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Recommendation to receive supporting documentation into the record, conclude the public hearing, and adopt a Resolution certifying Environmental Impact Report (EIR 01-17) making findings of fact; adopt a Statement of Overriding Considerations for the Alamitos Avenue Complete Streets Improvement Project (State Clearinghouse No. 2017011072); and, authorize City Manager, or designee, to adopt Final Plans and Specifications for the Alamitos Avenue Complete Streets Improvement Project. (District 2)
DISCUSSION
On September 30, 2008, AB 1358, the California Complete Streets Act, was signed into law and required that local governments consider a wider range of users and factors in transportation planning than earlier schemes that focused primarily on vehicle intersection delay. Subsequently, on October 15, 2013, the City Council adopted the Mobility Element of the General Plan, complying with State law by establishing a policy direction to consider the needs of all users, pedestrians, cyclists, transit riders, and individual motorists, when designing roadway improvements. Most recently, on February 7, 2017, the City Council adopted an update to the City’s Bicycle Master Plan, including the provision of protected bike lanes on Alamitos Boulevard. The Alamitos Avenue Complete Streets Improvement Project implements the City Council’s policy direction through a reconfiguration of Alamitos Avenue between 7th Street and Ocean Boulevard.
The proposed project (Exhibit A) improves pedestrian, cyclist, and motorist safety through the reconfiguration of Alamitos Avenue to a two-lane divided roadway that would match the roadway section north of 7th Street. North of 7th Street, Alamitos Avenue has been restriped to provide a two-lane, divided roadway, separated by a two-way left turn, with on-street parking and on-street bike lanes, as well as a buffer to separate bicycle traffic from vehicular traffic. Currently, most of the project site provides two-lanes in each directio...
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