CCP424 Traffic congestion relief programCITY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
COUNCIL POLICY
Subject: Effective Policy
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I. Purpose
The purpose of the Traffic Congestion Relief Policy is to provide guidance to staff in
establishing a uniform procedure for evaluating traffic congestion, determining priorities
and programming of improvement funds. The Traffic Congestion Relief Policy is
specifically targeted at the best use of dedicated road improvement funds to be used on
the City=s arterial street network.
II. History
The City Council on May 21, 2002 adopted the Capistrano Circulation Fee Program
(CCFP). The CCFP was adopted to implement the goals and policies provided in the
Circulation Element of the 1999 update to the City=s General Plan. The CCFP
establishes an equitable funding mechanism to pay for needed circulation
improvements throughout the City to mitigate the impacts of new development.
On October 15, 2002 the City Council adopted a Strategic Transportation Plan. The
plan looked at the impacts of regional projects on the City. The plan proposed and
supported those projects that helped to divert regional traffic away form the community.
The City Council on March 18, 2002 considered and approved initiation of the Traffic
Congestion Relief Program. This program=s goal is to specifically allocate available
funding to highly needed projects to relieve traffic congestion.
III. Policy
With adoption of the Capistrano Circulation Fee Program and the Traffic Congestion
Relief Program, implementation of projects require budget programming to insure the
highest priority projects are implemented as early as possible. Development of a long
range, 7 Year, Capital Improvement Program is needed to provide the planning tool to
assure proper project budget allocation and project scheduling. All available funding
sources should be considered in the 7 year plan including City, County, State and
Federal resources. Finally under the State=s AB 1600 requirement the City must
obligate the developer impact fees to projects within the statute time frames provided by
law.
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This policy provides the guidance to staff in the development of capital projects with the
specific goal to provide congestion relief through early implementation of projects
through the use of various City, County, State and Federal funding sources. This policy
is intended to provide guidance and should be considered flexible if community priorities
change.
A. Program Development
1. Develop existing baseline traffic conditions using current roadway
conditions and existing traffic to determine current intersection and link
deficiencies.
2. Develop a 7 year projection of traffic based on known development
projects, including phasing. Included in the projection will be a projection
of the circulation system to include all roadway projects anticipated to be
built within the 7 year period.
3. Develop a list of future intersection and roadway link deficiencies that will
occur in the next 7 years.
4. From existing Traffic reports and EIR=s determine if there are additional
traffic congestion relief projects that need to be implemented, coordinated
or jointly funded in the program.
5. From the list of deficiencies, generated by 2, 3 and 4 above, develop a
prioritized list of deficiencies and cost estimates. The list should give the
highest priority to those projects providing the highest congestion relief
wile recognizing the availability of funds and grants.
6. Develop a 7 year projection of revenues from the various potential funding
sources, including any anticipated grant funding.
7. Based on priority and funding opportunities develop a 7 year Capital
Improvement Program.
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B. Process
1. The Traffic Congestion Relief program will be incorporated in the City=s 7
Year Capital Improvement Program process which is updated on an
annual basis. This process includes review by the Transportation
Commission and City Council.
2. To reduce costs the traffic data and deficiency list will only need to be
updated every other year.
C. Ad Hoc Committee
1. An Ad Hoc Committee, consisting of two members of City Council, The
City Manager or designee, Director of Planning and the Director of
Engineering and Building, will annually review the list of deficiencies to
establish priorities and project funding.
2. The City Council will appoint two members of City Council to sit on the Ad
Hoc Committee. Said appointees may be re-appointed or replaced by the
City Council during the regular Council Committee appointment review
process.
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