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Home My WebLink AboutAgenda Report - May 18, 1988 (52)CITY OF LODI v<<r��•PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT •I TO : FROM MEETING DATE: City Council City Manager COUNCIL COMMUNICATION AGENDA TITLE: Truck Route Environmental Impact Report - Discussion and Appropriate Action RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council take no action. BACKGROUND INFORMATION: At its October 21, 1987 meeting, the Council directed staff to take the necessary steps toward preparation of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on the establishment of truck routes within the City of Lodi. This was done as part of the discussions concerning the new Traffic Ordinance and regulation of commerciai vehicles. One of the city wide problems that was to be addressed in the new ordinance was that of truck parking in residential areas. At the time the ordinance was drafted (early 1987), the most effective way to prohibit truck parking in residential areas was to restrict their travel. Cities can restrict travel of commercial vehicles through the establishment of weight limits. This is usually done in one of two ways: 1) Weight Limits on Selected Streets - This is the approach used in Lodi. Weight limits have been set on two streets (East Tokay Street and Holly Drive). This method requires signs on each street. 2) Weight Limits on All Streets Except Selected Streets (Truck Routes) - This approach was suggested in the new Traffic Ordinance but was not adopted due to controversy over the status of Turner Road Under this method, signs are posted on the truck routes only. Advantages include: ( ° Reduced signing ° Clearer message to truck drivers ° Better control in all residential areas, not just streets with weight limit as in 1) ° Controls off-street parking in residential areas ° Slight reduction in street wear by putting trucks on streets that are designed for truck loading. APPROVED; FILE NO. 1 THOMAS A. PETERSON, City Manager CTRUCK/TXTW.02M May 10, 1988 City Council May 18, 1988 Page 2 The truck routes proposed previously are shown in Exhibit 1. The controversy over establishing Turner Road as a truck route included both pro and con arguments with supporting letters. Trucking industry represen- tatives wanted the truck route, and area residents wanted a wight limit that would substantially reduce truck traffic. The City was placed in a position where either action would need an EIR. Staff contacted Jones and Stokes, the firm preparing the City-wide General Plan update, and TAM, the traffic firm doing the Street Master Pian as part of the General Plan. The EIR would be prepared by Jones and Stokes using the traffic data generated by TJKM Their proposals for preparing the truck route EIR are attached. The cost of the project is: Jones & Stokes EIR $23,500 UN 13,500 City work (approximate) 5,000 Total $42,500 In spite of the advantages provided by establishment of truck routes, staff has some reservations about going ahead with the EIR. They are: 1) The environmental impacts will be vague and inconclusive. Based on our knowledge of traffic volumes and noise/air quality analyses, it is very likely there will be no firm statements that will be of use in decision making. 2) It is impractical to prohibit trucks on Turner Road. Given the street network and location of Turner Road and the businesses/industries located on or near Turner Road, a complete prohibition of trucks (even excepting deliveries on Turner itself) will be impractical , unenforceable, and i 11 -advised. 3) Even if some environmental impacts due to establishing Turner Road as a truck route can be identified, there are no practical mitigating measures and Council can make a finding of overriding considerations and establish the route anyway. 4) A compromise solution for Turner Road such as prohibiting 1-5 to Highway 99 trucks could be reached without. the expense of an EIR. 5) The money could be much better spent elsewhere such as contributing toward the cost of a traffic signal. In January 1988, a new State law went into effect allowing Cities to restrict truck parking in residentially zoned areas. The City's new ordinance makes this effective in Lodi. Thus, the primary reason truck routes were even considered no longer applies. CTRUCK/TXTW.02M May 10, 1988 City Council May 18, 1988 Page 3 Therefore, it is staff's recommendation that no action be taken on proceeding with a truck route EIR. /yF�YriC _ Jack Ronsko James 8.-Schro der Public Works Director �ommunity Development Director JLR/RCP/ma cc: Attached Mailing List Jones & Stokes Associates UQ\4 Transportation Consultants LODI;�F`°�=PUBLIC �DEPARTMENT �<aFOP,�S TI HW' Exhibit i PROPOSED TRUCK ROUTES CD m (n N Z Z O W rw W U Y O H O 2 O ~ S N V PROPOSED TRUCK ROUTES 12 LE FEET TRAF PROP TRUCK AT 5/88 MAILING LEST TRUCK ROUTE STUDY CITY OF LODI Teresi Trucking Co. City Attorney 9004 E. Victor Road Police Chief Lodi, CA 95240 Community Development Director Street Superintendent Alegre Trucking, Inc. 803 N. Cluff Avenue San Joaquin County Public Works Lodi, CA 95240 Attention: Gene Delucchi P.O. Box 1610 Stockton, CA 95201 Robert's Petroleum Service 930 E. Victor Road Lodi, CA 95240 Caltrans - District 10 Attention: Dana Cowel 1 P.O. Box 2048 JSG Trucking Co., Inc. Stockton, CA 95201 19400 North Highway 99 Acampo, CA 95220 Lodi Chamber of Commerce Claude C. Wood Company 215 W. Oak Street P 0. Box 599 Lodi, CA 95240 Lodi, CA 95241 Lodi Nbus Sentinel Les Calkins Trucking 125 N. Church Street 19501 North Highway 99 Lodi, CA 95240 Acampo, CA 95220 Stockton Record General Mills, Inc. 530 E. Market Street Call Box 3002 Stockton, CA 95202 Lodi, CA 95241-1906 Rishwain, Hakeem, Ellis & LeBeouf E I i c Maple 2800 W. March Lane, Suite 200 322 Turner Road Stockton, CA 95207 Lodi, CA 95240 Ron Hackworth Miles Cope 1017 W. Turner Road 1012 Laurel Lodi, CA 95240 Lodi, CA 95240 George McCul ley Elmer Hei lbrun 218 River Oaks 615 W. Turner Road Lodi, CA 95240 Lodi, CA 95240 James Burlington Dale Prohaska 802 W. Turner Road 610 W. Turner Road Lodi, CA 95240 Lodi, CA 95240 Lawrence Fowler 927 Parkview Avenue iodi, CA 95240 Michael Hughes 306 W. Turner Road Lodi, CA 95240 Fred Heagarty 1251 Edgewood Drive Lodi, CA 95240 Donna Phillips 1040 Laurel Avenue Lodi, CA 95240 Cecil Dillon 1820 W. Kettleman Lane Lodi, CA 95240 Ken Kirsten 1650 Edgewood Drive Lodi, CA 95240 Adam Dados 1101 Junewood Drive Lodi, CA 95240 Carolyn C. Rel ei 327 Poplar Street Lodi, CA 95240 Byron Barcl ay 2379 Woodlake Circle Lodi, CA 95242 Virginia Mittleider 1925 Robert Street Lodi, CA 95240 James 0. Linn 1134 W. Turner Road Lodi, CA 95240 Mark Weber 820 W. Turner Road Lodi, CA 95240 Del -ores Geringer 1449 Arlington Drive Lodi, CA 95240 Sharon Hughes 1032 Laurel Avenue Lodi, CA 95240 Charles Ouimette 517 E. Walnut Street Lodi, CA 95240 Brad Stone 1028 W, Turner Road Lodi, CA 95240 Bob Wheeler 2000 Turner Road Lodi, CA 95240 Robert J. Herr 327 Poplar Street Lodi, CA 95240 Roxanne May 437 Eden Street Lodi, CA 95240 Kent Jackson 1801 Songbird Place Lodi, CA 95240 Lodi Unified School District Attention: Or. Neil Schmidt 815 W. Lockeford Street Lodi, CA 95240