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HomeMy WebLinkAbout18766 - RESOLUTIONS - 1/3/1996 RESOLUTION NO. 18766 OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, RECEIVING AND FILING, AS AN IMPLEMENTING STUDY FOR THE PALM SPRINGS GENERAL PLAN, THE "COACHELLA VALLEY MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION ' PLANNING STUDY." WHEREAS the Palm Springs General Plan outlines a series of Goals, Objectives and Policies related to transportation issues, some of which are listed on Attachment "A" to this Resolution; and WHEREAS the Palm Springs Regional Airport, with California Department of Transportation funding provided through the Coachella Valley Association of Governments, hired DKS Associates, Gensler and Associates and NBS Lowry to compile the "Coachella Valley Multimodal Transportation Planning Study"; and WHEREAS the consultants worked through a Planning Advisory Committee made up of representatives from across the Coachella Valley; and WHEREAS the Study was completed in October of 1995, providing a regional approach to defining multimodal hubs and linkages in the Coachella Valley, and WHEREAS the Study is consistent with the goals, objectives and policies of the General Plan related to transportation issues and furthermore provides implementation programs for such goals, objectives and polices, ' NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs that the "Coachella Valley Multiimodal Planning Study" dated October 1995, is hereby received and filed as an implementing study to the Palm Springs General Plan. ADOPTED this 3rd day of January, 1996. AYES: Members Barnes, Bodges, Oden, Spurgin and Mayor Kleindienst NOES: None ABSENT: None ATTEST: CIT OF PALM SP LIFORNIA City Clerk y Man' ger REVIEWED & APPROVED AS TO FORM yV 1 ATTACHMENT 'A' TO RESOLUTION NO. 18766 b .42.. Palm Soringg General Plan Excerpts Goals 7.A. Safe, efficient and improved transportation facilities which will support Palm ' Springs' goals for economic prosperity, environmentadl quality and public access to jobs, housing, recreation and community services. 7.C. A program of transportation management tools to reduce travel demand and manage the movement of people and vehicles within the City. 7.D. Reduction of the demand on the transportation system and services by influencing commuters' and other travelers' choices of trip mode, frequency, time of travel, route or trip length. 7.E. Reduced traffic congestion and lower emissions from vehicle engines by modifying commuter travel behavior and thus reduce; vehicle use, vehicle trips and vehicle miles traveled. 7.P. An aggressive posture in the region in advocating regional transportation solutions. 7.G. A safe, efficient„ balanced, multi-modal transportation system designed to provide for the movement of people, goods and services meeting the existing and future needs of the City, providing for adequate points of transfer from one mode to another. Objective ' 7.2 Improved levels of service and safety over current traffic operations with a priority to improve local traffic patterns. Policies 7.2.1 . Provide and maintain Level of Service D for the City's circulation network, using average weekday conditions during the peak months of March as a base. 7.2..5. Make selective street improvements at problem intersections and bottleneck locations to improve specific traffic operations and safety, with all such improvements to be considered selectively on the basis of specific studies of the affected intersection and streets, an the impacts on the surrounding area and on pedestrian activity. 7.2.7. The City shall evaluate the need for additional all-weather crossings for existing major thoroughfares across watercourses, especially Indian Canyon Drive and Gene Autry Trail at the Whitewater River. 7.2.10. Provide a program of non-motorized transportation alternatives and facilities, including those for bicycles and pedestrians. 7.2.11. Undertake traffic: management and operations programs to improve traffic flow. ' 7.2.12. Utilize transportation elements, particularly bicycle and hiking trails, as a means of providing recreational and educational experiences by linking up with various parks and public facilities in the City. Oboective 7.7. Improved mobility of City residents to access local services, particularly for the disadvantaged, including the elderly, the handicapped, those with low and moderate incomes, students and the temporarily disabled. R18766 Page 3 Policies 7.7.1 . Support the implementation of local transit services with priority for the disadvantaged. ' 7.7.2. Continue to financially support the Sunline Transit Agency. 7.7.3. Participate in the development and coordination of shuttle service linking major resort developments with the downtown area and the Convention Center. 7.7.4. Provide attractive and protective transit stops with complete route and schedule information, and equipped with trash receptacles and phones, where feasible, to promote transit ridership. Such stops should be provided at quarter-mile intervals in built-out urban areas. such stops should comply with the americans with disabilities Act. 7.7.5. Require the integration of project/neighborhood level path systems with the City-wide circulation system, especially to connect residents to transit facilities. Objective 7.9. Reduce the City's dependence on the usage of single-passenger vehicles by augmenting and enhancing mass transit opportunities. Policies 7.9.1. Support the improve delivery of regional transit services to and within the City. ' 7.9.2. Encourage the provision of express bus service between the eastern portion of the Valley and the western portion, including service to the Banning/Beaumont area and the High Desert. 7.9.3. Cooperate with Riverside county Transit commission (RCTC), SunLine and Desert Rail authority to investigate the feasibility of providing a peoplemover system(s) which would serve Palm Springs as well as the entire coachella Valley oy the year 2000. The City's system of major thoroughfares could serve as the backbone of such a system. 7.9.4. Encourage the provisions of a commuter rail system between Palm Springs and Riverside and Los Angeles, with a station located on a two-acre site at Gene autry Trail or Indian Canyon Drive. the location of the terminal at the southern Pacific Railroad is provisions, depending upon the final selection by the appropriate agencies. 7.9.5. Encourage inter-modal links with commuter rail, bus, peoplemover and airport facilities. such links shall be indicated by symbol (Transportation terminal) on the Land Use map. the symbol does not necessarily indicate a single facility, but may provide for multiple transportation terminals which are in close enough proximity to provide for simple transfers from one transportation mode to another. ' 7.9.6. Provide for regional bus service connections at the transportation Terminals, as indicated on the land Use map, and/or the downtown. 7.9.7. Investigate the incentives or disincentives necessary to reduce the dependence on the automobile both in inter- and intra- regional travel. i Desert Ho[Springs w_ „ e Coachella Valley �'�_• Multimodal GrZI North I West 1 PalmTT s Transportation Palm Springs I Springs ' $ 'y - -T r.,,,, ��[a Pi $ti7u L 1 1 LE P.M Spriup S - a __ iWlS�ian 1 Figure 3-4 4 co Multimodal Hubcn +off Opportunities in the sy `Y R Coachella Valley PA.SPA'. O �u Spring. 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