HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/18/2002, LIAISON REPORT - (1) SLOCOG SLORTA MEETING JUNE 5, 2002 (2) HIGHWAY I BARRIER DESIGN AD HOC COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA.
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LIAISON REPORT ReQor+ '
June 18, 2002
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To: Council Coile s CKCAO ❑ FIN DIA
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From: Ken Schwan P"ATTORNEY ❑ PW DIR
Re: (1) SLOCO TA meeting June 5, 2002 5,MLERK/0RIG ❑ POUCE CHF
2 Hi wa aZer Desi Ad hoc committee ❑ DEPT HEADS ❑ REC DIR
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Copies: Ken Hampian and Lee Price ❑ HR DIR
(1)The SLOCOG meeting produced little of interest and dealt pretty much with
routine housekeeping items except for continuing concerns for the impact that the
State budget shortfall may have regional government operations. SLORTA staff
reported that by some ingenious manipulations of vehicle retirements and additions
that it should be able to comply with the,very stiff Fleet Rule established by the
California Air Resources Board to control NOx emissions. These new standards go
into effect October 1 of this year. Our air will become cleaner; some bus riders will
be inconvienced by route changes.
However, several days after this meeting; SLOCOG staff contacted individual
Board members to inform them that HCD has rejected SLOCOG's request to have
the housing targets originally assigned to our county reevaluated. The simple
meaning of this- short of some miracle turnaround by HCD is that each city in our
county as well as the county itself will be expected by the State to comply with
these quotas.
(2)The ad hoc barrier design committee met for the 0 time last Thursday and
began to sort out the opportunities and limitations of producing barrier designs that
will be"context sensitive." This committee is charged(by Caltrans)to deal with
the stretch of Highway One beginning at Highland Drive and running just past the
northern entrance to Cuesta College. After considerable discussion, Caltrans staff
was directed to bring to our next meeting a number of sketch diagrams indicating
where the various barrier designs under discussion might begin and end given the
several`landmark"locations that define segments of this stretch of Highway One.
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