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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.
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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...
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