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CITY OF-DUBLIN- - - --
AGENDA STATEMENT -
City Council Meeting Date: October 26, 1992
SUBJECT: Informational Item for the Alameda County Congestion
Management Agency (CMA) Draft Deficiency Plan Guidelines
Report by: Public Works Director Lee Thompson
EXHIBITS ATTACHED: Alameda County CMA Draft Deficiency Plan Guidelines
RECOMMENDATION: >/ Accept report and provide comments on CMA Draft Deficiency
(� Plan Guidelines (attached) if any
FINANCIAL STATEMENT: Not known
DESCRIPTION: In June of 1990, voters approved Proposition 111, which
increased the gas tax by 5 cents per gallon for the first year and an additional 1
cent per gallon each year thereafter, up to a maximum of 9 cents per gallon. To
receive these funds and the new Federal ISTEA funds, the CMA was established.
Proposition 111 will provide to the City of Dublin an estimated $121,000 in gas tax
funds for Fiscal Year 1992-93. ISTEA funds will provide approximately $184,000 for
the City's traffic signal project on Dougherty Road at Sierra Court in the first
year funding allocation.
The CMA is responsible for developing the programs and procedures to meet the
requirements of the legislation, which includes the development of the Congestion
Management Program (CMP) .
As part of the CMP and State law, local jurisdictions must prepare a Deficiency Plan
if the Level of Service (LOS) on any segment of the CMP network becomes "F". It
should be noted that any portion of the network that is already at LOS "F" is
"grandfathered" in and a deficiency plan will not be required for that segment.
The CMA staff, with the help of ACTAC, prepared the attached Draft Deficiency Plan
Guidelines and plan to take these guidelines to the November meeting of the CMA
Board for their approval. Legal counsel for the CMA has already reviewed the
guidelines and has stated that they meet legislative requirements. If a City is
found in nonconformance with the law regarding the Deficiency Plan, Proposition 111
Gas Tax and ISTEA monies may be forfeited.
Following is a brief description of the Draft Deficiency Plan Guidelines.
Anytime the LOS in the CMA network reaches LOS "F", legislation provides
two options for local jurisdictions to remain in conformance:
a) Implementation of a specific plan (such as freeway or road
widening) to improve the LOS of the congested segment; or
b) Implementation of other measures which would result in measurable
improvements in LOS on the CMA network and would contribute to an
improvement in air quality (such as mass transit service,
improving or installing pedestrian and/or bicycle paths, etc. ) .
If the second option has been implemented, the congested segment can stay LOS "F" as
long as the overall level of service and air quality of the CMP network has been
significantly improved (not necessarily on the congested segment) .
The CMP network in the 'Tri-Valley Area consists of I-680, I-580 and S.R. 84.
Local jurisdictions will have 180 days to provide a Draft Deficiency Plan from the
date that CMA staff notifies local jurisdictions of a deficient segment. The CMA
then has another 180 days to work with the local jurisdictions to approve or
disapprove the local jurisdictions' Deficiency Plan.
The Deficiency Plan must provide the schedule for implementation of plans.
The agency which is to monitor and police the Deficiency Plan procedures is the CMA.
Attached for your information and comments is the Draft Deficiency Plan Guidelines.
These Guidelines are subject to change as the legislation did not provide guidelines
for every scenario.
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ALAMEDA COUNTY
CONGESTION MANAGEMENT AGENCY
DRAFT DEFICIENCY PLAN GUIDELINES
1. Introduction
1.1 Purpose of Document. This document provides local jurisdictions with information and
procedural guidelines to assist them in preparing deficiency plans.
1.2 Purpose of Deficiency Plan. The Congestion Management Program (CiVIP) legislation
provides for deficiency plans as a way for local jurisdictions to remain in conformance with the
CN1P when level of service (LOS) deteriorates below the established standard.
California Government Code Section 6089.1 (b)(1)(B) states:
In 'no case shall the LOS standards established be below the level of service E or at the
current lei el, whichever is further from level of service A, except where a segment or
intersection has been designated as deficient and a deficiency plan has been adopted
pursuant to Section 65089.3.
The 1991 Alameda County CNiP adopts LOS E as the standard for all segments of the
designated network. When deterioration of the level of service on a given CINIP network
segment has not been prevented, the legislation provides two options for local jurisdictions to
remain in conformance:
a) implementation of a specific plan to correct the LOS deficiency on that affected
network segment; or
b) implementation of other measures intended to result in measurable improvements in
LOS on the CN1P network and contribute to significant improvements in air quality.
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Language regarding deficiency plans is found in California Government Code Section 65O89.3,
which states:
(a) The agency shall monitor. the implementation of the elements of the congestion
management program. Annually, the agency shall determine if the county and cities are
conforming to the congestion management program, including, but not limited to, all of the
following:
(1) Consistency with the levels of service and petfonmance standards, except as provided
in subdivisions (b) and (c).
(2) Adoption and implementation of a trip reduction and travel demand ordinance.
(3) Adoption and implementation of a program to analyze the impacts of land use
decisions, including the estimate of the costs associated with mitigating these impacts.
(b) (1) A city or county may designate individual deficient segments or intersections which
do not meet the established level of set-vice standards if, prior to the designation, at a noticed
public hearing the city or county has adopted a deficiency plan which shall include all of
the following:
(A) An analysis of the causes of the deficiency.
(B) A list of improvements necessary for the deficient segment or intersection to
maintain the minimum level of service otherwise required and the estimated costs of
the improvements.
(C) A list of improvements, programs, or actions, and estimates of costs that will (1)
measurably improve the level of service of the system, as defined in subdivision (b) of
Section 6-5089, and (ii) contribute to significant improvements in air quality, such as
improved public transit service and facilities, Improved non-moto Led transportation
facilities, high occupancy vehicle facilities , and transportation control measures. The
air quality management district or the air pollution control district shall establish and
periodically revise a list of approved improvements, programs, and actions which meet
the scope of this paragraph. If an improvement program or action is not on the
approved list, it will not be implemented unless approved by the local air quality
management district or air pollution control district.
(D) An action plan, consistent with the provision of Chapter 5 '(commencing with
Section 66000) of Division 1 of Title 71, that shall be implemented, consisting of
improvements identified in paragraph (B), or improvements, programs, or actions
identified in paragraph (C), that are found by the agency to be in the interest of tine
public's heath, safely and welfare._ The action plan shall include a specific
implementation schedule.
1 This chapter describes the procedures allowed or required in order to implement
development mitigation fees. It includes adoption requirements, allowable categories for fees
including transportation, procedures for property donation, and procedures for assessment and
payment of the fees.
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(2) A city or county shall forward its adopted deficiency plan to the agency. The agency
shall hold. a noticed public heating within 60 days of receiving.the deficiency plan.
Following the hearing, the agency shall either accept or reject the deficiency plan in its
entirety, but the agency may not modify the deficiency plan. If the agency rejects the plan,
it shall notify the city or county of the reasons for that rejection.
(c) The agency, after consultation with the regional agency, the department, and the local
air quality management district or air pollution control district, shall exclude from the
determination of conformance with the level of service standards, the impacts of any of the
following:
(1) Interregional travel.
(2) Constntction, rehabilitation, or maintenance-of facilities that impact the system.
(3) Freeway ramp metering.
(4) Traffic signal coordination by the state or multi jurisdictional agencies.
(5) Traffic generated by the provision of low and very low income housing.
(d) For the putposes of this chapter, the impacts of a tip which originates in one county
and which terllmates in another county shall be included in the determination of
conformance with level of service standards with respect to the originating county only. A
round trip shall be considered to consist of two individual nips.
The procedures for a finding of non-conformance are found in California Government Code
Section 65O89.4, which states:
(a) If, piusitant to tine annital monitoring provided for in Section 65089.3, the agency
determines, following a noticed public hearing, that a city or county is not conforming with
the requirements of the congestion management program, the agency shall notify the city or
county in writing of the specific areas of nonconformance. If, within 90 dacs of the receipt
of the written notice of nonconformance, the city or county has not come into conformance
with the congestion management program, the governing body of the agency shall make a
finding of nonconformance and shall submit the finding to the commission and to the
Controller.
(b) Upon receiving notice fora the agency of nonconformance, the Controller shall withhold
apportionments of funds required to be apportioned to that nonconforming city or county
by Section 2103 of the Streets and Highways Code, until the Controller is notified by the
agency that the city or county is in conformance.
1.3 Content of This Report. This report contains several sections which are important in the
preparation of a plan. The second chapter includes a summary of key issues. The third chapter
describes the process of plan preparation and adoption. The final chapter describes the
methodology and measures to be used in plan preparation. Appendix materials include a
summary of the allowed improvements on the Bay Area Air Quality Management District
(BAAQiV1D) list, a suitability screening table and a glossary of relevant terms.
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2. Summary of Key Issues
2.1 Who is responsible for preparation of deficiency plans? Local jurisdictions are
responsible for preparation of deficiency plans. In some cases, several jurisdictions may elect
to collaborate in the preparation of a deficiency plan.
2.2 What tribbers the deficiency plan process? The deficiency plan process is triggered
when, pursuant to annual LOS monitoring through.speed surveys _and subsequent adjustments
for all exclusions allowed by law (California Code Section 65059.3), a C`-1P network segment
is found to be "deficient" because it degrades from LOS "E" (the adopted LOS standard) to
LOS "F.
2.3 What trips can be excluded from the deficiency determination? Annually, upon
completion of the level of service monitoring, the CNIA will identify potentially deficient
segments (i.e., segments that registered as LOS "F from the speed surveys.) The CMA will
then determine the trips to be removed from the calculation of LOS for those potentially
deficient segments. As required in California Government Code Section 65059.3, several types
of travel may be removed from the level of service determination, including interregional travel;
construction, rehabilitation, or maintenance of facilities that impact the system; freeway ramp
metering; traffic signal coordination by the state or a multi-jurisdictional agency; and traffic
generated by the provision of low and very low income housing.
Trips which originate in one county and which terminate in another county are to be included
in the determination of conformance with level of service standards with respect to the
originating county only. As applied to Alameda County, the code establishes that only trips
originating inside the county will be taken into account towards the LOS determination for
purposes of Civ1P conformance.
2.4 What constitutes a deficient segment? A segment will be considered deficiency only if
it registers LOS "F even after all exemptions pursuant to Section 13 above have been
computed.
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2.5 What is the purpose of the deficiency plan process? The deficiency plan process allows
a local jurisdictions to choose one of two options for addressing deficient network segments.
The two options are:
• To implement improvements directly on the deficient segments designed to eliminate
the deficiency; or
• To designate the segment as deficient, and implement a deficiency plan including
actions designed to measurably improve the overall LOS on the CHIP network, and
contribute to significant air quality improvements. Such actions may not necessarily
be implemented or have a measurable impact on the deficient segment itself.
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) has created a list of system
deficiency plan measures that are regarded as beneficial for air quality. Ieasures not on the
BAAQMD list may also be used, but will need to be evaluated by the BAAQ1v1D for air quality
impacts prior to including it as a measure in a deficiency plan.
2.6 When is a deficiency plan required? A deficiency plan is required when, pursuant to
Section 2.4 and 2.5, a local jurisdiction decides to designate a CMP network segment as
deficient.
2.7 How is a deficiency plan adopted? A deficiency plan is prepared by the affected local
jurisdiction(s). The CNIA staff and ACTAC should review the draft to ensure that the plan will
be acceptable when submitted to the CMA Board for approval. The deficiency plan must then
be adopted by the affected jurisdiction(s) at a public hearing and then approved by the
Congestion Management Agency Board.
2.3 Mow does a deficiency plan relate to the count vide transportation planning process?
Deficiency plan actions should be chosen in consideration of the countywide transportation
planning process, including forecasts of travel needs and planned capital improvements.
Likewise, the occurrence of deficiencies should be a factor influencing future programming
decisions associated with continued countywide transportation planning efforts.
2.9 How long does a jurisdiction have to prepare a deficiency plan'. Jurisdictions will
receive notice of a level of service deficiency at the time when LOS monitoring results are
provided. It is intended that LOS monitoring will occur in the early spring, and CMA
conformance determination in the-fall, providing the maximum amount of time possible for
jurisdictions to develop a deficiency plan. The deficiency plan process (Section 3) provides
more detail about time lines.
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2.10 NVhat are the required components of a deficiency plan? State law requires a deficiency
plan to contain these items:
• an analysis of the deficiency;
• a list of improvements and related costs to mitigate that deficiency on that facility itself;
• a list of possible actions that would result in improvements to the CMP system's LOS
and be beneficial to air quality; and,
• an action plan to implement improvements from one of the two above lists.
2.11 NVhat constitutes an acceptable deficiency plan? An acceptable deficiency plan shall
contain all components listed in Section 2.9 above, and be recommended by ACTAC for
approval by the CMA Board. The plan will be evaluated on the following technical criteria:
a) Completeness as required in California Government Code Section 6089.3 (Section
4.6 below specifies the contents of the deficiency plan document)
b)The appropriateness of the deficiency plan actions in relation to the magnitude of the
deficiency
c) The reliability of the funding sources
d)The reasonableness of the implementation plan schedule
e)The ability to implement the proposed actions (including jurisdictional control issues)
2.12 1Vhy prepare a deficiency plan? When a deficiency occurs, the responsible jurisdiction(s)
must respond. The jurisdiction will forego additional gasoline tax subventions (pursuant to
Section 2105 of the Streets and Highways Code) unless it prepares a deficiency plan. If no
response is forthcoming, the jurisdiction with the deficiency will be found in non-conformance
with the CMP by the Congestion Management Agency (CMA) board.
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3. Process
3.1 Agencies Involved in Preparation. All jurisdictions affected by the deficiency must be
involved. If it is a multi-jurisdictional plan or if it involves system-wide improvements,
Congestion Management Agency staff, transit agencies, the Bay Area Air Quality Management
District, and the California Department of Transportation may also be involved.
3,2 Deficiency Plan Development and Approval Process. The process by when deficiency
plans should be developed and approval are described on the attached flowcharts. Figure A
describes the conceptual deficiency plan process. Figure B depict the deficiency identification
process discussed in Section 3.3.
Figures C and D illustrate the process to be followed by local jurisdictions for development of
single-jurisdictional and multi-jurisdictional deficiency plans, respectively. Figure E shows the
process to be followed for deficiency plan approval. This differs from Figures C and D in that
Figure E sets the CMA actions and schedule for approval of deficiency plans in relation to the
CMA's annual findings of conformance with CivfP requirements. These figures are addressed
in Section 3.4.
Figure F illustrates the deficiency plan monitoring process, as discussed in Section 3.5.
3.2 Deficiency Identification. The deficiency will be identified by the annual level of service
monitoring process, as described in Sections 2.2,. 2.3 and 2.4 above.
If all deficient links are entirely in one jurisdiction, the deficiency should be addressed through
a local single-jurisdiction deficiency plan. If the deficient links cross local boundaries, border
two jurisdictions, or if conditions in other jurisdictions contribute significantly to the deficiency,
the deficiency should be addressed through a multi-jurisdictional deficiency plan. If a common
approach is not acceptable to all jurisdictions involved, then each individual jurisdiction will be
responsible for preparing a deficiency plan for the affected segments within their jurisdiction.
3.3 Development of Deficiency Plan.
1. A designated jurisdiction must prepare the deficiency plan. The draft deficiency plan
should address these points:
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Figure A
GENERAL PROCESS
Deficiency
Identification
Qualifying Deficiencies
L urisdictional Multi-Jurisdictional
cy Plan Deficiency Plan
ment or Development
Adopted Plans
Eliminated Deficiencies Deficiency Plan
Monitoring
DKS Associates
Figure B
DEFICIENCY IDENTIFICATION
O"
Annually Monitor LOS
on Non-Deficiency
Plan Segments
Is CMP
No facility violating level of
service standard?O
Yes
Notification of
upcoming requirement
of deficiency plan
Are other jurisdic- Multi-Jurisdictional
tions affected by Yes Deficiency Plan
deficient facilities? Development
No
Single-Jurisdictional
Deficiency Plan
Development '
0 After considering
all exclusions
allowed by law. DKS Associates
Figure C
DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE-JURISDICTIONAL DEFICIENCY PLAN
Deficiency
Identification
(LOS monitoring) �✓ `
Prepare internal draft
of deficiency plan
Revise plan before non-
conformance finding
Any CMA Staff/
ACTAC Yes
comments?
No
Have affected
communities adopted No
a deficiency plan at a
public hearing?
Yes No
Has CMA Has 90 days
approved a deficiency passed since CMA finds
plan at a-public hearing? No non-conformance?
(within 60 days
of receipt)
Yes Yes
Deficiency Notification of ncn-
Plan Monitoring conformance to State
DKS Associates
Figure D
DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL DEFICIENCY PLAN
Deficiency
Identification C O
(LOS monitoring)
Establish responsible
coordinator
Prepare internal draft
of deficiency plan
Revise plan before non-
conformance finding
Any CMA Slatf/
ACTAC Yes
comments?
No
Have affected
communities adopted No
a deficiency plan at a
public hearing?
Yes No
Has CMA Has 90 days
pproved a deficiency passed since CMA finds
plan at a public hearing? No non-conformance?
(within cJ days
of receipt)
Yes Yes
Deficiency Notification of non-
Plan Monitoring conformance to State
DKS Associates
Figure E
APPROVAL PROCESS AND TIME LINES FOR DEFICIENCY PLANS
LOS monitoring and
review, and CMA
notification to local
jurisdictions (deficient
segments)
`4p,
+ 180 days
ANNUAL CONFORMANCE
Has a draft CMA issues
deficiency plan for the non-conformance
Yes segment been submitted N0 finding
for staff review?
+ 180 days + 90 days
Has the CMA Does CMA
approved a locally approve a locally
adopted and submitted NO Yes adopted and submitted
deficiency plan? deficiency plan?
Yes No
CMA issues CMA notifies
conformance finding State Controller
(Fund withholding)
Time Allowed for Deficiency Plan Preparation (from LOS Notification)
1. If deficiency plan ready at annual monitoring: 180 days (May 1 - Oct..1)
2. If deficiency plan not ready at annual monitoring but approved during 1st cycle: 180 + 180=360 days
3. If no plan was prepared: 180 +90=270 days (May 1 -Jan 1)
4. If deficiency plan was not ready at annual conformance monitoring and was rejected once:
180 + 180 + 90 =450 days (May 1'-Aug 1)
DKS Associates
Figure F
DEFICIENCY PLAN MONITORING
Defiency Plan
Development NP
Jurisdiction(s)update Jurisdictions)imple-
deficiency plan ment deficiency plan
CMA annually monitors
compliance with No
adopted implementa-
tion schedule
Is the Has
deficiency plan being implementation
Yes schedule been
implemented? completed?
CMA notifies jurisdic-
tions that deficiency
plan is still needed No Yes
CIP Is the deficiency
updates Yes still occuring?O
No
Does local
jurisdiction elect to
Yes continue implementation
of deficiency plan
actions?
No
O Annual monitoring is Segment is included in the
performed on deficient next annual conformance
segments for information determination after LOS
purposes only. monitoring DKS Associates
Draft Deficiency Plan Guiclelines Alameda County CMA
• The deficiency must be described in terms of its cause and magnitude (such as needed
reduction in traffic to raise speed to the level of service standard.)
• Actions considered to remedy the specific deficiency should be considered. If no action
can be developed to remedy that specific deficiency, alternative actions to improve level
of service on the CMP network shall be considered.
• If actions are considered which are intended to improve LOS on the CMP network,
those actions listed in the Bay Area Air Quality Management District guidelines for
deficiency plans, and other possible actions identified by affected jurisdictions and
Approved by the BAAQiv1D should be given a suitability assessment (See Appendix
B). Suitable system actions should be evaluated at a sketch-planning level for potential
effects on system-wide traffic congestion and air quality (traffic operations analyses or
model forecasts may be required).
• A detailed action plan should be developed, including description. of the selected
actions. anticipated costs and related funding sources, and a corresponding
implementation schedule.
2. A draft deficiency plan ,,vill be reviewed by CMA staff and ACTAC. These croups will
coordinate with the local jurisdiction where desired to develop a deficiency plan
acceptable to that jurisdiction and the CMA.
3. A final plan must be adopted by the affected local jurisdictions at a noticed public
hearing not later than 90 days following notification of the annual conformance findings
of the C'NIA Board (presently scheduled to occur at the October CMA Board meeting).
4. A final plan must be approved by the CMA. The CI MA will approve or reject a
deficiency plan within 60 days of receipt of the deficiency plan from the local
jurisdiction.
3.4 Implementation Monitoring. Deficiency plans will be monitored annually by the CMA,
prior to annual conformance determination, to establish
a) whether they are being implemented according to the schedule detailed in their specific
action plans, and
b) whether changes have occurred that require modifications of the original deficiency
plan or schedule.
The deficiency plan includes a -schedule for implementation of the proposed actions.
Compliance with the stated schedule will be monitored annually. at the time of conformance
determination. A jurisdiction xvhich is either not implementing the actions stipulated in the
approved deficiency plan, or not adhering to the stated schedule may be found in non-
conformance if the deficiency still exists. Once the action plan is implemented, an evaluation
to recognize a measurable improvement will determine if the plan should be updated or if the
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roadway can be returned to level of service monitoring as its conformance determination.
Action plans will be incorporated into future CMP documents.
The evaluation may result in recommended changes in other elements of the CMP, such as the
capital improvements program (CIP) or trip reduction ordinances (TKOs).
3.5 Process for Deficiency Plan Update. To facilitate the approval process, minor updates
to deficiency plans will be accepted by the Congestion Management Agency Board. The
affected jurisdiction(s) may submit a notice to the CMA stating the reason and the content of
the update to their plan. The CMA board will approve or reject the request for the update.
Should the CMA reject the request, the existing deficiency plan will remain in place.
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4. Methodology
4.1 General Approach to Deficiency Plan Analysis. The scope for the deficiency plan actions
should be matched to the severity of the problem. Extreme deficiencies will need more
significant actions; minor deficiencies need only minor actions.
4.2 Calculation of Deficiency. The magnitude of the deficiency shall be determined as the
constraint on capacity that prevents a roadway from operating at its appropriate level of service
speed.
When annual data become available through the monitoring program, facility specific data on
the relationship between volume and speed will allow for better definition of the magnitude of
the deficiencies.
4.3 Available Action Tools. Action tools will fall into one of two categories: improvements
designed to directly mitigate the specific deficiency, and improvements designed to improve LOS
on the CMP network and provide air quality improvements.
The first type of action tools are intended to directly mitigate a deficiency. These include
highway, transit and other mode improvements.
The second type of action tools are intended to provide measurable improvements to air quality
and LOS on the CHIP network in cases where deficiencies on specific segments or at specific
intersections cannot be mitigated directly. For these, the Bay Area Air Quality Management
District has developed a list of available deficiency plan actions which are considered beneficial
for air quality and congestion management. Jurisdictions may include actions other than those
on this list, provided that they are reviewed and approved by the BAAQNID prior to adoption
of the plan.
When developing a deficiency plan, the most current BAAQMD list of actions should be
consulted. Actions currently on the BAAQNN1D-list are shown in Appendix A.
4.4 Identification of Preferred Implementation Actions. Beginning with the BAAQMD list,
a jurisdiction will have a number of preferred implementation actions available to it. To assist
jurisdictions with the selection of preferred actions, a suitability screening table has been
prepared (Appendix B).
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4.5 Format. Deficiency plan reports should be as easy as possible to prepare and reproduce.
The Congestion Management Agency staff will be available as a technical resource in the
preparation;of deficiency plans.
Deficiency plan reports will be submitted on copy-ready single-sided'S and 1/2 by 11 paper, and
will contain the following sections:
Introduction and Setting. A short description of the facility, including a map showing
its location.
Deficiency Analysis. An explanation of what are the likely causes of the deficiency, and
a quantitative assessment of the magnitude of the deficiency.
Screeninb of Actions. A suitability screening table of possible actions and a sketch-
planning level evaluation of most suitable actions.
Evaluation of Suitable Actions. A determination of whether to remedy the deficiency
on the specific link, or to measurably improve air quality and the LOS on the CMP
network.
Implementation Plan. A description of the proposed implementation actions and their
costs, and dates for implementation and completion of deficiency plan actions
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APPENDIX A:
APPROVED SYSTEM-WIDE DEFICIENCY
PLAN ACTIONS ON BAAQMD LIST
Actions proposed for approval on the July 8, 1992 list include:
Pedestrian/Bicycle -
Improved pedestrian access to other land uses
Improved pedestrian access to transit
Transit and bicycle policy coordination
Bicycle lockers and racks at transportation facilities
Bicyclists' facilities such as showers at developments
Transit -
Additional operating service
Preferential treatment - HOV/Transit lanes, signal preemption
Transit use facilitation - information, promotion, user-friendliness, facilities
Transit pricing programs
Transit fare subsidy programs
Transit vehicle coordination
Transit stop improvements - bus pull-outs, bus bulbs, amenities
High-Occupancy Vehicles -
Additional HOV lanes - expressways and arterials
Acceleration of HOV Master Plan
Other TCivis -
Stricter TRO implementation
General increase in information/education
Land use measures - reduction of trips
Telecommuting programs
Parking strategies
Additional Traffic Flow Improvements -
Ramp metering
Signal optimization
Turn lanes at intersections
Chanaeable lanes
One-way streets
Parking/curbside delivery restrictions
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Appendix It
Sn►till,ilily Screening for Available Actionsl
(I)eficiency flan Actions Approved by IIAAQI\'1I))2
Anticipated
Effcct
Consistency Relationship Anticipated on
Willi Effect to Effect Existing
Local on Causes on Residents/ Anticipated
Cicncral ocal of Tr:vcl Property Implementation Overall
L
Available Actions flan Economy Deficiency
Behavior Owners Costs Suitabil;
11alclvian/llicycle
Improved Pedestrian Access to Other land Uses
Improved Pedestrian Access to Other Transit
"Transit and Ilicycle Polity Coordination
Bicycle Lockers and Racks at Transportation Facilities
liicyclisti Facilities such as Showers at Dcvclopments
Transit
Additional Operation Service
Preferential'Treatment - I IOV/1-ransit lanes,
Signal Preemption
Transit Lisc Facilitation - Information, Promotion,
User-Friendliness, Facilities
Transit Pricing Programs
Transit I:are Subsidy Programs
Transit Vehicle Coordination
Transit Slop Improvements- Bus Pull-Outs,
Bus Bulbs, Amenities
I Cells ranked from I to 4,where I = not suitable and 4 = clearly suitable.
Z Please refer to the most current IIAAQN4D list.
Appendix It (Continued)
Suitability Screening 1'or Available Actionsl
(Deficiency flan Actions Approved by RAAQMI))Z
Anticipated
Effect
Consistency Relationship Anticipated on
With li(fcct to Effect Existing
Local on Causes on Residents/ Anticipated
General local of Travel Property Implementation Overall
Available Actions flan Economy Deficiency Behavior Owners Costs Suilabili'
lligh-(kcupancy Vdiicics
Additional I IOV I-ines- Expressways and Arterials
Acceleration of I IOV Mastcr Ilan
(hlur 7Y:Afs
Stricter TRO Implementation
General Increase in Information/Education
t ind Use Measures - Reduction of'Trips
Telecommuting Programs
Parking Strategics
Additivrwl 7iuff-sc 1•7mv lrrmMvvrmcnU
Ramp Metering
Signal Optimization
Turn Lanes at Intersections
Changeable Lames
One-way Sircets
Parking/Curbside Delivery Restrictions
1 Cells ranked from t to 4,where 1 = not suitable and 4 = clearly suitable.
2 Please refer to the most current HAAOMD list.
Draft Deficiency Plan Guidelines Alameda County 0vL4
APPENDIX C:
GLOSSARY
Approved land use development
CEQA
CMA
CMP _
Corridor
Corridor deficiency plan
Deficiency plan
Funded transportation improvement projects
Guidelines
ITE
Internal trips
Lead agency
LOS ~
LOS-baseline
LOS-projected
Member agency
Peak hour~
Peak period
Responsible jurisdiction
TDM
Transportation Facility
Transportation Impact Analysis
Trip
Trip - Unlinked or Basic
Trip - Linked Diverted
Trip - Linked Pass-by
Prepared for ACTAC Review - Draft S October 5, 1992
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