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August 17, 2021 <br />Engineers S Planners <br />Traffic <br />Transportation <br />Richard Coupland <br />Parking <br />Republic Services <br />18500 North Allied Way <br />Linscoa, Law& <br />Greenspan, Engineers <br />Phoenix, AZ 85054 <br />2 Executive Circle <br />Suite 250 <br />LLG Reference: 2.21.4444.1 <br />Irvine, CA 92614 <br />949.R25.6175 r <br />Subject: Santa Ana Waste Management VMT Assessment for <br />949.825J8173 r <br />wvvvu.11gengineersixom <br />Republic Services <br />Santa Ana, California <br />Pasadena <br />Irvine <br />Dear Mr. Coupland: <br />San Diego <br />WoodlandHills <br />INTRODUCTION <br />Per your request, Linscott, Law & Greenspan, Engineers (LLG) has prepared this <br />Transportation assessment to compare the Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT) that <br />will result between the Republic, Athens, CR&R and Waste Management <br />Sanitation Haul Plans. Included in this letter are the following. <br />• VMT Background <br />• Republic, Athens, CR&R and Waste Management Routes <br />• VMT Calculations <br />• Conclusions <br />LLG is a local Orange County transportation engineering firm that has conducted <br />numerous VMT Analyses in the Orange County area and has been in operation for <br />over 50 years. <br />VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED (VMT) BACKGROUND <br />The State of California Office of Planning and Research (OPR) published its latest <br />Technical Advisory on Evaluating Transportation Impacts in CEQA to the Philip M. Liwcott, PE oav-WWI <br />California Natural Resources Agency in December 2018. This Technical Advisory Jack M. Greenspan, PE lPLl <br />provides recommendations on how to evaluate transportation impacts. These Wniam A. Law. PE ia,j <br />changes include elimination of auto delay, level of service (LOS), and other PaulW. Wilkinson, PE <br />similar measures of vehicular capacity or traffic congestion as a basis for John P heating, PE <br />determining significant CEQA transportation impacts. The OPR guidance covers David S. Shender, PE <br />John A. naarman, PE <br />specific changes to the CEQA Guidelines and recommends elimination of auto Clare M. Look -Jaeger, PE <br />delay for CEQA purposes and the use of Vehicle Miles Travelled, or VMT, as the Richard E. 9arretio, PE <br />Kell 0. Maberry, PE <br />A LUME Wmperry fomdetl iaaa <br />