55A - RESO - ADDENDUM BRISTOL STREET WIDENING

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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: FEBRUARY 4, 2014 TITLE: RESOLUTION ADOPTING AN ADDENDUM TO THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT /ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE BRISTOL STREET WIDENING PROJECT 77 1 CITY ANA ER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on I" Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2ntl Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Adopt a resolution approving an Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report pertaining to the Bristol Street Widening between Washington Avenue and 17th Street. DISCUSSION Adoption of this resolution (Exhibit 1) will allow the City to build a visibility wall to protect residences east of the project and also allow adjustments to the traffic pattern design at the Bristol /17th intersection. The proposed Addendum does not determine nor settle the right -of -way acquisition options on Bristol Street. Those right -of -way decisions will progress independent of the Addendum. Bristol Street is a major north -south transportation facility designated as a major arterial highway in the City's Circulation Element of the General Plan. Widening of the 3.9 -mile Bristol Street segment from Warner Avenue to Memory Lane has been a long -term priority project that will be constructed in several phases. Improvements include widening the street from two to three lanes in each direction, raised landscape medians, and bike lanes. In 1990, the City Council approved the project improvements proposed in the Bristol Street Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (FEIS /EIR), EIS No. 89 -01 (Exhibit 4). Since then, several minor design modifications to Phase 3B, which is the segment between Washington Avenue and 17th Street (Exhibit 3), have been identified, including climate change issues relative to the project. The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requires Council approval in the form of an Addendum to the FEIS /EIR (Exhibit 2) prior to implementing any changes and continuing with the project. These design modifications include: • Conversion from a dedicated to a shared eastbound right -turn lane at the Bristol /17th intersection. • Installation of a high block wall along the east side of the project to mitigate aesthetic impacts to residential properties between Washington Avenue and 17th Street. 55A -1