55C - RESO - BRISTOL ST IMPROVEMENTS

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Bristol Street Improvements, Right -of -Way Acquisitions, and Adoption of an Addendum to the Final EIS /EIR May 6, 2014 Page 2 The recommended design follows the OCTA Master Plan of Arterial Highways and meets the City's goals to enhance pedestrian safety and walkability, improve traffic operations, and reduce congestion. The Bristol Street design incorporates Complete Streets features, and accommodates future Complete Streets standards, including adherence to the City's Draft Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan. The recommended improvements are compatible with adjacent Bristol segments and consistent with the Bristol Street Specific Plan and the General Plan. 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 1). Since then, minor design modifications to the segment between Washington Avenue and 17th Street were identified (Exhibit 2). Adoption of the resolution (Exhibit 3) approving the Addendum to the Bristol Street FEIS /EIR (Exhibit 4) includes those improvements using project funds. The added improvements requiring design modification include a wider parkway buffer for sidewalk safety, a visibility wall to protect residents to the east, and a right -turn pocket for eastbound 17th Street to southbound Bristol Street to improve traffic flow. City Council approval of the staff - recommended design would allow completion of the Bristol design and the right -of -way process to proceed. OPTIONS / ALTERNATIVES A. Full property acquisitions This alternative is the staff- recommended option as described above. The recommended full - property acquisitions would allow improvements which support Complete Streets and land use which conforms to set -back, lot size, and parking requirements. This alternative would also allow implementation of the Bristol Street Specific Plan and achieves the following: • Supports Complete Streets • Consistent with the Bicycle Master Plan • Consistent with the Pedestrian Master Plan • Improves walkability and enhances pedestrian safety • Supports implementation of Specific Plan • Consistent with Bristol Specific Plan - Consistent with City General Plan • Enhances traffic operations and reduces congestion (widens roadway from four to six lanes) • Creates superior street aesthetics - Built environment, landscape median, and parkways - Street trees, street lights • Enhances compatibility with adjacent improved segments of Bristol • Improvements which are supported by adjacent residents / neighbors including the Washington Square Neighborhood Association • Allows Bristol businesses to stay if they wish to do so (Potentially financially neutral to Coalition members) 55C -2