PURPOSE:

This report presents the 2007 Congestion Management Program (CMP) Local Development Report (LDR) for submission to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The City Council is requested to conduct a public hearing on the LDR and adopt the proposed resolution.

BACKGROUND:

Proposition 111, approved in 1990, authorized a nine-cent increase in the State Gasoline Tax and mandated the creation of a Congestion Management Program to address the mobility needs of the urbanized portions of the State. In Los Angeles County, the MTA is the designated coordinating agency for the Los Angeles County CMP. As part of the CMP, local agencies are required to participate in a regional deficiency plan.

Until 2004, the CMP used a system of debits and credits to track local development activity against transportation improvements. Each year, new development, regarded as �debits� and transportation programs and improvements referred to as �credits� were required to be reported to track their impacts on the regional transportation system. Since 2004, the CMP reporting has changed for municipalities by suspending the requirement of reporting debits and credits. Instead, cities must now complete a LDR which tracks only development activity. MTA has suspended credit reporting while MTA staff work on a nexus study and countywide congestion mitigation fee to replace the debits and credits reporting system.

DISSCUSION:

The 2007 LDR reports new development based on building permits that were granted between June 1, 2006 and May 31, 2007. Completion of the annual LDR, along with an adopted resolution certifying conformance to the CMP must be submitted to the MTA by September 1, 2007. The proposed LDR has four sections and are described below. The completed report is attached as Exhibit A.

1. Deficiency Plan Summary: A summary of all development activity during the reporting period based on City building permits. The numbers represent the total of all new development minus all demolitions or exempted development.

2. New Development Activity: This section includes all new development during the reporting period as recorded on building permit records. Development activity consists of commercial development and single and multi-family residential units. Much of this year�s development includes the Catalina Office Project, Marriot Residence Inn, and Community Services Building.

3. New Development Adjustments: This section includes all demolitions in the City as well as any exempted development. Demolitions for this year include the demolition of a mid-size office, industrial building, and a small number of single and multi-family units.

4. Exempted Development Activity: This section includes any exempted development as defined by MTA that is not included in the yearly development totals. Development in this category includes low and very low income residential development or high-density residential or mixed-use near rail stations. The City had no exempted development in this reporting period.

For the period of 2006-2007, the City reported 104 net new residential units, a reduction from last years 403 net new units. There is also less commercial development reported this year as well. Non-retail development activity includes a variety of projects such as the Marriott Residence Inn (123,462 sq.ft.) and Community Services Building (60,678 sq.ft.) in Downtown as well as the Catalina Office Project (490,458 sq.ft.) in the Media District.

As noted earlier, MTA has continued to suspend reporting of credits and debits since 2004 and has frozen the credit balance of each city until a countywide congestion mitigation fee nexus study is completed. Exhibit B shows the City�s frozen credit balance of 103,590 carried over from 2003 in relation to other municipalities in Los Angeles County.

In addition to completing the LDR for 2007, the City is required to be in ongoing conformance with the Land Use Analysis and Transportation Demand Management (TDM) ordinance requirements. The City of Burbank meets these requirements through the city�s project environmental review process and the Transportation Demand Management Ordinance of Article 23 of the Zoning Code.

FISCAL IMPACT:

If the City were to choose not to comply with the CMP, it could lose the revenue allocated by Proposition 111-authorized (Section 2105) Gas Tax revenues. This amounted to $650,585 for FY 2006-2007. Non-compliance may also render Burbank ineligible for other State and Federal transportation program funds.

RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends the City Council adopt the proposed resolution finding the City in conformance with the Congestion Management Program and adopting the CMP Local Development Report for the 2006-2007 reporting period.

EXHIBITS:

EXHIBIT A: 2006-2007 CMP Local Development Report

EXHIBIT B: 2003 Deficiency Plan Summary (prepared by MTA)

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