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Conduct a public hearing to consider the traffic volumes on Carmel Valley Road for Segments 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and, 10, pursuant to the 2010 Carmel Valley Master Plan, Carmel Valley Area.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors conduct a public hearing to consider the traffic volumes on Carmel Valley Road for Segments 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and, 10 pursuant to the 2010 Carmel Valley Master Plan, Carmel Valley Area.
SUMMARY:
The 2010 General Plan includes policies that require annual monitoring and reporting of traffic volumes and travel times on said roads. If the annual monitoring reveals traffic volumes exceeding certain thresholds, the Board of Supervisors must conduct a public hearing. The required monitoring has been completed and an evaluation report of traffic volumes on Carmel Valley Road and Rio Road has been prepared. Notice of this hearing was published on September 18, 2014 in the Monterey County Weekly.
DISCUSSION:
The 2010 General Plan includes a policy to monitor the circulation of traffic in Carmel Valley. The Carmel Valley Master Plan (CVMP) Policy CV-2.17 requires twice yearly monitoring (in June and October) of peak hour traffic volumes and daily traffic volumes on six (6) roadway segments indicated in bold in the list of thirteen (13) segments and an evaluation of traffic flow patterns using two methods - Average Daily Traffic (ADT) and Percent-Time-Spent-Following (PTSF). Peak hour monitoring in 2013 was conducted on the week of June 17, October 14, and October 21.
Prior to the scheduled hearing on May 6, 2014, the Annual Reporting of the Traffic Volumes was pulled from the Board of Supervisors Agenda. Staff was contacted by members of the community who stated that the October traffic count data was not collected while school was in session. In reviewing the data collection dates staff confirmed that this was partially correct. There is data for the week of October 21 for segments four, six and, seven when school was in session. The data for segments three, five and, ten was collected the week of October 14 while school was out of session. Attachment 1 is a table displaying the Average Daily Traffic (ADT) volumes for the six segments, and the threshold value from the Carmel Valley Master Plan. The ADTs do not exceed the threshold or come within 100 ADT of the threshold.
Using these volumes, the Percent Time Spent Following (PTSF) was calculated for segments 3 through 7. Since segment 10 is a four lane highway the PTSF methodology does not apply and the LOS is based on Volume. The PTSF's are shown in Attachment 2. The PTSF of both segments 6 and 7 exceed the threshold and triggers the need for this public hearing.
A summary of all of the segment volumes is in Attachment 3.
Resource Management Agency - Public Works staff continues to work with the Carmel Valley Road Committee on updating the Carmel Valley Traffic Improvement Program. This program will address long term level of service issues on Carmel Valley Road. In addition, CVMP CV-2.17(e) requires the review of all road segment LOS' every five years and estimated deterioration. This policy also allows for a review of measures that would reduce a potential impact. This evaluation will occur in 2015.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
The traffic volume analysis was reviewed with the Carmel Valley Road Committee at their June 26, 2014 meeting.
FINANCING:
There is no financial impact to the General Fund. Scheduled traffic monitoring activities estimated at $8,000 for CVMP are funded by the Carmel Valley Traffic Impact Fee Program. Sufficient funds are available in the Road Fund (Fund 002, Unit 8195) to finance this work.
Prepared by: Ryan Chapman, P.E., Traffic Engineer, (831) 796-3009
Approved by:
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Robert K. Murdoch., P.E. Director of Public Works
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Benny J. Young, RMA Director
Dated: September 22, 2014
Attachments: Public Hearing Notice; Attachment 1: Average Daily Traffic Volumes Carmel Valley Road; Attachment 2: Percent Time Spent Following Carmel Valley Road; Attachment 3: 2013 CVMP Annual Evaluation of Traffic Volumes; Map of the Carmel Valley Road Segments (Attachments on file with Clerk of the Board)