Title
Conduct a public hearing to consider:
a. Traffic volumes on Carmel Valley Road for all segments, pursuant to the 2010 General Plan, Carmel Valley area;
b. A five (5) year interval report;
c. If additional road segments need to be monitored annually; and
d. If changes to the unit cap are necessary at this time.
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 area;
b. Accept the five (5) year interval report;
c. Determine that no additional road segments need to be monitored annually; and
d. Determine that no changes to the unit cap are necessary at this time.
SUMMARY:
On September 27, 2016 the Board of Supervisors opened the hearing on this item but continued the hearing to October 18, 2016 following a request by the Carmel Valley Association for additional time to review the staff report. Staff subsequently amended some of the attachments to the staff report to clarify the information presented. However, additional clarification to the report required the Board of Supervisors to extend the hearing date to October 25, 2016.
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, but two (2) segments exceed Percent Time Spent Following (PTSF) thresholds. Therefore, a public hearing is required pursuant to Policy CV-2.17 of the 2010 General Plan. Notice of the September 27 hearing was published on September 8, 2016, in the Monterey County Wee...
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