (1,482 buspoolers) by 2020 Buspool participation of 40% military personnel (41,708 assumptions buspoolers) by 2035
6 5/11/2010, 1:04 PM 29 SB 375 Target Setting: Description of Alternative Scenarios
On Model/ Existing RTP Level of Off Scenario Categories & Measures Deployment Model 2020 Level of Deployment 2035 Level of Deployment Systems Development 1 Transit system improvements Revenue Constrained transit On 2020 Reasonably Expected transit network 2030 Reasonably Expected transit network plus 13 routes network added from the Revenue Unconstrained network including:
150: UTC to Downtown 13: Nat’l City to Allied Gardens 929: San Ysidro to 8th St. Trolley 27: Pac Bch to Kearny Mesa 660: El Cajon to Kearny Mesa 31: Mira Mesa to UTC 709: H St. Trolley to Otay Mesa 50: Bay Park to Kearny Mesa 35: Old Town to OB 303: Oceanside to Vista 633: Old Town to SD Airport 662: Centre City Shuttle 520: Orange Line Trolley – Unconstrained Headways 2 Transit station park-and-ride facilities Revenue Constrained park- On Model was allowed to unconstrain number of park-and-ride spaces at suburban lots Model was allowed to unconstrain number of park-and-ride and-ride network and transit stations (3,500 additional spaces utilized above 16,800 in the 2020 spaces at suburban lots and transit stations (6,900 Revenue Constrained network) additional spaces utilized above 17,500 in the 2030 Revenue Constrained network)
3 Bicycle network facilities Not included in RTP Off Test full deployment of regional bicycle network (2035 network reduced by 50% to Test full deployment of regional bicycle network (560,062 assumptions estimate 2020 time period) (280,031 bike trips) bike trips) 4 Pedestrian network facilities Not included in RTP Off 10% increase in all walk trips by 2020 (494,203 walk trips up from 449,275) 20% increase in all walk trips by 2035 (559,018 walk trips assumptions up from 465,848)
Pricing 1 HOV & HOT lanes 2030 Revenue Constrained On 2020 Reasonably Expected highway network including the following enhancements 2030 Reasonably Expected highway network including the highway network: over the Revenue Constrained plan: following enhancements over the Revenue Constrained plan: Managed Lanes (ML) on I-15, I- SR 94 from I-805 to SR 125: +2HOV I-5 from SR 905 to SR 54: +2HOV 5, SR 52 and portions of I-805 I-5 from SR 54 to I-8: +2HOV SR 78 from I-15 to I-15: +2HOV HOV Lanes on I-5, SR 52, SR SR 94/SR 125 from I-805 to I-8: +2HOV 94 and portions of I-805 I-805 from SR 905 to I-5: +4ML 2 VMT fee* Not included in RTP On Increase by 8 cents per mile (2005 base year fuel assumption is 17.4 cents per mile). Same as 2020 deployment level assumptions 3 Regional parking pricing program RTP model 5 zone parking: On Adjust 5 zone system pricing as follows: Same as 2020 deployment level Zone 5 - Metropolitan Center: Zone 5 - Metropolitan Center: $24 per day $8 per day Zone 4 - Urban Center: $6 per Zone 4 - Urban Center: $18 per day day Zone 3 - Town Center: $4 per Zone 3 - Town Center: $12 per day day Zone 2 - Community Center: Zone 2 - Community Center: $1 per day $1 per day Zone 1 - Other: $0 per day Zone 1 - Other: $0 per day * Since the model does not tie the pricing adjustment to the policy, the VMT fee could also be stated as an increased fuel/carbon tax or for pay-as-you-drive insurance.
7 5/11/2010, 1:04 PM 30 San Diego Association of Governments JOINT MEETING OF THE REGIONAL PLANNING TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP AND THE CITIES/COUNTY TRANSPORTATION ADIVSORY COMMITTEE
March 14, 2013 AGENDA ITEM NO.: E
Action Requested: DISCUSSION
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPLEMENTATION File Number 3300700 STRATEGY FRAMEWORK Introduction
On October 28, 2011, the Board of Directors made an unprecedented commitment to Active Transportation with the adoption of the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy (2050 RTP/SCS). The final action by the Board calls for planning for a broad Active Transportation program, including Safe Routes to School and Safe Routes to Transit, within two years of the 2050 RTP/SCS adoption. Staff has begun identifying a proposed framework for this Implementation Strategy, which incorporates Safe Routes to School, Safe Routes to Transit, and other related active transportation efforts at SANDAG. This work will address active transportation in San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan (Regional Plan). This proposed approach has been refined since it was first presented to the Cities/County Transportation Advisory Committee in February. Staff will present this report to the Transportation Committee in April.
Discussion
SANDAG staff will ask the Transportation Committee to accept a set of goals that will provide a framework for developing the Active Transportation Implementation Strategy. The proposed goals are as follows:
1. The overarching goal is to develop a comprehensive Regional Active Transportation Program that addresses walking, bicycling, Safe Routes to Transit, and Safe Routes to School
2. Define and identify active transportation projects and programs associated with 2050 RTP/SCS existing and planned transit and highway corridor project areas, for consideration in the Regional Plan
3. Identify active transportation performance measures for ongoing monitoring and program evaluation
The Active Transportation Implementation Strategy would further define SANDAG active transportation planning and implementation work in the region, building on three efforts in particular: Riding to 2050: The San Diego Regional Bicycle Plan, the San Diego Regional Safe Routes to School Strategic Plan, and the Safe Routes to Transit Regional Strategy currently in development. Each of these efforts is discussed further below. Through the Active Transportation Implementation Strategy, SANDAG proposes to integrate active transportation into SANDAG transit and freeway corridor projects for inclusion in the Regional Plan. This approach will help to maximize
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investments in transit and highway infrastructure, by enhancing safety, and improving bicycle and pedestrian access to transit.
Riding to 2050: The San Diego Regional Bicycle Plan In 2010, SANDAG adopted its first Regional Bicycle Plan, which identified a regional bicycle network and programs. In 2011, the Board approved funding for initial implementation of regional bicycle projects and related programs, and identified SANDAG to assume a lead role in the planning, design, and construction of regional bicycle projects, similar to how regional transit projects are developed. These projects and programs are now being implemented. Additionally, an action from the 2050 RTP/SCS called for an early action program (Regional Bicycle Plan EAP) for Regional Bicycle Plan projects. The Regional Bicycle Plan EAP, scheduled for presentation to the Transportation Committee and Board of Directors for review and approval this year, will address implementation of the highest priority projects. The Regional Bicycle Plan EAP projects, as well as the remaining projects identified in the Regional Bicycle Plan, would be included in the Active Transportation Implementation Strategy.
Safe Routes to School In 2011, SANDAG adopted the San Diego Regional Safe Routes to School Strategic Plan, (Strategic Plan) which recommended programs for SANDAG to consider implementing at the regional level. SANDAG staff is about to begin two work elements called for in the Strategic Plan: a baseline assessment and program implementation strategy. SANDAG will work with the Cities/County Transportation Advisory Committee and the Regional Planning Technical Working Group, as well as the local Safe Routes to School Coalition to analyze need within school areas throughout the region, and identify programs for initial implementation. This effort will begin shortly and is scheduled for completion later this year.
Safe Routes to Transit As part of the Regional Bicycle Plan initial implementation action by the Board in April 2011, funding was approved for development of a Safe Routes to Transit Regional Strategy. This effort will examine Safe Routes to Transit efforts in other regions (including comparison regions from the Urban Area Transit Strategy), identify potential policy options, and identify walk/bike improvement projects in 2050 RTP/SCS transit corridor project areas. Projects within future regional transit station areas will be identified, for consideration in the Active Transportation Implementation Strategy and Regional Plan. Concept-level cost estimates will be developed for inclusion of these projects in the Regional Plan. This effort will also examine needs at existing regional transit station areas. Staff will work closely with the local jurisdictions to identify opportunities to complement projects and programs identified in their bicycle and pedestrian plans.
Integration of Active Transportation in San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan
A proposed key step in developing the Implementation Strategy would be to identify active transportation improvements in 2050 RTP/SCS transit and highway corridor project areas, for inclusion in the Regional Plan. The identification of these improvements would help to define areas of regional significance with respect to active transportation.
It is envisioned that there will be three types of active transportation projects included in the Regional Plan: (1) active transportation improvements in 2050 RTP/SCS transit and highway corridor project areas, and in any new potential transit and highway corridor project areas identified during
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Regional Plan development – these improvements would be included as part of the overall transit or highway project; (2) active transportation improvement projects in areas in existing regional transit station areas; and (3) Regional Bicycle Plan projects not already identified in the Board initial implementation action from April 2011 or the Regional Bicycle Plan Early Action Program.
Later this year, policy advisory committees will be asked to provide input on project evaluation criteria. The Transportation Committee will be asked to recommend that the Board of Directors approve the evaluation criteria for use in the Regional Plan. It is envisioned that these criteria will also address the two types of active transportation projects described above.
Pedestrian Access and the Regional Active Transportation Plan
The Implementation Strategy will begin to articulate the regional significance of pedestrian access, within the context of 2050 RTP/SCS transit and highway corridor project areas. Though there is a Regional Bicycle Plan that identifies regional bicycle projects, regional pedestrian projects have not been identified thus far. As active transportation projects are identified within each transit and highway corridor project area, both bicycle and pedestrian improvements would be considered.
Finally, the Implementation Strategy would include consideration of the supportive programs being developed as part of Regional Bicycle Plan implementation. These will be reviewed for opportunities to address pedestrians. Many of these programs have an active transportation emphasis in general, and can be tailored to include pedestrians.
Schedule and Next Steps
The schedule for Implementation Strategy development is dependent upon its component efforts, specifically the Regional Bicycle Plan EAP, the Safe Routes to School baseline assessment and program implementation strategy, and the Safe Routes to Transit Regional Plan. The CTAC, TWG, and Active Transportation Working Group will be asked to provide input and the Transportation Committee will provide policy guidance on these activities over the course of this year. It is anticipated that active transportation projects, including Safe Routes to Transit and Regional Bicycle Plan projects, will be identified by early Fall. Staff will then begin to develop concept-level cost estimates for consideration in the Regional Plan.
Key Staff Contact: Christine Eary, (619) 699-6928, [email protected]
33 San Diego Association of Governments REGIONAL PLANNING TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP
March 14, 2013 AGENDA ITEM NO.: 3
Action Requested: APPROVE
MEETING SUMMARY OF FEBRUARY 14, 2013 File Number 3100000 Please note: Audio file of meeting is available on the SANDAG Web site (www.sandag.org) on the TWG page.
Agenda Item 1: Welcome and Introductions
The meeting was called to order by Bill Chopyk (City of La Mesa), Chair of the Regional Planning Technical Working Group (TWG).
Agenda Item 2: Public Comments and Communications
Members of the public had the opportunity to address the TWG on any issue within the jurisdiction of the respective group that was not on the agenda. Jane Clough (SANDAG Staff and Board Member of the San Diego Section of the American Planning Association (SDAPA)) announced that the 2013 San Diego Section Awards Nomination period is now open. Ms. Clough encouraged TWG members to nominate projects, programs, individuals, or organizations for an SDAPA award. The deadline for submittal is March 8, 2013, and the awards ceremony will be held April 30, 2013. More information is available at http://sdapa.org/go/news- events/awards/. Manjeet Ranu (City of El Cajon and TWG Vice Chair) announced that the City of El Cajon has eliminated the positions of Community Development Director and Public Works Director which were replaced by the single position of Assistant City Manager. Mr. Ranu encouraged any interested parties to apply for the new position. Wende Protzman (City of Solana Beach) announced that the Housing Element for the City of Solana Beach was adopted on February 13, 2013. Andy Hamilton (Air Pollution Control District) recommended the book “Walkable City” by Jeff Spec. Mr. Hamilton noted that the book provides information about parking, transit, walkability, street standards, and more which he finds to be well supported by documentation and studies. Barb Redlitz (Escondido) announced that the first round of the Amgen Bicycle Tour will take place on May 12, 2013, in the City of Escondido and invited TWG members to attend the event. Item 3: Meeting Summary TWG members were asked to review and approve the summary for the January 10, 2013, TWG meeting.
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Mr. Ranu suggested an amendment to the January 10, 2013, TWG meeting summary to include input regarding streamlining that had been provided during discussion following a SANDAG presentation on Climate Change Planning Efforts. More specifically, Mr. Ranu had suggested that emphasizing the benefits of climate change planning through the lens of economic development and streamlining can be an effective method for approaching a City Council that is skeptical of climate change.
Action: Upon a motion by Ed Batchelder (City of Chula Vista) and a second by Rich Whipple (City of Poway), the January 10, 2013, TWG summary was approved unanimously with the stated amendment.
Agenda Item 4: Updated TWG Roster and Form 700 Statement of Economic Interests (Information)
Mr. Chopyk (TWG Chair), reminded TWG members to complete and submit the Form 700 by March 22, 2013, in printed form to Michelle Posada of SANDAG.
Agenda Item 5: Title VI Demographic Survey (Information)
Ms. Clough (SANDAG) requested that TWG members provide demographic information in compliance with Title VI. Participation was voluntary and surveys were collected by Ms. Clough.
Agenda Item 6: Updated Membership of the Regional Planning Committee (Information)
Mr. Chopyk (TWG Chair) reviewed the updated membership of the Regional Planning Committee (RPC). The TWG reports to the RPC.
Agenda Item 8: Series 13 Regional Growth Forecast (Discussion)
Due to time constraints, Agenda Item 8 was moved ahead on the schedule. The item summarized the process and results of the region-wide and sub-regional growth forecast.
Kirby Brady (SANDAG) reported that the final 2013 growth projections made by the Department of Finance lowered San Diego’s 2050 population by 12 percent. Ms. Brady went on to share key results of the regionwide forecast, reporting a 2050 projection of 4.07 million population, 1.8 million jobs, and roughly 1.5 million housing units. Ms. Brady highlighted regional changes anticipated by the forecast, including growth of the aging population, continued growth in Hispanic and Asian racial/ethnic groups, and increased rates of domestic out-migration.
Ms. Brady stated that the next steps in the Series 13 Regional Growth Forecast process will be to finalize the land use inputs for the sub-regional forecast by mid-March, followed by a presentation of the regionwide forecast to the SANDAG Board of Directors in March/April. The TWG will be revisited in the May/June timeframe to provide input and modifications to the results of the subregional forecast runs and a draft forecast is anticipated for review by summer 2013.
In response to questions, Ms. Brady reported that this information is not currently available online, but will be made available upon the approval of the Board of Directors.
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Prompted by Susan Baldwin (SANDAG), Ms. Kirby mentioned that staff solicited feedback from various stakeholder groups supporting the refinement of the forecast.
TWG members suggested that in addition to current outreach, the forecast should be reviewed with the City of San Diego Community Planner’s Committee. It was also noted that the regionwide projections have a slower growth rate than census projections.
Agenda Item 7: Regional Plan: Status Update and Approach for Refining, Developing, and Incorporating the Policy Areas from the Regional Comprehensive Plan (Information)
Phil Trom (SANDAG) provided an update on the status of the combined Regional Comprehensive Plan/Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RCP/RTP/SCS), which has officially been branded as “San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan.” The TWG will serve as the primary working group for providing input on the development of the regional plan. Mr. Trom provided an overview regarding the details of the plan, the final work program, and policy approach to the development of the plan.
Mr. Trom reported that the TWG will be asked to provide feedback on various components of the regional plan including potential funding resources, existing and emerging policy questions, as well as public outreach techniques.
Mr. Chopyk (TWG Chair) asked if the summer 2015 deadline also includes the certification of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and questioned whether the current RTP would be resolved before the new regional plan is developed. Mr. Trom stated in response that the EIR would be certified in summer 2015 as well as the Air Quality Conformity Declaration. Coleen Clementson (SANDAG) added that while the lawsuit involving the current RTP is proceeding, federal transportation laws require an update to the regional transportation plan every four years and SANDAG is forging ahead with the new regional plan in accordance with this requirement.
Ed Batchelder (City of Chula Vista) inquired about the relationship between the policy white papers and the alternative land use scenarios feeding into the regional plan. Mr. Trom explained that the TWG will help develop the alternative scenarios which could feed into the development of land use and transportation specific policy papers.
Mr. Chopyk (TWG Chair) clarified that SANDAG will continue to produce a combined RTP/RCP/SCS every four years into the future and that jurisdictions will be required to update their Housing Element every other cycle (every 8 years).
Agenda Item 9: Active Transportation Implementation Strategy Framework (Discussion)
Ms. Clementson (SANDAG) informed the TWG that as part of the 2050 RTP/SCS, SANDAG committed to planning an Active Transportation Program that includes Safe Routes to School and Safe Routes to Transit programs. Staff introduced a proposed framework for an Active Transportation Implementation Strategy to the Cities/County Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) on February 7, 2013. Ms. Clementson stated that SANDAG staff is seeking further additional input from both CTAC and TWG. TWG members were asked to consider how they would like to be involved in the process.
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TWG members asked what the products of the Active Transportation Implementation Strategy would be. Ms. Clementson agreed that clearly defined products and potential uses need to be developed and that the TWG can play a role in help to developing these goals.
Agenda Item 10: Highlighting Smart Growth Planning Efforts: City of San Diego Community Plan Updates (Information)
Cecilia Gallardo (City of San Diego Deputy Director of Development Services) gave a presentation highlighting smart growth planning efforts in the City of San Diego Community Plan Updates.
With 11 community plans underway, Ms. Gallardo informed the TWG that the City of San Diego’s intent is to focus on community specific issues in the plan update process, including each community’s vision for the future, existing needs, and changes that have occurred in the composition of the community.
Ms. Gallardo explained that the City of San Diego’s Community Planning Web site tracks the progress and phasing of updates, including consultant contracting, existing conditions assessments, community outreach, development of plan elements, community review of draft updates, environmental impact report, public facilities financing plan, and public hearings.
Ms. Gallardo discussed the various challenges and lessons learned throughout the community update process. Key lessons learned included exploring ways to reduce the time and process for consultant contracting, developing the existing conditions data prior to engaging the community to facilitate understanding of key issues, exploring methods to reduce traffic modeling times, and employing early coordination with environmental analysis staff.
In response to questions from TWG members, Ms. Gallardo explained that the City of San Diego is looking at changing the thresholds they use to determine significance under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The goal is to establish thresholds by community and to incorporate a multi-modal transportation level of service based upon the characteristics of the community.
Jeff Murphy (County of San Diego) inquired about the strategies employed by the City of San Diego to guide the discussion of community outreach effort and maintain focus. Ms. Gallardo responded that this has not been a significant challenge as the planning groups have been engaged in frequent contact and stayed on task.
Agenda Item 11: Adjournment and Next Meeting (Information)
The next TWG meeting will be held on, March 14, 2013, from 1:15 to 3:15 p.m.
Action: The TWG meeting was adjourned by Mr. Chopyk (City of La Mesa), TWG Chair.
37 San Diego Association of Governments REGIONAL PLANNING TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP
March 14, 2013 AGENDA ITEM NO.: 4
Action Requested: INFORMATION
FORM 700 STATEMENTS OF ECONOMIC INTEREST File Number 3100000
Introduction
It is time for the Regional Planning Technical Working Group (TWG) members to file their annual Form 700 Statement of Economic Interests. All members and alternates listed on the TWG Roster (attached) must fill out the form. Please note that this form is for calendar year 2012. TWG members may access the 2012/13 Form 700 on the Fair Political Practices Commission’s (FPPC) Web site at http://www.fppc.ca.gov/forms/700-12-13/Form700-12-13.pdf
The form may be completed electronically; however, it cannot be filed electronically. Please print and sign the form and mail it to Michelle Posada of SANDAG by Wednesday, March 22, 2013, so that she can send it to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors at the County of San Diego by the April 6, 2012, deadline. Please do not file your form directly with the County of San Diego; if you do, Ms. Posada will not know to check you off of her list of those required individuals to file for SANDAG. Please note that the FPPC prescribes fines of $10 per day up to a maximum of $100 for any statement that is filed late. In addition, persons who fail to file their Form 700 on time may be referred to the FPPC’s enforcement division for investigation and possible prosecution.
For assistance concerning reporting, the FPPC has published a 2012/2013 Form 700 Statement of Economic Interests Reference Pamphlet at http://www.fppc.ca.gov/forms/700-12-13/RefPamphlet12-13.pdf. For advice on whether an interest is reportable, please call the FPPC toll-free advice line at 1 (866) 275-3772. The FPPC now provides an Excel file to use in reporting interests in stocks and bonds. This form can be found at www.fppc.ca.gov/index.php?id=500 along with other useful reference materials.
See the instructions below for filling out the Cover Page for SANDAG:
1. Office, Agency, or Court: In Section 1 under “Agency Name,” please type in “San Diego Association of Governments” or “SANDAG” for “Agency.” Where it states, “Division, Board, Department, District, if applicable,” please state “Regional Planning Technical Working Group,” and your position on the TWG (e.g., primary member or alternate).
2. Jurisdiction of Office: Please check the box that starts with “County of” and type in “San Diego.”
38 3. Type of Statement: Please check the appropriate statement box (e.g., Assuming Office/Leaving Office or Annual; please include a date).
4. Schedule Summary: Please check the box for all schedules that apply to your circumstance and then fill out each schedule and attach to the Cover Page. If filing for multiple agencies, fill out the Cover Page for each agency, copy the appropriate Schedules, and attach a set of Schedules to each Cover Page. Please add the total number of pages (including both the Cover Page and any applicable Schedules) in Section 4 of the Cover Page.
5. Verification: Please date and sign the Cover Page.
Please mail your originally-signed Cover Page and schedules by Wednesday, March 22, 2013, to Michelle Posada, SANDAG, Executive Assistant/Clerk of the Board, 401 B Street, Suite 800, San Diego, CA 92101. Please note that Ms. Posada cannot accept an electronic form of your statement. Please sign your Cover Page using blue ink.
If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Posada at (619) 699-1912 or [email protected]. Thank you for your cooperation.
Attachment: 1. Regional Planning Technical Working Group Roster – 03-14-13
Key Staff Contact: Carolina Gregor, (619) 699-1989, [email protected]
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REGIONAL PLANNING TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP MEMBERSHIP ROSTER - 03-14-13
Jurisdiction/Agency Name Address Phone/Fax/Email
City of Carlsbad Don Neu City of Carlsbad Planning Department 760-602-4601 1635 Faraday Drive 760-602-8560 fax Carlsbad, CA 92008 [email protected]
David De Cordova City of Carlsbad Planning Department 760-602-4604 1635 Faraday Drive 760-602-8560 fax Carlsbad, CA 92008 [email protected]
City of Chula Vista Gary Halbert City of Chula Vista Planning and Building Dept. 619-691-5002 276 Fourth Avenue 619-409-5861 fax Chula Vista, CA 91910-2631 [email protected]
Ed Batchelder City of Chula Vista Planning and Building Dept. 619-691-5005 276 Fourth Avenue 619-409-5859 fax Chula Vista, CA 91910-2631 [email protected]
Marilyn Ponseggi City of Chula Vista Planning and Building Dept. 619-409-5707 276 Fourth Avenue 619-409-5859 fax Chula Vista, CA 91910-2631 [email protected]
City of Coronado Rachel Hurst City of Coronado Planning Department 619 522-7338 1825 Strand Way 619-522-2418 fax Coronado, CA 92118-3005 [email protected]
Ann McCaull City of Coronado Planning Department 619-522-2415 1825 Strand Way 619-522-2418 fax Coronado, CA 92118-3005 [email protected]
City of Del Mar Kathy Garcia City of Del Mar Planning and Comm. Dev. Dept. 858-755-9313 x157 1050 Camino Del Mar 858-755-2794 fax Del Mar, CA 92014-2604 [email protected]
City of El Cajon Manjeet Ranu, TWG Vice-Chair City of El Cajon Community Development Dept. 619-441-1771 200 Civic Way 619-441-1743 fax El Cajon, CA 92020-3912 [email protected]
Noah Alvey City of El Cajon Community Development Dept. 619-441-1773 200 Civic Way 619-441-1743 fax El Cajon, CA 92020-3912 [email protected]
City of Encinitas Diane Langager City of Encinitas Community Dev. Dept. 760-633-2714 505 S. Vulcan Avenue 760-633-2818 Encinitas, CA 92024-3633 [email protected]
City of Escondido Barbara Redlitz Director of Community Development 760-839-4546 City of Escondido Community Dev. Department 760-839-4313 fax 201 N. Broadway [email protected] Escondido, CA 92025-2709
Jay Petrek Principal Planner 760-839-4556 City of Escondido Community Dev. Department 760-839-4313 fax 201 N. Broadway [email protected] Escondido, CA 92025-2709
City of Imperial Beach Greg Wade Community Development Director 619-628-1354 City of Imperial Beach Community Dev. Dept. 619-429-9770 fax 825 Imperial Beach Boulevard [email protected] Imperial Beach, CA 91932-2702
Jim Nakagawa City of Imperial Beach Community Dev. Dept. 619-628-1355 825 Imperial Beach Boulevard 619-429-9770 fax Imperial Beach, CA 91932-2702 [email protected]
City of La Mesa Bill Chopyk, TWG Chair City of La Mesa Community Development Dept. 619-667-1187 8130 Allison Avenue 619-667-1131 fax La Mesa, CA 91941-5002 [email protected]
40 Jurisdiction/Agency Name Address Phone/Fax/Email
City of La Mesa (cont'd) Chris Jacobs City of La Mesa Community Development Dept. 619-667-1188 8130 Allison Avenue 619-667-1380 fax La Mesa, CA 91941-5002 [email protected]
City of Lemon Grove Carol Dick City of Lemon Grove Community Dev. Dept. 619-825-3806 3232 Main Street 619-825-3818 fax Lemon Grove, CA 91945-1705 [email protected]
David DeVries City of Lemon Grove Community Dev. Dept. 619-825-3805 x3926 3232 Main Street 619-825-3818 fax Lemon Grove, CA 91945-1705 [email protected]
City of National City Brad Raulston City of National City Community Dev. Department 619-336-4256 1243 National City Boulevard 619-336-4286 fax National City, CA 91950-4301 [email protected]
Ray Pe City of National City Planning Department 619-336-4421 1243 National City Boulevard 619-336-4286 fax National City, CA 91950-4301 [email protected]
City of Oceanside Marisa Lundstedt City of Oceanside Planning Department 760-435-3535 300 N. Coast Highway 760-754-2958 fax Oceanside, CA 92054 [email protected]
Russ Cunningham City of Oceanside Planning Department 760-435-3525 300 N. Coast Highway 760-754-2958 fax Oceanside, CA 92054 [email protected]
City of Poway Robert (Bob) Manis City of Poway Dept. of Development Services 858-668-4601 P.O. Box 789 858-668-1212 fax Poway, CA 92074-0789 [email protected]
Rich Whipple City of Poway Dept. of Development Services 858-668-4604 P.O. Box 789 858-668-1211 fax Poway, CA 92074-0789 [email protected]
City of San Diego Nancy Bragado Program Manager 619-533-4549 Development Services Department 619-533-5951 fax 1222 First Avenue, Mail Station 413 [email protected] San Diego, CA 92101
Brian Schoenfisch Senior Planner 619-533-6457 Development Services Department 619-533-5951 fax 1222 First Avenue, Mail Station 413 [email protected] San Diego, CA 92101
County of San Diego Jeff Murphy Department of Planning and Development Services 858-694-3765 Mail Station 0650 858-694-2555 fax 5510 Overland Avenue [email protected] San Diego, CA 92123
Joe Farace Department of Planning and Development Services 858-694-3690 Mail Station 0650 858-694-2555 fax 5510 Overland Avenue [email protected] San Diego, CA 92123
Bob Citrano Department of Planning and Development Services 858-694-3229 Mail Station 0650 858-694-2555 fax 5510 Overland Avenue [email protected] San Diego, CA 92123
City of San Marcos Jerry Backoff City of San Marcos Planning Department 760-744-1050 x3234 1 Civic Center Drive 760-591-4135 fax San Marcos, CA 92069-2949 [email protected]
Karen Brindley City of San Marcos Planning Department 760-744-1050 x3220 1 Civic Center Drive 760-591-4135 fax San Marcos, CA 92069-2949 [email protected]
41 Jurisdiction/Agency Name Address Phone/Fax/Email City of Santee Melanie Kush City of Santee Development Services 619-258-4100 x167 10601 Magnolia Avenue 619-562-9376 fax Santee, CA 92071-1222 [email protected]
Travis Cleveland City of Santee Development Services 619-258-4100 x160 10601 Magnolia Avenue 619-562-9376 fax Santee, CA 92071-1222 [email protected]
City of Solana Beach Wende Protzman Solana Beach Community Development 858-720-2439 635 S. Highway 101 858-720-2443 fax Solana Beach, CA 92075-2215 [email protected]
City of Vista John Conley Vista Community Development Department 760-639-6100 200 Civic Center Drive 760-639-6101 fax Vista, CA 92084 [email protected]
Patsy Chow Vista Community Development Department 760-639-6100 200 Civic Center Drive 760-639-6101 fax Vista, CA 92084 [email protected]
Caltrans Bill Figge, AICP Caltrans District 11, Planning Division - MS 240 619-688-6681 4050 Taylor Street 691-688-2511 fax San Diego, CA 92110 [email protected]
Chris Schmidt, AICP Caltrans District 11, Planning Division - MS 240 619-220-7360 4050 Taylor Street 691-688-2511 fax San Diego, CA 92110 [email protected]
North County Johnny Dunning NCTD Department of Service Development 760-966-6655 Transit District 810 Mission Avenue 760-583-7818 fax Oceanside, CA 92054-2815 [email protected]
Metropolitan Vacant Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) Transit System 1255 Imperial Avenue, Suite 1000 San Diego, CA 92101
San Diego Unified Vacant S.D. Unified Port District Port District P.O. Box 120488 619-686-6508 fax San Diego, CA 92112-0488
San Diego County Keith Wilschetz San Diego County Regional Airport Authority 619-400-2461 Regional Airport Authority P.O. Box 82776 619-400-2459 San Diego, CA 92138-2776 [email protected]
San Diego County Dana Friehauf San Diego County Water Authority 858-522-6749 Water Authority 4677 Overland Avenue 858-268-7881 fax San Diego, CA 92123 [email protected]
U.S. Dept. of Defense Kim Peacher U.S. Navy 619-532-4268 1220 Pacific Highway 619-532-2518 fax San Diego, CA 92132-5190 [email protected]
Air Pollution Control Andy Hamilton APCD 858-586-2641 District 10124 Old Grove Rd. 858-586-2801 fax San Diego, CA 92131 [email protected]
Local Agency Robert Barry San Diego LAFCO 858-614-7788 Formation Commission 9335 Hazard Way, Suite 200 858 614-7766 fax San Diego, CA 92123 [email protected]
San Diego Association Charles "Muggs" Stoll SANDAG 619-699-6945 of Governments Department Director 401 B Street, Suite 800 619-699-1905 fax San Diego, CA 92101 [email protected] (or Mail Station 980)
Coleen Clementson 619-699-1944 Principal Planner - Land Use 619-699-1905 fax [email protected]
Elisa Arias 619-699-1936 Principal Planner - Transportation 619-699-1905 fax [email protected]
42 Jurisdiction/Agency Name Address Phone/Fax/Email San Diego Association Carolina Gregor 619-699-1989 of Governments (cont'd) Senior Regional Planner/TWG Staff Contact 619-699-1905 fax [email protected]
Susan Baldwin 619-699-1943 Senior Regional Planner/TWG Staff Contact 619-699-1905 fax [email protected]
Philip Trom 619-699-7330 Senior Regional Planner 619-699-1905 fax [email protected] Stephan Vance 619-699-1924 Senior Regional Planner 619-699-1905 fax [email protected]
Clint Daniels 619-699-6946 Principal Research Analyst 619-699-1905 fax [email protected]
Grace Chung 619-699-6950 GIS Research Analyst 619-699-1905 fax [email protected]
Kirby Brady 619-699-6924 Research Analyst II 619-699-1905 fax [email protected]
Sarah Strand 619-595-5609 Regional Planning Intern 619-699-1905 fax [email protected]
43 San Diego Association of Governments REGIONAL PLANNING TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP
March 14, 2013 AGENDA ITEM NO.: 5
Action Requested: INFORMATION
SAN DIEGO FORWARD: THE REGIONAL PLAN File Number 3100000
INTRODUCTION
The regional plan, currently under development, has been branded as San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan. A brief video showcasing the branding approach will be shown and staff will highlight upcoming next steps. The final work program and schedule and the final public involvement plan were both presented to the SANDAG Board of Directors in late February and are attached for the working group's information.
Attachments: 1. San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan - Final Work Program
2. Final San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan Schedule
3. Final San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan Roles and Responsibilities for Working Groups and Policy Advisory Committees
4. Final San Diego Forward: Public Involvement Plan (PIP)
Key Staff Contact: Phil Trom, (619) 699-7330, [email protected]
44 Attachment 1 SAN DIEGO FORWARD: THE REGIONAL PLAN – FINAL WORK PROGRAM
1. Develop Regional Plan Work Program
• Review work program with core working groups, Policy Advisory Committees, and Board of Directors
2. Establish San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan Vision, Goals and Policy Objectives
• Review existing Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) and Regional Comprehensive Plan (RCP) documents
• Monitor and incorporate new transportation act/bill provisions and other legislation, including Senate Bill 375 (Steinberg, 2008) (SB 375) (as needed)
• Monitor and incorporate updated California Transportation Commission RTP Guidelines (as needed)
• Monitor and incorporate new federal transportation bill (Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century or MAP-21) implementation guidelines (as needed)
3. Engage in Public Outreach and Involvement
• Establish education and marketing plan for San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan
• Set up San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan Web site and maintain throughout its development and adoption
• Issue request for partners and contracts with community-based organizations to engage low income and minority populations in the planning process
• Develop Public Involvement Plan (PIP) and Tribal Consultation Plan that meets federal transportation bill requirements and SB 375
• Schedule events and develop outreach products
• Conduct subregional workshops (3) on Draft San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan
• Conduct public hearings (2) on Draft San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan
• Analyze ongoing feedback and respond to comments received online, phone, e-mail, etc.
4. Finalize Prior Planning Commitments from the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan/ Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS)
• Regional Transit Oriented Development Policy
• Regional Complete Streets Policy
• Active Transportation Implementation Strategy
o Bike Early Action Program o Safe Routes to School o Safe Routes to Transit
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• Travel Demand Model Enhancements
• Alternative Land Use and Transportation Scenarios and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Target Setting
o Create and test alternative land use and transportation scenarios to further reduce GHG emissions after 2035 beyond the reductions achieved in the 2050 RTP/SCS, including pricing and parking strategies
o Conduct public workshops including visualizations for select alternative land use and transportation scenarios
o Use the scenarios to assist with the next target setting process with the California Air Resources Board (CARB)
5. Prepare 2050 Regional Growth Forecast Update (Series 13)
• Collect land use inputs including general plan, zoning, and permitted projects (i.e. “site spec”)
• Develop regionwide growth projections (population, housing, jobs, and other economic and demographic variables)
• Generate new subregional Growth Forecast (population, housing, jobs, land use)
• Review results with local jurisdictions and other land use authorities
• Finalize 2050 Regional Growth Forecast Update
6. Refine and Develop San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan Policy Areas
• Public Health
• Land Use, Regional Growth, Urban Form, and Housing
• Healthy Environment (Energy, Climate Change and Adaptation, Habitat Conservation, Shoreline Preservation, Water Quality, and Air Quality [AQ])
• Infrastructure/Public Facilities (Access to Educational Facilities, Water Supply, Waste Water, and Solid Waste), Social Equity, and Environmental Justice
• Economic Strategies
• Borders (Binational, Tribal, and Interregional)
• Military
• Transportation
7. Incorporate Recommendations from Regional/Corridor/Subregional Studies into Development of Transportation Networks
• Studies include the Feasibility Assessment of Trucks on Managed Lanes, Regional Transit Oriented Development Strategies, Active Transportation Implementation Strategy (including Bike Early Action Program, Safe Routes to Transit, and Safe Routes to School), State Route 78 Corridor Study, San Ysidro Intermodal Transportation Center Study,
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Transit Plan Advanced Planning, Transportation Demand Management (TDM) studies/strategies, Transportation Systems Management (TSM) studies/ strategies, State Route 11 and Otay Mesa East Port of Entry Financing Strategy, California-Baja California Border Master Plan Update, Interstate 8 Corridor Study, Freight Gateway Update, Coordinated Plan, The San Diego Regional Connected Vehicle Program, etc. (as needed)
8. Develop Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) and Alternative Planning Strategy (APS) (if needed)
• Conduct workshop for SB 375 Implementation/GHGs Regional Targets/SCS development
• Information meeting(s) with elected officials to obtain input on SCS
• Develop draft SCS
• Generate alternative(s) land use/transportation scenario for an APS (if needed)
• Develop draft APS if the SCS does not meet the regional GHG targets (if needed)
9. Update Revenue and Cost Projections for Projects and Services
• Develop or revise cost estimates for all Unconstrained highway and transit projects, including operations and maintenance, TDM and TSM projects and programs, goods movement projects, regional rail grade separation projects, and active transportation projects and programs based on requirements from federal transportation bill
• Incorporate revised cost estimates for local streets and roads projects provided by the local jurisdictions
• Develop initial revenue projections for the various local, state, and federal revenue sources for the financial scenarios
• Refine and finalize initial revenue projections and cost estimates for the Revenue Constrained scenario
10. Update Regional Arterial System (as needed)
11. Update Airport Multimodal and Rail Planning
• Incorporate recommendations from the Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency Corridorwide Strategic Implementation Plan
• Incorporate recommendations from the California High-Speed Rail Program Revised 2012 Business Plan
• Incorporate recommendations from the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority’s Airport Development Plan and SANDAG Intermodal Transportation Center advanced planning studies.
12. Update Transportation Project Evaluation Criteria
• Re-evaluate and update criteria with a focus on Regional Plan goals and policy objectives
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13. Update Performance Measures for San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan
• Re-evaluate and update performance measures to be consistent with the San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan goals and policy objectives, including Environmental Justice/Social Equity, Economic, and Environmental indicators
14. Develop Unconstrained Multimodal Transportation Scenario
• Refine multimodal (transit, High Occupancy Vehicle, Managed Lanes, highway, active transportation, TDM, TSM) network in conjunction with SCS/APS
15. Apply Evaluation Criteria to Assist In Project Selection for Financial Scenarios
16. Develop and Analyze Financial Scenarios and Select Preferred Revenue Constrained Transportation Scenario for San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan
• Perform travel forecasts and evaluate overall performance, including economic analyses
• Develop Draft Preferred Scenario for review, including phasing
17. Perform Air Quality (AQ) Forecasts
• Discuss conformity criteria and procedures with San Diego Region Conformity Working Group
• Monitor and address new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requirements for AQ analysis (as needed)
• Prepare draft AQ conformity determination for Draft San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan for review
• Prepare final AQ determination
18. Produce Draft San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan
• Release Draft San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan for Public Comment
• Address Public Comments and Prepare Draft Final San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan
19. Prepare Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR)
• Prepare and circulate Notice of Preparation for EIR
• Create EIR Alternatives
• Produce Draft EIR
• Release Draft EIR for Public Comment
• Address Public Comments and Prepare Final EIR
20. Adopt Final San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan and certify Final EIR
21. AQ Conformity Determination by U.S. Department of Transportation
22. CARB Determination on the adopted SCS
48 Attachment 2 FINAL SAN DIEGO FORWARD SCHEDULE FEBRUARY 22, 2013 FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 FY 2016 Q1: July – Sept 2012 Q2: Oct – Dec 2012 Q3: Jan – March 2013 Q4: April – June 2013 Q1: July – Sept 2013 Q2: Oct – Dec 2013 Q3: Jan – March 2014 Q4: April – June 2014 Q1: July – Sept 2014 Q2: Oct – Dec 2014 Q3: Jan – March 2015 Q4: April – June 2015 Q1: July – Sept 2015
1 » DEVELOP SAN DIEGO FORWARD WORK PROGRAM January 2013
» ESTABLISH REGIONAL VISION, 2 GOALS, & OBJECTIVES
3 » ENGAGE IN PUBLIC OUTREACH & INVOLVEMENT
4 » FINALIZE PRIOR PLANNING COMMITMENTS FROM THE 2050 RTP/SCS
a Regional Transit Oriented Development Policy
b Regional Complete Streets Policy
c Active Transportation Implementation Strategy (Bike Early Action Program, Safe Routes to School, Safe Routes to Transit)
d Travel Demand Model Enhancements
e Land Use/Transportation Scenarios & GHG Target Setting including Parking & Pricing Strategies February 2014
5 » PREPARE 2050 REGIONAL GROWTH FORECAST UPDATE (SERIES 13) June 2013
» ISSUE NOTICE OF PREPARATION FOR EIR 6 December 2012
7 » REFINE & DEVELOP POLICY AREAS
a Public Health
b Land Use, Regional Growth, Urban Form, and Housing
c Healthy Environment (Energy, Climate Change and Adaptation, Habitat Conservation, Shoreline Preservation, Water Quality, and Air Quality)
d Infrastructure/Public Facilities (Access to Educational Facilities, Water Supply, Waste Water, Solid Waste)
e Social Equity and Environmental Justice
f Economic Strategies
g Borders (Binational, Tribal, and Interregional)
h Military
i Transportation
8 » UPDATE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT EVALUATION CRITERIA September 2013
9 » UPDATE PERFORMANCE MEASURES INCLUDING ECONOMIC ANALYSIS December 2013
» DEFINE UNCONSTRAINED MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK 10 July 2013
» UPDATE TRANSPORTATION December 2013 11 COST ESTIMATES
12 » DEVELOP TRANSPORTATION REVENUE PROJECTIONS March 2014
13 » APPLY TRANSPORTATION PROJECT EVALUATION CRITERIA & DEVELOP SCENARIOS July 2014
» EVALUATE TRANSPORTATION SCENARIOS & SELECT 14 PREFERRED SCENARIO September 2014
» DEVELOP DRAFT November 2014 AIR QUALITY CONFORMITY 15 DETERMINATION
» PREPARE & RELEASE DRAFT SAN DIEGO FORWARD INCLUDING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES STRATEGY & DRAFT EIR 16 March 2015
» ADDRESS COMMENTS & PREPARE June 2015 DRAFT FINAL SAN DIEGO FORWARD & 17 FINAL EIR
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POLICY ADVISORY SANDAG WORKING GROUPS* COMMITTEES
CTAC TWG CWG ATWG TRIBAL RHWG ITOC PHSG BC RPC TC BOD TWG MAJOR TASKS San Diego Forward Work Program • • • • • • • • • • • • Public Outreach, Education, and Involvement • • • • • • • • • • • • Vision, Goals, and Objectives • • •
Prior Commitments from the 2050 RTP/SCS
Regional Transit-Oriented Development Policy • • • • • • • • Regional Complete Streets Policy • • • • • • • Active Transportation Implementation Strategy • • • • • • • Bike Plan Early Action Program • • • • • • Safe Routes to School • • • • • • • • Safe Routes to Transit • • • • • • • Travel Demand Model Enhancements • • • • • • Land Use/Transportation Scenarios & Greenhouse Gas Target Setting • • • • • • 2050 Regional Growth Forecast Update • • • • • • Transportation Project Evaluation Criteria • • • • • • • • Performance Measures and Economic Analysis • • • • • • • • •
Policy Areas
Public Health • • • • • • • Land Use, Regional Growth,Urban Form, and Housing • • • • • Healthy Environment (habitat, energy, etc.) • • • • Infrastructure/Public Facilities (waste water, solid waste, etc.) • • • • • Social Equity and Environmental Justice • • • • • • • • Economic Strategies • • • • • • • • • • Borders (Binational, Interregional, and Tribal) • • • • • • • Military • • • • • • • Transportation • • • • • • • • • • Initial San Diego Forward Network Scenarios • • • • • • • • • Final San Diego Forward Network Scenarios • • • • • • • • •
Draft San Diego Forward, Environmental Impact Report (EIR), and Air Quality (AQ) Conformity • • • • • • • • • • • •
Proposed Changes for the Draft Final San Diego Forward • • • • • • • • • Adopt Final 2050 Regional Plan/EIR/AQ • Conformity
COMMITTEES AND WORKING GROUPS
Board of Directors (BOD) Working Groups Specific tasks will be presented to these groups as needed: Active Transportation Working Group (ATWG) Committee on Binational Regional Opportunities (COBRO) Policy Advisory Committees Cities/County Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) Environmental Mitigation Program Working Group (EMP) Borders Committee (BC) Public Health Stakeholders Group (PHSG) Freight Stakeholders Working Group Regional Planning Committee (RPC) Regional Planning Technical Working Group (TWG) Military Stakeholders Working Group Transportation Committee (TC) Regional Housing Working Group (RHWG) Regional Energy Working Group TransNet Independent Taxpayer San Diego Region Conformity Working Group (CWG) San Diego Regional Traffic Engineers Council (SANTEC) Oversight Committee (ITOC) Tribal Transportation Technical Working Group (Tribal TWG) Social Services Transportation Advisory Council (SSTAC) Quality of Life Stakeholders Working Group Community Based Organizations
* Working Groups will provide input that will be used in the staff recommendations to the Policy Advisory Committees and the Board of Directors
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San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan
Public Involvement Plan
February 2013
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The 18 cities and county government are SANDAG serving as the forum for regional decision-making. SANDAG builds consensus; plans, engineers, and builds public transit; makes strategic plans; obtains and allocates resources; and provides information on a broad range of topics pertinent to the region’s quality of life.
CHAIR FIRST VICE CHAIR SECOND VICE CHAIR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hon. Jack Dale Hon. Jim Janney Hon. Don Higginson Gary L. Gallegos
CITY OF CARLSBAD CITY OF SANTEE Hon. Matt Hall, Mayor Hon. Jack Dale, Councilmember (A) Hon. Farrah Douglas, Councilmember (A) Hon. John Minto, Vice Mayor (A) Hon. Lorraine Wood, Councilmember (A) Hon. Rob McNelis, Councilmember CITY OF CHULA VISTA CITY OF SOLANA BEACH Hon. Cheryl Cox, Mayor Hon. Lesa Heebner, Councilmember (A) Hon. Pamela Bensoussan, Councilmember (A) Hon. Mike Nichols, Mayor (A) Hon. Rudy Ramirez, Deputy Mayor (A) Hon. David A. Zito, Councilmember CITY OF CORONADO CITY OF VISTA Hon. Michael Woiwode, Councilmember Hon. Judy Ritter, Mayor (A) Hon. Al Ovrom, Councilmember (A) Hon. David Cowles, Deputy Mayor (A) Hon. Casey Tanaka, Mayor (A) Hon. John Aguilera, Councilmember CITY OF DEL MAR COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO Hon. Terry Sinnott, Mayor Hon. Greg Cox, Chairman (A) Hon. Lee Haydu, Deputy Mayor (A) Hon. Ron Roberts, Supervisor (A) Hon. Al Corti, Councilmember (A) Hon. Dave Roberts, Supervisor Hon. Bill Horn, Supervisor CITY OF EL CAJON (A) Hon. Dianne Jacob, Vice Chair Hon. Mark Lewis, Mayor (A) Hon. Bill Wells, Councilmember CITY OF ENCINITAS ADVISORY MEMBERS Hon. Lisa Shaffer, Deputy Mayor (A) Hon. Teresa Barth, Mayor IMPERIAL COUNTY (A) Hon. Tony Kranz, Councilmember Hon. John Renison, Supervisor, District 1 (A) Hon. Bill Hodge, Mayor, City of Calexico CITY OF ESCONDIDO Hon. Sam Abed, Mayor CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (A) Hon. Ed Gallo, Councilmember Malcolm Dougherty, Director (A) Hon. John Masson, Councilmember (A) Laurie Berman, District 11 Director CITY OF IMPERIAL BEACH METROPOLITAN TRANSIT SYSTEM Hon. Jim Janney, Mayor Harry Mathis, Chairman (A) Hon. Robert Patton, Councilmember (A) Hon. Ron Roberts (A) Hon. Brian Bilbray, Councilmember NORTH COUNTY TRANSIT DISTRICT CITY OF LA MESA Hon. Mark Packard, Vice Chair Hon. Art Madrid, Mayor (A) Hon. Ed Gallo (A) Hon. Ruth Sterling, Councilmember (A) Hon. Mike Nichols (A) Hon. Kristine Alessio, Councilmember U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CITY OF LEMON GROVE CAPT Clifford Maurer, USN, CEC, Hon. Mary Teresa Sessom, Mayor Southwest Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command (A) Hon. Jerry Jones, Councilmember (A) CAPT Allan Stratman, USN, CEC, (A) Hon. George Gastil, Councilmember Southwest Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command CITY OF NATIONAL CITY SAN DIEGO UNIFIED PORT DISTRICT Hon. Ron Morrison, Mayor Hon. Ann Moore, Chair (A) Luis Natividad, Vice Mayor (A) Hon. Bob Nelson (A) Hon. Alejandra Sotelo-Solis, Councilmember SAN DIEGO COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY CITY OF OCEANSIDE Tom Wornham, Chairman Vacant (A) David Barnum, Director (A) Hon. Jack Feller, Councilmember SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TRIBAL (A) Hon. Gary Felien, Councilmember CHAIRMEN’S ASSOCIATION CITY OF POWAY Hon. Allen Lawson, Chairman, Hon. Don Higginson, Mayor San Pasqual Band of Diegueño Indians (A) Hon. Jim Cunningham, Councilmember Hon. Robert Smith, Chairman, (A) Hon. John Mullin, Deputy Mayor Pala Band of Mission Indians CITY OF SAN DIEGO MEXICO Hon. Bob Filner, Mayor Hon. Remedios Gómez-Arnau, Cónsul General of Mexico (A) Hon. Marti Emerald, Councilmember (A) Vacant (A) Hon. Francisco J. Olivarría, Hon. Todd Gloria, Council President Deputy Cónsul General of Mexico (A) Hon. David Alvarez, Councilmember Hon. Alberto Diaz (A) Hon. Sherri Lightner, Councilmember CITY OF SAN MARCOS Hon. Chris Orlando, Councilmember (A) Jim Desmond, Mayor (A) Hon. Rebecca Jones, Vice Mayor
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION ...... 1 1.1 Background ...... 1 1.2 Current Status and Future Planning Effort ...... 2 2.0 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PLAN STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION TECHNIQUES ...... 3 2.1 Stakeholder Categories ...... 3 2.2 Public Involvement Plan Objectives ...... 3 2.3 Public Involvement Plan Strategies ...... 4 2.4 Public Involvement Plan Techniques and Activities ...... 4 3.0 SOCIAL EQUITY, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES/GOVERNMENTS ...... 11 3.1 Social Equity and Environmental Justice ...... 11 3.2 Tribal Consultation ...... 12 3.3 Coordination with Mexico...... 13 3.4 Coordination with California Metropolitan Planning Organizations and Regional Transportation Planning Agencies ...... 13 4.0 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PLAN ASSESSMENT ...... 13 5.0 CONNECT WITH SANDAG ...... 13
APPENDIX A: Regional Plan Media List ...... 16 APPENDIX B: Regional Plan Stakeholders List ...... 19 APPENDIX C: Tribal Consultation Plan ...... 28
ii 1.0 INTRODUCTION
SANDAG is embarking on a program to involve the public in the development of a large-scale regional plan, an overarching document that will merge and update two of the agency’s most important regional policy documents: the Regional Comprehensive Plan (RCP), adopted in 2004; and the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS), adopted in 2011. The new regional plan – San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan – is scheduled to be adopted in 2015. It will provide a blueprint for the growth and development of the San Diego region, focusing on issues affecting our quality of life and environment over the decades to come.
This Public Involvement Plan (PIP) is intended to support the development of San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan, creating a variety of opportunities for individuals, organizations, agencies, and other stakeholders to provide meaningful input. The PIP has been created based on input obtained throughout the fall of 2012 from the SANDAG Board of Directors, Policy Advisory Committees, working groups, surveys, and a public workshop held in October 2012. The PIP was drafted using the guidelines provided by the agency’s overall Public Participation Plan (PPP), which provides the foundation for specific public outreach approaches which were developed to support individual projects and programs. The PIP describes efforts that SANDAG will undertake to secure input on: developing sustainability and land use goals; priorities for transportation projects, programs, and services; transportation networks; infrastructure recommendations; funding alternatives; policies and programs; performance measures; greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets; and other related issues.
Implementation of this Public Involvement Plan will accomplish the following:
Provide a road map to ensure that all interested stakeholders are given the chance to participate in the process
Reach beyond traditional methods to encourage participation from a wide variety of members of the public
Communicate the importance of the plan and the opportunities to participate in the process Educate the public about SANDAG and its role in the region Establish the new regional plan as a critical policy document helping to balance our future housing, jobs, land use, transportation, health, social equity, economic, and environmental sustainability needs
This PIP is intended to be a living document. Because of the fluid nature of public participation, this plan may be updated at major milestones and adjusted in response to issues and circumstances that arise throughout the planning process.
1.1 Background
1.1.1 Regional Comprehensive Plan
The SANDAG Board of Directors adopted the Regional Comprehensive Plan (RCP) in 2004. It serves as the long-term planning framework for the San Diego region. It provides a broad context in which local and regional land use decisions can be made, encouraging the region to move toward smart growth and a sustainable future. The RCP lays out a vision, long-term goals, and recommended
1 actions for the region. Because each individual jurisdiction is responsible for making its own decisions on planning and land use, SANDAG analyzed jurisdictional plans, assessed their collective effects, and examined overall trends to create the RCP, laying out a sustainable blueprint for regional growth and the protection of our quality of life. The RCP contains an incentive-based approach to encourage and channel growth into existing and future urban areas and smart growth communities, as well as promote sustainable development.
1.1.2 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy
The RTP/SCS is the blueprint for a regional transportation system that enhances quality of life, promotes sustainability, and offers more mobility choices for people and goods. SANDAG is required under federal law to update the RTP every four years. The most recent update, adopted in 2011, produced the 2050 RTP/SCS. It was the first RTP in the state of California to include an SCS, as required by California Senate Bill 375 (Steinberg, 2008) (SB 375). SB 375 took effect in 2009, and is intended to combat climate change by linking transportation and land use planning to GHG reduction targets for cars and light trucks. SB 375 required the San Diego region to cut 7 percent of per capita emissions from cars and light trucks by 2020, and 13 percent by 2035 (from a 2005 baseline). The SCS outlines how the region will meet or exceed its GHG reduction targets by creating more compact, walkable, bike-friendly, transit-oriented communities, preserving important habitat and agricultural areas, and promoting a variety of transportation demand management and system management tools and techniques to maximize the efficiency of the transportation network.
1.2 Current Status and Future Planning Effort
In the past, the RCP and the RTP/SCS were developed as two separate documents that were scheduled to be updated on two different schedules. The data in the current RCP is about a decade old and conditions have changed significantly since it was approved. The RCP does not reflect the changes in the region that have occurred in the interim, such as the economic downturn, loss of funding for redevelopment, and a stronger emphasis on public health and social equity in the SANDAG planning process. Additionally, the current RCP does not address new climate legislation such as Assembly Bill 32 and SB 375.
In anticipation of updating the RCP, SANDAG conducted a scoping process in late 2011 and early 2012. Input was sought from the SANDAG Board of Directors, SANDAG Regional Planning Committee, Regional Planning Technical Working Group, community-based organizations (CBOs), other metropolitan planning organizations, and various stakeholders to prepare for the anticipated update of the RCP. Input from those meetings revealed an opportunity to merge the region’s two primary planning documents. In May 2012, the SANDAG Board of Directors decided to combine the RCP and RTP/SCS into one comprehensive planning document for the region.
The goal of combining the RCP and RTP/SCS is to create one clearly defined, overarching regional planning document for the region. San Diego Forward: The regional plan will address planning and land use objectives contained in the RCP; identify transportation priorities and infrastructure policies that will support and encourage the regional economy, equity, and environmental goals; and meet statewide GHG emissions reduction requirements per SB 375. This consolidated new regional plan will offer SANDAG the opportunity to more effectively communicate an overall regional vision, as well as reaffirm the inextricable link between transportation and land use planning in implementing that vision.
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2.0 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PLAN STRATEGIES AND IMPLEMENTATION TECHNIQUES
This PIP establishes the framework for a dynamic and interactive process to develop and seek input on the regional plan. What follows includes a menu of strategies and techniques that may be used in the public outreach process for the regional plan.
2.1 Stakeholder Categories
The following is a list of stakeholder categories specified in SB 375 that SANDAG will seek to involve in the development of the regional plan. In addition, see Appendix B for a partial list of individuals and organizations previously identified as interested in the regional plan development process. That list will be updated throughout the implementation of the PIP.
Affordable Housing Advocates Broad-Based Business Organizations Commercial Property Interests Congestion Management Agencies Environmental Advocates Home Builder Representatives Homeowner Associations Landowners Neighborhood and Community Groups Transportation Agencies Transportation Advocates Transportation Commissions
2.2 Public Involvement Plan Objectives
The primary goal of the PIP for San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan is to engage a broad and diverse cross-section of the San Diego region in the development of the plan. Obtaining this input is critical to creating a plan that reflects the varied needs and interests of San Diego County’s residents and businesses.
The objectives of the PIP are as follows:
• Raise awareness of the plan as the region’s updated blueprint that will guide the way as our region grows in the next 35 years
• Gain input from a broad range of individuals, organizations, agencies, and local governments throughout the regional plan development and decision-making process
• Make proactive efforts to involve communities and members of the public that have traditionally not participated in public planning efforts
3 • Meet or exceed local, state, and federal guidelines and requirements for public involvement in the development of the regional plan
Create an inclusive process that leads to broad support for policies, projects, and programs outlined in the regional plan
2.3 Public Involvement Plan Strategies
The following strategies will be implemented to achieve the objectives identified above:
Create a recognizable brand for San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan that resonates with the public Provide timely and accessible public information about the regional plan to a broad range of regional stakeholders Make public information accessible in a variety of formats and languages, use easy-to- understand language and concepts, and use a variety of media, including innovative visualization techniques Provide a variety of opportunities for the public to be involved, and use technology to reach stakeholders who may not be inclined to participate in traditional outreach methods Widely promote opportunities for public input to reach a broad and diverse audience Communicate the decision-making process to stakeholders and indicate how their input is utilized in the development of the plan Document and address public comments received during the public involvement process Disseminate information to related agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, and engaged sectors throughout the state of California and the nation Assess the effectiveness of the PIP at key milestones (i.e., following workshops or release of draft documents) to evaluate how the strategies and tactics worked and what enhancements could be made for future phases
2.4 Public Involvement Plan Techniques and Activities
The PIP proposes six main approaches for implementing the strategies above in coordination with key milestones in the development of the regional plan:
Research (focus groups, public opinion surveys) Public information (written materials, website, e-newsletters, public notices, presentations) Face-to-face interactions (SANDAG Board and committee meetings, briefings, small group meetings, community events, public workshops)
Partnership network with CBOs (low income and minority communities) Web-based interactive communications (website, social media, e-newsletters, Internet-based surveys, “virtual” public workshops, visualizations)
Media (earned media, media partnerships, paid media)
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2.4.1 Research
In order to gauge public knowledge and opinion about issues related to regional planning, focus groups and a public opinion survey may be conducted at the outset of the public involvement program. This research could help identify key topics and the most effective means of public engagement. Additional focus groups and a survey may be conducted at the mid-point of the planning process to determine the effectiveness of the outreach effort and identify opportunities for improvement. The information gained from this research could help SANDAG make adjustments, as needed, to optimize the outreach effort and inform future outreach processes.
2.4.2 Public Information
SANDAG will create and distribute clear, concise, and engaging information to support public involvement efforts. These materials will have a consistent look and feel, reflecting the branding developed for the plan.
Below is a menu of materials that may be used to provide information about the plan and its components; the development process; why this process is relevant to the region’s residents; and information about how, when, and why stakeholders should get involved. All materials will be written in easy-to-understand terms with limited jargon, and will be provided in a variety of languages and formats as needed. Materials will be distributed via a range of channels, including electronically (e-mail and website); at presentations, meetings, and events; at community locations (libraries, recreation centers, senior centers, and stores); and in the media (notices and advertisements). Materials will be updated as needed throughout the process.
Project fact sheet: Basic information about the regional plan, its components, purpose, timeline, and information on how to get involved. (Translated into Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Chinese.)
Project brochure: Engaging images, a summary of opportunities for public involvement, key messages, and basic information about the regional plan and its timeline. (Translated into Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Chinese.)
Interactive website: The primary portal for public information about the regional plan, incorporating interactive elements to provide opportunities for broad participation. SANDAG will explore the possibility of adding direct links to audio recordings of key meetings, as well as creating and posting videos of public workshops.
Regional plan videos: A series of short (+/- 3 minutes) videos explaining the importance of the plan to the region’s future, why it is relevant to the everyday lives of residents, and how public input will help shape the plan.
E-newsletter: E-newsletter reporting progress, encouraging participation, and providing information about opportunities for participation.
Multimedia presentation: An interactive and engaging presentation for speakers bureau opportunities, intended to explain and draw people into the planning process, encouraging individuals and organizations to get involved.
5 Community event booth: An engaging and interactive opportunity at community events for members of the public to learn about, give feedback on, and engage in the process of developing the regional plan.
Media kit (print and online versions): Key background information for the media to encourage accurate and balanced reporting.
Public notices: Notices for public meetings and opportunities for public comment published via media outlets, advertisements, and printed materials. (All public notices translated into Spanish, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Chinese.)
Frequently Asked Questions: Addressing the most common questions about the plan and its components.
Phone line and e-mail address: A dedicated phone line and e-mail account, providing easy methods for the public to make comments and ask questions.
Rider Alerts: Featuring information and soliciting feedback about the regional plan from transit riders.
2.4.3 Face-to-Face Interactions
A number of public involvement efforts will be conducted creating opportunities for SANDAG to interact directly with stakeholders in a variety of formats. In addition to conducting initial public outreach activities (listed in the first section below), SANDAG may draw from a menu of techniques (listed in the second section below) to share information with stakeholders and seek their involvement in the process. Translation services will be provided as needed for presentations, public workshops, and events.
SANDAG will conduct the following public outreach activities:
Presentations to SANDAG Board, Policy Advisory Committees, and Working Groups Presentations to the SANDAG Board, Policy Advisory Committees, and Working Groups throughout the process will provide updates on plan development, share input received from the public, and receive policy direction. These meetings are open to the public and provide ongoing opportunities for discussion and input at multiple stages of the planning process. A wide variety of public stakeholders sit on numerous SANDAG working groups, which range in topic area from energy, to disabled access, to housing, to environmental preservation, and bicycles- and pedestrian-related issues.
Stakeholder Interviews/Briefings SANDAG staff will conduct informal interviews/briefings with key stakeholders. These interviews/briefings provide an opportunity to share information about the plan and its purpose, as well as seek input about how stakeholder groups would like to be involved in the process and what public involvement strategies are the most effective with their respective constituencies.
6 Speakers Bureau Staff will engage in a proactive effort to offer presentations about the plan to a variety of organizations throughout the region. These groups may include community planning groups, chambers of commerce, environmental organizations, transportation advocacy groups, community collaboratives, CBOs, ethnic organizations, civic organizations, trade organizations, professional organizations, and others. The purpose of these presentations is to educate the public about the planning process, receive public input, and promote opportunities for public involvement.
Public Workshops/Open Houses SANDAG will conduct public workshops/open houses at important milestones during the plan development to solicit input. Online/interactive versions of these public workshops also may be made available. At least one workshop will be conducted in conjunction with the agency’s Baja California counterparts in coordination with the SANDAG Borders Committee and the Committee on Binational Regional Opportunities (COBRO). In addition, a Tribal Summit and tribal consultation activities will be held as part of the development of the regional plan, as described in Section 3.
Presentations to City Councils, the County Board of Supervisors, and Planning Commissions SANDAG staff will be available to make presentations to local city councils, the Board of Supervisors, planning commissions, and other planning-related organizations.
In addition, SANDAG may pursue a variety of other public outreach opportunities, possibly including some of those listed below, or others not yet determined:
Stakeholder Discussion Sessions on Rotating Topics In order to provide an opportunity for regular interaction with key stakeholders (those who will actively and frequently seek to participate), SANDAG may host regular “stakeholder discussion sessions” addressing various topics and sections of the plan at key milestones during the process. The purpose of these discussion sessions would be to seek high-level input from those who are knowledgeable about the planning process and have specific interests in the plan. While a list of key stakeholders would be developed, these meetings would be open to the public and participants would not be required to attend every meeting. Meeting topics would be determined ahead of time and promoted to the public.
Participation in Community Events A mobile project information booth may be created for use at community events and trade shows. The booth would be eye-catching and incorporate branding developed for the project. Project information would be available, as well as interactive opportunities for public input. For example, an educational project video could run on a loop to provide background information about the planning process, and participants could be provided an opportunity to share their input via an online survey or game using computers at the booth. Events targeting low-income and minority communities would be included to ensure proactive outreach to these audiences.
Subregional Liaisons SANDAG staff may be assigned to staff subregional areas on a regular basis to develop or build upon relationships and establish a regular SANDAG presence in the community. These staff members would keep their communities informed of the development of the regional plan and encourage those communities to participate in the process. Staff assigned to a particular area would be responsible for:
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- Developing relationships with community leaders - Attending planning and community group meetings - Engaging with business organizations - Presenting to civic organizations (i.e., Rotary and Kiwanis clubs) - Maintaining regular contact with key jurisdictional staff - Coordinating presentations to city councils, planning commissions, and other planning groups - Identifying opportunities for community events and speakers bureau presentations
Facilitated Outreach SANDAG may create a program to engage various organizations in facilitated discussions regarding the regional plan. SANDAG would make participation in the program available to organizations throughout the region (such as planning groups, business organizations, service groups, professional organizations, advocacy groups, etc.). A SANDAG facilitator or staff members would attend meetings of each organization multiple times (at the beginning, middle, and end of the plan development process) to discuss various aspects of the regional plan and draw out specific feedback. That feedback would be documented and its influence tracked as the plan is developed. These sessions also would serve to educate individuals throughout the community about the regional plan, creating a large secondary group of knowledgeable people and organizations able to disseminate information about the regional plan throughout the process, as well as encourage further public involvement.
Outreach to Major Employers and Their Employees SANDAG may develop and implement an outreach effort aimed at reaching the region’s major employment sectors. “Lunch & Learn” sessions would be scheduled to speak directly to the region’s employees and solicit their input. These informative presentations would provide opportunities for the region’s businesspeople and their employees to learn about the regional plan on a lunch break and provide input to SANDAG. Employers from the region’s major employment sectors will be targeted (i.e., hospitals, manufacturing, service industry, biotech, military, etc.).
Outreach to/through Local Colleges, Universities, and the Region’s Youth SANDAG may tap into local institutions of higher education to involve youth, either directly or through already existing school classes and programs.
2.4.4 Community-Based Partnership Network
Community collaboratives act as forums for local institutions such as churches, schools, health clinics, ethnic groups, and others to discuss issues of common concern. Due to their convening capacities, community collaboratives are critical to the ability of SANDAG to reach out to underrepresented populations who might not otherwise become involved in the process. Collaboratives provide a culturally relevant structure for developing local protocols, crossing language barriers, and structuring meetings. When members of a collaborative begin to make connections between their local concerns and regional planning efforts, they can begin to understand regional planning in a way that is relevant and meaningful to their communities and convey their input into the regional planning process.
8 To help ensure diverse and direct input into the regional plan, SANDAG will continue and broaden its partnership network with CBOs and collaboratives in critical communities of concern. Through competitive contracts awarded by SANDAG, CBOs will be provided with resources to engage their communities in the planning process and tasked with implementing outreach programs appropriate to their community context. The primary goal of the Community-Based Partnership Grant program is to engage and encourage diverse, inclusive, and active public participation from stakeholders in specific communities who traditionally may not have been involved in regional public policy planning processes (e.g., low-income, seniors, minorities, persons with disabilities, and other identified populations). Approximately ten CBOs will form the Community-based Partnership Network, working closely with SANDAG staff on the development of involvement techniques in coordination with other agency public involvement activities being undertaken to help prepare the regional plan.
2.4.5 Web-Based Interactive Communications
SANDAG will take advantage of a variety of web-based opportunities to provide information and solicit public involvement in the plan development process. Initial activities will include those listed in the first section below. In addition, SANDAG may draw from a menu of additional web-based opportunities (listed in the second section below) for the public to engage in the planning process and provide input. Online opportunities will be translated into additional languages as needed.
SANDAG will conduct the following web-based public outreach activities:
Regional Plan Web site The Regional Plan Web site will be the primary portal for all public information about the project. It will include project information, downloadable public information materials, and electronic versions of project documents. The public will have the opportunity to submit comments through the Web site, take online surveys, and sign up for the e-newsletter. Online regional plan social media also will be linked to the Web site.
E-mail Updates SANDAG will send regular e-mail updates to a list of all interested stakeholders, informing them about the ongoing process, upcoming meetings and milestones, and opportunities to take part in the development of the plan.
Social Media Regional plan pages on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and YouTube will be created to provide information to stakeholders and to receive comments. The regional plan YouTube channel will include project videos, TV news coverage about the plan and public involvement process, and videos of public meetings (if available). Twitter can be used by the public to submit comments and ideas that SANDAG can keep track of through the use of hashtags. Facebook can be used for more content-rich posts and to promote events and opportunities for public involvement. The Pinterest page will be a place to share visual inspiration and ideas for San Diego’s future.
Visualizations The project team will create visualizations to assist in the planning process, as well as to make the concepts explored in the plan more accessible and easier to understand for the general public. Those visualizations will be placed on the Web site.
9 In addition, SANDAG may pursue a variety of other web-based public outreach opportunities, possibly including some of those listed below, or others not yet determined:
E-newsletter A regular e-newsletter to stakeholders who opt into the regional plan interest list could include project updates, promote opportunities for public involvement, provide a calendar of upcoming events, and feature links to the online survey and social media.
Web surveys SANDAG may develop a series of electronic surveys that could be taken via the Web site. These surveys will be posted on the Web site throughout the plan development process. While not scientific, these surveys could provide an interactive way for the public to share opinions and give SANDAG a “snapshot” of what visitors to the Web site are interested in. The surveys could be linked to e-newsletters, promoted in written materials and via the media, and used as an interactive experience at community events.
Virtual Public Workshops Public workshops and open houses will be conducted at key milestones in the process to provide information and seek input. Some members of the public may not be able to attend the workshops in person or may prefer to participate in a different way. Therefore, online public workshops may be offered via The Regional Plan Web site. These virtual workshops will be available for a finite time (e.g., during the public comment period for the environmental document), and comments submitted would become part of the public record. Participants would be provided with project information via video, online versions of handouts and graphics, and/or online presentations. A user-friendly online system for submitting comments would be developed to make the process as simple as possible for stakeholders who wish to utilize this feature.
2.4.6 Media
SANDAG will utilize print, broadcast, and online media to communicate information to a broad audience and promote opportunities for the public to get involved.
Reporter Briefings SANDAG will host briefings for reporters covering the regional plan development process to inform them of the plan and its purpose, and ensure they are made aware of the various efforts to engage the public in the plan’s development.
Distribute regular press releases/media alerts to local and regional media To promote awareness among the media and foster accurate news coverage, press releases and agenda information will be distributed to local and regional media outlets, including print, broadcast, and online media. Reporters will be kept updated on the development and key milestones of the regional plan. A media list is included as Appendix A.
Press Conferences/Media Availability SANDAG will coordinate press conferences and media availability opportunities as needed. Press conferences will be convened to promote unique and newsworthy milestones and events. Media availability of SANDAG officials will be coordinated after key decision-making milestones.
10 Pursue Editorial Opportunities SANDAG will seek opportunities to submit editorial comment about the regional plan at milestones throughout the plan development process. For example, an op-ed authored by the chair of the SANDAG Board may be submitted at the launch of the public involvement process to emphasize the importance of public input in the development of the plan.
Paid Media When appropriate, SANDAG will utilize paid media to promote the planning process and opportunities for public engagement. This may include print advertising, public service announcements on broadcast media, and online advertising that links back to the Regional Plan Web site. Paid media buys will be leveraged for additional coverage whenever possible.
Cultivate a Media Partnership SANDAG will explore the possibility of cultivating a media partnership with a local news outlet. This partnership may include exclusive content for the outlet, joint promotions of events and involvement opportunities, and paid media opportunities.
Utilize SANDAG Board Members as Media Ambassadors SANDAG will work with Board members to serve as media ambassadors for the regional plan. Board members may be asked to discuss the regional plan in media interviews, on morning TV and radio shows, and author editorial commentary.
Outreach via Trade Publications and Stakeholder Newsletters SANDAG will work to place articles about the regional plan, its development, its content, etc., in related trade publications locally, as well as statewide and nationally. SANDAG also will seek to place notices and articles in the newsletters and other communications of various interested stakeholders, including civic organizations, advocacy groups, as well as business and professional organizations.
3.0 SOCIAL EQUITY, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, AND COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES/GOVERNMENTS
3.1 Social Equity and Environmental Justice
Roads, freeways, and other transportation infrastructure can have a significant effect on the quality of life for a region’s residents by shaping access to housing, jobs, services, and recreational opportunities. Achieving social equity and environmental justice in the context of creating a comprehensive plan for the region is a major goal of SANDAG. It requires making investments that provide all residents, regardless of age, race, color, national origin, income, or physical agility, with opportunities to work, shop, study, be healthy, and play. Without proper planning and development, transportation systems can degrade the quality of life in communities. In addition, the construction of roads, freeways, and rail transit systems has sometimes placed health burdens on many lower-income and minority communities. At times, new transportation projects have physically divided communities or impacted access to community services, resulting in long-lasting social and economic costs. It is important to understand the impacts of transportation and other infrastructure investments on our most vulnerable communities in order to better plan for the future. For these reasons, environmental justice principles and social equity goals will be an important consideration in the regional plan development process. Promoting social equity and environmental justice in regional planning efforts requires involvement from a wide variety of communities and stakeholders.
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The regional plan PIP incorporates a number of techniques for SANDAG to reach low-income and minority groups and others that may face challenges participating in the planning process (such as non-English speakers, individuals with disabilities, and the elderly) to ensure that benefits and burdens are distributed equitably in the region. These techniques include multilingual outreach, public participation conducted in collaboration with community-based partner organizations, and community planning events that will reach out to communities with high concentrations of low-income or minority residents. SANDAG also will target organizations and media outlets representing these communities in order to provide regional plan information, solicit participation and input, and provide a means for communicating with members of these communities. Lists of these organizations and media outlets are included in the media list (Appendix A) and stakeholders list (Appendix B), and will be supplemented while the regional plan is under development based on requests from the public and SANDAG awareness of organizations that should be included.
The PIP complies with SANDAG Board Policy No. 025, Title VI of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d), the Americans with Disabilities Act (as defined in Title 49, Part 37, of the United States Code), Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice, Executive Order 13166 on Limited English Proficiency, and other relevant laws and guidance to ensure consideration of social equity, environmental justice, and accessibility. SANDAG is committed to ensuring that no person is excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or discriminated against under its projects, programs or activities on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, or disability as provided in state and federal law.
Consistent with U.S. Department of Transportation guidance, SANDAG has developed a Language Assistance Plan (LAP) in order to ensure meaningful input opportunities for persons with limited English proficiency. The SANDAG LAP is available on the SANDAG Web site and calls for SANDAG to translate certain vital documents such as public notices into Spanish. SANDAG may, at its discretion, translate documents into additional languages if the nature of the document and the character of the document’s target audience justify additional translation. The LAP provides further guidance for serving limited English-speaking populations.
3.2 Tribal Consultation
SANDAG has implemented a government-to-government framework with the tribal nations in the region based on consultation, cooperation, and collaboration. Tribal nations now have a voice in the decision-making process in regional planning. Through the structure in place which is outlined in the SANDAG PPP, a Tribal Consultation Plan for the regional plan has been developed (attached as Appendix C). Ideas were first formulated at a collaborative staff level between the Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association (SCTCA) and SANDAG. Various outlines for a possible plan were presented to the tribal leaders in the region at a special workshop in fall 2012. The tribal leadership discussed the options, drew on their own experiences in other consultation processes, and developed a consultation plan that meets their needs. The plan includes: a set of information sessions to clarify the current RCP and 2050 RTP/SCS elements to the tribes, a survey to all tribal nations on the issues of importance to them, a set of policy workshops on the resulting priority areas, the development of a position paper that outlines the tribal perspective on regional issues based on the results of the workshops, and a Regional Tribal Summit between the SANDAG and SCTCA Boards to determine areas of cooperation and concern. The Interagency Technical Working Group on Tribal Transportation Issues will provide direct input at key stages of the transportation
12 planning process. It also will provide recommendations to the SCTCA, which will, in turn, provide its input to the SANDAG Transportation Committee for inclusion in the regional plan.
3.3 Coordination with Mexico
SANDAG will coordinate with Mexico through the SANDAG Board of Directors, the Borders Committee, the Transportation Committee, and COBRO, as well as other groups conducting binational work and groups and organizations based in Mexico. SANDAG will engage these groups and conduct other outreach efforts, as needed, to include joint U.S.-Mexico planning collaboration. Some of these efforts will be conducted in Spanish and/or simultaneous translation services will be made available.
3.4 Coordination with California Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Air Quality, and Regional Transportation Planning Agencies
SANDAG will collaborate and exchange information with the Southern California Association of Governments, other metropolitan planning organizations, and regional transportation planning agencies, as well as the California Air Resources Board, on the GHG emission reduction target- setting process and other SB 375 efforts. SANDAG will carry out air quality planning mandates in cooperation with the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District, including conducting interagency consultation for air quality conformity. In addition, SANDAG will coordinate with member agencies and other local governments to disseminate information about the plan development process and encourage public participation.
4.0 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PLAN ASSESSMENT
To assess the effectiveness of the regional plan PIP, SANDAG will analyze the results of public involvement efforts conducted at key milestones in the plan development process. These reviews will help SANDAG evaluate public involvement strategies and techniques, and make adjustments as needed. These reviews will include:
A summary of all outreach efforts and input received A qualitative assessment of how effective the efforts to obtain input were (i.e., audiences or stakeholders reached, the type of input provided by the stakeholders needed for development of the regional plan, etc.)
A quantitative assessment of the public involvement plan, including the number of meetings/ presentations/events participated in, website hits, number of survey responses, approximate number of people reached, number of comments received, and number of media contacts/ amount of media coverage
5.0 CONNECT WITH SANDAG
SANDAG is committed to a public involvement plan that includes opportunities for interaction with the Board of Directors, other elected officials, local planning and public works directors, business, community, and education leaders, other key stakeholders, and the general public. Public workshops, meetings, and other outreach efforts provide forums for input and feedback on SANDAG policy, program, project, and funding decisions.
13 Contact Our Public Information Office
The Public Information Office is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. You can reach the Public Information Officer by phone at (619) 699-1950, by e-mail at [email protected], or by visiting the SANDAG Public Information Office at 401 B Street, Suite 800, San Diego, CA 92101.
Get on Our Contact Lists
SANDAG maintains e-mail and mailing lists so we can provide information to those who request it. Contact SANDAG at [email protected] or (619) 699-1950 and let us know when you want to hear from us.
Visit SANDAG.org
The comprehensive SANDAG Web site is your resource for regional information, project updates, meeting schedules and agendas, and reports and other publications. SANDAG periodically posts surveys and promotes opportunities for online input.
View Our Calendar
Visit sandag.org/calendar for a comprehensive monthly calendar of all Board of Directors and Policy Advisory Committee meetings, working group meetings, ad hoc meetings, public workshops, and more. These meetings are open to the public and agendas are typically posted seven days in advance of the meeting.
Listen Live to SANDAG Meetings
Most SANDAG Board and Policy Advisory Committee meetings are broadcast via a live audio stream on the sandag.org home page. For a complete list of meetings, dates, times, and agendas, visit sandag.org/meetings.
Sign Up to Receive rEgion
To subscribe to rEgion, the SANDAG free monthly e-newsletter, go to sandag.org and enter a valid e-mail address in the box at the bottom left corner of the page. Each month you will receive information to keep you updated on what’s happening in the San Diego region with regard to transportation planning and construction, environmental management, housing, open space, growth, energy, criminal justice, binational topics, and more. To read the latest edition of rEgion, visit sandag.org/region.
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15 APPENDIX A: Regional Plan Media List
This list is intended to give a general sense of the media outlets SANDAG will disseminate information to regarding the regional plan development process and public involvement opportunities. It will grow and evolve over time. Any additional media organizations identified during the process that may be interested in the regional plan will be added.
San Diego County Media Outlets
Alpine Sun Fox 5 News American Chinese Times Gay + Lesbian Times Asia Media Good News, Etc. Asian Journal Heartland News Associated Press Hi Sierran Beach & Bay Press Hispanos Unidos BIA Builder Update Magazine Imperial Beach Eagle & Times Biz San Diego Indian Voices Borrego Sun Business Action Informant Cal Regions Julian Journal Carlsbad Business Journal Julian News Carlsbad Patch KBNT TV Channel 17 Carlsbad Sun KBZT FM Carmel Valley News KCBQ AM Chinese News KCEO AM Clairemont Community News KCR AM CNS City KECR AM Coast News KECY TV Channel 9 Convisions KFMB AM Coronado Eagle & Journal KFMB FM Coronado Lifestyle Magazine KFMB TV CTN County Television Network KFSD AM CW6 KGB FM Daily Journal KGFN FM Daily Transcript KGTV Channel 10 Del Mar-Carmel Valley Patch KHTS FM Del Mar Times KICO AM Del Mar Village Voice KIFM FM Diamond Gateway Signature KIOZ FM Diario San Diego KKSM AM East County Californian KLNV FM East County Gazette KLQV FM East County Herald News KLSD AM East County News KMYI FM El Latino KNSD TV (NBC 7/39) El Semanario Deportivo KOGO AM Enlace S. D. California Examiner Korea Times Fact Magazine KOXM TV Filipino Press KPBS FM
16 KPBS TV - S.D.S.U. Rancho Santa Fe Review KPRI FM Rental Owner KPRZ AM San Diego AP KQVO FM San Diego Business Journal KROP AM / KSIQ FM San Diego Christian Examiner KSCF FM San Diego Channel KSDO AM - Hi Favor San Diego City Beat KSDS FM San Diego Commerce KSON FM San Diego Community Newspaper Group KSWB/ Fox 5 News San Diego Daily Transcript KURS AM San Diego Downtown News KUSI TV San Diego Family Magazine KUSS FM San Diego Home/Garden & Lifestyles KWST AM/KMXX FM/KSEH FM San Diego Jewish Journal KXO AM/FM San Diego Lawyer KYXY FM San Diego Living La Jolla Light San Diego Magazine La Jolla Patch San Diego Metro Weekly La Jolla Village News San Diego Metropolitan La Opinion San Diego Metropolitan Uptown Examiner La Prensa San Diego San Diego Monitor News La Sonrisa Latina San Diego News Lemon Grove Patch San Diego Newsline Mercury News San Diego Reader Mira Mesa/Scripps Ranch Sentinel San Diego Seniors Mission Times Courier San Diego Sun Mission Valley News and Views San Diego Uptown News Navy Dispatch San Diego Voice & Viewpoint NBC 739 San Diego's Learning Channel North County Insider San Marcos/Vista News North County Times San Marcos Sun North County Voice Santee Patch North Park News San Vicente Valley News Oceanside Magazine Sentinel Magazine Peninsula Beacon Solana Beach Sun Philippine Mabuhay News Star News The Philippines Today Tieng Viet San Diego Pomerado Newspaper Group Tierra Times Poway Patch Today's Local News Presidio Sentinel Tribal TANF newsletter Prime News Uptown-Marquee Ramona Home Journal U-T San Diego Ramona Patch Valley Roadrunner Ramona Sentinel Views Rancho Bernardo News Journal Village News Rancho Bernardo Sun Vista Sun Ranch & Coast Magazine Voice of San Diego Rancho Santa Fe News We Chinese In America
17 We Chinese In America Weekend XHTZ FM XDTV 13 XPRS FM XEPE AM XLNC FM XETV 6 The CW XLTN FM XEWT Televisa XPRS AM XHAS Telemundo 33 News XSUR XHRM FM XTRA FM XHTY Uniradio ZETA
Orange and Riverside County Media Outlets Los Angeles Times – zoned editions Orange County Business Journal Orange County Register Riverside Press Enterprise The Californian
Imperial County Media Outlets Imperial Valley Press
Tijuana Media Outlets Baja Times El Mexicano El Sol de Tijuana En Linea Tijuana Frontera La Prensa Mi Enlace Periodico El Latino Tijuana Press Zeta Tijuana
18 APPENDIX B: Regional Plan Stakeholders List
This list is intended to give a general sense of the stakeholders SANDAG will seek to involve in the process of developing the regional plan. The list includes individuals and organizations that expressed interest during the initial outreach process that SANDAG conducted to inform the writing of this PIP, as well as those involved in the development of the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan and other outreach efforts SANDAG has conducted. This list should be considered partial, and it will grow and evolve over time. Any additional stakeholders identified during the process that may be interested in the regional plan will be added to this list.
AARP San Diego Able-Disabled Advocacy Accessible San Diego Access to Independence Adams Avenue Business Association All Congregations Together Alliance for Habitat Conservation Alpha Project Alpine and Mountain Empire Chamber of Commerce Alta Planning & Design Alzheimer’s and Aging Research Center American Institute of Architects, San Diego American Institute of Architects, San Diego, Urban Design Committee American Lung Association of San Diego American Planning Association, San Diego Section American Society of Landscape Architects Apartment Consultants Inc. Asian Business Association of San Diego Asset Management Group Associated General Contractors of America Association of Environmental Professionals San Diego Automobile Club of Southern California Azalea Park Neighborhood Association Bankers Hill/Park West Community Association Barratt Group Barrio Logan College Institute Barrio Logan Project Area Committee Bayside Community Center Bayview Community Development Corporation BIOCOM Black Mountain Ranch Community Planning Group Bonita Business and Professional Association Bonsall Chamber of Commerce Bonsall Community Sponsor Group Borrego Springs Chamber of Commerce BRIDGE Housing Corporation - Southern California Bronze Triangle CDC Brookfield San Diego Holdings
19 Building Industry Association San Diego Building Owners and Managers Association California Air Resources Board California Center for Sustainable Energy California Coastal Coalition California Department of Housing and Community Development California Department of Transportation California Native Plant Society San Diego California Nevada Cement Association California Sustainability Alliance California Trucking Association CALPIRG Cal-Prop Investments & Management Campaign for Affordable Housing Capital Growth Properties Inc. Cardiff-By-The-Sea Chamber of Commerce Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce Carmel Mountain Ranch Community Committee Carmel Valley Community Planning Board Carmel Valley NOW! Casa Familiar Cassidy Turley BRE Commercial Catalyst Network CB Richard Ellis Inc. CDC Commercial Real Estate Center for Supportive Housing Center on Policy Initiatives Centre City Advisory Committee Century 21 Horizon Cherokee Point Neighborhood Association Chicano Federation Chula Vista Chamber of Commerce Chula Vista Community Collaborative Chula Vista Growth Management Oversight Committee Citizens Coordinate for Century 3 City Heights Business Association City Heights Community Development Corporation City Heights PAC City of Carlsbad City of Chula Vista City of Coronado City of Del Mar City of El Cajon City of Encinitas City of Escondido City of Imperial Beach City of La Mesa City of Lemon Grove
20 City of National City City of Oceanside City of Poway City of San Diego City of San Marcos City of Santee City of Solana Beach City of Vista City of San Diego Disabled Services Advisory Council City/County Reinvestment Task Force CityMark Development Civic San Diego Clairemont Town Council Coalition of Neighborhood Councils College Area Community Planning Board Colliers International Commercial Facilities Inc. Community Associations Institute, San Diego Chapter Community Catalysts of California Community HousingWorks COMPACT ConAm Consulate General of Mexico Corky McMillin Companies Cornerstone Property Management Coronado Chamber of Commerce Corporation for Supportive Housing County and City Libraries County of San Diego County of San Diego Department of Public Works County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency Covey Commercial CrossBorder Business Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. CW Clark Deaf Community Services Del Mar Chamber of Commerce Del Mar Mesa Community Planning Board Department of Defense Department of Homeland Security Dimex Freight Dole Food Company Downtown San Diego Partnership DR Horton Eagle Aggregates East County Action Network East County Economic Development Corporation Eastern Area Communities Planning Committee
21 ECP Commercial El Cajon Business Improvement Association El Cajon Community Collaborative El Cajon Community Development Corporation Elder Housing Complexes Encanto Neighborhoods Community Planning Group Encinitas Chamber of Commerce Endangered Habitats League Environmental Health Coalition Environmental Protection Agency Equinox Center Escondido Chamber of Commerce Environmental Science and Policy - UCSD Evanco Reality Advisors Inc. Fairmont Park Neighborhood Association Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce Family Health Centers of San Diego Family Resource Center FedEx Corporation Federal Highway Administration Filipino-American Chamber of Commerce of San Diego Friends of Adult Day Health Care Centers Friends of Rose Canyon Friends of Tecolote Canyon Friends of the San Diego River Mouth Federal Transit Administration Gaslamp Quarter Association Gateway Property Management Golden Hill Community Development Corporation Golden Triangle Chamber of Commerce Greater Clairemont Chamber of Commerce Greater Clairemont Mesa Chamber of Commerce Greater Golden Hill CDC Greater Golden Hill Planning Committee Greater San Diego Business Association Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce Green Campus Program - UCSD Grossmont Cuyamaca Community College District Hallmark Communities HNTB Corporation Housing Development Partners of San Diego I Love A Clean San Diego IBI Group ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability USA International Energy Agency Imperial Beach Chamber of Commerce Imperial County Industrial Environmental Association of San Diego Inland Pacific Commercial Properties
22 International Rescue Committee, San Diego International Union of Operating Engineers Local 12 Investment Property Management Group Inc. Irving Hughes It's How We Live J. Whalen and Associates Jacobs Family Foundation JHD Planning Jones Lang LaSalle Julian Chamber of Commerce Justice Overcoming Boundaries Juvenile Diabetes Association of San Diego Kearny Mesa Planning Group Kensington-Talmadge Business Association Ken-Tal Planning Committee Kimball Elementary School KM Realty Inc. La Jolla Community Planning Association La Jolla Golden Triangle Rotary Club La Jolla Shores Association La Jolla Town Council La Jolla Traffic and Transportation Board La Jolla Village Community Council La Maestra Community Health Centers La Mesa Chamber of Commerce Laborers International Union Lakeside Chamber of Commerce Local Agency Formation Commission League of Conservation Voters, San Diego League of Women Voters Ledford Enterprises, Inc. Lee and Associates, Inc. Lemon Grove Chamber of Commerce Linda Vista Collaborative Linda Vista Community Planning Committee Little Italy Association Little Italy Residents Association MAAC Project Meissner Jacquet Investment Management Services Melroy Property Management Metropolitan Transit System Mid-City Community Action Network Mid-City Rotary Club Midway Community Planning Advisory Committee (North) Mira Mesa Chamber of Commerce Miramar Ranch North Planning Committee Mission Beach Town Council Mission Hills Town Council
23 Mission Valley Unified Planning Organization Move San Diego NAIOP Commercial Real Estate Development Association - San Diego National City Chamber of Commerce National City School District National University System Institute for Policy Research Navajo Community Planners, Inc. Neighborhood House Association North Bay Redevelopment PAC North County Transit District North Park Community Association North Park Main Street North Park Planning Committee Ocean Beach Community Development Corporation Ocean Beach Town Council Oceanside Chamber of Commerce Oceanside Planning Commission Old Town Community Planning Committee Old Town San Diego Chamber of Commerce Otay Mesa Chamber of Commerce Otay Mesa Nestor Community Planning Group Otay Mesa Planning Group Pacific Beach Community Planning Committee Pacific Beach Town Council Pacific Coast Commercial Paradise Valley Hospital Parent Institute for Quality Education (PiQUE) Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Peninsula Community Planning Board Penn State University Point Loma Association Poway Chamber of Commerce Prescott Companies Professional HOA Consultants, Inc. Psomas Engineering Radelow Gittins Real Property Management, Inc. Rail America Ramona Chamber of Commerce Rancho Bernardo Planning Community Rancho San Diego - Jamul Chamber of Commerce Rancho Santa Fe Association Rapid Transfer Xpress RBF Consulting, Inc. Regional Task Force on the Homeless Sabre Springs Planning Group Samahan Community Health Center San Diego American Planning Association San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, AFLCIO
24 San Diego Apartment Association San Diego Archaeological Society San Diego Association of Realtors San Diego Audubon Society San Diego Bicycle Coalition San Diego Business Improvement District Council San Diego Canyonlands San Diego Capital Collaborative San Diego County Air Pollution Control District San Diego City College Associated Students San Diego Coastal Chamber of Commerce San Diego Coastkeeper San Diego Community Housing Corporation San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau San Diego Convention Center Corporation San Diego Council of Design Professionals San Diego County Aging and Independence Advisory Council San Diego County Archaeological Society San Diego County Bicycle Coalition San Diego County Farm Bureau San Diego County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce San Diego County Regional Airport Authority San Diego County Taxpayers Association San Diego County Water Authority San Diego Countywide Alliance of Tenants San Diego Downtown Partnership San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce San Diego Fair Housing Council San Diego Foundation San Diego Habitat for Humanity San Diego Housing Commission San Diego Housing Federation San Diego Interfaith Housing Foundation San Diego Jewish Chamber of Commerce San Diego Local Initiatives Support Corporation San Diego North Chamber of Commerce San Diego North Convention and Visitors Bureau San Diego North Economic Development Council San Diego Organizing Project San Diego Redevelopment Agency San Diego Regional Center San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation San Diego Regional Sustainability Partnership San Diego River Coalition San Diego River Conservancy San Diego River Park Foundation San Diego Senior Games Association
25 San Diego Sierra Club San Diego State University Center for Regional Sustainability San Diego Unified Port District San Diego Urban Economic Corporation San Diego Urban League San Diego Workforce Partnership San Diego World Trade Center San Diego Youth and Community Services San Dieguito River Park San Marcos Chamber of Commerce San Ysidro Business Association San Ysidro Chamber of Commerce San Ysidro Community Planning Group Santee Chamber of Commerce Scripps Health Scripps Miramar Ranch Planning Group SDSU Associated Students SDSU City Planning Department Sempra Utilities Senior Community Centers Serra Mesa Planning Group Shea Homes Sherman Heights Community Center Skyline-Paradise Hills Planning Committee Social Services Transportation Advisory Council Save Our Forest and Ranchlands Solana Beach Chamber of Commerce Solar Turbines South Bay Community Services South County Economic Development Council Southeastern San Diego Planning Group Southern California Housing Development Corporation Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association Southwestern College Spectrum Management Spring Valley Chamber of Commerce Spring Valley Youth and Family Coalition St. Vincent de Paul State Farm Insurance Student Sustainability Collective - UCSD Sunrise Property Management Surfrider Foundation Sustainable SDSU Sweetwater ASB Teamsters Union Teralta West Neighborhood Alliance The Accretive Group of Companies The CSA Edge
26 The Nature Conservancy, San Diego Office The Olson Co. Tierrasanta Community Council Torrey Hills Community Planning Board Torrey Pines Community Planning Board Torrey Pines Property Management Inc. Transcore Transit Alliance for a Better North County (TABNC) Transportation Corridor Agency Trilar Management Group U.S. Green Building Council UCSD Associated Students UCSD Sustainability Solutions Institute UCSD Systemwide Sustainability UCSD Urban Studies and Planning Department UCSD, Transportation Services ULI San Diego/Tijuana Chapter Union of Pan Asian Communities University City Community Association University City Community Planning Group University City Planning Group University Heights Community Association Uptown Planners Urban League URS Corporation U.S. Department of Defense U.S. Department of Transportation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency USD Sustainability Program Valley Center Chamber of Commerce Valley Center Community Planning Group Veteran Affairs San Diego Healthcare System Vista Chamber of Commerce Voit Companies Wakeland Housing & Development Corp. Walk San Diego Watco Companies Winzler and Kelly Women in Transportation Seminar Worldtrans
27 APPENDIX C: SANDAG REGIONAL PLAN TRIBAL CONSULTATION PLAN
1. Tribal Conference on RCP/2050 RTP/SCS Convene an informational conference on the content of the Regional Comprehensive Plan (RCP) and the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) for all of the tribal nations in the region; The purpose of this conference would be to provide tribes in the region an opportunity to become familiar with what is in the existing plans and understand how the region views the role of tribes; Tribal nations would like to have available subject experts from SANDAG to cover their area of expertise and answer questions.
2. Survey on Tribal Policy Issues and Planning Based on discussions at the conference, staff from SCTCA and SANDAG will develop a survey to distribute to all tribal nations on potential policy areas to discuss for the development of the Regional Plan, including transportation issues; Survey instrument will be taken to the SCTCA Board for approval; Survey will be distributed to Tribal Offices and each tribe will determine how to gather the information from each tribe; Survey results will be collected and compiled for the SCTCA and Borders Committee to discuss.
3. Technical Workshops on Identified Policy Areas Based on the survey results, the SCTCA will determine as a board the type and number of meetings and workshops necessary to discuss the tribal perspective on policy areas of the Regional Plan; SANDAG and SCTCA staff will develop a schedule, based on recommendations from the SCTCA and Borders Committees; The structure and participants for these workshops will be determined by the SCTCA Board and each tribal nation. Some workshops may be among tribal leaders, while other will include tribal experts in a designated policy area, or both.
4. Tribal Transportation Working Group On a parallel track, the Working Group will work on the transportation elements of the Regional Plan; The Working Group will provide input into the development of each stage of the Plan and provide guidance to the SCTCA Board and tribal nations; At key decision-making points the Working Group will provide recommendations to the SCTCA for tribal consideration and relay this input to the Transportation Committee through their representation on that Policy Advisory Committee. The Working Group will provide a forum for action related to the transportation issues in the Regional Plan, including the inclusion of Long Range Tribal Transportation Plans in the Regional Plan.
28 5. Develop Tribal Policy Paper for Regional Plan Based on the outcomes of the series of workshops, SANDAG/SCTCA staff prepare a policy paper on the tribal perspective for the Regional Plan; The paper will be taken to the SCTCA Board and Borders Committee for review and comment. Elements of the tribal policy paper will be incorporated into related areas of the Regional Plan.
6. Convene San Diego Regional Tribal Summit
At a timely and meaningful moment in the process of developing the Regional Plan, the San Diego Regional Tribal Summit will be convened between the Boards of SANDAG and the SCTCA to discuss key policy issues for inclusion in the Regional Plan and a potential collaborative agenda. The strategic actions agreed upon in the Summit will be included in the Regional Plan, as well as issues of concern to tribal nations.
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March 14, 2013 AGENDA ITEM NO.: 6
Action Requested: DISCUSSION
INVENTORY OF LOCAL PARKING File Number 3310701 POLICIES IN THE SAN DIEGO REGION
Introduction
At the January 2013 Regional Planning Technical Working Group (TWG) meeting, staff announced that they would be interviewing SANDAG member agencies regarding their local parking policies and management strategies. Interviews were completed with all 18 cities in the region and the County of San Diego. Staff will provide an overview of the outcomes of the inventory and discuss next steps for how parking management strategies could be considered in the development of San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan.
Background
The management of public parking and the regulation of private parking supply are under the jurisdiction of local governments. Over the past several years, SANDAG has provided member agencies with several resources on parking strategies that encourage smart growth and the use of transportation alternatives. These efforts have laid the foundation for more detailed discussions regarding the development of a regional framework for parking management for consideration in San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan and a mechanism for incentivizing member agencies to develop and adopt individual parking management strategies/plans.
Parking Strategies for Smart Growth and Trip Generation for Smart growth These 2010 studies identified the parking demand and trip generation associated with smart growth developments. Based on current literature and best practice review, the studies took a conservative approach to proposing parking rates for specific development types. Parking Strategies for Smart Growth recommends 1.25 spaces per dwelling unit for multifamily residential, 2.9 spaces per 1,000 square feet for office, and 3.6 spaces per 1,000 square feet for retail for consideration by local jurisdictions. The study also suggests that further analysis and study on parking strategies is needed.
2050 Regional Transportation Plan – The Urban Area Transit Strategy The Urban Area Transit Strategy of the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (2050 RTP/SCS) included a “Menu of Policy Options to Support the Transit Network.” This report identified policies and strategies that can influence transit ridership and mode share. The menu was organized into three categories: parking, land use, and funding. In the fall of 2010, TWG, the Cities/County Transportation Advisory Committee, and Regional Planning Stakeholder Working Group members, as well as members of the planning and design community, prioritized the list of
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parking policies to provide a starting point for discussion by policymakers for consideration in the 2050 RTP/SCS. The highest ranked parking policy options were a toolbox of localized parking strategies for local jurisdictions, and resources to support local parking management efforts. Although no specific parking policies were included in the 2050 RTP/SCS, the SANDAG Board of Directors provided direction to staff to examine parking as part of the Regional Comprehensive Plan update.
Integrating Transportation Demand Management (TDM) into the Planning and Development Process – A Reference for Cities This study was accepted by the SANDAG Transportation Committee in 2012 and provided guidance on the range of local policies that support TDM. A section of the study was dedicated to parking management strategies with case studies presented for each strategy identified.
Discussion
Parking Policy Inventory Highlights The survey of member agencies’ parking practices revealed that local jurisdictions could do more to take full advantage of parking management strategies that maximize use of transportation alternatives and support economic development goals. Attachment 1 provides a detailed overview of the data collected. A summary of key observations follows:
1. Parking is a politically sensitive issue for most jurisdictions. There is general consensus that parking decisions by the jurisdictions are often made in reaction to a perceived parking problem raised by residents or business owners, versus a comprehensive and strategic approach to aligning parking policies with land-use and transportation planning and economic development efforts. Specific parking policies are frequently adopted as a stand-alone solution versus a package of complimentary policies that have far-reaching results.
2. There appears to be a lack of public awareness of the relationship between parking, travel behavior, community design, and economic development. Any effort to encourage parking alignment must start with an extensive educational process on the range of parking management strategies and the proven transportation and economic benefits associated with those strategies.
3. Charging for public, on-street parking is uncommon, with only six cities pricing parking and one city vetting parking pricing through their City Council. Of those cities that are charging for on- street parking, prices do not tend to be coordinated with actual parking occupancy. Only the City of San Diego adjusts the price of on-street parking based on actual demand. Where public parking is priced, the fees are not typically coordinated with the fees charged by privately owned parking lots and structures.
4. Although several jurisdictions have updated aspects of their parking requirements to allow for strategies such as parking cash-out or shared parking, implementation of these strategies is inconsistent.
5. While some cities offer exceptions to their parking standards for affordable housing or mixed use developments, parking standards tend to be applied without full consideration for community context, demand, and availability of transportation alternatives. Fifteen of the 19 jurisdictions require more than 1 parking space per studio apartment; 8 out of 19 require at
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least 2 spaces per 1 bedroom unit, while another 9 state a minimum of 1.5 spaces per 1 bedroom unit. For commercial office uses, 12 jurisdictions require 1 space per 200 – 300 square feet. These rates are all higher than the conservative recommendations for parking rates suggested in Parking Strategies for Smart Growth (1.25 spaces for multi-family residential; 2.9 spaces per 1,000 sq. feet of leasable office space; and, 3.6 spaces for 1,000 sq. feet of leasable retail space).
Parking Challenges Parking presents a growing challenge for cities with reaching their transportation, community development, climate change, and economic development goals. The specific parking challenges identified as most problematic by many of the cities can be organized under the following categories:
1. Economic development: The cost of providing required parking is limiting new development (particularly redevelopment and Transit Oriented Development (TOD)) and commercial growth. It also limits change of use and new business in business districts. This concern was confirmed by the building and real-estate industry in recent TOD listening sessions conducted by SANDAG. Parking requirements were identified as the number one barrier to TOD. Cities also stated that financing public parking structures is a challenge.
2. Parking turn-over: Free parking, the lack of designated long-term parking for employees in business districts, and the lack of time limits for on-street parking lead to overuse by long-term or all-day parkers who occupy valuable spaces at the expense of short-term parkers trying to access retail businesses and services.
3. Parking spill-over: Parking from patrons and employees of the business districts is spilling over into surrounding residential neighborhoods that do not require residential parking permits.
4. Cruising for parking: Local traffic is impacted by vehicles circling city streets in search of free parking spaces.
Next Steps
Based on the initial survey results, on the increasing challenges posed by disparate parking requirements within individual cities and across the region, and on a growing number of studies and data supporting the need to address parking more comprehensively to address land use, transportation, environmental, and economic issues, staff proposes an incremental and collaborative approach to begin aligning local parking policies and regional goals in San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan. In addition, the adoption of an activity based transportation model and the use of the visioning tool, Urban Footprint, will allow for parking strategies to be tested with different land use and transportation scenarios to evaluate and demonstrate their potential for the region. The following “next steps” are proposed for the TWG’s discussion.
1. Develop a Parking Management Toolbox. The toolbox could: • Provide a menu of parking strategies that address specific issues identified by the local jurisdictions. Strategies could include, but would not be limited to, more flexible and relevant parking standards; parking management techniques (way-finding, advanced availability, and pricing information; advanced metering technologies); unbundling; cash-
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• Evaluate the effectiveness of those strategies for achieving specific goals; • Identify the types of communities where specific strategies work best (urban centers, town centers, employment centers, TOD, etc.) and describe how those strategies could be packaged to achieve maximum benefit; and
• Present case studies that demonstrate successful approaches to parking management implemented in both urban and suburban settings. This could include information on the resources needed to manage and administer parking initiatives, sample enabling ordinances, lessons learned, etc.
2. Test various parking strategies (pricing and supply management) with the alternative land use and transportation scenarios that are currently getting started to determine the greenhouse gas emission reductions that can be attributed to those strategies.
3. Build consensus on specific parking management strategies that best support local and regional land use and transportation system goals and that could become part of a regional framework to support the development and implementation of local parking management plans that support smart growth, sustainable development, and transit oriented development.
Attachment: 1. Inventory of Local Parking Policies in the San Diego Region
Key Staff Contact: Antoinette Meier, (619) 699-7381, [email protected]
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Parking Management Telephone Questionnaire
1. Parking Management Plans- Has your city developed any parking management plans/strategies (i.e., policies/programs designed to maximize efficient use of parking resources; to reduce traffic congestion; preserve residential parking for residents; or to achieve other objectives)?
2. Parking Supply Management Strategies and Policies– Has your city implemented, or are you planning to implement any parking supply management strategies/policies such as: a. Shared parking (using the same parking for two or more uses that have different peak periods. For example, using a church parking lot for restaurant and retail uses during the evenings and weekdays) b. Unbundled parking (the cost of a parking space is separated from the cost of the lease for residential or commercial uses) c. Parking Cash-Out programs (allows employees to choose between subsidized parking or a cash allowance in lieu of the parking space) d. Parking reservation system (allows for parking spaces to be reserved on-line or via a website or mobile application) e. Real-time Parking Information (the number and location of vacant parking spaces is made available in real-time via signage, website or mobile application) f. Way-finding (guidance to parking spaces in garages, lots or metered spaces) g. Parking districts (residential parking permit zones or parking assessment districts) h. Parking maximums (limits the amount of parking that can be provided in a given development or for certain uses) i. Remote parking (parking structures are located off-site with shuttle service into the business district or employment center to reduce parking demand and traffic) j. Other
3. Parking Pricing Strategies: a. Is public parking priced in your city (i.e., motorists pay directly to use parking facilities)? b. If “yes,” is parking priced only in certain areas of the city (such as smart growth opportunity areas, or TOD zones)? c. Is the rate fixed or do prices vary? If prices vary, how is the rate determined? For example do rates vary by location or zone (such as Smart Growth Opportunity Areas or Transit Oriented Development zones), or are they based on demand, time of day and/or day of week? Other? d. Are on-street and off-street parking pricing coordinated to discourage cruising for inexpensive on-street parking spaces? e. How are parking revenues collected (traditional single space meters, multi space smart meters, pay by phone, other)? f. How are parking revenues used? g. Have you used parking revenues, or would your city consider using parking revenues, towards improvements in the areas where parking fees have been collected? Do you think the community would be more willing to embrace parking fees under these conditions?
Attachment 1a – Inventory of Local Parking Policies in the San Diego Region 87 4. Parking Enforcement: Are parking regulations enforced in your city and if so how are they enforced?
5. Parking Inventory: Has your city recently completed a parking inventory
6. What are the greatest challenges that parking presents for your city? (For example, parking turn-over in the business district, “cruising for parking” creating congestion on city streets, cost of providing parking in new developments is limiting development, parking requirements discourage new businesses, etc.)
7. What is the political climate around parking management in your city?
Attachment 1a – Inventory of Local Parking Policies in the San Diego Region 88 Inventory of Local Parking Management Strategies
Jurisdiction Plan
Off-Street Parking Parking Management Shared Parking Unbundled Parking Parking Cash-Out Reservation System Real-TimeInformation Way-Finding Parking Districts Parking Maximums Remote Parking Priced Parking Coordinated On and Enforcement Inventory Carlsbad √ √ S √ √ Chula Vista √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Coronado √ √ √ √ √ County of San Diego √* √* √ Del Mar D √ √ √ √ √ El Cajon √ √ √ √ √ Encinitas √ √* √ √ Escondido √ √ √ √ √ Imperial Beach D √ √ La Mesa √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Lemon Grove √ √ √ √ National City √ √* √ √ Oceanside √ √ √ √ √ Poway √ √ √ San Diego √ √ √* √* √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ San Marcos √ Santee √ √ Solana Beach √ √ S √ Vista D √ D √ √ √
√ Existing strategy D Under development * Municipal code/planning documents allow for it but not implemented S Special events only
Attachment 1b: Inventory of Local Parking Policies in the San Diego Region
89 Summary of Off-Street Parking Standards by Jurisdiction
Multi-Family Residences Jurisdiction Single-Family Studio 1 BR 2 BR 3 BR 4 BR + Commercial Office Retail Allowable Exceptions to Parking Standards 1 per 250 sf 4.5 per ksf Reduction for multi-use and/or mixed-use development, Shared Parking Agreement, Parking Assessment District and San Diego County 2 per du + 1.5 per du + 1.5 per du + 1.5 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 1 per 10 du 1 per 5 du 1 per 5 du 1 per 5 du 1 per 5 du 1 per 5 du 1 per 200 sf (medical office) when associated with a Major Use Permit (findings required) Ranges from 1 to 4 per ksf Ranges from 1 - 5 per ksf City of San Diego 2 per du 1.25 per du ≤ 400 sf 1.5 per du 2 per du 2.25 per du 2.25 per du Residential and commercial reductions in transit area and parking impact zones (less than 5 bdrm) 1.5 per du > 400 sf North County Coastal 1 per 250 sf 1 per 300 sf 2 per du 1.5 per du + 1.5 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + Reductions for affordable housing. Carlsbad Village Master Plan includes provisions for reduced ratios and parking in- Carlsbad .3 per du ≤ 10 du .3 per du ≤ 10 du .3 per du ≤ 10 du .3 per du ≤ 10 du .3 per du ≤ 10 du 1 per 200 sf (medical) 1 per 200 sf (shopping center) lieu fees. Ratios may also be reduced based on the results of a parking study. or .25 per du > 10 du or .25 per du > 10 du or .25 per du > 10 du or .25 per du >10 du or .25 per du >10 du
2 per du (1 - 3 BR) 2 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 3 per du + 1 per 300 sf 1 per 300 sf ≤ 5 ksf Minor reduction for affordable housing projects but Del Mar doesn't have any built affordable housing. An in-lieu fee Del Mar 2 per du + 1 space (4+ BR) 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 200 sf (medical) 17 spaces + 1 per 150 sf 5,001-20 ksf program is available but the City Council has not set the fee. There is a requirement for a built structure and shuttle 117 spaces + 1 per 100 sf > 20 ksf operation at 50 in-lieu contracts
1 per 250 sf 1 per 250 sf < 100 ksf Encinitas 2 per du ≤ 2.5 ksf 1.5 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 2.5 per du + 2.5 per du + No comment provided 3 per du > 2.5 ksf 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 200 sf (medical) 1 per 200 sf > 100 ksf 2 per du 1.5 per du + 1.5 per du + 1.5 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 1 per 300 sf 1 per 200 sf < 5 ksf Within the D District and designated parking districts per City Council and zoning map, a parking requirement serving Oceanside 1 per 4-10 units 1 per 4-10 units 1 per 4-10 units 1 per 4-10 units 1 per 4-10 units 1 per 200 sf (medical) 1 per 250 sf > 5 ksf nonresidential uses on a site may be met by a cash in-lieu payment to the City prior to issuance of a building permit or or 1 + 20% of units > 10 or 1 + 20% of units > 10 or 1 + 20% of units > 10 or 1 + 20% of units > 10 or 1 + 20% of units > 10 a certificate of occupancy if no permit is required. 2 per du 1 per du + 1.5 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 1 per 200 sf < 2ksf 1 per 200 sf < 25 ksf Solana Beach 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 225 sf 2-7.5 ksf 1 per 225 sf 25,001-250 ksf Reductions for office and retail as part of Highway 101 Specific Plan 1 per 250 sf 7.5 - 40 ksf 1 per 250 sf > 250 ksf 1 per 300 sf > 40 ksf North County Inland
2 per du 1 per du + 1.5 per du + 1.75 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 4 or 1 per 300 sf (whichever greater) 1 per 250 sf Reductions available for affordable housing and projects processed as a Planned Development, especially for mixed- 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 200 sf (medical) 1 per 200 sf (shopping center ≥ 3 ac) use projects. Applicants typically provide a parking study to demonstrate adequacy of the proposed parking, and may Escondido 1 per 250 sf (industrial overlay) include a requirement for a parking management plan. Parking requirements have been eliminated for a designated area within the Downtown Specific Plan area. There is no in-lieu fee program.
1 per 250 sf 1 per 300 sf Poway 2 per du 1.75 per du (RC zone) 1.75 per du (RC zone) 2.25 per du 3 per du (RC zone) 3 per du (RC zone) Reductions for affordable housing only 1.5 per du (RA zone) 1.5 per du (RA zone) (RC and RA zones) 2.75 per du (RA zone) 2.75 per du (RA zone) 1 per 200 sf (medical) 1 per 250 sf 1 per 250 ksf Reductions for mixed use zone and for nonresidential, multi-family, and mixed use developments proposed within ¼ San Marcos 2 per du 1 per du + 1 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 1 per 3 du 1 per 3 du 1 per 3 du 1 per 3 du 1 per 3 du 1 per 200 sf (medical) mile of local or regional mass transit lines or routes 1 per 250 sf 1 per 200 sf ≤ 5 ksf Vista 2 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + Reductions for residential parking ratios in mixed use zone 2 per du 1 per 3 du 1 per 3 du 1 per 2 du .5 per additional bdrm > 2 .5 per additional bdrm > 2 1 per 175 sf (medical) 1 per 200 sf > 5 ksf + 1 per addt'l 150 sf East County 1 per 250 ksf ≤ 10 ksf 1 per 250 ksf ≤ 10 ksf 2 per du 2 per du 2 per du 2.25 per du 2.25 per du 2.25 per du Up to 10% parking reduction may be approved provided that an equivalent amount of parking is available along a El Cajon 3 per du (RM-6000 zone) 1 per 300 sf 10 - 25 ksf 1 per 300 sf 10 - 25 ksf project's frontage of a public street. A CUP may be obtained to allow a reduced number of no on-site parking 1 per 400 sf > 25 ksf 1 per 400 sf > 25 ksf 1 per 300 sf 1 per 250 sf Reductions for affordable housing developments and for Transit Oriented Developments. Modified development La Mesa 2 - 5 per du 2 per du 2 per du 2 per du 2 per du 2 per du 1 per 200 sf (medical) standards are considered on a case by case basis as part of the project review. 2 per du 1 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 1 per 500 sf 1 per 500 sf Reductions for affordable housing developments, Transit Oriented Developments, or in specific zones and a 20% Lemon Grove 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du reduction can generally apply. Developers are allowed to pay an in-lieu fee to reduce the parking spaces required in a development. 1 per 250 sf 1 per 250 sf Santee 2 per du 1.5 per du + 1.5 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + 2 per du + Residential and commercial reductions in R-30 zone: 1 per 400 sf 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du 1 per 4 du South County 2 per du 1.5 per du 1.5 per du 2 per du 2 per du 2 per du 1 per 300 sf 1 per 200 sf Chula Vista minimum 4 spaces (excludes furniture stores) No comment provided minimum 5 spaces (medical) 1 per 500 sf + 1 per 500 sf + Coronado 2 per du no less than 2 per du no less than 2 per du no less than 2 per du no less than 2 per du no less than 2 per du Reductions within commercial zone of OACSP 1 per 2 employees 1 per 2 employees 2 per du 2 per du 2 per du 2 per du 2 per du 2 per du 1 per 300 sf + 1 per 250 - 500 sf + Businesses with less than 1000 sf in the C/MU-2 Zone may get a waiver from parking. Reductions for affordable Imperial Beach 1.5 du in C-1, C-2, C-3, 1.5 du in C-1, C-2, C-3, 1.5 du in C-1, C-2, C-3, 1.5 du in C-1, C-2, C-3, 1.5 du in C-1, C-2, C-3, 1 per 2 employees 1 per 2 employees housing per state law rather than in zoning. No TOD or in-lieu fee provisions. MU-1, MU-2 zones MU-1, MU-2 zones MU-1, MU-2 zones MU-1, MU-2 zones MU-1, MU-2 zones
2 per du ≤ 2,500 sf 1.3 per du + 1.3 per du + 1.5 per du + 1.5 per du 1.5 per du 1 per 200 sf ≤ 500 sf 1 per 250 sf National City 3 per du > 2,500 sf .5 per du ≤ 20 units + .5 per du ≤ 20 units + .5 per du ≤ 20 units + .5 per du ≤ 20 units + .5 per du ≤ 20 units + 1 per 250 sf 500 - 10ksf .25 per du above 20 .25 per du above 20 .25 per du above 20 .25 per du above 20 .25 per du above 20 1 per 300 sf 10 - 30 ksf Reduced retail and office parking ratios in MCR zone of Westside Specific Plan 1 per 350 sf 30 - 100ksf 1 per 400 sf > 100 ksf
Recommended parking ratios from the SANDAG publication, Parking Strategies for Smart Growth (2010) 1 Land Use Parking Demand Suggested Rates Urban Suburban Residential Multi-Family2 1.00 1.20 1.25 Office3 2.40 2.84 2.90 Retail3 3.60 - 4.50 3.60 - 4.50 3.60
1Residential and office rates from ITE Parking Generation, Retail rate from ULI Shared Parking 2Rate is per dwelling unit regardless of unit size 3Rate is per 1,000 square feet Attachment 1c: Inventory of Local Parking Policies in the San Diego Region
90 Summary of Parking Challenges Defined By Local Jurisdictions
1) Cost of providing parking and parking requirements are limiting new development, redevelopment, business opportunities, and change of use a. Private Sector Issues i. Parking requirements may discourage new restaurants from locating on a commercial corridor or business district ii. Parking requirements are driving site design b. Public Sector Issues i. Cost of providing parking in new developments limits the amount of affordable housing, park-and-ride capacity at transit stations, and ability to build mixed-use projects in activity centers. ii. Lack of resources to finance a shared public parking structure iii. Lack of parking enforcement funds and staffing iv. Unsuccessful parking in-lieu fee program – developers did not want to pay the fee v. Poor economy limits the creation of a parking district vi. Likelihood of supplying additional parking is low due to being built out vii. Facilitating new commercial growth while meeting parking demand viii. Developers continue to request more parking despite a municipal push for smaller off-street parking ratios
2) Parking turnover and spillover a. Long-term employee parking, delivery parking, and vehicle storage infringing upon resident, customer, and/or visitor parking b. Parking spillover from specific commercial or institutional uses onto residential and/or industrial streets
3) One size fits all approach a. Suburban parking standards not conducive to smaller parcels, redevelopment, village areas, and specific uses b. Limited supply of parking in specific areas (e.g. business districts, multi-family neighborhoods, strip malls)
4) Education on parking supply/demand, management, and regulations a. Perceived parking supply shortage on the part of residents and merchants b. Confusion over how to operate multi-space meters c. Confusion over use of reverse angled parking installed following streetscape projects
5) Coastal access issues a. Cruising for parking – a seasonal issue more common in coastal communities b. Setting standards sufficiently flexible for coastal parking needs c. Improving coastal access while abiding by Coastal Commission parking requirements
6) Abuse of free parking in transit stations or Park & Ride lots
7) Parking policies adopted but not implemented
Attachment 1d: Summary of Parking Policy Inventory
91 Agenda Item #7 TWG San Diego Association of Governments Thrusday, March 14, 2013 TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
February 15, 2013 AGENDA ITEM NO.: 5
Action Requested: APPROVE
ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP File Number 3300200
Introduction Recommendation
Planning and funding of bicycle infrastructure has The Transportation Committee is asked long been a part of SANDAG’s role in building a to approve the charter and membership regional transportation network. The original form of for the Active Transportation Working the Bicycle-Pedestrian Working Group (BPWG) goes Group as shown in Attachments 2 and 3 back to the late 1970s (see the existing working group respectively. charter – Attachment 1). Over the years SANDAG’s role in bicycle transportation has grown from administering a modest grant program into a comprehensive work element that includes implementation of the Regional Bicycle Plan, planning for pedestrians, safe routes to school, safe routes to transit, and complete streets. Together, these efforts comprise what is now referred to as the Active Transportation Program. This report outlines a proposal to transition the BPWG into the Active Transportation Working Group (ATWG) that will reflect the agency’s growing emphasis on Active Transportation in the region. The proposed charter and membership are shown in Attachments 2 and 3.
Discussion
The original TransNet approved by voters in 1988 provided $1 million annually for bicycle projects. The TransNet extension approved by voters in 2004 includes a two percent set aside for Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Neighborhood Safety/Traffic Calming projects and programs. These TransNet funds have been combined with Transportation Development Act-Article 3 (TDA) funds to support an annual competitive grant program for bicycle and pedestrian projects.
Historically, a primary role of the BPWG has been to provide input to the Transportation Committee on project evaluation criteria for the grant program. As the commitment to Active Transportation in the region has grown, the grant program is now one of many responsibilities of the Active Transportation Program. In May 2010 the Board of Directors adopted the region’s first bicycle plan, Riding to 2050: San Diego Regional Bicycle Plan (Plan). Initial implementation of the Plan began in April 2011 with the Board of Directors allocating approximately $8 million in key projects and programs from the Plan. With the adoption of the 2050 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy in October 2011, the Board further strengthened its commitment to Active Transportation calling for development of an early action program to implement the Plan and planning for the broader Active Transportation program, including safe routes to school and safe routes to transit.
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To reflect the region’s commitment to broader and more comprehensive active transportation policy, planning, and implementation activities, it is proposed that the BPWG transition to become the Active Transportation Working Group, whose responsibilities are outlined in the proposed charter (Attachment 2). Proposed Membership as shown in Attachment 3 is intended to provide local jurisdictions and stakeholders an opportunity to reassess their roles and assign representatives accordingly.
Next Steps
Should the Transportation Committee approve the proposed ATWG charter and membership, staff will present the charter to the Regional Planning Technical Working Group and Cities/County Transportation Advisory Committee to seek representation from local jurisdictions. Staff will then contact remaining stakeholders to request they select representatives.
CHARLES “MUGGS” STOLL Director of Land Use and Transportation Planning
Attachments: 1. Existing Bicycle/Pedestrian Working Group Charter 2. Proposed Active Transportation Working Group Charter 3. Proposed Active Transportation Working Group Membership
Key Staff Contact: Chris Kluth, (619) 699-1952, [email protected]
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COMMITTEE/WORKING GROUP CHARTER BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN WORKING GROUP (Adopted May 2005)
PURPOSE The Bicycle and Pedestrian Working Group makes recommendations, fosters cooperation among the jurisdictions, agencies, and stakeholders within the San Diego region to plan for and support the development of local and regional improvements for non-motorized transportation modes of bicycling and walking, including facility development, operation and maintenance, and facility user education and enforcement.
LINE OF REPORTING The Bicycle and Pedestrian Working Group reports to the Transportation Committee.
RESPONSIBILITIES The Working Group serves as a forum for information exchange and a setting for public input on SANDAG policy, practice, and design issues related to non-motorized travel. The Working Group will make recommendations on the adoption of design guidelines related to non-motorized travel. The Working Group is responsible for recommending the final list of bicycle and pedestrian projects from the annual Transportation Development Act (TDA)/TransNet call for projects to the Transportation Committee. As needed, the Working Group makes recommendations to the Transportation Committee throughout the year concerning changes in funding and the status of funded bicycle and pedestrian projects.
MEMBERSHIP The membership consists of one representative from each member agency at SANDAG, one each from the transit operators, and up to six citizens. Citizen membership is comprised of three people representing the interests of bicyclists and three people representing the interests of pedestrians. Membership is subject to an annual review. All members are eligible to vote on motions and recommendations.
MEETING TIME AND LOCATION The Working Group meets the second Wednesday of each month from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Meetings are held in SANDAG offices.
SELECTION OF THE CHAIR The Chair of the Working Group is selected by the members of the group on an annual basis in January of each year.
DURATION OF EXISTENCE This is a standing SANDAG working group.
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COMMITTEE/WORKING GROUP CHARTER ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WORKING GROUP
PURPOSE The Active Transportation Working Group (ATWG) provides input on regional active transportation policy, planning and implementation activities. The ATWG makes recommendations and fosters cooperation among the jurisdictions, agencies, and stakeholders within the San Diego region to plan for and support the development of local and regional improvements for active transportation modes (bicycling and walking), including Safe Routes to Transit, Safe Routes to School, facility development, operation and maintenance, education, encouragement, and evaluation.
LINE OF REPORTING The Active Transportation Working Group acts in an advisory capacity to the Transportation Committee on active transportation policy, planning and implementation activities.
RESPONSIBILITIES The ATWG provides input on active transportation policy, planning, and implementation activities. These activities include the development, update and implementation of the following: • Active Transportation elements of the Regional Plan • Regional Bicycle Plan • Planning and Designing for Pedestrians • Active Transportation Implementation Strategy • Regional Safe Routes to Transit plans, programs and projects • Safe Routes to School Strategic Plan • Regional Active Transportation projects and programs
The ATWG also serves as a forum for information exchange regarding active transportation policy, practice, and design considerations.
MEMBERSHIP The membership consists of one representative appointed by each member agency at SANDAG as well as representatives from active transportation advocacy groups and other related stakeholders initially comprising a total of 32 members. Members are appointed in writing by the bodies they represent. Members are allowed to have alternates which, like members, are selected by the bodies they represent. Should participation by a member cause the working group to have difficulty reaching a quorum the group will have the discretion to modify membership to optimize participation. The number of representatives from SANDAG member agencies shall constitute a majority of members. All members are eligible to vote on motions and recommendations. A detailed list of representatives is provided separately.
MEETING TIME AND LOCATION The Working Group generally meets quarterly on the third Wednesday of the month from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the SANDAG offices, as well as other times as may be set by the Chair. Meetings shall be noticed according to and shall otherwise fully comply with the Ralph M. Brown Act.
SELECTION OF THE CHAIR The Chair and Vice Chair of the ATWG are chosen by the members of the group on an annual basis.
DURATION OF EXISTENCE This is a standing SANDAG Working Group.
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Active Transportation Working Group Membership February 2013
REPRESENTATION JURISDICTION/ORGANIZATION
One member from each city in the region and the Local Governments County of San Diego (or City and County Planning and Engineering Departments)
Caltrans
Civic San Diego
Other Regional and State Agencies County of San Diego Air Pollution Control District
Metropolitan Transit System (MTS)
North County Transit District (NCTD)
Bike San Diego Bicycle Advocacy San Diego County Bicycle Coalition
Pedestrian Advocacy WalkSanDiego
Safe Routes to School Advocacy San Diego Safe Routes to School Coalition
Transit Advocacy Move San Diego
Economic Development Business Improvement Districts/Bicycle Friendly Business Improvement Districts
San Diego State University (SDSU) Universities University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
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Alternative Land Use and Transportation Scenarios to Further Reduce GHG Emissions March 14, 2013 – Joint TWG/CTAC Meeting
Purpose
• Create broad range of scenarios to test a variety of strategies to further reduce GHG emissions and address “backsliding” • Exploratory analysis • Consider scenario results in development of the Regional Plan: – Land use pattern of SCS – Transportation network scenarios – Menu of supporting land use, transportation, parking and pricing policies – GHG target‐setting process with CARB
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• GHG Emission Reduction Targets Target Year CARB Targets 2050 RTP/SCS 2020 7% 14% 2035 13% 13% 2050 N/A 10% • Forecasting and Modeling Efforts (2012‐2050) • Proposed Constants and Factors – Constants: Regional population, housing unit and employment totals in 2035 and 2050 – Factors: Regional land use patterns, phasing of transportation projects, transportation pricing policies, parking policies, other
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This Spring: 1. Brainstorming/Input on Land Use and Transportation Concepts and Indicators 2. Public Outreach and Visualization This Summer and Fall: 3. Scenario Development, Modeling, Analysis, and Refinement Next Winter: 4. Policy Development: Land Use, Transportation, and Pricing Throughout: 5. Coordination with Other Potential Areas
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Previous SANDAG Scenario Efforts
• Land Use Alternatives – 2020 Cities/County Forecast Land Use Alternatives – 2050 Regional Growth Forecast • Transportation Alternatives – Urban Area Transit Strategy (Transit Propensity, Commuter Point‐to‐Point, and Many Centers) – 2050 RTP/SCS Revenue Constrained Scenarios (Transit Emphasis, Rail/Freight, Highway Emphasis, Fusion) • Land Use and Transportation Alternatives – CARB Target Setting – 2050 RTP/SCS Environmental Impact Report
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Broad Scale Planning
Traditional Exploratory Visioning Scenario Scenario Planning Planning
• Educational • Deliberative
• Outcome Focus • Input & Interactions Focus
• Few/Simple • Many/Complex Interactions Interactions
• Few Variables & • More Variables & Externalities Externalities
Broad Scale Planning Examples
Traditional Exploratory Visioning Scenario Scenario Planning Planning
Sacramento Blueprint Plan Bay Area San Diego Envision Bay Forward Area San Joaquin Gateway Cities Valley COG Denver Metropolitan Washington Chicago & Austin Nashville North Central Texas
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Lessons Learned Scenario Development
Baseline/Reference Scenario
Economic and Market Feasibility
Outreach and Engagement
Measures and Tools
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What is Branding?
Inspiration
It is possible.
It does work.
I’ve built it.
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Inspiration
Janet Echelman
Inspiration
Andy Goldsworthy
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Inspiration
Andy Goldsworthy
Inspiration
Richard Serra
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Defining Innovation
Branding Strategy
“Environmental art has the power to change the way we view our world and make you rethink your relationship with earth and how we live in this world.” Ecosalon
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Branding Strategy
Emotional branding involves engaging people at a personal level and creating a brand that is personal and persuades people to act.
Branding Strategy
Build a brand for the Regional Plan that resonates with San Diegans, communicates the importance of the plans and leads them to get involved in the process.
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Branding Strategy
A well‐branded Regional Plan will ultimately create an expectation about SANDAG, that they are the organization with the ability to make all planning and visions for the future of San Diego a reality.
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Hausmann’s Paris Renovation
The Burnham Plan
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Chicago Metropolis 2020
South Pasadena
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SANDAG 2050 RTP
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San Diego in Motion
“I care because it affects me. It affects everyone, but it affects me”
“I agree that there is a process but I also agree that it’s under the radar.“I’ve We seendon’t hear in a lot the about newspaper it and we don’t have SANDAGa lot of say with about it.” this regional plan, but I didn’t know who they were…they“I think need everyone morewants to know marketing what’s going on around them or be somehow.”a part of things that are going to be shaping their lives in the future.”
“I understand it should be our responsibility as citizens to look stuff up, but they should let people know as well. I haven’t really heard of anything.”
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Who are we?
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San Diego Forward
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Inventory of Local Parking Policies in the San Diego Region Regional Planning Technical Working Group March 14, 2013
Background . Inventory of local parking practices – January 2013 . SANDAG parking resources • Parking Strategies for Smart Growth and Trip Generation for Smart Growth • 2050 Regional Transportation Plan: Urban Area Transit Strategy –Menu of Policy Options • Integrating Transportation Demand Management Into the Planning and Development Process –A Reference for Cities
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Why Consider Parking? . Parking influences mode choice . Parking requirements drive site design and community character . Parking is expensive and can hinder smart growth, affordable housing, commercial growth and Transit Oriented Development
Morena Linda Vista Trolley Station Fenton Parkway Trolley Station TOD with limited parking dedicated to transit Plentiful parking despite close proximity to transit
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Acres of Land Dedicated to Surface and Structure Parking in the San Diego Region* (Urbanized Areas) 1,600
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Parking Survey . Supply Management • Shared parking • Unbundled parking • Parking Cash‐Out Credit: FHWA • Parking reservation system Credit: City of Boulder • Real‐time Parking Information • Way‐finding • Parking maximums • Remote parking . Price Management • Dynamic pricing • Meters • Coordination Credit: City of Seattle . Parking Inventory . Parking Plans . Off Street Requirements and Exceptions SFPark
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Where it has worked –City of Ventura
. Downtown Parking Management Program –City of Ventura, CA:
• Manages on‐ and off‐street parking to achieve a 15% vacancy rate - 83% of merchants surveyed support the parking management program after implementation • Allows shared on‐site parking between land uses • Funds collected are reinvested in downtown - Program offsets approximately $500,000 in personnel costs
Credit: City of Ventura
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Off‐Street Parking Standards . 15 of 19 require more than 1 space per studio apartment . 8 of 19 require at least 2 spaces per 1 bedroom apartment . 9 of 19 require at least 1.5 spaces per 1 bedroom unit . 12 require 1 space per 200 – 300 square feet for commercial office uses Smart Growth Development Parking Rates for the San Diego Region Parking Demand1 Land Use Suggested Rates Urban Suburban Residential Multi‐Family2 1.00 1.20 1.25 Office3 2.40 2.84 2.90 Retail3 3.60 ‐ 4.50 3.60 ‐ 4.50 3.60
1Residential and office rates from ITE Parking Generation, Retail rate from ULI Shared Parking 2Rate is per dwelling unit regardless of unit size 3Rate is per 1,000 square feet
On‐Street Parking Management Strategies
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√ Exis ng strategy * Municipal code/planning documents allow for it but not implemented D Under development S Special events only
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Common Parking Issues . Economic development . Parking turn‐over . Parking spill‐over . Cruising for parking . Perception vs. Reality Parking, Automobile Use, and Growth: Comparison of Six U.S. Cities
Credit: The Atlantic Cities , 2013
Next Steps: Parking Management Toolbox . Provide a comprehensive menu of parking management strategies . Evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies for achieving specific goals . Identify community types where specific strategies work best . Present case studies that demonstrate successful approaches to parking management in both urban and suburban settings
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Next Steps: Policy Development . Test various parking strategies with alternative land use and transportation scenarios . Build consensus on specific strategies that best support local and regional land use and transportation system goals and that could become part of a regional framework to support the development and implementation of local parking management plans . Policy development for San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan
Questions, comments and feedback on proposed next steps
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