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AGENDA TITLE: Receive and file recommended design guidelines for the Eastside Mobility
and Acoess Plan
MEETING DATE: October 4, 2606
PREPARED BY: Community Development Planning Manager, Peter Pirneiad
RECOMIENDED ACTION: Receive and file recommended design guidelines for the Eastside Mobility
and Access Pian. (A Grant funded project by CalTrans)
BACKGI11110II0tD WFORMATION- In May 2004 the California Department of Transportation provided
the City of Lodi a grant to fund the Eastside Mobility and Accessibility Plan (EMAP). The purpose of the
EMAP project is to identify improvements to Lodi's Eastside, specifically focused on pedestrian/bicycle
safety and connectivity, transit service and amenities, vehicular circulation and parking, streetscape
elements and community identity. The EMAP project team identified a section of streets in the Eastside
area that represent heavily traveled corridors for the local residents of the community. The area studied
starts at the Lodi Transit Station on Sacramento and Pine Streets, and includes Sacramento south to
Lodi Avenue; Lodi east to Central Avenue; and Central south to Tokay Street.
Incorporating the community input and staff recommendations, the draft Plan describes a set of
recommended improvements for Sacramento Street, Lodi Avenue and Central Avenue, and sets forth a
series of design guidelines for the area defined by these local streets. These include streetscape
amenities — such as street and pedestrian lighting, bus shelters, benches, fountains; and pedestrian
safety improvements, including improved crosswalks, bulbouts, curb cuts and sidewalk treatments.
On July 26, 2006, the draft plan was presented at the Planning Commission. The commissioners
approved the draft with the following changes:
1. Recommend and prioritize the redesign of Maple Square.
2. Recommend streetscape improvements west of Stockton Street on Lodi Avenue. Exact
improvements will be determined by future traffic analysis and technical studies.
On Tuesday, August 29, 2006 the draft plan was presented at the Shirtsleeve City Council session and
no changes were recommended.
As discussed at the Planning Commission Meeting and City Council Shirtsleeve Session, this project was
funded through an Environmental Justice Grant issued by the California Department of Transportation.
Although by definition this project was strictly a consensus building exercise to lay the framework for
future grants for public improvements, staff has begun identifying funding opportunities to implement
some of the components of the guidelines.
APPROVED: _ �'��L 2
Blair Kzlhnig, City Manager
FISCAL IMPACT: The City was approved by the Dept of Transportation for a grant in
the amount of $80,000 plus a Local Match/In-Kind of $14,000 for a
total project budget of $94,000. The City's Local Match/In-Kind was met by calculating the fully burdened
rate of all the staff that were involved in the project.
The long term implementation and maintenance of these proposed improvements were not considered
as part of this project. The purpose of this grant was to help build consensus among the key stake
holders, in the neighborhood. The Next steps, when funding is available, would include preparing an
engineering specific traffic study to determine the exact design and costs of improvements. Staff will
continue to work with private property owners when street improvements are proposed along the
corridors per the guidelines. Staff will also seek grant opportunities to fund these improvements
whenever available. Said work would need to be scoped and managed as an entirely new project.
FUNDING AVAILABLE: As part of the grant approval the City has been awarded an $80,000
Grant from Caltrans for consulting services provided by Moore
lacofano, and Goltsman (MIG). Therefore, there was no funding necessary except for the $14,000 in
kind which was provided by staff time associated with the project. It should also be noted that staff has
been able to work with property owners and tenants such as Smart and Final to include improvements on
private property that work in stride with these guidelines.
As money has become available, staff has made improvements such as:
1) Smart And Final agreed to install onsite improvements consistent with the
EMAP Program at their location at 215 Lodi Avenue.
2) Community Development Block Grants and Transit Grant Funding have
been earmarked for transit improvements (bus shelters) consistent with the
EMAP.
3) The improvements to the Rail Road Crossing at Lodi Avenue were paid for
by the Rail Road and were consistent with EMAP improvements.
Staff will continue to identify resources that minimize impacts to the City's General Fund.
Paiste, Financia{ Services Manager
Peter Pirnejad
Communly Development Planning Manager
Attachment: DRAFT EMAP
Randy>dtch
Community Development Director