HomeMy WebLinkAboutR-10744 - ADOPTING THE 2016-21 SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLANRESOLUTION NO. 10744 (2016 SERIES)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LUIS
OBISPO, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE 2016-21 SHORT RANGE
TRANSIT PLAN
WHEREAS, the City of San Luis Obispo, California operates San Luis Obispo Transit, a
public transit service; and
WHEREAS, the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments requires transit operators to
prepare a Short Range Transit Plan every five years to be included in the regional transportation
plan; and
WHEREAS, the Mass Transportation Committee conducted a hearing and received public
testimony on July 13th, 2016 and recommended approval of the Short Range Transit Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission conducted a hearing and received public testimony
on August 24th, 2016 and recommended approval of the Short Range Transit Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Council conducted a hearing on September 20th, 2016 and has
considered testimony of interested parties, the records of the Planning Commission hearing and
action, the records of the Mass Transportation Committee hearing and action and the evaluation
and recommendation of staff: and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the proposed Short Range Transit Plan is
consistent with the policies of the General Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Luis Obispo has developed a Short Range Transit Plan to
review it public transit service, and to make recommendation for service improvements; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of San Luis
Obispo, who operates SLO Transit, as follows:
Section 1. Approval. The City hereby adopts the Short Range Transit Plan dated August
10, 2016 as recommended by the Mass Transportation and Planning Commission.
Section 2. Constraints. That the SRTP is a fiscally constrained document and that adoption
of the plan in no way commits the Council or the City to implementation of the service
recommendations contained in the plan nor does it imply that the Council endorses all of these
recommendations or plan content. The recommendations contained in this document are the
consultant's professional judgment in addressing the data, field observations and overall system
analysis and the outcomes for changing service.
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Section 3. Environmental Review. The Council hereby finds and concludes that the
project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA
Guidelines § 15061(b)(3) (General Rule Exemption), § 15262 (Feasibility and Planning Studies)
and/ or § 15276(A) (Transportation Improvement and Congestion Management Programs) and
hereby directs staff to file a Notice of Exemption consistent herewith because the project is largely
a planning and feasibility study that specifies route changes and refinements along existing
corridors that will reduce transportation and reduce congestion and that proposed improvements
are largely programmatic in nature and there is not specificity to determine that any impacts will
occur and therefore falls within the General Rule CEQA exception.
Upon motion of Council Member Rivoire, seconded by Council Member Christianson, and on the
following roll call vote:
AYES: Council Members Ashbaugh, Christianson and Rivoire,
Vice Mayor Carpenter and Mayor Marx
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
The foregoing resolution was adopted this 20th day of September, 2016.
Ma OV Marx
ATTEST:
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Carrie Gallagher
City Clerk
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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IL WITLESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of the City
of San Luis Obispo, California, this M4 day of
Carrie Gallagher
City Clerk
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