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Receive and accept a report on:
a. Traffic volumes on Carmel Valley Road for all segments, pursuant to the 2010 General Plan, Carmel Valley Master Plan area; and
b. The Five (5) Year Interval Report.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Accept the traffic volumes on Carmel Valley Road for all segments, pursuant to the 2010
General Plan, Carmel Valley Master Plan area; and
b. Accept the Five (5) Year Interval Report;
SUMMARY:
The 2010 General Plan includes policies that require annual monitoring and reporting of traffic volumes and travel times on segments 3,4,5,6,7, and 10 of Carmel Valley Road. If the annual monitoring reveals that traffic volumes are exceeding certain thresholds, the Board of Supervisors must conduct a noticed 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. No segments exceed the Average Daily Traffic (ADT) thresholds, and no segments exceed Percent-Time-Spent-Following (PTSF) thresholds. Although no public hearing is warranted pursuant to Policy CV-2.17 of the 2010 General Plan, this information is being provided as part of this report.
Every five (5) years an additional analysis must be performed on all segments of Carmel Valley Road to determine if additional road segments need to be added to the yearly evaluation report. Segments that are currently reported in the yearly evaluation report are not within a twenty percent (20%) margin of the listed threshold. Based on the data, staff recommends making no changes or additions of road segments to the yearly traffic evaluation report.
At five (5)-year intervals, the County is also required to examine changes in levels of service which may cause consideration of an adjustment of the cap on new units or other measures that may reduce traffic impacts. In addition to staff's recommendation that no segments be added to the annual monitor...
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