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FI$OM: Phil Batchelor l./tJl tra
County Administrator Cx)sta
DATE: January 28 , 1987 C
SUBJECT: Legislation: Assembly Bill 140 ( Stirling)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position of opposition to AB 140 by Assemblyman Larry
Stirling which would require local general plans to contain a
vehicle trips and passenger trips mitigation element which would
have to conform to regulations adopted by the California
Transportation Commission ( CTC) . The element would have to be
updated annually and would require annual certification of the
element, its updates and local progress toward achieving
reductions in vehicle and passenger miles by CTC. Failure to
obtain the required certification would result in loss of
eligibility for State funding of local highways, streets, and
roads.
BACKGROUND:
A requirement for an element in the general plan dealing with
goals for reducing vehicle trips and passenger trips may well be
a useful and valid requirement. However, without any idea of
what may be in the regulations which would be adopted by CTC, it
is difficult to know whether the requirement is reasonable or
not.
However, to threaten to withhold all State highway funds because
CTC is unhappy with the progress being made to achieve reductions
in vehicle trips and passenger trips seems to allow the State to
intrude into local land use planning decisions unnecessarily and
inappropriately. Other required elements which must be included
in the General Plan are more detailed regarding their content,
allow considerable discretion in how they are drafted and do not
include this type of heavy-handed threat to withhold funds if a
State agency is unhappy . with the County' s progress in a
particular area.
In addition, the bill appears to assume that a reduction in
passenger miles traveled on public highways, streets and roads is
both feasible and valuable. The language of the bill does not
appear, for instance, to take into account the possibility
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CC: County Administrator ATTESTED FEB 3 ,®p7_ _
Public Works Director PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Community Dev. Director SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Assemblyman Larry Stirling
BY ,DEPUTY
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that encouraging increased use of some roads may be appropriate
in order to reduce the use of other roads.
This County is concerned about the transportation problems in
this County. Steps are being taken to encourage carpooling and
other elements of a transportation systems management program.
Such a program is far more complex and sophisticated than simply
reducing the number of miles traveled on public highways, which
appears to be the sole focus of this bill.
For these reasons, it is recommended that the Board oppose AB
140.