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MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA

SAN DIEGO REGIONAL TRAFFIC ENGINEERS COUNCIL The San Diego Regional Traffic Engineers Council may take action on any item appearing on

this agenda. Thursday, February 20, 2014 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. SANDAG, 7th Floor Conference Room 401 B Street, Suite 800 San Diego, CA 92101-4231

CHAIR: Hassan Husenin, City of Vista VICE CHAIR: Michael Kenny, County of San Diego Staff Contact: Peter Thompson (619) 699-4813 [email protected]

AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS

• SAN DIEGO FORWARD: THE REGIONAL PLAN: DRAFT PERFORMANCE MEASURES

• STATE BILL 743 UPDATE

SANDAG offices are accessible by public transit. Phone 511 or see www.511sd.com for route information. Secure bicycle parking is available in the building garage off Fourth Avenue. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), SANDAG will accommodate persons who require assistance in order to participate in SANDAG meetings. If such assistance is required, please contact SANDAG at (619) 699-1900 at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting. To request this document or related reports in an alternative format, please call (619) 699-1900, (619) 699-1904 (TTY), or fax (619) 699-1905.

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SAN DIEGO REGIONAL TRAFFIC ENGINEERS COUNCIL Thursday, February 20, 2014

ITEM # RECOMMENDATION

1. INTRODUCTIONS

2. PUBLIC COMMENTS

Members of the public shall have the opportunity to address the San Diego Regional Traffic Engineers Council (SANTEC) on any issue within the jurisdiction of SANDAG that is not on this agenda. Anyone desiring to speak shall reserve time by completing a “Request to Speak” form and giving it to the SANTEC coordinator prior to speaking. Public speakers should notify the SANTEC coordinator if they have a handout for distribution to working group members. Public speakers are limited to three minutes or less per person. SANTEC members also may provide information and announcements under this agenda item.

+3. DECEMBER 19, 2013, MEETING MINUTES APPROVE

SANTEC is asked to review and approve the minutes of the December 19, 2013, meeting.

CHAIR`S REPORT

+4. UPDATED SANTEC ROSTER AND FORM 700 STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS

INFORMATION

All SANTEC members and alternates are required to submit a Form 700, Statement of Economic Interests, for calendar year 2014.

Forms are due to Michelle Posada, SANDAG, by Friday, March 22, 2014. For questions on the form submittal, members can contact Ms. Posada at [email protected].

The Form 700 can be obtain via the following web link: http://www.fppc.ca.gov/forms/700-13-14/Form700-13-14.pdf.

REPORTS (5 through 8)

+5. SAN DIEGO FORWARD: THE REGIONAL PLAN: DRAFT PERFORMANCE MEASURES (Rachel Kennedy)

DISCUSSION

The SANDAG Board of Directors accepted the San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan vision and goals on May 10, 2013. In past Regional Transportation Plans SANDAG has utilized transportation project evaluation criteria and performance measures informed by these goals as elements of a multistep process to develop the revenue constrained multimodal transportation network. SANDAG has developed preliminary draft performance measures to be used for evaluating alternative revenue constrained multimodal transportation scenarios for San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan. The Cities/County Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) will be asked to discuss and provide input on the preliminary draft performance measures.

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6. STATE BILL 743 UPDATE (Erik Reuhr) DISCUSSION

Senate Bill 743 (SB 743) was passed by the legislature and signed into law by the governor in the fall of 2013. Under SB 743, the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research has been directed to revise the guidelines for conducting transportation analyses under the California Environmental Quality Act. The Local Institute of Transportation Engineers Taskforce Leader will provide an overview to the SANTEC of SB 743.

+7. CALTRANS UPDATES INFORMATION

Caltrans will provide an update on various local programs, funding program deadlines, and announcements regarding upcoming conferences.

8. CTAC MEETING BRIEFING (SANTEC Members) INFORMATION

SANTEC members will be provided with an overview of CTAC discussion items presented during the CTAC February 6, 2014, meeting.

9. MATTERS FROM MEMBERS INFORMATION

SANTEC members are encouraged to discuss additional topics of general interest.

10. UPCOMING MEETINGS/AGENDA ITEMS INFORMATION

1. Connected Vehicle National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Decision

2. TIS Update

3. Federal Highway Administration Green Lanes Guidance

4. City of Oceanside "Mission Avenue" Update

+ next to an agenda item indicates an attachment

San Diego Association of Governments

SAN DIEGO REGIONAL TRAFFIC ENGINEERS COUNCIL

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February 20, 2014 AGENDA ITEM NO.: 3

Action Requested: APPROVE

DECEMBER 19, 2013, MEETING MINUTES File Number 7300500 Item 2 - Public Comments

No public comments were entered.

Item 3 - Approval of November 21, 2013, Meeting Minutes

Move: Jim Greenstein (City of Solana Beach); 2nd: Jim Newton (City of Coronado)

Item 4 - Nomination and Election of the San Diego Regional Traffic Engineers Council Chair and Vice Chair

A motion was made by Kathy Feinlen (City of La Mesa) to nominate Michael Kenney (County of San Diego) as the Vice Chair of the San Diego Regional Traffic Engineers Council (SANTEC).

Motion: Ms. Feinlen; 2nd: Mr. Newton

Vote: Aye (14); Opposed (0)

Item 5 - Caltrans Policy on Intersection Evaluation Control

Karen Jewel (Caltrans) stated that in October 2013, Caltrans adopted a new Traffic Operations Policy Directive (13-02) called Intersection Evaluation Control. This policy establishes a context and performance-based evaluation process to identify viable and practical intersection control alternatives (i.e., stop control, yield control, signals, etc.) during the transportation planning, project identification, and initiation processes.

Ms. Jewel provided members with a high-level, non-technical overview of the new policy that included discussions on “what” design alternatives had been added for intersection control, and “what” these new alternatives were applicable to. Ms. Jewel went through the reason “why” Caltrans have developed the new directive, and used examples to demonstrate “how” the innovative designs that had been added under this directive could potentially be more efficient and require less capital expenditure to be implemented.

Ms. Jewel then discussed “how” the streamlined review process would consist of a two-step approach; implementing a screening process as the first step, with the follow-up step being a comparative engineering analysis during the project approval and environmental documentation phase.

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“Real-world” examples of each of the innovative designs implemented within the United States were displayed, and Ms. Jewel advised members that they would be able to access additional information at: dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/liaisons/ice.html.

Minjie Mei (City of Santee) commented that the new directive and Caltrans informative presentation was very timely, as the City of Santee had just embarked on the process of designing its first roundabout.

Item 6 - The Regional Model - Dynamic Traffic Assignment

Rick Curry (SANDAG) presented the plan for implementing Dynamic Traffic Assignment (DTA) via a mesoscopic traffic simulation software package into the Regional Transportation Forecast.

Staff discussed the goals of the project and provided a high-level overview of the approach to conducting Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) modeling. Staff stated that the level of accuracy required by a mesoscopic model would require more “traffic engineering” detail to be incorporated to ensure that the way in which capacity is respected in this type of model would be accurately represented in model outcomes.

The overarching goal of using the mesoscopic model as a function within future RTP evaluation cycles was such that SANDAG has the desire to correctly represent the benefits of Transportation System Management/Transportation Demand Management and Active Transportation Management strategies to addressing regional goals. Staff stated that currently these strategies are evaluated off-model, and that with the state of engagement in these activities, that this approach would be challenging in future years.

Staff highlighted the challenges of performing Activity Based Modeling integration with a Dynamic Traffic Assignment or mesoscopic model, and noted however that recent regional efforts between stakeholders, such as the Regional Arterial Management System and Integrated Corridor Management System (had established the foundational elements that enabled this approach to be completed successfully).

Gary Pence (City of San Diego) inquired whether this new tool would be used in the current RTP cycle. Staff responded that the project had only just begun and as such would not be ready for the 2015 run dates.

Sam Hasenin (City of Vista) stated that some of the finer resolution data that staff had identified would be needed (such as a 15 minute DTA), may be available from many of the cities. Staff thanked the member from Vista and asked to follow-up on this information after the meeting.

Item 7 - San Diego Regional Traffic Impact Study Guidelines Update

Staff reviewed the content of the October 2013 presentation on the SANTEC requested update to the Regional Traffic Impact Study Guidelines.

Mr. Pence asked if the Scope of Work had been recently reviewed, as it was not attached to the current agenda and he would have difficulty making the recommendation not having reviewed this.

Discussion centered around general agreement that the update was needed, but that with the recent passage of State Bill 743 (SB 743) it may be more appropriate to revisit the

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Scope of Work document and ensure that any perceived impacts were sufficiently covered to be addressed through consultant support.

At the conclusion of the discussion, SANTEC was asked to “Establish an ad-hoc Working Group to revise the Regional Traffic Impact Study Guidelines ‘Scope of Work,’ to include provisions for addressing the impacts of SB 743. Upon completion, the revised document shall be submitted to SANTEC.”

Motion: Arnold Torma (City of Imperial Beach); 2nd: Mr. Kenny

Item 8 - Caltrans Updates

None provided this month

Item 9 - CTAC Meeting Briefing

Members will be provided with an overview of CTAC discussion items presented during the CTAC, December 2013 meeting. Highlighted was that Mario Sanchez (City of El Cajon) was to become the Chair of the advisory committee in 2014, with Frank Rivera (City of Chula Vista) being voted Vice-Chair for a two-year period.

Item 10 - Matters from Members

Mr. Kenny noted that the California Traffic Control Devices Committee was meeting in February to discuss modifications to yellow timing tables in the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.

Item 11 - Upcoming Meetings/Agenda Items

Two requests were entered:

• Federal Highway Administration acceptance of experimental green lanes

• Mission Avenue project update

SANTEC – 2014 Roster

Agency SANTEC Member Alternate

City of Carlsbad Bryan Jones Doug Bilse; John Kim; Jim Murray

City of Chula Vista Frank Rivera Muna Cuthbert; David Kaplan

City of Coronado Dave Johnson Ed Walton; Jim Newton

City of Del Mar Dawn Wilson Carmen Kasner

City of El Cajon Mario Sanchez* Dennis Davies

City of Encinitas Rob Blough Raymond Guarnes; Nestor Mangohig; Joseph Walters

City of Escondido Ali Shahzad Homi Namdari

City of Imperial Beach Hank Levien Arnold Torma

City of La Mesa Gregory Humora Kathy Feilen

City of Lemon Grove Leon Firsht Pat Lund

City of National City Stephen Manganiello Din Daneshfar; Albert Griego

City of Oceanside David DiPierro Teala Cotter

City of Poway Melody Rocco Steve Crosby; Leslie Parada

City of San Marcos Omar Dayani Mike Edwards

City of Santee Minjie Mei Jeff Morgan

City of Vista Sam Hasenin Jaime F. Osorio; Sudi Shoja

City of San Diego Duncan Hughes Gary Pence; Ahmed Aburahmah

City of Solana Beach Jim Greenstein** Dan Goldberg

County of San Diego Murali Pasumarthi Mike Kenny

Caltrans Cindee Feaver Carlena Darrieulat; Maurice Eaton; Beraki Woldeabzghi; Saiid Noroozi

Metropolitan Transit Services Mark Thomsen Denis Desmond

North County Transit District Bruce Smith

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Agenda Item 4 SANTEC February 20, 2014

December 2013

2013/2014Statement ofEconomic Interests

Form 700

California Fair Political Practices Commission428 J Street, Suite 620 • Sacramento, CA 95814Email Advice: [email protected] advice line: 1 (866) ASK-FPPC • 1 (866) 275-3772Telephone: (916) 322-5660 • Website: www.fppc.ca.gov

A Public Document

Also available on the FPPC website:• Form700inExcelformat• Reference Pamphlet for Form 700

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What’s NewGifts and Travel PaymentsThe Commission is continually updating regulations and rules that pertain to gifts and travel payments. For the most current information, including new travel rules effective January, 2014, refer to the fact sheets and FAQs on our website. The rules contained in this publication were those in effect through December 31, 2013 and apply to gifts and travel payments received during 2013.

New Gift Tracking Mobile ApplicationFPPC has created and launched a new gift tracking app for mobile devices. The app helps filers track gifts they receive in a calendar year and provides a quick and easy way to upload the information to the Form 700. The data is not collected electronically, it is fully stored on the phone. This app is currently available for Android Phone running version 4.0 or higher, with an iOS version coming in the near future.

Who must file:• Elected and appointed officials and candidates listed in

Government Code Section 87200• Employees, appointed officials, and consultants filing pursuant

to a conflict of interest code (“code filers”). Obtain your disclosure categories, which describe the interests you must report, from your agency; they are not part of the Form 700

• Candidates running for local elective offices that are designated in a conflict of interest code (e.g., county sheriffs, city clerks, school board trustees, and water board members)

• Members of newly created boards and commissions not yet covered under a conflict of interest code

• Employees in newly created positions of existing agencies

See Reference Pamphlet, page 3, at www.fppc.ca.gov or obtain from your filing officer.

Where to file:87200 Filers

State offices Your agencyJudicial offices The clerk of your courtRetired Judges Directly with FPPCCounty offices Your county filing officialCity offices Your city clerkMulti-County offices Your agency

Code Filers — State and Local Officials, Employees, and Consultants Designated in a Conflict of Interest Code: File with your agency, board, or commission unless otherwise specified in your agency’s conflict of interest code (e.g., Legislative staff files directly with FPPC). In most cases, the agency, board, or commission will retain the statements.

Members of Boards and Commissions of Newly Created Agencies: File with your newly created agency or with your agency’s code reviewing body.

Employees in Newly Created Positions of Existing Agencies: File with your agency or with your agency’s code reviewing body. See Reference Pamphlet, page 3.

Candidates: File with your local elections office.

How to file:The Form 700 is available at www.fppc.ca.gov. Form 700 schedules are also available in Excel format. All statements must have an original “wet” signature or be duly authorized by your filing officer to file electronically under Government Code Section 87500.2. Instructions, examples, FAQs, and a reference pamphlet are available to help answer your questions.

When to file:Annual Statements

March 3, 2014 - Elected State Officers - Judges and Court Commissioners - State Board and Commission Members listed in

Government Code Section 87200 April 1, 2014

- Most other filersIndividuals filing under conflict of interest codes in city and county jurisdictions should verify the annual filing date with their local filing officers.

Statements postmarked by the filing deadline are considered filed on time.

Assuming Office and Leaving Office StatementsMost filers file within 30 days of assuming or leaving office or within 30 days of the effective date of a newly adopted or amended conflict of interest code.

Exception:

If you assumed office between October 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013, and filed an assuming office statement, you are not required to file an annual statement until March 2, 2015, or April 1, 2015, whichever is applicable. The annual statement will cover the day after you assumed office through December 31, 2014. See Reference Pamphlet, pages 6 and 7, for additional exceptions.

Candidate StatementsFile no later than the final filing date for the declaration of candidacy or nomination documents.

AmendmentsStatements may be amended at any time. You are only required to amend the schedule that needs to be revised. It is not necessary to amend the entire filed form. Obtain amendment schedules at www.fppc.ca.gov.

There is no provision for filing deadline extensions unless the filer is serving in active military duty. (Regulation 18723)Statements of 30 pages or less may be faxed by the deadline as long as the originally signed paper version is sent by first class mail to the filing official within 24 hours.

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Introduction

The Political Reform Act (Gov. Code Sections 81000-91014) requires most state and local government officials and employees to publicly disclose their personal assets and income. They also must disqualify themselves from participating in decisions that may affect their personal economic interests. The Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) is the state agency responsible for issuing the attached Statement of Economic Interests, Form 700, and for interpreting the law’s provisions.

Gift ProhibitionGifts received by most state and local officials, employees, and candidates are subject to a limit. During 2013, the gift limit was $440 from a single source for the calendar year. This gift limit is effective until December 31, 2014.

In addition, state officials, state candidates, and certain state employees are subject to a $10 limit per calendar month on gifts from lobbyists and lobbying firms registered with the Secretary of State. See Reference Pamphlet, page 10.

State and local officials and employees should check with their agency to determine if other restrictions apply.

DisqualificationPublic officials are, under certain circumstances, required to disqualify themselves from making, participating in, or attempting to influence governmental decisions that will affect their economic interests. This may include interests they are not required to disclose (i.e., a personal residence is often not reportable, but may be disqualifying). Specific disqualification requirements apply to 87200 filers (e.g., city councilmembers, members of boards of supervisors, planning commissioners, etc.). These officials must identify orally the economic interest that creates a conflict of interest and leave the room before a discussion or vote takes place at a public meeting. For more information, consult Government Code Section 87105, Regulation 18702.5, and the Overview of the Conflict of Interest Laws at www.fppc.ca.gov.

Honorarium BanMost state and local officials, employees, and candidates are prohibited from accepting an honorarium for any speech given, article published, or attendance at a conference, convention, meeting, or like gathering. See Reference Pamphlet, page 10.

Loan RestrictionsCertain state and local officials are subject to restrictions on loans. See Reference Pamphlet, page 14.

Post-Governmental EmploymentThere are restrictions on representing clients or employers before former agencies. The provisions apply to elected state officials, most state employees, local elected officials, county chief administrative officers, city managers, including the chief administrator of a city, and general managers or chief administrators of local special districts and JPAs. The FPPC website has fact sheets explaining the provisions.

Late FilingThe filing officer who retains originally-signed or electronically filed statements of economic interests may impose on an individual a fine for any statement that is filed late. The fine is $10 per day up to a maximum of $100. Late filing penalties may be reduced or waived under certain circumstances.

Persons who fail to timely file their Form 700 may be referred to the FPPC’s Enforcement Division (and, in some cases, to the Attorney General or district attorney) for investigation and possible prosecution. In addition to the late filing penalties, a fine of up to $5,000 per violation may be imposed.

For assistance concerning reporting, prohibitions, and restrictions under the Act:

• Email questions to [email protected].• Call the FPPC toll-free at (866) 275-3772.

FPPC Form 700 (2013/2014)FPPC Advice Email: [email protected]

FPPC Toll-Free Helpline: 866/275-3772 www.fppc.ca.govIntroduction

Form 700 is a Public DocumentPublic Access Must Be Provided

Statements of Economic Interests are public documents. The filing officer must permit any member of the public to inspect and receive a copy of any statement.

• Statements must be available as soon as possible during the agency's regular business hours, but in any event not later than the second business day after the statement is received. Access to the Form 700 is not subject to the Public Records Act procedures.

• No conditions may be placed on persons seeking access to the forms.

• No information or identification may be required from persons seeking access.

• Reproduction fees of no more than 10 cents per page may be charged.

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Types of Form 700 Filings

Assuming Office Statement: If you are a newly appointed official or are newly employed in a position designated, or that will be designated, in a state or local agency’s conflict of interest code, your assuming office date is the date you were sworn in or otherwise authorized to serve in the position. If you are a newly elected official, your assuming office date is the date you were sworn in.

• Investments, interests in real property, and business positions held on the date you assumed the office or position must be reported. In addition, income (including loans, gifts, and travel payments) received during the 12 months prior to the date you assumed the office or position is reportable.

For positions subject to confirmation by the State Senate or the Commission on Judicial Performance, your assuming office date is the date you were appointed or nominated to the position.

Example:Maria Lopez was nominated by the Governor to serve on a state agency board that is subject to state Senate confirmation. The assuming office date is the date Maria’s nomination is submitted to the Senate. Maria must report investments, interests in real property, and business positions she holds on that date, and income (including loans, gifts, and travel payments) received during the 12 months prior to that date.

If your office or position has been added to a newly adopted or newly amended conflict of interest code, use the effective date of the code or amendment, whichever is applicable.

• Investments, interests in real property, and business positions held on the effective date of the code or amendment must be reported. In addition, income (including loans, gifts, and travel payments) received during the 12 months prior to the effective date of the code or amendment is reportable.

Annual Statement: Generally, the period covered is January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013. If the period covered by the statement is different than January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013, (for example, you assumed office between October 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012 or you are combining statements), you must specify the period covered.

• Investments, interests in real property, business positions held, and income (including loans, gifts, and travel payments) received during the period covered by the statement must be reported. Do not change the preprinted dates on Schedules A-1, A-2, and B unless you are required to report the acquisition or disposition of an interest that did not occur in 2013.

• If your disclosure category changes during a reporting period, disclose under the old category until the effective date of the conflict of interest code amendment and disclose under the new disclosure category through the end of the reporting period.

Leaving Office Statement: Generally, the period covered is January 1, 2013, through the date you stopped performing the duties of your position. If the period covered differs from January 1, 2013, through the date you stopped performing the duties of your position (for example, you assumed office between October 1, 2012, and December 31, 2012, or you are combining statements), the period covered must be specified. The reporting period can cover parts of two calendar years.

• Investments, interests in real property, business positions held, and income (including loans, gifts, and travel payments) received during the period covered by the statement must be reported. Do not change the preprinted dates on Schedules A-1, A-2, and B unless you are required to report the acquisition or disposition of an interest that did not occur in 2013.

Candidate Statement: If you are filing a statement in connection with your candidacy for state or local office, investments, interests in real property, and business positions held on the date of filing your declaration of candidacy must be reported. In addition, income (including loans, gifts, and travel payments) received during the 12 months prior to the date of filing your declaration of candidacy is reportable. Do not change the preprinted dates on Schedules A-1, A-2, and B.

Candidates running for local elective offices (e.g., county sheriffs, city clerks, school board trustees, and water district board members) must file candidate statements, as required by the conflict of interest code for the elected position. The code may be obtained from the agency of the elected position.

Amendments: If you discover errors or omissions on any statement, file an amendment as soon as possible. You are only required to amend the schedule that needs to be revised; it is not necessary to refile the entire form. Obtain amendment schedules from the FPPC website at www.fppc.ca.gov.


FPPC Toll-Free Helpline: 866/275-3772 www.fppc.ca.govTypes of Statements

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InstructionsCover Page

Enter your name, mailing address, and daytime telephone number in the spaces provided. Because the Form 700 is a public document, you may list your business/office address instead of your home address.

Part 1. Office, Agency, or Court• Enter the name of the office sought or held, or the agency

or court. Consultants must enter the public agency name rather than their private firm’s name. (Examples: State Assembly; Board of Supervisors; Office of the Mayor; Department of Finance; Hope County Superior Court)

• Indicate the name of your division, board, or district, if applicable. (Examples: Division of Waste Management; Board of Accountancy; District 45). Do not use acronyms.

• Enter your position title. (Examples: Director; Chief Counsel; City Council Member; Staff Services Analyst)

• If you hold multiple positions (i.e., a city council member who also is a member of a county board or commission), you may be required to file statements with each agency. To simplify your filing obligations, you may complete an expanded statement.

• To do this, enter the name of the other agency(ies) with which you are required to file and your position title(s) in the space provided. Do not use acronyms. Attach an additional sheet if necessary. Complete one statement covering the disclosure requirements for all positions. Each copy must contain an original signature. Therefore, before signing the statement, make a copy for each agency. Sign each copy with an original signature and file with each agency.

If you assume or leave a position after a filing deadline, you must complete a separate statement. For example, a city council member who assumes a position with a county special district after the April 1 annual filing deadline must file a separate assuming office statement. In subsequent years, the city council member may expand his or her annual filing to include both positions.

Example:Scott Baker is a city council member for the City of Lincoln and a board member for the Camp Far West Irrigation District – a multi-county agency that covers Placer and Yuba counties. Scott will complete one Form 700 using full disclosure (as required for the city position) and covering interests in both Placer and Yuba counties (as required for the multi-county position) and list both positions on the Cover Page. Before signing the statement, Scott will make a copy and sign both statements. One statement will be filed with City of Lincoln and the other will be filed with Camp Far West Irrigation District. Both will contain an original signature.

Part 2. Jurisdiction of Office• Check the box indicating the jurisdiction of your agency

and, if applicable, identify the jurisdiction. Judges, judicial candidates, and court commissioners have statewide jurisdiction. All other filers should review the Reference Pamphlet, page 13, to determine their jurisdiction.

• If your agency is a multi-county office, list each county in which your agency has jurisdiction.

• If your agency is not a state office, court, county office, city office, or multi-county office (e.g., school districts, special districts and JPAs), check the “other” box and enter the county or city in which the agency has jurisdiction.

Example: This filer is a member of a water district board with jurisdiction in portions of Yuba and Sutter Counties.

Part 3. Type of Statement

Check at least one box. The period covered by a statement is determined by the type of statement you are filing. If you are completing a 2013 annual statement, do not change the pre-printed dates to reflect 2014. Your annual statement is used for reporting the previous year’s economic interests. Economic interests for your annual filing covering January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014, will be disclosed on your statement filed in 2015. See Reference Pamphlet, page 4.

Combining Statements: Certain types of statements may be combined. For example, if you leave office after January 1, but before the deadline for filing your annual statement, you may combine your annual and leaving office statements. File by the earliest deadline. Consult your filing officer or the FPPC.

Part 4. Schedule Summary• Enter the total number of completed pages including the

cover page and either:Check the box for each schedule you use to disclose interests;

- or -if you have nothing to disclose on any schedule, check the “No reportable interests” box. Please do not attach any blank schedules.

Part 5. VerificationComplete the verification by signing the statement and entering the date signed. All statements must have an original “wet” signature or be duly authorized by your filing officer to file electronically under Government Code Section 87500.2. Instructions, examples, FAQs, and a reference pamphlet are available to help answer your questions. When you sign your statement, you are stating, under penalty of perjury, that it is true and correct. Only the filer has authority to sign the statement. An unsigned statement is not considered filed and you may be subject to late filing penalties.

State Judge or Court Commissioner (Statewide Jurisdiction)

Multi-County County of

City of Other

2. Jurisdiction of Offi ce (Check at least one box)

Agency Name

Division, Board, Department, District, if applicable Your Position

1. Offi ce, Agency, or Court

► If fi ling for multiple positions, list below or on an attachment.

Agency: Position:

South Sutt er Water District

Board Member

X Porti ons of Yuba & Sutt er Counti es


FPPC Toll-Free Helpline: 866/275-3772 www.fppc.ca.govInstructions – 1

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Leaving Office: Date Left / / (Check one)

The period covered is January 1, 2013, through the date of leaving office.

The period covered is / / , through the date of leaving office.

Annual: The period covered is January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013.

The period covered is / / , through December 31, 2013.

STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTERESTS

COVER PAGE


FPPC Toll-Free Helpline: 866/275-3772 www.fppc.ca.gov

I have used all reasonable diligence in preparing this statement. I have reviewed this statement and to the best of my knowledge the information contained herein and in any attached schedules is true and complete. I acknowledge this is a public document.

I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.

Date Signed (month, day, year)

3. Type of Statement (Check at least one box)

State Judge or Court Commissioner (Statewide Jurisdiction)

Multi-County County of

City of Other

2. Jurisdiction of Office (Check at least one box)

Candidate: Election year and office sought, if different than Part 1:

Assuming Office: Date assumed / /

Date ReceivedOfficial Use Only

Please type or print in ink.

700FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION

CALIFORNIA FORM

Agency Name (Do not use acronyms)

Division, Board, Department, District, if applicable Your Position

1. Office, Agency, or Court

4. Schedule Summary

NAME OF FILER (LAST) (FIRST) (MIDDLE)

Check applicable schedules or “None.”

Schedule A-1 - Investments – schedule attached Schedule A-2 - Investments – schedule attached Schedule B - Real Property – schedule attached

► Total number of pages including this cover page:

MAILING ADDRESS STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE

( )DAYTIME TELEPHONE NUMBER E-MAIL ADDRESS (OPTIONAL)

(Business or Agency Address Recommended - Public Document)

Signature (File the originally signed statement with your filing official.)

5. Verification

Schedule C - Income, Loans, & Business Positions – schedule attached Schedule D - Income – Gifts – schedule attached Schedule E - Income – Gifts – Travel Payments – schedule attached

-or- None - No reportable interests on any schedule

A PUBLIC DOCUMENT

► If filing for multiple positions, list below or on an attachment. (Do not use acronyms)

Agency: Position:

-or-

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Which Schedule Do I Use?


FPPC Toll-Free Helpline: 866/275-3772 www.fppc.ca.govInstructions - 3

Common Reportable InterestsSchedule A-1 Stocks, including those held in an IRA or a 401K

Schedule A-2 Business entities (including certain independent contracting), sole proprietorships, partnerships, LLCs, corporations, and trusts

Schedule B Rental property in the jurisdiction

Schedule C Non-governmental salaries of public official and spouse/registered domestic partner

Schedule D Gifts from businesses (such as tickets to sporting or entertainment events)

Schedule E Travel payments from third parties (not your employer)

Common Non-Reportable InterestsSchedule A-1 Insurance policies, government bonds, diversified mutual funds, certain funds similar

to diversified mutual funds (such as exchange traded funds) and investments held in certain retirement accounts. See Reference Pamphlet, page 12, for detailed information. (Regulation 18237)

Schedule A-2 Savings and checking accounts and annuities

Schedule B A residence used exclusively as a personal residence (such as a home or vacation cabin)

Schedule C Governmental salary (such as a school district)

Schedule D Gifts from family members

Schedule E Travel paid by your government agency

Remember:

9 Mark the “No reportable interests” box on Part 4 of the Schedule Summary on the Cover Page if you determine you have nothing to disclose and file the Cover Page only. Make sure you carefully read all instructions to ensure proper reporting.

9 The Form 700 is a public document.

9 Most individuals must consult their agency’s conflict of interest code for reportable interests.

9 Most individuals file the Form 700 with their agencies.

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Questions and Answers

GeneralQ. What is the reporting period for disclosing interests

on an assuming office statement or a candidate statement?

A. On an assuming office statement, disclose all reportable investments, interests in real property, and business positions held on the date you assumed office. In addition, you must disclose income (including loans, gifts and travel payments) received during the 12 months prior to the date you assumed office.

On a candidate statement, disclose all reportable investments, interests in real property, and business positions held on the date you file your declaration of candidacy. You must also disclose income (including loans, gifts and travel payments) received during the 12 months prior to the date you file your declaration of candidacy.

Q. I hold two other board positions in addition to my position with the county. Must I file three statements of economic interests?

A. Yes, three are required. However, you may complete one statement listing the county and the two boards on the Cover Page or an attachment as the agencies for which you will be filing. Report your economic interests using the largest jurisdiction and highest disclosure requirements assigned to you by the three agencies. Make two copies of the entire statement before signing it, sign each copy with an original signature, and distribute one original to the county and to each of the two boards. Remember to complete separate statements for positions that you leave or assume during the year.

Q. I am a department head who recently began acting as city manager. Should I file as the city manager?

A. Yes. File an assuming office statement as city manager. Persons serving as “acting,” “interim,” or “alternate” must file as if they hold the position because they are or may be performing the duties of the position.

Q. As a designated employee, I left one state agency to work for another state agency. Must I file a leaving office statement?

A. Yes. You may also need to file an assuming office statement for the new agency.

Investment DisclosureQ. I have an investment interest in shares of stock in a

company that does not have an office in my jurisdiction. Must I still disclose my investment interest in this company?

A. Probably. The definition of “doing business in the jurisdiction” is not limited to whether the business has an office or physical location in your jurisdiction. See Reference Pamphlet, page 13.

Q. My spouse and I have a living trust. The trust holds rental property in my jurisdiction, our primary residence, and investments in diversified mutual funds. I have full disclosure. How is this trust disclosed?

A. Disclose the name of the trust, the rental property and its income on Schedule A-2. Your primary residence and investments in diversified mutual funds registered with the SEC are not reportable.

Q. I am required to report all investments. I have an IRA that contains stocks through an account managed by a brokerage firm. Must I disclose these stocks even though they are held in an IRA and I did not decide which stocks to purchase?

A. Yes. Disclose on Schedule A-1 or A-2 any stock worth $2,000 or more in a business entity located in or doing business in your jurisdiction.

Q. I own stock in IBM and must report this investment on Schedule A-1. I initially purchased this stock in the early 1990s; however, I am constantly buying and selling shares. Must I note these dates in the “Acquired” and “Disposed” fields?

A. No. You must only report dates in the “Acquired” or “Disposed” fields when, during the reporting period, you initially purchase a reportable investment worth $2,000 or more or when you dispose of the entire investment. You are not required to track the partial trading of an investment.



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Questions and AnswersContinued

Q. On last year’s filing I reported stock in Encoe valued at $2,000 - $10,000. Late last year the value of this stock fell below and remains at less than $2,000. How should this be reported on this year’s statement?

A. You are not required to report an investment if the value was less than $2,000 during the entire reporting period. However, because a disposed date is not required for stocks that fall below $2,000, you may want to report the stock and note in the “comments” section that the value fell below $2,000. This would be for informational purposes only; it is not a requirement.

Q. We have a Section 529 account set up to save money for our son’s college education. Is this reportable?

A. If the Section 529 account contains reportable interests (e.g., common stock valued at $2,000 or more), those interests are reportable (not the actual Section 529 account). If the account contains solely mutual funds, then nothing is reported.

Income DisclosureQ. I reported a business entity on Schedule A-2. Clients of

my business are located in several states. Must I report all clients from whom my pro rata share of income is $10,000 or more on Schedule A-2, Part 3?

A. No, only the clients doing business on a regular basis in your jurisdiction must be disclosed.

Q. I believe I am not required to disclose the names of clients from whom my pro rata share of income is $10,000 or more on Schedule A-2 because of their right to privacy. Is there an exception for reporting clients’ names?

A. Regulation 18740 provides a procedure for requesting an exemption to allow a client’s name not to be disclosed if disclosure of the name would violate a legally recognized privilege under California law. This regulation may be obtained from our website at www.fppc.ca.gov. See Reference Pamphlet, page 14.

Q. I am sole owner of a private law practice that is not reportable based on my limited disclosure category. However, some of the sources of income to my law practice are from reportable sources. Do I have to disclose this income?

A. Yes, even though the law practice is not reportable, reportable sources of income to the law practice of $10,000 or more must be disclosed. This information would be disclosed on Schedule C with a note in the

“comments” section indicating that the business entity is not a reportable investment. The note would be for informational purposes only; it is not a requirement.

Q. I am the sole owner of my business. Where do I disclose my income - on Schedule A-2 or Schedule C?

A. Sources of income to a business in which you have an ownership interest of 10% or greater are disclosed on Schedule A-2. See Reference Pamphlet, page 8, for the definition of “business entity.”

Q. My husband is a partner in a four-person firm where all of his business is based on his own billings and collections from various clients. How do I report my community property interest in this business and the income generated in this manner?

A. If your husband’s investment in the firm is 10% or greater, disclose 100% of his share of the business on Schedule A-2, Part 1 and 50% of his income on Schedule A-2, Parts 2 and 3. For example, a client of your husband’s must be a source of at least $20,000 during the reporting period before her name is reported.

Q. How do I disclose my spouse’s or registered domestic partner’s salary?

A. Report the name of the employer as a source of income on Schedule C.

Q. I am a doctor. For purposes of reporting $10,000 sources of income on Schedule A-2, Part 3, are the patients or their insurance carriers considered sources of income?

A. If your patients exercise sufficient control by selecting you instead of other doctors, then your patients, rather than their insurance carriers, are sources of income to you. See Reference Pamphlet, page 14, for additional information.

Q. I received a loan from my grandfather to purchase my home. Is this loan reportable?

A. No. Loans received from family members are not reportable.



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Questions and AnswersContinued

Q. I am running for re-election to city council and made a personal loan to my campaign committee. Is this reportable on my Form 700?

A. No, the loan is not reportable on Form 700; however, loan repayments from a campaign committee are reported on Schedule C as income.

Q. Many years ago, I loaned my parents several thousand dollars, which they paid back this year. Do I need to report this loan repayment on my Form 700?

A. No. Payments received on a loan made to a family member are not reportable.

Real Property DisclosureQ. During this reporting period we switched our principal

place of residence into a rental. I have full disclosure and the property is located in my agency’s jurisdiction, so it is now reportable. Because I have not reported this property before, do I need to show an “acquired” date?

A. No, you are not required to show an “acquired” date because you previously owned the property. However, you may want to note in the “comments” section that the property was not previously reported because it was used exclusively as your residence. This would be for informational purposes only; it is not a requirement.

Q. My daughter is buying her first home and I am the co-signer on the loan. I won’t occupy the home, but my daughter will. The home is located in my agency’s jurisdiction. Must I report this property?

A. No. Property occupied by a family member is not reportable as long as you are not receiving rental income or using the property for business purposes.

Gift DisclosureQ. If I received a gift of two tickets to a concert valued at

$100 each, but gave the tickets to a friend because I could not attend the concert, do I have any reporting obligations?

A. Yes. Since you accepted the gift and exercised discretion and control of the use of the tickets, you must disclose the gift on Schedule D.

Q. Mary and Joe Benson, a married couple, want to give a piece of artwork to a county supervisor. Is each spouse considered a separate source for purposes of the gift limit and disclosure?

FPPC Form 700 (2013/2014) FPPC Advice Email: [email protected]


A. Yes, each spouse may make a gift valued at the gift limit during a calendar year. For example, during 2013 the gift limit was $440, so the Bensons may have given the supervisor artwork valued at no more than $880. The supervisor must identify Joe and Mary Benson as the sources of the gift.

Q. I am a Form 700 filer with full disclosure. Our agency holds a holiday raffle to raise funds for a local charity. I bought $10 worth of raffle tickets and won a gift basket valued at $120. The gift basket was donated by Doug Brewer, a citizen in our city. At the same event, I bought raffle tickets for, and won a quilt valued at $70. The quilt was donated by a coworker. Are these reportable gifts?

A. Because the gift basket was donated by an outside source (not an agency employee), you have received a reportable gift valued at $110 (the value of the basket less the consideration paid). The source of the gift is Doug Brewer and the agency is disclosed as the intermediary. Because the quilt was donated by an employee of your agency, it is not a reportable gift.

Q. My agency is responsible for disbursing grants. An applicant (501(c)(3) organization) met with agency employees to present its application. At this meeting, the applicant provided food and beverages. Would the food and beverages be considered gifts to the employees? These employees are designated in our agency’s conflict of interest code and the applicant is a reportable source of income under the code.

A. Yes. If the value of the food and beverages consumed by any one filer, plus any other gifts received from the same source during the reporting period total $50 or more, the food and beverages would be reported using the fair market value and would be subject to the gift limit.

Q. I received free admission to an educational conference related to my official duties. Part of the conference fees included a round of golf. Is the value of the golf considered informational material?

A. No. The value of personal benefits, such as golf, attendance at a concert, or sporting event, are gifts subject to reporting and limits.

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Instructions – Schedules A-1 and A-2Investments

“Investment” means a financial interest in any business entity (including a consulting business or other independent contracting business) that is located in, doing business in, planning to do business in, or that has done business during the previous two years in your agency’s jurisdiction in which you, your spouse or registered domestic partner, or your dependent children had a direct, indirect, or beneficial interest totaling $2,000 or more at any time during the reporting period. See Reference Pamphlet, page 13.

Reportable investments include:• Stocks, bonds, warrants, and options, including those held

in margin or brokerage accounts and managed investment funds (See Reference Pamphlet, page 13.)

• Sole proprietorships• Your own business or your spouse’s or registered

domestic partner’s business (See Reference Pamphlet, page 8, for the definition of “business entity.”)

• Your spouse’s or registered domestic partner’s investments that are legally separate property

• Partnerships (e.g., a law firm or family farm)• Investments in reportable business entities held in a

retirement account (See Reference Pamphlet, page 15.)• If you, your spouse or registered domestic partner,

and dependent children together had a 10% or greater ownership interest in a business entity or trust (including a living trust), you must disclose investments held by the business entity or trust. See Reference Pamphlet, page 15, for more information on disclosing trusts.

• Business trusts

You are not required to disclose:• Insurance policies, government bonds, diversified mutual

funds, certain funds similar to diversified mutual funds (such as exchange traded funds) and investments held in certain retirement accounts. See Reference Pamphlet, page 12, for detailed information. (Regulation 18237)

• Bank accounts, savings accounts, money market accounts and certificates of deposits

• Insurance policies• Annuities• Commodities• Shares in a credit union• Government bonds (including municipal bonds)• Retirement accounts invested in non-reportable interests

(e.g., insurance policies, mutual funds, or government bonds) (See Reference Pamphlet, page 15.)

• Government defined-benefit pension plans (such as CalPERS and CalSTRS plans)

• Certain interests held in a blind trust (See Reference Pamphlet, page 16.)

Use Schedule A-1 to report ownership of less than 10% (e.g., stock). Schedule C (Income) may also be required if the investment is not a stock or corporate bond. See second example below.

Use Schedule A-2 to report ownership of 10% or greater (e.g., a sole proprietorship).

To Complete Schedule A-1:Do not attach brokerage or financial statements.

• Disclose the name of the business entity.• Provide a general description of the business activity of

the entity (e.g., pharmaceuticals, computers, automobile manufacturing, or communications).

• Check the box indicating the highest fair market value of your investment during the reporting period. If you are filing a candidate or an assuming office statement, indicate the fair market value on the filing date or the date you took office, respectively.

• Identify the nature of your investment (e.g., stocks, warrants, options, or bonds).

• An acquired or disposed of date is only required if you initially acquired or entirely disposed of the investment interest during the reporting period. The date of a stock dividend reinvestment or partial disposal is not required. Generally, these dates will not apply if you are filing a candidate or an assuming office statement.

Examples:John Smith holds a state agency position. His conflict of interest code requires full disclosure of investments. John must disclose his stock holdings of $2,000 or more in any company that does business in California, as well as those stocks held by his spouse or registered domestic partner and dependent children.

Susan Jones is a city council member. She has a 4% interest, worth $5,000, in a limited partnership located in the city. Susan must disclose the partnership on Schedule A-1 and income of $500 or more received from the partnership on Schedule C.

Reminders• Do you know your agency’s jurisdiction?• Did you hold investments at any time during the period

covered by this statement?• Code filers – your disclosure categories may only

require disclosure of specific investments.



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IF APPLICABLE, LIST DATE:

/ / / / ACQUIRED DISPOSED











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1313

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Name

► NAME OF BUSINESS ENTITY

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THIS BUSINESS











Comments:

SCHEDULE A-1Investments

Stocks, Bonds, and Other Interests(Ownership Interest is Less Than 10%)

Do not attach brokerage or financial statements.


CALIFORNIA FORM



FAIR MARKET VALUE $2,000 - $10,000 $10,001 - $100,000 $100,001 - $1,000,000 Over $1,000,000






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NATURE OF INVESTMENT Stock Other

(Describe) Partnership Income Received of $0 - $499

Income Received of $500 or More (Report on Schedule C)
















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Instructions – Schedule A-2Investments, Income, and Assets of Business Entities/Trusts



Use Schedule A-2 to report investments in a business entity (including a consulting business or other independent contracting business) or trust (including a living trust) in which you, your spouse or registered domestic partner, and your dependent children together had a 10% or greater interest, totaling $2,000 or more, during the reporting period and which is located in, doing business in, planning to do business in, or which has done business during the previous two years in your agency’s jurisdiction. See Reference Pamphlet, page 13. A trust located outside your agency’s jurisdiction is reportable if it holds assets that are located in or doing business in the jurisdiction. Do not report a trust that contains non-reportable interests. For example, a trust containing only your personal residence not used in whole or in part as a business, your savings account, and some municipal bonds, is not reportable.

Also report on Schedule A-2 investments and real property held by that entity or trust if your pro rata share of the investment or real property interest was $2,000 or more during the reporting period.

To Complete Schedule A-2:Part 1. Disclose the name and address of the business entity or trust. If you are reporting an interest in a business entity, check “Business Entity” and complete the box as follows:

• Provide a general description of the business activity of the entity.

• Check the box indicating the highest fair market value of your investment during the reporting period.

• If you initially acquired or entirely disposed of this interest during the reporting period, enter the date acquired or disposed.

• Identify the nature of your investment.• Disclose the job title or business position you held with the

entity, if any (i.e., if you were a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee, or held any position of management). A business position held by your spouse is not reportable.

Part 2. Check the box indicating your pro rata share of the gross income received by the business entity or trust. This amount includes your pro rata share of the gross income from the business entity or trust, as well as your community property interest in your spouse’s or registered domestic partner’s share. Gross income is the total amount of income before deducting expenses, losses, or taxes.

Part 3. Disclose the name of each source of income that is located in, doing business in, planning to do business in, or that has done business during the previous two years in your agency’s jurisdiction, as follows:

• Disclose each source of income and outstanding loan to the business entity or trust identified in Part 1 ifyour pro rata share of the gross income (including your community property interest in your spouse’s or registered domestic partner’s share) to the business entity or trust from that source was $10,000 or more during the reporting period. See Reference Pamphlet, page 11, for examples.

Income from governmental sources may be reportable if not considered salary. See Regulation 18232. Loans from commercial lending institutions made in the lender’s regular course of business on terms available to members of the public without regard to your official status are not reportable.

• Disclose each individual or entity that was a source of commission income of $10,000 or more during the reporting period through the business entity identified in Part 1. See Reference Pamphlet, page 8, for an explanation of commission income. You may be required to disclose sources of income located outside your jurisdiction. For example, you may have a client who resides outside your jurisdiction who does business on a regular basis with you. Such a client, if a reportable source of $10,000 or more, must be disclosed.

Mark “None” if you do not have any reportable $10,000 sources of income to disclose. Using phrases such as “various clients” or “not disclosing sources pursuant to attorney-client privilege” may trigger a request for an amendment to your statement. See Reference Pamphlet, page 14, for details about requesting an exemption from disclosing privileged information.

Part 4. Report any investments or interests in real property held or leased by the entity or trust identified in Part 1 if your pro rata share of the interest held was $2,000 or more during the reporting period. Attach additional schedules or use FPPC’s Form 700 Excel spreadsheet if needed.

• Check the applicable box identifying the interest held as real property or an investment.

• If investment, provide the name and description of the business entity.

• If real property, report the precise location (e.g., an assessor’s parcel number or address).

• Check the box indicating the highest fair market value of your interest in the real property or investment during the reporting period. (Report the fair market value of the portion of your residence claimed as a tax deduction if you are utilizing your residence for business purposes.)

• Identify the nature of your interest.• Enter the date acquired or disposed only if you initially

acquired or entirely disposed of your interest in the property or investment during the reporting period.

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►3. LIST THE NAME OF EACH REPORTABLE SINGLE SOURCE OF INCOME OF $10,000 OR MORE (Attach a separate sheet if necessary.)









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SCHEDULE A-2Investments, Income, and Assets

of Business Entities/Trusts(Ownership Interest is 10% or Greater)

Comments:

Name

Address (Business Address Acceptable)

Name

Address (Business Address Acceptable)

FAIR MARKET VALUE $0 - $1,999 $2,000 - $10,000 $10,001 - $100,000 $100,001 - $1,000,000 Over $1,000,000

FAIR MARKET VALUE $0 - $1,999 $2,000 - $10,000 $10,001 - $100,000 $100,001 - $1,000,000 Over $1,000,000



INVESTMENT REAL PROPERTY

Name of Business Entity, if Investment, or Assessor’s Parcel Number or Street Address of Real Property

Description of Business Activity orCity or Other Precise Location of Real Property

INVESTMENT REAL PROPERTY

Name of Business Entity, if Investment, or Assessor’s Parcel Number or Street Address of Real Property

Description of Business Activity orCity or Other Precise Location of Real Property

►4. INVESTMENTS AND INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY HELD OR LEASED BY THE BUSINESS ENTITY OR TRUST

►4. INVESTMENTS AND INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY HELD OR LEASED BY THE BUSINESS ENTITY OR TRUST

Check one Trust, go to 2 Business Entity, complete the box, then go to 2

Check one Trust, go to 2 Business Entity, complete the box, then go to 2

►3. LIST THE NAME OF EACH REPORTABLE SINGLE SOURCE OF INCOME OF $10,000 OR MORE (Attach a separate sheet if necessary.)

►2. IDENTIFY THE GROSS INCOME RECEIVED (INCLUDE YOUR PRO RATA SHARE OF THE GROSS INCOME TO THE ENTITY/TRUST)

►2. IDENTIFY THE GROSS INCOME RECEIVED (INCLUDE YOUR PRO RATA SHARE OF THE GROSS INCOME TO THE ENTITY/TRUST)

Name

700

Check one box: Check one box:

YOUR BUSINESS POSITION YOUR BUSINESS POSITION

FPPC Form 700 (2013/2014) Sch. A-2FPPC Advice Email: [email protected]




$0 - $499 $500 - $1,000 $1,001 - $10,000

$0 - $499 $500 - $1,000 $1,001 - $10,000

$10,001 - $100,000 OVER $100,000

$10,001 - $100,000 OVER $100,000

FAIR POLITICAL PRACTICES COMMISSION

CALIFORNIA FORM

►1. BUSINESS ENTITY OR TRUST ►1. BUSINESS ENTITY OR TRUST

NATURE OF INTEREST Property Ownership/Deed of Trust Stock Partnership

Leasehold Other

Check box if additional schedules reporting investments or real property are attached

Yrs. remaining

NATURE OF INTEREST Property Ownership/Deed of Trust Stock Partnership

Leasehold Other

Check box if additional schedules reporting investments or real property are attached

Yrs. remaining

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Other

NATURE OF INVESTMENT Partnership Sole Proprietorship

Other

NATURE OF INVESTMENT Partnership Sole Proprietorship

None None

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► ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NUMBER OR STREET ADDRESS

CITY

INTEREST RATE TERM (Months/Years)

% None

SOURCES OF RENTAL INCOME: If you own a 10% or greater interest, list the name of each tenant that is a single source of income of $10,000 or more.

NATURE OF INTEREST

Ownership/Deed of Trust Easement

Leasehold Yrs. remaining Other


IF RENTAL PROPERTY, GROSS INCOME RECEIVED

OVER $100,000

$500 - $1,000 $0 - $499 $1,001 - $10,000

$10,001 - $100,000

HIGHEST BALANCE DURING REPORTING PERIOD

Guarantor, if applicable

OVER $100,000

$500 - $1,000 $1,001 - $10,000

$10,001 - $100,000

NAME OF LENDER*

ADDRESS (Business Address Acceptable)

BUSINESS ACTIVITY, IF ANY, OF LENDER

None

4600 24th Street

Henry Wells

Henry Wells

Sophia Petroillo

2121 Blue Sky Parkway, Sacramento

Restaurant Owner

8 15 Years

tenant was $10,000 or more during the reporting period. If you received a total of $10,000 or more from two or more tenants acting in concert (in most cases, this will apply to married couples), disclose the name of each tenant. Otherwise, mark “None.”

• Loans from a private lender that total $500 or more and are secured by real property may be reportable. Loans from commercial lending institutions made in the lender’s regular course of business on terms available to members of the public without regard to your official status are not reportable.

When reporting a loan: - Provide the name and address of the lender. - Describe the lender’s business activity. - Disclose the interest rate and term of the loan. For

variable interest rate loans, disclose the conditions of the loan (e.g., Prime + 2) or the average interest rate paid during the reporting period. The term of a loan is the total number of months or years given for repayment of the loan at the time the loan was established.

- Check the box indicating the highest balance of the loan during the reporting period.

- Identify a guarantor, if applicable.

If you have more than one reportable loan on a single piece of real property, report the additional loan(s) on Schedule C.

Example: Joe Nelson is a city planning commissioner. Joe received rental income of $12,000 during the reporting period from a single tenant who rented property Joe owned in the city’s jurisdiction. If Joe had received the $12,000 from two or more tenants, the tenants’ names would not be required as long as no single tenant paid $10,000 or more. A married couple would be considered a single tenant.

Instructions – Schedule BInterests in Real Property

Reminders• Income and loans already reported on Schedule B are

not also required to be reported on Schedule C.• Real property already reported on Schedule A-2, Part 4

are not also required to be reported on Schedule B.•Code filers – do your disclosure categories require

disclosure of real property?



Report interests in real property located in your agency’s jurisdiction in which you, your spouse or registered domestic partner, or your dependent children had a direct, indirect, or beneficial interest totaling $2,000 or more any time during the reporting period. See Reference Pamphlet, page 13.

Interests in real property include:• An ownership interest (including a beneficial ownership

interest)• A deed of trust, easement, or option to acquire property• A leasehold interest (See Reference Pamphlet, page 14.)• A mining lease• An interest in real property held in a retirement account

(See Reference Pamphlet, page 15.)• An interest in real property held by a business entity or

trust in which you, your spouse or registered domestic partner, and your dependent children together had a 10% or greater ownership interest (Report on Schedule A-2.)

• Your spouse’s or registered domestic partner’s interests in real property that are legally held separately by him or her

You are not required to report:• A residence, such as a home or vacation cabin, used

exclusively as a personal residence (However, a residence in which you rent out a room or for which you claim a business deduction may be reportable. If reportable, report the fair market value of the portion claimed as a tax deduction.)Please note: A non-reportable residence can still be grounds for a conflict of interest and may be disqualifying.

• Interests in real property held through a blind trust (See Reference Pamphlet, page 16, for exceptions.)

To Complete Schedule B:• Report the precise location (e.g., an assessor’s parcel

number or address) of the real property.• Check the box indicating the fair market value of your

interest in the property (regardless of what you owe on the property).

• Enter the date acquired or disposed only if you initially acquired or entirely disposed of your interest in the property during the reporting period.

• Identify the nature of your interest. If it is a leasehold, disclose the number of years remaining on the lease.

• If you received rental income, check the box indicating the gross amount you received.

• If you had a 10% or greater interest in real property and received rental income, list the name of the source(s) if your pro rata share of the gross income from any single

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NAME OF LENDER*







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SCHEDULE BInterests in Real Property

(Including Rental Income)

Name



CITY CITY


% None



NATURE OF INTEREST



NATURE OF INTEREST



Comments:




OVER $100,000

$500 - $1,000 $0 - $499 $1,001 - $10,000

$10,001 - $100,000


OVER $100,000

$500 - $1,000 $0 - $499 $1,001 - $10,000

$10,001 - $100,000



OVER $100,000

$500 - $1,000 $1,001 - $10,000

$10,001 - $100,000

FPPC Form 700 (2013/2014) Sch. BFPPC Advice Email: [email protected]



CALIFORNIA FORM

NAME OF LENDER*




% None



OVER $100,000

$500 - $1,000 $1,001 - $10,000

$10,001 - $100,000

* You are not required to report loans from commercial lending institutions made in the lender’s regular course of business on terms available to members of the public without regard to your official status. Personal loans and loans received not in a lender’s regular course of business must be disclosed as follows:

None None

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Instructions – Schedule CIncome, Loans, & Business Positions

(Income Other Than Gifts and Travel Payments)



Reporting Income:Report the source and amount of gross income of $500 or more you received during the reporting period. Gross income is the total amount of income before deducting expenses, losses, or taxes and includes loans other than loans from a commercial lending institution. See Reference Pamphlet, page 11. You must also report the source of income to your spouse or registered domestic partner if your community property share was $500 or more during the reporting period.

A source of income must be reported only if the source is located in, doing business in, planning to do business in, or has done business during the previous two years in your agency’s jurisdiction. See Reference Pamphlet, page 13, for more information about doing business in the jurisdiction. Reportable sources of income may be further limited by your disclosure category located in your agency’s conflict of interest code.

Reporting Business Positions:You must report your job title with each reportable business entity even if you received no income during the reporting period. Use the comments section to indicate that no income was received.

Commonly reportable income and loans include:• Salary/wages, per diem, and reimbursement for expenses

including travel payments provided by your employer• Community property interest (50%) in your spouse’s

or registered domestic partner’s income - report the employer’s name and all other required information

• Income from investment interests, such as partnerships, reported on Schedule A-1

• Commission income not required to be reported on Schedule A-2 (See Reference Pamphlet, page 8.)

• Gross income from any sale, including the sale of a house or car (Report your pro rata share of the total sale price.)

• Rental income not required to be reported on Schedule B• Prizes or awards not disclosed as gifts• Payments received on loans you made to others, including

loan repayments from a campaign committee (including a candidate’s own campaign committee)

• An honorarium received prior to becoming a public official (See Reference Pamphlet, page 10, concerning your ability to receive future honoraria.)

• Incentive compensation (See Reference Pamphlet, page 12.)

You are not required to report:• Salary, reimbursement for expenses or per diem, or

social security, disability, or other similar benefit payments received by you or your spouse or registered domestic partner from a federal, state, or local government agency.

• Stock dividends and income from the sale of stock unless the source can be identified.

• Income from a PERS retirement account.

See Reference Pamphlet, page 11, for more exceptions to income reporting.

To Complete Schedule C:Part 1. Income Received/Business Position Disclosure• Disclose the name and address of each source of income

or each business entity with which you held a business position.

• Provide a general description of the business activity if the source is a business entity.

• Check the box indicating the amount of gross income received.

• Identify the consideration for which the income was received.

• For income from commission sales, check the box indicating the gross income received and list the name of each source of commission income of $10,000 or more. See Reference Pamphlet, page 8. Note: If you receive commission income on a regular basis or have an ownership interest of 10% or more, you must disclose the business entity and the income on Schedule A-2.

• Disclose the job title or business position, if any, that you held with the business entity, even if you did not receive income during the reporting period.

Part 2. Loans Received or Outstanding During the Reporting Period• Provide the name and address of the lender.• Provide a general description of the business activity if the

lender is a business entity.• Check the box indicating the highest balance of the loan

during the reporting period.• Disclose the interest rate and the term of the loan.

- For variable interest rate loans, disclose the conditions of the loan (e.g., Prime + 2) or the average interest rate paid during the reporting period.

- The term of the loan is the total number of months or years given for repayment of the loan at the time the loan was entered into.

• Identify the security, if any, for the loan.

Reminders• Code filers – your disclosure categories may not require

disclosure of all sources of income.• If you or your spouse or registered domestic partner are

self-employed, report the business entity on Schedule A-2.

• Do not disclose on Schedule C income, loans, or business positions already reported on Schedules A-2 or B.

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FPPC Form 700 (2013/2014) Sch. CFPPC Advice Email: [email protected]


(Real property, car, boat, etc.)

SCHEDULE CIncome, Loans, & Business

Positions(Other than Gifts and Travel Payments)

GROSS INCOME RECEIVED

Name

OVER $100,000

$500 - $1,000 $1,001 - $10,000

$10,001 - $100,000


CALIFORNIA FORM

► 1. INCOME RECEIVED NAME OF SOURCE OF INCOME


BUSINESS ACTIVITY, IF ANY, OF SOURCE

YOUR BUSINESS POSITION

► 1. INCOME RECEIVED NAME OF SOURCE OF INCOME



YOUR BUSINESS POSITION

NAME OF LENDER*




% None


$500 - $1,000

$1,001 - $10,000

$10,001 - $100,000

OVER $100,000

GROSS INCOME RECEIVED

OVER $100,000

$500 - $1,000 $1,001 - $10,000

$10,001 - $100,000

Comments:

► 2. LOANS RECEIVED OR OUTSTANDING DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD

* You are not required to report loans from commercial lending institutions, or any indebtedness created as part of a retail installment or credit card transaction, made in the lender’s regular course of business on terms available to members of the public without regard to your official status. Personal loans and loans received not in a lender’s regular course of business must be disclosed as follows:

SECURITY FOR LOAN

None Personal residence

Real Property

Guarantor

Other

Street address

City

(Describe)

CONSIDERATION FOR WHICH INCOME WAS RECEIVED Salary Spouse’s or registered domestic partner’s income

Loan repayment Partnership

Sale of

Commission or Rental Income, list each source of $10,000 or more

Other

(Real property, car, boat, etc.)

(Describe)

CONSIDERATION FOR WHICH INCOME WAS RECEIVED Salary Spouse’s or registered domestic partner’s income

Loan repayment Partnership

Sale of

Commission or Rental Income, list each source of $10,000 or more

Other (Describe)

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Instructions – Schedule DIncome – Gifts

Reminders• Gifts from a single source are subject to a $440 limit

during 2013. See Reference Pamphlet, page 10.•Code filers – you only need to report gifts from

reportable sources.



A gift is anything of value for which you have not provided equal or greater consideration to the donor. A gift is reportable if its fair market value is $50 or more. In addition, multiple gifts totaling $50 or more received during the reporting period from a single source must be reported.

It is the acceptance of a gift, not the ultimate use to which it is put, that imposes your reporting obligation. Except as noted below, you must report a gift even if you never used it or if you gave it away to another person.

If the exact amount of a gift is unknown, you must make a good faith estimate of the item’s fair market value. Listing the value of a gift as “over $50” or “value unknown” is not adequate disclosure. In addition, if you received a gift through an intermediary, you must disclose the name, address, and business activity of both the donor and the intermediary. You may indicate an intermediary either in the “source” field after the name or in the “comments” section at the bottom of Schedule D.

Commonly reportable gifts include:• Tickets/passes to sporting or entertainment events• Tickets/passes to amusement parks• Parking passes not used for official agency business• Food, beverages, and accommodations, including those

provided in direct connection with your attendance at a convention, conference, meeting, social event, meal, or like gathering

• Rebates/discounts not made in the regular course of business to members of the public without regard to official status

• Wedding gifts (See Reference Pamphlet, page 16)• An honorarium received prior to assuming office (You may

report an honorarium as income on Schedule C, rather than as a gift on Schedule D, if you provided services of equal or greater value than the payment received. See Reference Pamphlet, page 10, regarding your ability to receive future honoraria.)

• Transportation and lodging (See Schedule E.)• Forgiveness of a loan received by you

You are not required to disclose:• Gifts that were not used and that, within 30 days after

receipt, were returned to the donor or delivered to a charitable organization or government agency without being claimed by you as a charitable contribution for tax purposes

• Gifts from your spouse or registered domestic partner, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, and certain other famly members (See Regulation 18942 for a complete list.). The exception does not apply if the donor was acting as an agent or intermediary for a reportable source who was the true donor.

• Gifts of similar value exchanged between you and an individual, other than a lobbyist, on holidays, birthdays, or similar occasions

• Gifts of informational material provided to assist you in the performance of your official duties (e.g., books, pamphlets, reports, calendars, periodicals, or educational seminars)

• A monetary bequest or inheritance (However, inherited investments or real property may be reportable on other schedules.)

• Personalized plaques or trophies with an individual value of less than $250

• Campaign contributions• Up to two tickets, for your own use, to attend a fundraiser

for a campaign committee or candidate, or to a fundraiser for an organization exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. The ticket must be received from the organization or committee holding the fundraiser.

• Gifts given to members of your immediate family if the source has an established relationship with the family member and there is no evidence to suggest the donor had a purpose to influence you. (See Regulation 18943.)

• During 2013, the cost of food, beverages, and necessary accommodations provided directly in connection with an event at which you gave a speech, participated in a panel or seminar, or provided a similar service but only if the cost is paid for by a federal, state, or local government agency. This exception does not apply to a state or local elected officer, as defined in Section 82020, or an official specified in Section 87200.

• Any other payment not identified above, that would otherwise meet the definition of gift, where the payment is made by an individual who is not a lobbyist registered to lobby the official’s agency, where it is clear that the gift was made because of an existing personal or business relationship unrelated to the official’s position and there is no evidence whatsoever at the time the gift is made to suggest the donor had a purpose to influence you.

To Complete Schedule D:• Disclose the full name (not an acronym), address, and, if a

business entity, the business activity of the source.• Provide the date (month, day, and year) of receipt, and

disclose the fair market value and description of the gift.

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SCHEDULE DIncome – Gifts

Comments:

Name

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CALIFORNIA FORM

► NAME OF SOURCE (Not an Acronym)



DATE (mm/dd/yy) VALUE DESCRIPTION OF GIFT(S)

/ / $

/ / $

/ / $





/ / $

/ / $

/ / $





/ / $

/ / $

/ / $





/ / $

/ / $

/ / $





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FPPC Toll-Free Helpline: 866/275-3772 www.fppc.ca.govInstructions - 17

Travel payments reportable on Schedule E include advances and reimbursements for travel and related expenses, including lodging and meals.

Gifts of travel may be subject to the gift limit. In addition, certain travel payments are reportable gifts, but are not subject to the gift limit. To avoid possible misinterpretation or the perception that you have received a gift in excess of the gift limit, you may wish to provide a specific description of the purpose of your travel. See the FPPC fact sheet entitled “Limitations and Restrictions on Gifts, Honoraria, Travel, and Loans” at www.fppc.ca.gov.

You are not required to disclose:• Travel payments received from any state, local, or federal

government agency for which you provided services equal or greater in value than the payments received

• Travel payments received from your employer in the normal course of your employment that are included in the income reported on Schedule C

• During 2013, payments for admission to an event at which you make a speech, participate on a panel, or make a substantive formal presentation, transportation, and necessary lodging, food, or beverages, and nominal non-cash benefits provided to you in connection with the event so long as both the following apply: - The speech is for official agency business and you are

representing your government agency in the course and scope of your official duties.

- The payment is a lawful expenditure made only by a federal, state, or local government agency for purposes related to conducting that agency’s official business.

The above exception does not apply to a state or local elected officer, as defined in Section 82020, or an official specified in Section 87200.Note: Effective January, 2014, certain travel payments may not be reportable if reported on Form 801 by your agency.

• A travel payment that was received from a non-profit entity exempt from taxation under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) for which you provided equal or greater consideration

To Complete Schedule E:• Disclose the full name (not an acronym) and address of the

source of the travel payment.• Identify the business activity if the source is a business

entity.• Check the box to identify the payment as a gift or income,

report the amount, and disclose the date(s). - Travel payments are gifts if you did not provide

services that were equal to or greater in value than the payments received. You must disclose gifts totaling $50 or more from a single source during the period covered by the statement. When reporting travel payments that are gifts, you must provide a description of the gift and the date(s) received.

- Travel payments are income if you provided services that were equal to or greater in value than the payments received. You must disclose income totaling $500 or more from a single source during the period covered by the statement. You have the burden of proving the payments are income rather than gifts. When reporting travel payments as income, you must describe the services you provided in exchange for the payment. You are not required to disclose the date(s) for travel payments that are income.

Example:City council member Rick Chandler is the chairman of a trade association and the association pays for Rick’s travel to attend its meetings. Because Rick is deemed to be providing equal or greater consideration for the travel payment by virtue of serving on the board, this payment may be reported as income. Payments for Rick to attend other events for which Rick is not providing services are likely considered gifts.

Instructions – Schedule ETravel Payments, Advances,

and Reimbursements

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TYPE OF PAYMENT: (must check one) Gift Income

SCHEDULE EIncome – Gifts

Travel Payments, Advances,and Reimbursements

Name

Comments:

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TYPE OF PAYMENT: (must check one) Gift Income


CALIFORNIA FORM

• Mark either the gift or income box.• Mark the “501(c)(3)” box for a travel payment received from a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization

or the “Speech” box if you made a speech or participated in a panel. These payments are not subject to the $440 gift limit, but may result in a disqualifying conflict of interest.

DATE(S): / / - / / AMT: $ (If gift)


TYPE OF PAYMENT: (must check one) Gift Income TYPE OF PAYMENT: (must check one) Gift Income





CITY AND STATE


501 (c)(3)



CITY AND STATE


501 (c)(3)



CITY AND STATE


501 (c)(3)



CITY AND STATE


501 (c)(3)

Made a Speech/Participated in a Panel

Other - Provide Description







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Projected housing and job growth – 1999 (Series 9 Regional Growth Forecast)

Projected housing and job growth – 2013 (Series 13 Regional Growth Forecast)

REGIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE

AGENDA ITEM NO. 14-02-6

FEBRUARY 7, 2014 ACTION REQUESTED – DISCUSSION

SAN DIEGO FORWARD: THE REGIONAL PLAN: File Number 3102000 DRAFT PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Introduction

In past Regional Transportation Plans (RTPs), SANDAG has utilized transportation project evaluation criteria and performance measures informed by the plan goals as elements of a multi-step process to prioritize and evaluate transportation projects in the development of the preferred revenue constrained transportation network. The SANDAG Board of Directors accepted the vision and goals for San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan (Regional Plan) on May 10, 2013, which provide policy guidance for this process.

The evaluation criteria for highway corridors, transit services, connector projects, active transportation, and rail grade separations were approved by the Board on October 11, 2013. The criteria will be used to evaluate projects for each of those categories and develop lists of ranked projects. The ranked lists of projects, along with other factors such as funding availability, project readiness, and overall network connectivity, will be utilized when developing the initial revenue constrained transportation network scenarios for the Regional Plan.

The transportation networks will support local land use planning efforts as reflected in the current SANDAG Regional Growth Forecast. As shown below, over the past 14 years, local plans have been updated to concentrate growth within the urbanized areas of the region, closer to existing and planned transportation infrastructure while increasing land area dedicated to open space and habitat preservation. Performance measures will be used to provide comparative assessments between the multimodal network scenarios, and will aid the Board in the selection of a preferred network of transportation projects for the Regional Plan.

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Regional Planning Committee members are asked to discuss and provide feedback on the initial draft performance measures. The draft performance measures are anticipated to be presented to the Transportation Committee on February 21, 2014, for further discussion. Recommendations to the Board of Directors will be sought from both the Regional Planning Committee and Transportation Committee in March 2014.

Performance Measures Development

Using the performance measures from the 2050 RTP and Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS) as a starting point, staff initiated the review and refinement of the draft performance measures for the Regional Plan in September 2013. With the assistance from a consultant team with strong technical expertise, staff reviewed best practices as input in the development of the draft performance measures. In an effort to highlight how the plan is expected to perform in a more clear and easy to understand way, a list of key questions, which support the Regional Plan policy objectives established by the SANDAG Board, was developed. Additionally, revisions to the existing measures and methodologies were made to take advantage of the recently enhanced modeling tools, the Activity Based Model, and the economic and land use microsimulation model – the Production, Exchange and Consumption Allocation System (PECAS). Attachment 1 highlights the Regional Plan goals and policy objectives, and the draft performance measures, which would be used to gauge the plan’s performance and respond to key questions.

Staff received input on the draft performance measures from regional stakeholders at meetings of the Active Transportation Working Group, Cities and County Technical Advisory Committee, Community Based Organization partners, Freight Stakeholder Working Group, Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee (ITOC), Public Health Stakeholders Working Group, Regional Planning Technical Working Group, Social Services Transportation Advisory Committee, and the Tribal Transportation Working Group. Staff also sought input from partner agencies including Caltrans, the Metropolitan Transit System, and the North County Transit District.

A peer review panel also was convened to review and assess the measures, and to provide feedback and input which is proposed to be incorporated into the draft performance measures. The panelists, which included experts from academia, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, and the private sector, met on November 12, 2013, and provided recommendations for revision and enhancement to the draft measures.

Performance Measures Proposed Refinements

The draft performance measures are nested within the Regional Plan’s goals: Innovative Mobility and Planning, Healthy Environment and Communities, and Vibrant Economy and also tie into the plan’s policy objectives. The proposed draft performance measures include twenty metrics which will assist in evaluating the performance of the multimodal transportation network scenarios. The performance measures will benefit from the investments that SANDAG has made to enhance its regional models over the past five years.

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Key measures which have been added to provide more information with respect to new or enhanced policy objectives such as public health and social equity include:

• Total time engaged in transportation-related physical activity • Percentage of population engaging in more than 20 minutes of daily transportation related

physical activity • Percent of income consumed by transportation costs for each of the Communities of

Concern (COC)1

Other new and refined measures include:

• Truck and commercial vehicle travel times to and around regional gateways and distribution hubs

• Average travel times to and from tribal lands • Average travel times to and from Mexico • Percent of population and employment within 0.5 miles of high frequency transit stops • Percent of population and employment within 0.25 miles of a bike facility • Average travel distance to work • Percent of population within 30 minutes of jobs and higher education

Social Equity considerations have been incorporated into the performance measures to provide an indication of benefits and burdens to COC. A separate comprehensive Social Equity analysis will be conducted as part of San Diego Forward, in compliance with Title VI and Environmental Justice guidelines. This analysis may include additional measures specific to that analysis and will be presented in conjunction with the network performance measure analysis.

Public Outreach

Public input on the performance measures was solicited as part of the Regional Plan workshop series held in June 2013 throughout the San Diego region and at Caltrans. In addition to the workshop series, a public workshop focused on performance measures was held on November 4, 2013, at Balboa Park, with more than 40 participants.

Over 360 comments have been collected from local jurisdictions, partner agencies, stakeholders, and the general public and have been compiled into a comprehensive matrix (Attachment 2). Comments to date have been focused on greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions, access to jobs and services, safety, cost effectiveness, public health, social equity, mode share, and travel times in the evaluation of scenarios.

Peer Review

The peer review panel that provided input on the draft project evaluation criteria earlier this year was reconvened to review and assess the draft performance measures. A meeting was held at SANDAG on November 12, 2013, concluding with a session open to the general public. Prior to the meeting, the panelists were provided with the 2050 RTP/SCS performance measures, the proposed revisions/modifications to the Regional Plan draft performance measures, and a public outreach comment matrix.

1 Working with the San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan community based organization network, staff proposes to define “Communities of Concern” as low-income (200 percent of Federal Poverty Rate), minority, and seniors (75+).

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The panel complimented SANDAG’s ability to produce a concise number of performance measures that provide a comprehensive amount of quantifiable analysis to compare multimodal transportation network scenarios. The panel also had a favorable reaction to connection of the performance measures with the plan’s goals and liked the idea of creating a list of key questions which could be used to convey the data results in an easy to understand format. The panel recommended that SANDAG look for opportunities to further eliminate redundancy in the performance measures, consider varied land use scenarios in the network development, and consider varied levels of Intelligent Transportation System and arterial projects in network scenarios. The panelists also offered a list of specific performance measures for deletion or modification. A summary of the peer review panel’s findings and recommendations is included as Attachment 3A. Attachment 3B provides the panelists’ biographies.

Based on the panel’s review and comments received from the public, the following performance measures were eliminated from consideration: systemwide vehicle miles traveled per capita, transit miles per capita, return on investment/Net Present Value of transportation investments. The average travel time to work (drive alone, carpool, transit, bike and walk) was modified to specify peak-period travel and was expanded to look at data for the total population as well as COC and non-COCs and the total time engaged in transportation-related physical activity measure was modified to be calculated on a per capita basis. The percent of population engaging in more than 20 minutes of daily transportation related physical activity was added based on comments from the peer review and public. The response to the panel findings is highlighted in Attachment 3C.

During the public session, the panel shared its findings and recommendations, and participants posed questions to the panel and SANDAG staff as to how the panel’s recommendation for fewer performance measures might be accomplished. Inquiries as to the process in other regions and Metropolitan Planning Organizations were made. Comments also were received regarding the GHG metric, public health measures, average travel times to and from Mexico, potential measures for operations and maintenance, and environmentally sensitive lands.

Next Steps

The draft Performance Measures will be presented to the Transportation Committee for input on February 21. In March, the Regional Planning Committee and the Transportation Committee will be asked to recommend that the Board of Directors approve the performance measures.

CHARLES “MUGGS” STOLL Director of Land Use and Transportation Planning

Attachments: 1. San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan: Draft Performance Measures 2. Draft Performance Measure Comment Matrix 3A. San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan: Draft Transportation Network

Performance Measures, Peer Review Panel Findings 3B. San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan: Draft Performance Measures: Peer

Review Panel Biographies 3C. Peer Panel Finding Responses

Key Staff Contact: Rachel Kennedy, (619) 699-1929, [email protected]

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San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan Draft Performance Measuresi

i Work on the Performance Measures is being funded in part through a grant awarded by the Strategic Growth Council. The statements and conclusions resulting from these efforts are not necessarily those of the Strategic Growth Council or of the Department of Conservation, or its employees. The Strategic Growth Council and the Department make no warranties, express or implied, and assume no liability for the statements or the information contained in the work products.

Goals Policy Objectives

Key Questions Draft Performance Measure

Innovative Mobility and Planning

Mobility Choices

1. Are travel times reduced? 1A. Average peak-period travel time to work (drive alone, carpool, transit, bike, and walk) (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern) 1B. Daily vehicle delay per capita (minutes)

2. Are more people walking, biking, using transit and sharing rides?

2A. Increase in walk, bike, transit, and carpool mode share

3. Is the transportation system safer?

3A. Annual projected number of vehicle (driver/passenger) injury/fatal collisions per vehicle miles traveled (VMT)

3B.Annual projected number of bicycle/pedestrian injury/fatal collisions per bicyclist/pedestrian miles traveled (BPMT)

Vibrant Economy

Regional Economic Prosperity, Partnerships and Collaboration

4. Do the transportation investments help to improve the regional economy?

4A. Benefit/Cost Ratio of transportation investments

4B. Average truck/commercial vehicle travel times to and around regional gateways and distribution hubs (minutes)

5. Are the relative costs of transportation changing similarly for all communities?

5A. Percent of income consumed by transportation costs (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern)

6. Are connections to tribal lands and Mexico improved?

6A. Average travel times to/from tribal lands (minutes)

6B. Average travel times to/from Mexico (minutes)

Healthy Environment and Communities

Complete Communities, Habitat and Open Space Preservation, Environmental Stewardship

7. Does the transportation network support smart growth?

7A. Percentage of population/employment within 0.5 miles of high frequency (<=15 min peak and midday) transit stops (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern) 7B. Percentage of population/employment within 0.5 miles of a transit stop (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern) 7C. Percentage of population/employment within 0.25 miles a bike facility (class I and II, cycletrack, and bicycle boulevard) (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern) 7D. Average travel distance to work (drive alone, carpool, transit, bike, and walk) (miles)

7E. Total time engaged in transportation-related physical activity per capita (minutes)

7F. Percent of population engaging in more than 20 minutes of daily transportation related physical activity

8. Is access to jobs and key destinations improving for all communities?

8A. Percent of population within 30 minutes of jobs and higher education (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern) 8B. Percent of population within 15 minutes of goods and services (retail, medical, parks and beaches) (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern)

9. Is the region’s air quality improving?

9A. On-road smog-forming pollutants (pounds/day) per capita

10. Are GHG emissions reduced?

10A. On-road CO2 emissions (pounds/day) per capita

Attachment 1

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Regional Plan Goals

Performance Measures Comment Number Comments Working Group Date Response


1. Average peak-period travel time to work (drive alone, carpool, transit, bike, and walk) (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern)


1

Cost-benefit is narrowly defined when comparing travel time savings; roadways come out ahead. Any scenario will give you a reduction in pollutants.

Active Transportation Working Group (ATWG) 10/10/2013

The proposed cost benefit analysis will be applied to a scenario or package of transportation investments, not to evaluate roadway projects relative to other modal projects. In addition, the proposed benefit cost methodology includes a broad set of elements, not simply travel time savings.


2. Daily vehicle delay per capita (minutes)


2

Remove daily vehicle delay per capita; it is too auto centric and needs to consider California legislation CEQA; we need to move away from auto centric measures.


The set of proposed performance measures also includes metrics related to transit, bicycle, and walk modes (refer to 1A, 2A, 3B, 7A, 7B, 7C, and 7D).

Comments from SANDAG Working Groups and Community Based Organization Partners

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Attachment 2

Regional Plan Goals




3

How does congestion fit into the goals? Remove daily vehicle delay per capita. Move mode share to mobility. Reducing VMT should be the focus. Health should be explicitly stated as one of the objectives.


Congestion represents a cost to the regional economy both directly through reducing productivity as well as indirectly through reduced regional competitiveness. Congestion also represents and environmental cost due to increased air pollution. Daily vehicle delay is included similar to the way that other "mode-centric" performance measures are included. The mode share performance measure is under the "mobility" goal area (refer to 2A). The "Healthy Environment and Communities" includes performance measures related to health (refer to 7A-7F, 8B, 9A, and 10A).


4For “is congestion reduced?”, consider “is VMT reduced?”

SANDAG staff summary of Public Health Stakeholders Working Group (PHSWG) meeting 10/11/2013

VMT reduction was considered as an initial performance measure but was dropped from the revised proposed list.


3. Increase in walk, bike, transit, and carpool mode share


5 Include walking with biking.

Cities/County Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) 10/3/2013

A number of walk and bike performance measures are included (refer to 1A, 2A, 3B, 7C, 7E, and 7F).

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Regional Plan Goals




6

“Are more people walking, biking, using transit and sharing rides?” and “Are people driving less?” – we suggest that these two questions be combined since they capture similar information

Linda Vista, Sharon Hughes 11/1/2013

These two questions have been reduced to a single question.


7

“Are more people walking/biking/using transit?” – move to 1st category

Community-Based Organization Partner Network (CBO) 10/24/2013

The “Are more people walking/biking/using transit?” question is now associated with the first goal area, "Innovative Mobility and Planning" (refer to 2A).


8

Walk, bike, transit, and carpool mode share should be stratified by income level and race/ethnicity.

Public Health Stakeholders Working Group (PHWSG) 10/17/2013

More detailed mode share summaries could be prepared for social equity analyses.


4. Annual projected number of vehicle (driver/passenger) injury/fatal collisions per vehicle miles traveled (VMT)


9How is accident data projected?


For autos and bicycles, accident data is forecast by applying historical accident rates by vehicle miles travelled and bicycle miles travelled. For autos, these rates are stratified by roadway type. The projected number of accidents are divided by the VMT/BPMT.

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Regional Plan Goals




5. Annual projected number of bicycle/pedestrian injury/fatal collisions per bicyclist/pedestrian miles traveled (BPMT)


10

For annual projected vehicle and bike/pedestrian injury/fatal collisions, consider speed which is an indicator for safety.


Vehicle accident rates are not stratified by speed ranges explicitly, but are stratified by roadway type, which is a proxy for speed. Bicycle accident rates do not reflect roadway speeds due to the inability to estimate this relationship with confidence.


11

It is about further realigning roadways and traffic calming, making infrastructure safer.


Agreed. Investments in traffic calming could lead to safer travel conditions.


12

Highway safety manual needs to be specific to roadway in order to be modeled; freeway/roadway algorithms.


Rates of accidents by VMT and BPMT are used to estimate accidents (refer to 3A and 3B). This method is broadly used by transportation planning agencies.


13

This does not identify the severity; safety is not based on the facility alone. Look at accidents; does it slow the roadway down (within Complete Communities)?


Severity of accidents are estimated. The total number of accidents is calculated at a regional level, and is not considered on a facility-specific level. Non-recurrent delays due to accidents are not incorporated into the analysis.

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Regional Plan Goals




14 How do you model safety?


Rates of accidents by VMT and BMPT are used to estimate accidents (refer to 3A and 3B). This method is broadly used by transportation planning agencies.

Innovative Mobility and Planning Other


15

Reducing congestion increases speeds. This is observable by the severity of collisions with higher speeds. Issues include hospital costs and reliability of the infrastructure, pedestrians getting hit at grade crossings (five-hour investigation occurs afterward). Severity of collisions and speeds impact reliability.


Severity of accidents are estimated.


16

Managing congestion should be the focus rather than reducing it. Managing congestion will reduce system costs.

Cities/County Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) 10/3/2013 Comment noted


17 It is a balance, slow and fast.



18Lower the 85th percentile speed.


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Regional Plan Goals




19

“Is congestion reduced?” is not what the question should be. “Is congestion priced accurately?” is better. Congestion relates to economic prosperity, more congestion is an indicator of a strong economy. The question should consider how congestion is priced or managed.


Congestion pricing strategies will be considered when transportation network scenarios are developed. A benefit cost analysis will be conducted to estimate the benefits of the transportation investments.


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Is congestion reduced? (Much of this question deals with lessening the time of travel. A suggestion is to combine this measure with “Are travel times more reliable?” Such as “Are travel times shorter and more reliable?”)


Due to technical limitations in forecasting reliability, it is not incorporated as a performance measure.


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The question “Is congestion reduced?” suggests reducing congestion as an objective, but we should be focused more on managing congestion as we cannot build our way out of congestion. This question needs to be reframed.

Regional Planning Technical Working Group (TWG) 10/10/2013

This question has been removed from the list of key questions. Congestion management strategies will be considered when transportation network scenarios are developed.


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Measuring congestion will produce a different outcome than say measuring travel time, which might get closer to goal of having land uses closer together.


A number of travel time-related performance measures are included (refer to 1A, 8A, and 8B).

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23

System preservation is an interesting issue. We hear from policy makers when we propose to build the regional bike network that they are concerned about how they are going to maintain these facilities. These are probably the least expensive projects to maintain, but since it would fall on the cities, it’s understandable that they would ask. While the sources of funds and responsibilities are different, I think it is a question worth considering for the entire system. Infrastructure maintenance backlogs are an issue that’s coming up more and more, so “what would the operations and maintenance costs be for the different scenarios?” is worth asking if we can answer it.

SANDAG staff, PHWSG Meeting Follow-up 10/18/2013

Maintenance and operations costs are not necessarily a metric of performance. Previous RTPs have included an analysis of revenues needed to preserve the regional highway and transit systems.

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24

On the access issue, someone asked if we are evaluating whether the access mode matches the land uses and support facilities (e.g. parking) it serves. This probably is a project evaluation question that might even be better asked at the design phase, but it’s interesting nonetheless. It gets to the question of how a project would serve an area.

SANDAG staff, PHWSG Meeting Follow-up 10/18/2013

The performance measures are applied at a regional level to distinguish the performance of different alternatives.

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The last significant issue I heard has to do with the congestion relief vs. travel time vs. travel distance issue. Particularly in the urban core, rewarding increased system speed may not support our multimodal smart growth goals, at least above a certain speed level. Even the travel time question is a little complicated. What’s better, a 15 minute auto trip or a 25 minute bike trip. In the public health context, it’s an easy call. And do we try to reduce travel time by easing traffic congestion or by facilitating shorter trips? The former is easier to address from a strictly transportation perspective, but the latter is an important objective in the smart growth framework. The objective for something like this is going to change depending on the context, so I’m sure it will be hard to encompass these consideration in the performance measures. Even so, I think it is worth keeping this in mind as the measures are developed.25

SANDAG staff, PHWSG Meeting Follow-up

The relationship between travel time, travel distance, and congestion are important, and a number of performance measures addressing different aspects of these factors are included (refer to 1A, 1B, 4B, 6A-6B, 7A-7D).10/18/2013

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26

Will there be a social equity analysis performed across all network scenarios?


A number of the performance measures are prepared for "communities of concern" and "non-communities of concern" populations (refer to 1A, 5A, 7A, 7B, 7C, 8A, and 8B). Additionally, the Regional Plan will feature a social equity section.


27How is Vehicle Miles Traveled measured?


Estimates of vehicle miles travelled are derived from SANDAG's activity-based model system.


28

For safety, there are “hard assets” versus “soft assets”. Soft assets include video cameras, lighting, etc. There is an interface with the human element connected with accessing different modes of transportation. There are software solutions and human solutions when it comes to the perception of safety and for ways to improve the safety of transportation access.


Additional investigation into the impacts of "hard assets" and "soft assets" is necessary before a performance measure could be developed.


29

“Is congestion reduced?” – could be a deterrent – transit and bike could cause more congestion but still could be considered good network


Congestion is recognized to result in both direct and indirect effects.

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30

MTS Access service – doesn’t go everywhere, increasing in frequencies.


Increasing MTS frequency (reducing wait times) is an input to a scenario, not an output performance measure.


31

Increase reliability is not necessarily faster - timeliness is important, I don’t see it as a question but I do see it as a performance measure - as long as it is measured then it is okay

Input from Chula Vista Community Collaborative, Margarita Holguin 10/30/2013

Reliability is a component of the benefit cost measure (refer to 4A).


32

The question of safety is only looking at the big issue of accidents. Other issues related to stress and fear need to be a part of the process.


Tools or methods are not currently available to quantify or forecast stress and fear impacts. User safety is considered in project design.


33

Is there any data or analysis with respect to crime within public transit station areas? There should be a category for funding areas where these events occur.


Transit station area safety is considered in transit project design.


34

A key question that should be asked is “Does operation of the system cause or relieve mobility stress?” The Trolleys are too crowded, safety at stations is an issue, fares are expensive, these are operational issues.


Tools or methods are not currently available to quantify or forecast stress and fear impacts. Transit station area safety is considered in transit project design.

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35

Stress and fear are major barriers for all people, not just low-income and minority populations. We need to measure this.




36

There are ways to measure stress on a roadway. Driving is more popular because stress is lower, you know what you are getting into.




37

There is a bus pass pilot program which measured the comfort level associated with using the bus. This was done by surveys inquiring into the level of passenger comfort during the service.


The activity-based model used to forecast trips incorporates some aspects of transit rider comfort. Future enhancements to the model may address transit service attributes more fully.


38

We need to make sure we are collecting the proper data and information.


Collecting relevant data is important.


39

We need to focus on existing data that gets us information of what relieves stress and increases comfort.


Tools or methods are not currently available to quantify or forecast stress and fear impacts.

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40

San Ysidro interviewed 1,200 residents covering a variety of topics and transit-related items of major concern included lack of shelters from the sun and rain, blockage of utility boxes and other items, poor conditions near stops, and over-capacity utilizing the Trolley where residents must wait 2-3 times before boarding – sometimes 1-2 hours to get to work or 3-4 hours total trip time. There needs to be an express Blue Line Trolley to key employment destinations.


The activity-based model used to forecast trips incorporates some aspects of transit rider comfort. Future enhancements to the model may address transit service attributes more fully.


41

MTS Access does not go everywhere. Some users need to state that they live at a different address and wait there just to get access to a destination they need to go to. How do we evaluate the access and where areas are served? How do we evaluate the service of existing routes?


Access to transit is included in the performance measures (refer to 7A and 7B).


42

Under mobility choices, increasing the use of the transit network could increase congestion. The measures seem vague in that there are different impacts of modes and the measures are broader.


The measures are proposed to address a wide variety of factors of concern to San Diego residents. In some instances, these measures may result in seemingly "opposite" impacts.

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43There is too much emphasis on the reduction of congestion.


Most of the performance measures address aspects of transportation system performance other than congestion.


44

The first section of the performance measures comes off as a deterrent, congestion should not be dictating the network scenarios.


Most of the performance measures address aspects of transportation system performance other than congestion.


45

We need to consider a maintenance/rehabilitation measure within the process.


Maintenance and operations costs are not necessarily a metric of performance. Previous RTPs have included an analysis of revenues needed to preserve the regional highway and transit systems.

Vibrant Economy 6. Benefit/Cost Ratio of transportation investments

Vibrant Economy

46

How do we decide to build a $1 billion highway versus a bike project?


The proposed cost benefit analysis will be applied to a scenario or package of transportation investments, not to evaluate roadway projects relative to other modal projects. In addition, the proposed benefit cost methodology includes a broad set of elements, not simply travel time savings.

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Vibrant Economy

47

How are these performance measures reconciled with the TransNet fixed investments? If these tie themselves to the objectives, how do you reconcile that TransNet is static?


The performance measures are applied at a regional level to distinguish the performance of different alternative packages of transportation investments. These alternative packages of investments include both TransNet and non-TransNet projects.

Vibrant Economy

7. Average truck/commercial vehicle travel times to and around regional gateways and distribution hubs

Vibrant Economy

48

For goods movement, consider the impacts for disadvantaged communities by goods moved, consider the export of goods, and consider locally grown food and increase in local versus interregional goods movement.


Comment noted. There are a number of performance measures that include analysis for communities of concern (refer to 1A, 5A, 7A, 7B, 7C, 8A, and 8B).

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Vibrant Economy

8. Percent of income consumed by transportation costs (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern)

Vibrant Economy

49

How will the percent of transportation costs relative to income measure take into account higher fare costs and transfer costs being experienced by low-income and minority communities?


The percent of transportation cost performance measure includes estimates of fares paid by different segments of the regional population (refer to 5A) .

Vibrant Economy

50

There is a potential issue related to fare subsidies being decreased, how is this dealt with long-term in the plan?


The percent of transportation cost performance measure assumes fare subsidies are constant.

Vibrant Economy

51

We should consider breaking out the value of time and the other costs of transportation relative to income for transparency.


Travel time was originally proposed to be incorporated in the calculation of the percent of income consumed by transportation costs (refer to 5A), but ultimately a simpler, user cost measure was defined.

Vibrant Economy

52

Percent of income consumed by transportation costs – strictly evaluating on value of time.

International Rescue Committee (IRC) 10/30/2013

Travel time was originally proposed to be incorporated in the calculation of the percent of income consumed by transportation costs (refer to 5A), but ultimately a simpler, user cost measure was defined.

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Vibrant Economy 9. Average travel times to/from tribal lands

Vibrant Economy

53

Provide a separate question; are connections to tribal lands improved?

Tribal Transportation Technical Working Group (TWG) 10/1/2013

"Average travel times to/from tribal lands" is now included as a separate performance measure (refer to 6A).

Vibrant Economy

54

For regional economic prosperity and connections to tribal lands; how was it determined to make this connection?


Average travel times to/from tribal lands is included in support of the "Partnerships and Collaboration" policy objective of this goal area.

Vibrant Economy 10. Average travel times to/from Mexico

Vibrant Economy

55

Are connections to tribal lands and Mexico improved? - Does this include border crossing - are we measuring time to cross - this is a huge economic impact for South Bay - less crossing time = more buyers of goods come into South Bay.


Border crossing times are assumed to be constant. Performance measure 6B measures the average travel times to/from the U.S./Mexico border and does not include border crossing times.

Vibrant Economy Other

Vibrant Economy

56

Are jobs created based solely on capital improvements or do they consider operational jobs for transit?


This performance measure has been eliminated.

Vibrant Economy

57Add access to military gates and bases.


An access to military bases performance measure was considered but ultimately not included.

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58

This came up at the last RPC meeting on project evaluation criteria for the various categories, ex. rail grade separations is the only category tied to Regional Housing Needs Assessment because it is the only category that is discretionary. Good point, a large portion of the funds are constrained.


The RHNA link to rail grade crossings is required as per Board Policy 033.

Vibrant Economy

59

Measure “jobs generated due to transportation investments” could be just temporary construction related jobs which would really not have much long-term impact, and which could vary substantially year to year depending upon capital improvement schedule. If this is intended to measure permanent jobs, this should be specified.

Diane Nygaard (email comment) 10/14/2013

“Jobs generated due to transportation investments” has been dropped from consideration as a performance measure.

Vibrant Economy

60

I see you are measuring jobs generated, but improved transportation should also help low income residents get better jobs - are you measuring job upgrades/better paying jobs?


Forecasts of employment by income are not available, and SANDAG does not currently have any tools that allocate employment by income to different populations.

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Can we consider or measure the resiliency of our local economy? Can we consider a scenario where the cost for fuel is 3 times higher than today?


It is possible to evaluate the sensitivity of regional residents' travel choices to a significant increase in gas costs.

Vibrant Economy

62

For the jobs generated, are these local jobs within the region, or jobs being fulfilled from those outside of the region?


“Jobs generated due to transportation investments” has been dropped from consideration as a performance measure.

Vibrant Economy

63

Change in regional housing affordability should not be used as a measure.


"Change in regional housing affordability" has been dropped from consideration as a performance measure.

Vibrant Economy

64

“Regional economy improvements?” – can we do analysis of investments in areas with high LIM?


A number of performance measures specifically address impacts on "communities of concern" (refer to 1A, 5A, 7A, 7B, 7C, 8A, and 8B).

Healthy Environment & Communities

11. Percentage of population/employment within 0.5 miles of high frequency (<=15 min peak and midday) transit stops (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern)


12. Percentage of population/employment within 0.25 miles a bike facility (class I and II, cycletrack, and bicycle boulevard) (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern) 65

Related to bike performance measures, there are existing bike count stations and Sherry Ryan is putting up more stations, how does this relate and what is the outcome for Complete Communities?


Data from bicycle count stations is used to help ensure that the activity-based travel model produces reasonable estimates bicycle travel, and could also be used to track longer term changes in bicycle usage.53

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66

Increase the distance to 1-mile for the bike criterion, vary it by density or typology.


The lower distance threshold for access to bicycle facilities was chosen so as to represent this accessibility for all regional residents, including children.


67Access to Active Transportation?

SANDAG staff summary of PHSWG meeting 10/11/2013

"Percentage of population/employment within 0.25 miles a bike facility" is included as a performance measure (refer to 7C).


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There should be a Safe Routes to Schools consideration; percent of students walking and biking to school, percent of population within ½ mile of schools. Is the bike and pedestrian data American Communities Survey or household survey?


There are performance measures that consider non-auto mode usage, as well as proximity to bicycle facilities (refer to 1A, 2A, and 7C). Bicycle and pedestrian data is derived from the activity-based travel model.


69

Regarding the comment on distance to bike facilities, the facility is not the destination. It is the way to the destination so it needs to be nearby.

SANDAG Staff Clarification for ATWG held on 10/10/2013

"Percentage of population/employment within 0.25 miles a bike facility" is included as a performance measure (refer to 7C).


13. Average travel distance to work (drive alone, carpool, transit, bike, and walk)


70

Separate the average multimodal travel time/distance measures by mode.


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14. Total time engaged in transportation-related physical activity per capita (minutes)


71

The question “Are residents engaging in more physical activity?” should be removed; it seems like this could be captured under “Are people walking, biking, using transit and sharing rides?”


The question “Are residents engaging in more physical activity?” has been removed.


72

It seems a huge leap to assume that spending more time in transportation related physical activity assures that residents are engaged in more total physical activity.


This performance measure is intended to capture only the time spent in transportation-related physical activity and does not imply anything about physical activity for other purposes, or total physical activity.


73

Seems like this should capture concerns about obesity, particularly childhood obesity and issues related to nature deficit disorder and getting kids outdoors. This whole area seems to be missing.


SANDAG does not currently have tools for quantifying how transportation scenarios impact childhood obesity and issues related to nature deficit disorder and getting kids outdoors.


74Consider eliminating the physical activity measure.


Physical activity-related performance measures are included because they are of interest to many regional residents and support the Regional Plan goals and policy objectives.

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15. Percent of population within 30 minutes of jobs and higher education (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern)


75

Include modes of transportation bike/walk within the access to jobs and key destinations measures.


Access to jobs includes all modes (refer to 7D and 8A).


76

How is access measured, by proximity? It is better to measure access by travel time rather than distance.


All accessibility measures are based on network travel times.


77

For access to jobs, goods and services, and parks and beaches, specify whether this will be time or distance-based.




78

In terms of job access, the IRC feels that there needs to be additional considerations for this measure such as 1) specification on the types of jobs LIM/non-LIM communities have access to via transit which can be analyzed by creating tiers of wage levels, 2) number of jobs that are accessible, 3) missed trips by job seekers due to a lack of available transit options to areas with high entry level opportunities.

International Rescue Committee (IRC) ,

The jobs access measure 8A does consider the impacts on "communities of concern". Access is calculated for drive alone auto and transit. SANDAG does not currently have any tools or methodologies that can capture " missed trips by job seekers due to a lack of available transit options to areas with high entry level opportunities."

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79

“Access to jobs/goods/parks” – is this based on proximity or time? Time is better.




16. Percent of population within 30 minutes of goods and services (retail, medical, parks, and beaches) (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern)


80

Do residents have access to healthy food, farmers markets?


SANDAG does not have any base year or forecast year data on the locations of healthy food and farmers markets.


81Do residents have access to urban parks?


Access to "active parks" is included as a performance measure.


82Consider including healthy foods within access to retail.


SANDAG does not have any base year or forecast year data on the locations of healthy food.


83

Recreation centers are an important component of recreational areas as they support activities for the elderly community.


Access to "active parks" is included as a performance measure.

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84

Consider facilities to support access to parks and beaches such as parking, etc. Also consider the gaps in sidewalk and bike facilities as a barrier to access.


SANDAG's modeling tools cannot currently forecast gaps in sidewalks and parking.


17. On-road smog-forming pollutants (pounds/day) per capita


85

Same issue with air quality – per capita is important but by itself does not assure that air is getting any cleaner.


Eliminating the 'per capita' component of the air quality measures could be considered.


18. On-road CO2 emissions (pounds/day) per capita


86

How are the GHG’s measuring CO2 emissions calculated? Pounds/day, per capita? How are we measuring this? All done in calculations. Some universities are doing some actual measurements.


Estimates of air quality impacts (refer to 9A and 10A) are mandated to be produced by the California-standard EMFAC tool.


87

Key question – “are GHG emissions reduced?” is really not the right question. Question should be something like “Are GHG reductions being reduced on a trajectory that will meet state requirements?”


SANDAG will prepare a Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS) as part of the Regional Plan to demonstrate how the plan will meet the GHG emissions reductions targets established by CARB.


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Is air quality improved? (Can this information be captured or be inferred by “Are GHG emissions reduced?”)


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89

The climate change question only addresses the mitigation side; consider addressing adaptation more, especially sea level rise. Suggest “how successful are strategies at addressing sea level rise as an adaptation strategy?”


SANDAG does not currently have any methods or tools for quantifying how successful transportation scenarios are at addressing sea level rise as an adaptation strategy.


90

Measure of GHG reduction of CO2 per capita misses the impact of population growth. Of course for total reductions to go down, the per capita reduction needs to be enough to offset population growth. A better measure would incorporate both. Perhaps just total CO2 emissions.


SANDAG will prepare a SCS as part of the Regional Plan to demonstrate how the plan will meet the GHG emissions reductions targets established by CARB.

Healthy Environment & Communities Other


91

Complete Communities mode share does not necessarily equate together, should not include carpool within this measure.

Active Transportation Working Group (ATWG) 10/10/2013 Comment noted


92

Complete Communities needs more focus on networks and quality of the networks. The auto network versus transit, walk and bike networks and the quality of each network’s connectedness. Consider a supply-side measure.


A key goal in specifying the performance measures was to focus on demand-based "outcomes" rather than supply-side "inputs."

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93

Percent of connections to network connectivity or the capacity across networks and the differences should be measured.


"Percent of connections to network connectivity" and "capacity across networks" are not defined.


94

Are we proposing to be using all or just some of the categories? Questions seem fairly general, while the performance measures are much more specific. For example, does the region move more goods with less delay; also freight acreage may not be a good measure. Suggest that the questions and measures are more tightly tied together. Suggest fewer questions and measures. Physical activity, do we need this or does mode share get at it already? GHG emissions reduced; do we need another measure after this?


The questions are intended to be general, and the performance measures are intended to be more specific. The number of proposed performance measures represents a significant reduction over past regional plans. Physical activity-related and emissions-related performance measures are included because they are of interest to regional residents.


95

For Complete Communities, what do you mean by all communities? Tighten up the language here. For habitat, look more closely at open space category.


"All communities" is intended to ensure that the analysis look at impacts a different types of communities of concern. Performance measures address access to parks and beaches, but not all types of open spaces.


96

Tie the open space category back to the transportation network.


Performance measures address access to parks and beaches (refer to 8B), but not all types of open spaces.60

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97

Focus should not just be on consumption of open space acres; focus should also be on connectivity and whether the right kind of acres are being preserved.

Regional Planning Technical Working Group (TWG) 10/10/2013 Comment noted


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Access to jobs seems more relevant to Economic Prosperity. Access to key destinations seems more relevant to Complete Communities. Equal access to transportation options such as transit, biking and walking will help improve community health region-wide.


Access to jobs was included in the complete communities goal area because having access to local jobs was considered a key component of whether a community was complete. There are a number of performance measures that address access to other types of destinations.


99Is transportation connected to housing? TOD


The accessibility based measures all assume housing as the origin.


100

Encourage active uses in streets and public space to promote public safety. Crime prevention through environmental design; street lighting.


User safety is considered in project design.

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101

Measure of gross acres “consumed” doesn’t match the question – are the region’s natural resources being “preserved”? Both should focus on either consumption or preservation – but preservation would be more important. Also, for natural open space in the MHCP area, the gross measure is really the ratio of preservation to consumption with a goal of a 1:1 ratio. Using a ratio would be a better measure and would help capture both sides of the equation.


The measure of gross acres consumed is no longer being considered as a performance measure.


102

There is no measure for water quality. Of course this is an issue the regional planning has not really addressed, but it seems strange to have nothing here.


SANDAG does not currently have and methods or tools to water quality impacts of transportation investments


103

There really is nothing that gets to concerns about social equity. Is there equal access to transportation, clean air, open space and parks? The San Diego Foundation report Parks are for Everyone makes some important connections between access to open space by income levels. This issue needs to be added.


A number of the performance measures specifically address impacts on "communities of concern" (refer to 5A, 7B, 7C, 8A, 8B).

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104

Was forest included in the natural resource measure before?


The natural resource measure is no longer being considered as a performance measure.


105

Consider the amount of network by mode and the connectivity issue of each mode, density of barriers, etc. to get to bike/pedestrian networks as a measure.


A key goal in specifying the performance measures was to focus on demand-based "outcomes" rather than supply-side "inputs."


106

Include health in the Complete Communities and Habitat and Open Space Preservation, Environmental Stewardship, and Energy and Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation policy objectives.


Health-related performance measures are included in the "Complete Communities" goal area.


107

Where can we input money for improving interfaces with people for disabilities?


The 2050 RTP included funding for ADA and Specialized Transportation services.


108

Where to do we identify criteria to allocate money for person with disabilities? We need more user friendly systems. People become stressed and afraid because of a lack of access and/or barriers to accessible transportation.


The 2050 RTP included funding for ADA and Specialized Transportation services.

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109

Based on a questionnaire, low-income refugees stated that only one out of 34 used transit; the reasons were because of lack of well-lit areas, no shelters, infrequent transit services, hours of work with no transit service, or dangerous environments related to crime.


Transit station area safety is considered in transit project design.


110

For communities of concern there is a public health issue with the first and last mile of transit use, low-income and minority analysis should be included here.


A number of the performance measures specifically address impacts on "communities of concern" (refer to 5A, 7B, 7C, 8A, 8B).


111Do bike path programs get evaluated?


Bicycle-related improvements will be included in the different plan network scenarios.


112How are recreational trips accounted for in the model?


Recreational trips with destinations (i.e. trips to the gym or park) are generated by the activity-based model system. Recreational trips without a destination (i.e. walking the dog around the block) are not generated by the activity-based model.

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113

There needs to be a measure that considers how much transit-oriented development (TOD) funding gets placed into communities. It is important for communities of concern to be able to have transparency for this type of funding.


SANDAG is not currently considering any performance measures specifically focused on the location of funding.


114

It is important for communities of concern to know how the dollars are spent in their communities; a social equity analysis needs to be a part of the performance measures evaluation.


SANDAG is not currently considering any performance measures specifically focused on the location of funding.


115

There does not seem to be a clear question for the partnerships and collaboration policy objective.

Community-Based Organization Partner Network (CBO) 10/24/2013 Comment noted


116

In the mobility choices section, none of the questions and measures speaks to mobility. Mode shift should be included in this section. The percent of transportation costs relative to income question is great. We need to get a better understanding of the value of time component to measure for the income question.


The mode choice performance measure is now included in the mobility section (refer to 1A and 2A). Measure 5A includes user costs relative to income but does not incorporate the value of travel time.

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Other Other General

117

How are the evaluation criteria applied to the different modes of transportation and then the networks developed? Is this a quantitative or qualitative (subjective) process?


Project-level evaluation criteria are applied to rank projects within modal segments. Projects are then grouped into network scenarios for evaluation in the plan.

Other

118

How do the revenue projections of the plan relate to the performance measures? What is the Quality of Life sales tax assumption funding and was it include in the 2050 RTP/SCS? Is it included in this plan?


Revenue projections are addressed in other components of the plan, and not in the performance measures.

Other

119

What are the weights when we compare all the measures together?


No weights are used, and no single composite measure is calculated.

Other

120

We are potentially not getting the true system performance, but only the evaluation of the pre-determined TransNet box.


The performance measures are applied at a regional level to distinguish the performance of different alternative packages of transportation investments. These alternative packages of investments include both TransNet and non-TransNet projects.

Other

121Align the policy objectives with the regional plan goals.


The policy objects and plan goals are intended to be consistent.

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Other

122 Do we have targets?


Explicit targets are not included in the performance measures. SANDAG will prepare a SCS as part of the Regional Plan to demonstrate how the plan will meet the GHG emissions reductions targets established by CARB.

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Performance Measures Comment Number Comment Response


1. Average peak-period travel time to work (drive alone, carpool, transit, bike, and walk) (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern)


1

The wait time between buses should be included in time of travel. When the travel time isn’t practical people use their cars.

Time spent waiting for transit transfers is included in the travel times.


2

If you have a job you aren’t going to be able to rely on public transportation if you have to wait forty-five minutes between buses.

Transit frequency is considered when predicting regional residents' mode choices (refer to 7A).


3Commuter times and distances also affect quality of life.

Travel times and distances are considered when predicting regional residents' travel related choices (refer to 1A, 7D).


4

Public transportation takes hours to get from where I live to where I work, therefore measuring travel time (especially by bus or other transit method) is very important.

Transit frequency is considered when predicting regional residents' mode choices (refer to 7A).


5

Average travel time to work destinations by mode is a helpful performance measure to evaluate transportation systems.

Average peak-period travel time to work by mode is included (refer to 1A).

Comments from the November 2013 Public Workshop

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6

Aside from the traditional work commute times, the after school commute period is also important to consider for families and children, especially in terms of personal safety and transportation.

More detailed reporting by activity purpose submarket is possible.


7

It would be helpful to broaden the “average travel time to work” category to encompass recreational destinations as well.

More detailed reporting by activity purpose submarket is possible.


8

“Average travel time to work destinations by mode” is a helpful performance measure to evaluate transportation systems because it is one of the main factors I consider when deciding how to travel to my destination. Use same response as comment #5.


2. Daily vehicle delay per capita (minutes)


9Level of Service concerns, multimodal delays, cost benefit scenarios Comment noted

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10

Daily vehicle delay per capita is less important to me than it used to be; I personally would rather plan on using my car some times, despite the delays. However, it is more important to move more people in an efficient, environmentally sound manner. "Throughput" is the greatest priority, especially in terms of social justice so that areas where residents depend most on public transportation have more mobility choices, and ones that are environmentally clean and do not negatively affect public health.

Measures of throughput could be considered, although they are typically applied a smaller scale such as corridors rather than on a regional scale. Performance measures 7A and 7B evaluate transit access both for the total population as well as for communities of concern.


11

There is nothing worse than sitting in traffic on the highway; therefore, daily vehicle delay per capita is an important performance measure.

Vehicle delay per capita is included as a performance measure (refer to 1B).


12

Remove daily vehicle delay per capita, speed of car travel is overrated and should be worth less when rating

Delay is an important consideration for many regional residents, and the performance measures include many that are oriented towards non-auto modes (refer to 1A, 2A, 7D).


3. Increase in walk, bike, transit, and carpool mode share


13Evaluate mode share in various communities as part of the process

More detailed reporting of modal submarkets by geography is possible.

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14

A reduction of freeway traffic measurement is needed (which would reward transit projects by encouraging SOVs to convert to alternative transportation modes). (The CO2 emissions measure can similarly relate to this concern.)

Roadway performance is an important consideration for many regional residents, and the performance measures include many that are oriented towards non-auto modes.


15

Consider a measure that sets a target goal to increase the number of individuals who bike to school, with a goal to reduce childhood obesity in mind. We need to be able to quantify these health effects.

More detailed reporting of modal submarkets by activity purpose is possible, although the plan does not include setting targets. Forecasting public health outcomes is an area of active research by SANDAG.


16

A potential measurement could include setting a target of achieving a 10 percent bike mode share by XXXX year.

Explicit targets are not included in the performance measures. SANDAG will prepare a SCS as part of the Regional Plan to demonstrate how the plan will meet the GHG emissions reductions targets established by the California Air Resources Board (CARB).


17

The refusal from SANDAG to do mode share projections is very troubling. The health benefits of additional transit options can’t assessed without those projections.

The proposed performance measures include mode share (refer to 2A).

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18

Citizens need options for different mode shares. Right now mode share for bikes is 1% and transit is between 3-12%. In order for San Diego to reach any of its goals, the mode shares will need to increase exponentially. Portland has 40% walking mode share in an urban corridor.

The proposed performance measures include mode share (refer to 2A). The Regional Plan does not include target setting other than for GHG as per Senate Bill 375.


19Having more travel mode choices is important.



20

Bicyclists may want to travel from suburbs to downtown to commute from work; measuring how many people are biking in the system is an important aspect to consider in evaluating the transportation system.



21

Public transit is not a low income or minority thing and should be encouraged across the board, regardless of income level.

The proposed performance measures include mode share (refer to 2A) and transit accessibility measures (refer to 7A and 7B).


22The more mass transit available, the more people will use it.


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23

The Trolley is a great transit option, yet there is still a small number of San Diegans that use it.



24

As more options become available, hopefully even those who drive cars will begin to use other transit options.



25Increase in walk, bike, transit and carpool mode share is an essential component



26

Looking at the increase in ride-sharing and non single occupancy vehicles with competitive travel times is very important. We need more people to bike, walk, take transit, and ride share, but most transit system choices take longer than driving.



27

It's important to reduce the reliance on single occupancy vehicles by encouraging people to use innovative transit methods.



28Identify the number of collisions and dollar impact on the economy

Collisions and their impact on the economy will be incorporated into the benefit cost calculation.

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29

Interested in much more biking and pedestrian use, measures of success: 10% Bike mode share by 2020, Reduction of serious injuries, Specific deliverable on bike mode share at schools and universities, Deliverable timeline on project implementation.

The proposed performance measures include mode share (refer to 2A). The regional plan does not include target setting. Collisions are forecast as a function of usage. The performance measures cannot consider project delivery timelines because the timing or phasing of project implementation is an input to the analysis, not an output.


4. Annual projected number of vehicle (driver/passenger) injury/fatal collisions per vehicle miles traveled (VMT)


30Identify the number of collisions and dollar impact on the economy

Collisions and their impact on the economy will be incorporated into the benefit cost calculation (refer to 4A).


31Safety should be considered as a key measure

The performance measures include "Annual projected number of vehicle (driver/passenger) injury/fatal collisions", and "Annual projected number of bicycle/pedestrian injury/fatal collisions" (refer to 3A and 3B).


32

Regarding the “system-wide vehicle miles traveled (VMT) per day” measurement: It would be better to use time as a measurement since time is the most important factor in evaluating the networks.

This measure has been eliminated as per public and peer panel comments.

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5. Annual projected number of bicycle/pedestrian injury/fatal collisions per bicyclist/pedestrian miles traveled (BPMT)


33

Some communities do not report crashes, additionally there are roads that are so dangerous that people will not bike or walk. Quality of infrastructure should be included as evaluation criteria.

The performance measures include "Percentage of population/employment within 0.25 miles a bike facility (class I and II, cycletrack, and bicycle boulevard)" (refer to 7C), although other infrastructure such as sidewalks are not considered.


34

Safety should also be considered in the performance measures, which would include quality pedestrian environments around major transit arterials/corridors.



35

Consider a measurement that captures a reduction in pedestrian/cyclist related injuries. (Safety)

The performance measures include "Annual projected number of bicycle/pedestrian injury/fatal collisions." (refer to 3B).

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36

I live in the Spring Valley-Lemon Grove- San Diego corridor and I wouldn't bike or let my children bike in that community because it is not bicycle friendly. Safety is very important to measure performance of the networks, so annual projected number of bicyclist/pedestrian injury/fatal collisions per bicycle and pedestrian miles traveled is an important measure of performance.



37

The revenue formula needs to be revisited to encourage transit ridership. The conversation has shifted from what the major issues were 10 years ago and what appears today.



38

Smaller scale projects, such as painting crosswalks near schools, should also be considered in this analysis.

The evaluation tools used to develop the performance measures are typically not sensitive to the impacts of policies such as painting crosswalks.


39

Safety is a big concern, especially when promoting transit usage, walkability, bike-ability; how is safety (which includes law enforcement) considered in this process?


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40People want easy mobility and will not give up their cars without it. Comment noted


41

One attendee took the train into San Diego from Los Angeles. She then took the bus route-7, which comes every twelve minutes, to the workshop. She felt that those transit options were practical. She also commented that the SANDAG performance measures were similar to those used by other communities. Comment noted


42

Google maps does a good job providing transit routes and options; better than MTS. Comment noted


43

San Diego has been going backwards with transit. Bus routes have been cut back. When routes are cut, less people use public transit making it harder to keep the existing routes. A destination that may have taken two bus changes may now take four. The funds need to already be in place to create a great system. The system may eventually be profitable, but profit should not be what initially drives the system. Comment noted

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44People need/want high frequency and dependable service for buses and Trolleys.

Comment noted. Performance measure 7A includes the "Percentage of population/employment within 0.5 miles of high frequency transit stops."


45

Bus/Trolley stops also need time and money put into them, not just the main transit facilitates. Comment noted


46

The stops in La Jolla are really nice and lit up, but in other areas of the county they are not lit up and that can lead to crime. Comment noted


47

There is not enough seating as the bus stops and, sometimes, the only seating that is available puts the rider right near the street. Comment noted


48Public transit options need it to be efficient with time and costs.

The performance measures include "Average peak-period travel time to work" by submode, including transit (refer to 1A).

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49

What does a multimodal network mean to you? It means many interactions between modes. Citizens should be able to drive and park at the light rail stations, take that transit, and then arrive at a destination where there are more transit options. People want many options to get from point A to point B.

The proposed performance measures include indicators of access to transit and bicycle facilities (refer to 7A-7C).


50

Multimodal means moving away from inefficient systems. People want to be able to attend meetings, like the SANDAG workshop, without having to drive.

A significant number of non-auto oriented performance measures are proposed.


51

The last mile question is very important in a multimodal system. People can travel long distances with mass transit, but it is important that they are really able to arrive at their destinations with public transit options in the last mile.

The proposed performance measures include indicators of access to transit facilities (refer to 7A and 7B).


52

Consider identifying which types of populations are being served by which services? A new measurement could make sure that we are serving all income brackets.

A number of the performance measures are reported for both "communities of concern" as well as the region overall (refer to 1A, 5A, 7A, 7B, 7C, 8A, and 8B).


53

Offering an Express Service route for the Trolley to key locations would be a good idea. Comment noted

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54

Increasing the frequency of the COASTER is important because I prefer not to drive since I see an advantage to my health, stress levels, the environment, and the community. Comment noted


55

Personal safety is also important. Designing transit stations so that they are located in safe areas, or so that they at least feel safer by installing more lighting, would be a good idea.

SANDAG does not currently have any tools or methods for forecasting personal safety.


56

Find a way to evaluate how much people are encouraged to use ride-sharing, and electric vehicles or Car-to-Go.

Car sharing is not currently represented in the activity-based model, but may be considered in future model updates, pending the availability of data.


57Key criteria - VMT reduction per dollar spent

VMT-based cost-effectiveness is implicitly captured as part of the benefit-cost analysis.


58

Modern and comprehensive system that uses good technology, dynamic pricing based on congestion and energy efficient vehicles. Comment noted


59 Options, both a paid and non-paid Comment noted

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60Cater to “smaller” scale transportation options

The performance measures include a number of active-transportation related measures (refer to 1A, 2A, 3B, 7C, 7D, 7E, and 7F).


61

Connectivity – having multi-transport nodes to link different transit systems, also filling gaps in the system

The performance measures report results for the integrated multimodal transportation network, which includes multi-modal transportation nodes.


62

Transit is not being integrated as well as it should be, there are gaps in the system there needs to be better links between Trolley and bus.



63There needs to be more options for first and last mile

The proposed performance measures include basic indicators of access to transit facilities (refer to 7A and 7B).


64Different mode of transit need to better accommodate bicycles Comment noted


65

SANDAG should offer some kind of incentive for people to give up their car and encourage multi modal travel. Comment noted

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66Have “share” or rental options to fill in transit gaps

Car sharing is not currently represented in the activity-based model, but may be considered in future model updates, pending the availability of data.


67 Bus to rail is a very important connection



68LOS concerns, multimodal delays, cost benefit scenarios Comment noted


69

Look at the demographics of income class on each mode of transportation, VMT per passenger, per income level.

More detailed reporting of performance measures by income class or other submarkets is possible.


70

There should be ways to measure and value alternative options such as telecommuting

Telecommuting is reflected in the activity-based model.


71Look at charging people to drive, especially with lower gas prices Comment noted


72

Good public transportation is the key, without effect transit people will not be inclined to switch modes Comment noted

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73How much energy/pollution is being produced in different modes

Estimates of energy consumption and pollution by mode are partially captured in the benefit cost analysis.


74Safety should be considered as a key measure



75Look at the different demographics of users

A number of the performance measures are reported for both "communities of concern" (refer to 5A, 7B, 7C, 8A, 8B) as well as the region overall.


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How to make the best use of new technologies, such as car-share and other carpooling programs



77

Consider the change in demographics and accommodate all ages as well as people with disabilities



78

Ensure that people aren’t left behind with technological changes, look at ways to incorporate technology into low income transit strategy Comment noted83

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79Make sure that multimodal trips are valued Comment noted

Vibrant Economy 6. Benefit/Cost Ratio of transportation investments

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80

Benefit/cost ratio of transportation investments – need more elaboration, need to go deeper, mention economic justice on that criteria

The proposed benefit cost analysis will include a number of elements that address all modes, and could potentially be reported in such a way as to provide information for communities of concern.

Vibrant Economy

81

The Benefit/cost ratio measure may double count issues found/measured in other measures. Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

82

Need to make sure you capture all the direct and indirect benefits in the cost/benefit ratio measure.

The benefit cost methodology addresses both direct and indirect benefits.

Vibrant Economy

83

Benefit/cost ratio – if people are biking or on foot they are more likely to spend money on businesses

It is unlikely that the benefit cost method will capture these benefits.

Vibrant Economy

7. Average truck/commercial vehicle travel times to and around regional gateways and distribution hubs

Vibrant Economy

84

Like how the freight related measures are worked in and parallel with vehicle passenger trips. Comment noted

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85

Need many different route options for improving traffic related to goods movement. Comment noted

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86

Q. How does this capture goods movement? A. The freight acreage and travel time measures address rail, trucks, etc.

The freight acreage performance measure has been dropped. Performance measure 4B will evaluate the "Average truck commercial vehicle travel time to and around regional gateways and distribution hubs."

Vibrant Economy

87

EJ impacts/costs of freight movement need to be addressed. Pollution, need to look at localized impacts. Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

8. Percent of income consumed by transportation costs (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern)

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88

Great public transit rates are available if you are a senior or disabled, but if you are a single mom with four kids the rates are too high. It makes it difficult for riders to take public transit to part-time jobs when they have to spend a large amount of the money earned at that job just getting to their job.

Percent of income consumed by transportation costs is reported for communities of concerns.

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89

People pay more for transit in San Diego than in other communities. That means there are reduced lines and the bus lines don’t integrate well with the Trolleys. Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

90

Trolley fares are quite cost-prohibitive, especially for families wanting to take public transit down to Las Americas from North County, for example. Therefore, discount family fares should be offered.

Comment noted. Percent of income consumed by transportation costs is reported for communities of concerns.

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91

Frequency and affordability are important measures to use in evaluating public transit.

Transit frequency and costs are included in the activity-based model.

Vibrant Economy

92

Looking at transportation and housing costs as a percentage of family income makes a lot of sense; both of those factors should be kept low. This will help get away from the model of having to live further and further away to afford housing, and then having to commute a far distance to work.

Percent of income consumed by transportation costs is included as a performance measure, but the housing cost component was not included due to unreliability of future forecasts of housing costs.

Vibrant Economy

93Affordability – cheaper to drive than take public transportation

Costs are included in the activity-based model.

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94

Because of population growth, looking at the cost of transportation and housing for families and how far they have to travel to work is important.

Percent of income consumed by transportation costs is reported for communities of concern, and this analysis could be extended to provide further detail on which segments of the population are most impacted.

Vibrant Economy

95Add housing costs to this, including access to more affordable housing options.


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96

Housing costs and affordability not addressed in the current measures. It is extremely relevant. Measure together with transportation costs or as a separate measure.


Vibrant Economy

97

Travel time should be considered in travel costs in the percentage of income consumed by transportation costs.

Travel time was originally proposed to be incorporated in the calculation of the percent of income consumed by transportation costs, but ultimately a simpler user cost measure was defined.

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98The value of time should be considered in user transportation costs.

Travel time was originally proposed to be incorporated in the calculation of the percent of income consumed by transportation costs, but ultimately a simpler user cost measure was defined.

Vibrant Economy 9. Average travel times to/from tribal lands

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99

Q. What does the travel time to tribal lands measure get us? A. we are real engaged with the tribal nations and this is a way to address how this Plan affects their communities. Comment noted

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100

Q. How do we measure response times for emergency vehicles to needed areas such as tribal lands or special needs populations? A. we can consider this in healthy communities or elsewhere.

Performance measure 6A reports average travel times to/from tribal lands. Emergency vehicle services are under the purview of other agencies, including the County of San Diego.

Vibrant Economy 10. Average travel times to/from Mexico

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101

Measuring delay of vehicle travel times at the border and idling time is very important.

Border crossing times are assumed to be constant. Performance measure 6B measures the average travel times to/from the U.S./Mexico border and does not include border crossing times.

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102

It is shocking that it takes two hours using public transit to get from the San Ysidro Trolley station to San Diego State University. Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

103Need infrastructure improvements in San Ysidro – need more development up. Comment noted

Vibrant Economy 104 More pedestrian bridges, ramps Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

105More connections to Mexico as a “mega-region”

"Average travel times to/from Mexico" is included as a performance measure (refer to 6B).

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106

San Ysidro has infrastructure for many different modes of transportation but that infrastructure is poorly organized. Trolleys that begin their route at the San Ysidro station are often too full to stop at the next station because so many people get on in San Ysidro. There need to be more organized mobility choices so that modes of transit are segregated. There should be grade separations at the new San Ysidro Inter-modal Transit Center. Comment noted

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107

The bottleneck at the border is a big problem. Get people out of their cars and into public transportation by providing more parking at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

108

Giving priority to projects that serve those with greater need, such as San Ysidro, is very important. One example is the over-capacity of the Trolleys for the commuters at the border. For this reason, it would be good to give priority to creating Express routes and active transportation such as bike lanes in that community. Comment noted

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109

Ship movement of goods from Mexico is not being discussed. Could help on the border issues. Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

110There should be a Tijuana representative on the SANDAG Board. Comment noted

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111

Specify average travel time to Mexico includes train, Trolley, freight movement, and tourism trips.

Average travel times to/from Mexico could be refined to reflect multimodal conditions.

Vibrant Economy

112Residents in San Ysidro cannot get to their destinations Comment noted

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113Blue Line improvements are helping residents and travel times Comment noted

Vibrant Economy Other

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114

Fiscal efficient should not be a major criteria, being effective should be the ultimate goal; this will have residual benefits with the economy and the environment. Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

115Cost of transportation based on different modes

The activity-based model used to generate the performance measures includes mode-specific costs.

Vibrant Economy

116Consumer cost and efficiency are the ultimate criteria Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

117Look at ways to incorporate both public and private sectors in meeting needs Comment noted

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118

Don’t see anything about quality of jobs – we need to be encouraging more higher paying jobs.

SANDAG is developing tools that may provide the ability to forecast future wages.

Vibrant Economy

119It’s important to recognize that greater investment provides more jobs. Comment noted

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120

When you talk about vibrant economy, communist countries perform poorly. Pay for what you use, don’t force people to pay for things they don’t use. Make driving a vehicle true market cost – a free market system for roads. We should incentivize other modes and be more comprehensive. Subsidize mass transit as much as we can subsidize mass transit. we need comprehensive pricing program for vehicles. Comment noted

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121

Jobs generated by transportation investments may be a real short term measure that is not that important.

“Jobs generated due to transportation investments” has been dropped from consideration as a performance measure. A financial analysis will be prepared for the draft Regional Plan.

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122

Quality of life issues need to be addressed, commute times/distances, air and water quality.

Commute times and distances (refer to 1A, 7D) as well as air quality (refer to 9A, 10A) are directly represented in the proposed performance measures.

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123

Lacking the healthy region points – reducing freeway traffic – there are too many cars. Too many single passenger vehicle trips.


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124How to get transit options spread further among the region. Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

125Just because freeways are full does not mean we need to build more of them. Comment noted

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126

Integration and coordination of modes to minimize travel time and increase productivity. Coordinate modes! Key transfer point coordination, etc.


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127

Q. How are we addressing the potential for gas prices to sky rocket? It makes our economy vulnerable if we are so reliant on gas/vehicles. Comment noted

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128

Don’t invest in options that encourage longer commutes/travel time/vehicle miles traveled. Comment noted

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129

Homes near freeways – freeways devalue quality of life (aq, noise, property values). Would like to see a metric that addresses this.

Noise impacts could be considered for future performance level efforts.

Vibrant Economy

130Freeways encourage long distance travel, which is not desirable. Comment noted

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131

These seem well thought out. Relation to the smart growth projects and areas. It is important that the network includes the smart growth areas and is focused in the smart growth areas. Connectivity between smart growth areas and connectivity among modes in these areas. Investments should focus in the smart growth areas.


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132

Measure increases in population/employment density within a certain distance of major transportation investment. Measure how it increases land value, tax benefits, etc. you can correlate it with specific populations, etc. who gets the value from the investments. Wants a fine grain measure that can understand localized area benefits of investments/choices, etc.

Accessibility to different modal options are incorporated in performance measures 7A, 7B, 7C, and 8A.

Vibrant Economy

133

Congestion costs cause great loss to our economy – wasted fuel, pollution, value of time. Measure how many billions of dollars/hours did we lose to congestion this year.

Vehicle delay per capita is included as performance measure 1B.

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134

Need more bike and pedestrian infrastructure, and that would benefit the businesses versus building highways

A number of active transportation-related performance measures are included (refer to 2A, 3B, 7D, 7E, 7F). Measure 7C includes the percentage of populations/employment within 0.5 miles of a bike facility.

Vibrant Economy

135Express lines that get travelers to destination would be most effective Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

136Fairmont Avenue could use more pedestrian enhancements, improvements Comment noted

Vibrant Economy 137 Increased bus lines to Trolley centers Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

138Major streets that are geared towards vehicles are under-utilized Comment noted

Vibrant Economy 139 Grade separation on Trolleys Comment noted

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140What’s the most important metric when comparing potential networks?

There is no one single metric that can be identified as the "most important" because of the diversity of the modes and users in the region.

Vibrant Economy

141Economic justice – need to address inequity

A number of the proposed performance measures include explicit analysis of impacts on communities of concern (refer to 1A, 5A, 7A, 7B, 7C, 8A, and 8B).

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142

Invest in lesser-utilized parts of county, encourage growth, redevelop urban core – done cheaper Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

143Look at focusing investments on poorer areas Comment noted

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144

Convenience – without that, people are not going to use it - most important metric when comparing potential networks

There is no single definition of what "convenience" represents, although the activity-based model that generates many of information used to calculate these measures includes aspects related to convenience such as frequency of transit service and costs.

Vibrant Economy

145

Impact on the environment, emissions - most important metric when comparing potential networks

A number of performance measures explicitly address air quality impacts (refer to 9A and 10A).

Vibrant Economy

146

Cost that user pays - most important metric when comparing potential networks

Cost is one of many factors that travelers consider when making travel choice decisions.

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147

How much time it takes to get from place to place; efficiency - most important metric when comparing potential networks

Average travel times are included in a number of performance measures (refer to 1A, 1B, 4B, 6A, 6B, 8A, and 8B).

Vibrant Economy

148What should a future transit network attempt to accomplish? Comment noted

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149

A future transit network attempt to accomplish - linking communities across the region Comment noted

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150

A future transit network attempt to accomplish - Giving people options – walking, biking, public transit, cars

A number of performance measures reflect the multi-modal aspects of the transportation system (refer to 2A and 7A-7D).

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151

A future transit network attempt to accomplish - give people a safe option; make it safe for people to use mass transit


Vibrant Economy

152Has to be an incentive to get people out of their cars

The activity-based model used to generate the performance measures includes many factors that influence residents' mode-specific, such as travel time and costs.

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153

Best incentive to get people out of their cars- financial, money, time – depends on which you have less of


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154

People need to feel safe; there’s a stigma of people being scared because of scary-looking people, or people try to steal valuable items


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155Mass Transit is seen as something you have to take, not choice Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

156Need more controls of access to board the Trolley to improve safety


Vibrant Economy

157Transit stops need to be more convenient to access

The proposed performance measures include basic indicators of access to transit and bicycle facilities (refer to 7A-7C).

Vibrant Economy

158 Need more grade separations of Trolley Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

159Need more dedicated bike paths separated from cars Comment noted

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160

Too much focus on freeway projects, need to invest more money in other transit options Comment noted

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161

If you add more choices of transportation, people use these different modes and it will improve congestion on freeways


Vibrant Economy

162Environment needs to be considered when evaluating projects

A number of performance measures reflect environmental factors (refer to 9A and 10A).

Vibrant Economy 163 Need to extend Trolley to the airport Comment noted

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164

Our current transportation system forces people to use cars and doesn’t provide enough alternatives


Vibrant Economy

165 Making more safe, connected Bike Routes

A number of performance measures reflect the active transportation aspects of the transportation system.

Vibrant Economy

166Need to connect bike paths to Trolleys, buses Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

167Have more shared bike programs in the city


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168

Doesn’t seem like there’s enough emphasis on connecting the San Diego region to North County, Orange County, Los Angeles.

"Average truck/commercial vehicle travel times to and around regional gateways" is included as a performance measure (refer to 4B).

Vibrant Economy

169There should be more thought to putting more mass transit lines Comment noted

Vibrant Economy 170 Not enough mass transit Comment noted

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171

SANDAG should think bigger when it comes to mass transit projects. Example: in 2050 Escondido will be connected to Downtown only by bus rapid transit, but shouldn’t there be a rail line as a goal instead? Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

172

Instead of building more lanes of traffic, why not just add a lane of rail or bike path. Comment noted

Vibrant Economy 173 Can’t have piecemeal mass transit. Comment noted

Vibrant Economy 174 Other major cities have subway Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

175Not enough connectivity between communities Comment noted

Vibrant Economy

176Should focus transit investment on all people, not just poor & minority Comment noted


11. Percentage of population/employment within 0.5 miles of high frequency (<=15 min peak and midday) transit stops (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern)


177

Need to determine if transit modes are accessible for those with strollers, wheelchairs, and the visually impaired.

A performance measure quantifying accessibility to transit for those with special mobility may be considered in future performance measures.

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178

Is there a way to track that? For major transit stops GIS should be used to determine if that last mile is walkable.

Accessibility to different modal options are incorporated as a performance measure (refer to 7A-7D).


179The frequency of buses or Trolleys at a stop is important.

Accessibility to high-frequency transit is included as a performance measure (refer to 7A).


180

The distance to transit isn’t always a good measurement of a neighborhoods transit score since there may be impediments like railroad tracks. A transit stop may be 200 feet away, but people may need to walk a mile to get to it.

Accessibility to transit is based on an "all streets" network that realistically represents barriers to access.


181

Measuring the efficiency of the transit system would be great. Fewer lines make it more efficient fiscally but it may draw in fewer riders, so there is a fine balancing point. Comment noted

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12. Percentage of population/employment within 0.25 miles a bike facility (class I and II, cycletrack, and bicycle boulevard) (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern)


182Bicycle facilities are important, health cost savings, and environmental benefits

A number of active transportation-related performance measures are included, although they are more demand-oriented rather than supply-oriented. In addition, health and environment benefits are included in the benefit cost analysis.


183

Consider looking at a quarter mile for high frequency transit; consider an eighth of a mile for population/employment within XXX miles of a bike facility. Comment noted


184

Consider a sidewalk measure that encourages biking/walking. (First-Mile, Last-Mile)

Sidewalk-based measures may be considered in future performance measure updates.


185

Increasing the amount of people that will be able to walk or bike to their destinations is needed.



13. Average travel distance to work (drive alone, carpool, transit, bike, and walk)

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14. Total time engaged in transportation-related physical activity per capita (minutes)


186

A healthy community spends less time in cars. Being sedentary in general is bad, and the emissions people breathe in when they are in traffic is very bad.

A number of performance measures reflect the active transportation aspects of the transportation system. Measures 7E and 7F highlight the population engaged in transportation-related physical activity. In addition, the benefit cost measure incorporates the benefits from a more physically active lifestyle.


187

A measurement should be included that encourages people to reach a minimum transportation-related physical activity level.

Performance measure refer to 7F measures the "percent of the population engaging in 20 minutes of daily transportation related physical activity. The proposed benefit cost analysis will also include benefits associated with reaching a minimal level of physical activity.


188

It is recommended that people get in thirty minutes of walking a day, and transportation-related activity can count for that. However, for people that are visually impaired that may not be an option. Comment noted

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189

Routes may be ranked higher for physical activity, but that might be more difficult for the visually impaired. Comment noted


190

Would be healthier for people if they could walk a quarter mile, or so, to the bus or Trolley.

Accessibility to transit is included as a performance measure (refer to 7A-7B).


15. Percent of population within 30 minutes of jobs and higher education (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern)


191

For many people who are looking for jobs, taking the Trolley to work would be a huge draw. Unfortunately, some people need to drive to the Trolley station due to the lack of easily accessible bus routes.

Accessibility to transit is included as a performance measure (refer to 7A-7B).


192

If jobs are closer to where people live, that will improve all of the externalities of transportation in our communities.

Accessibility to jobs is included as a performance measure (refer to 8A).


193

Access to education and jobs training needs to be addressed. Retraining for those with obsolete skills also needs to be addressed.

Accessibility to educational opportunities is included as a performance measure (refer to 8A).

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16. Percent of population within 30 minutes of goods and services (retail, medical, parks, and beaches) (Communities of Concern and Non-Communities of Concern)


194

There aren’t any Trolley stops at the high sought after destinations such as Balboa Park and the beaches.

Comment noted. Access to parks and beaches by auto and transit is included in measure 8B.


17. On-road smog-forming pollutants (pounds/day) per capita


195

Consider localized air pollution impacts in the measurement analysis. Poor air quality is a safety and health concern.

The network scenario-level performance measures are regional in scope. More locally detailed air quality impact analyses should be performed at a project-level.


196

For a mega-region, such as San Diego, consider measuring the air pollutants with a goal to reduce emissions near major transit hubs.

A number of emissions-related performance measures are included, but they are calculated at a regional level and do not specifically look at proximity to transit hubs.


197The pollution in the air is evident by the amount of dirt/soot on our cars. Comment noted

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198The consolidation of trips should be encouraged to help improve air quality. Comment noted


199

San Diego hasn’t been up to date with health costs. Studies have come out recently on the effects of poor air quality on asthma development rates and other health effects, yet none of that information is included in the planning documents.

The proposed benefit cost analysis will includes benefits associated with reaching a minimal level of physical activity.


200Carbon based modes of transportation tend to pollute more. Comment noted


201

Incidents of asthma can be projected using the current mode trends of the City. If mode share changes, how much will those asthma rates change? SANDAG should come up with a plan that at least gets the City a passing grade from the American Lung Association instead of its current failing grade.

SANDAG does not currently have any tools or methods for forecasting changes in incidents of asthma.


202

Trains are releasing huge amounts of fumes that aren’t being addressed the way that they should be. Cars seem to be making headway with cleaning up, but transit vehicles need to clean up.

Comment noted. In past RTP EIRs emissions estimates for trains has been calculated.

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18. On-road CO2 emissions (pounds/day) per capita


203

Consider a measurement that works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by means of Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT). A cost-effectiveness measurement that needs to be considered is VMT per dollar spent.

VMT-based cost-effectiveness is implicitly captured as part of the benefit-cost analysis.


204

It is also important to take environmental consequences of transportation modes into account.

Emissions-related performance measures are included (refer to 9A and 10A).


205

Vehicle delay and reducing vehicle miles travelled (VMT) are at odds; if we are going to reduce our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, VMTs need to be reduced by 15%, meaning daily vehicle delay should not even be considered as a performance measure.

While reduced VMT may reduce GHG emissions, other strategies or technologies may as well, and which may not result in the economic inefficiencies associated with vehicle delay.


206

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions has to be the number one priority, identify projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Emissions-related performance measures are included (refer to 9A and 10A).

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Healthy Environment & Communities Other


207

Geographic location may shape the types of performance measures SANDAG is looking at for this analysis. While transit may not be available/appropriate in areas such as the Mountain Empire, access to active transportation facilities (biking and walking) are needed to connect to the available social services.

The performance measures are typically applied and evaluated at a regional level, although subregional analyses may also be performed.


208

The constrained lands measurement is too overgeneralized. There are too many effects on protected agriculture lands versus protected sensitive habitat lands. These two items need to be differentiated.

The constrained lands performance measure has been dropped.


209

High Density needs to be considered. (This concern is addressed in the existing performance measurements.) Comment noted

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210

A water quality measurement is needed for this analysis. Transportation projects can affect the amount of water-polluted run-off from creeks and streams in urban areas. Standing water can also accommodate mosquitoes and can disproportionately impact communities.

SANDAG does not currently have a tool or methodology for quantifying the water quality impacts of transportation policies or investments.


211

Economic justice should be addressed in the measurement tool. The older communities (such as San Ysidro) have not been considered for LRT grade separation; however, in newer transit projects (Mid-Coast), grade separation is being considered.

Impacts on communities of concern are incorporated into a number of performance measures (refer to 1A, 5A, 7A, 7B, 7C, 8A, and 8B).


212

Higher intensity units and mixed use units need to be emphasized to make neighborhoods as walkable and bikable as possible. Comment noted


213Sidewalks should be required in all neighborhoods. Comment noted


214 Access to healthy foods is very important

SANDAG does not have regionwide base year or forecast year data on the locations of healthy foods.

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215

In many communities, there is not a nearby supermarket, and the ones that are near are not healthy.

SANDAG does not have regionwide base year or forecast year data on the locations of healthy foods.


216The costs of poor health should be a factor in the criteria.

The benefits of increased physical activity are included in the benefit cost analysis.


217

Some cities have free public transit or offer free transit in certain corridors near commercial areas. Comment noted


218

The airport doesn’t have a train or easy transportation. That is something that can be improved. Comment noted


219

Places like the airport are planning on building larger parking lots, but that money should be invested in better transit options. Comment noted


220

The performance measures should include multimodal measurements that encourage safe and healthy communities.

The benefits of increased physical activity are included in the benefit cost analysis.


221

A First-Mile, Last Mile measurement is needed, which also takes into account what the first and last mile look like.


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222

A bike sharing program in San Diego would certainly address some of these issues. It would improve the health of riders, address the last mile issue, and lower the pollutants in the air. Comment noted


223A bike share program would be a great addition at high frequency transit stops. Comment noted


224

Connectivity and interconnectivity seems important to everybody. There should be a way to measure the density between transit options; similar to a neighborhood’s walk score. The score would help to measure the improvement of a city’s walkability over time.



225

Walk San Diego did a study similar to that transit options. It has some issues, but it is a great step. Comment noted


226

Carpooling used to be an emphasis at the City of San Diego many years ago. That seemed to fade away over time since there wasn’t an appropriate conduit to share that information. Now, social media may be able to push carpooling once again. Comment noted

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227

The hours that people work don’t seem to work well with others, so carpooling is difficult. Comment noted


228

The jobs with rigid work hours that may have worked best for carpooling in the past may be disappearing. Comment noted


229The occasional carpooler or telecommuter should be captured in studies.

The activity-based model that is used to generate many of the performance measures includes carpooling and working from home as alternative.


230There should be a service that makes carpooling convenient.

SANDAG's icommute offers a free online RideMatcher service, which allows people to find vanpools, carpools, and people to bike to work with.


231

There is the fear with carpools that something might come up in the day that makes carpooling difficult. However, if there was a bigger pool of people to choose from that might help. Comment noted

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232

Telecommuting should be encouraged and San Diego should help build the infrastructure for that. The coaster has Wi-Fi which allows commuters to work on the train and still leave work at a decent time.

The activity-based model that is used to generate many of the performance measures includes working from home as alternative.


233The network needs to connect attractable and high-density destinations. Comment noted


234

Ways to make public transit more appealing with improvements to aesthetics, safety, and other measures need to be considered. Comment noted


235

Downtown San Diego is a great place to live with its great weather, cultural activities, and ease of access between point A and point B. That ease of access is possible because of the high-density in the downtown neighborhood, but how can other areas be turned into the downtown model. Comment noted


236Quality of life should be an important measure.

SANDAG does not currently have any tools or methodologies for quantifying "quality of life".

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237

In order to measure the performance of the network, we have to consider the land uses that affect them; having a higher share of mixed land use will help increase multi-modal transportation use.

Land use assumptions are a key input to the activity-based model that generates many of the performance measures.


238Increasing density along land use corridors

Land use assumptions are a key input to the activity-based model that generates many of the performance measures.


239How walkable and how ride-able are communities

The proposed performance measures include mode share (refer to 2A) as well as a performance measure related to the percentage of population/employment within 0.5 miles of a bike facility (refer to 7C).


240Bike and pedestrian infrastructure is important in multi modal links

A number of active transportation-related performance measures are included (refer to 2A, 3B, 7D, 7E, and 7F).

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241

Poor communities often get overlooked; safety is essential and should not be overlooked

SANDAG does not currently have any tools or methods for forecasting personal safety. A number of performance measures consider impacts on communities of concern (refer to 1A, 5A, 7A, 7B, 7C, 8A, and 8B).


242Have social justice listed as specific evaluation criteria

A number of diverse performance measures consider impacts on communities of concern.

Other Comments Other: General

Other Comments

243The performance measures seem comprehensive. Comment noted

Other Comments

244

SANDAG needs to work on not only getting information out to underserved communities, but also providing the appropriate staff at these meetings.

SANDAG strives to staff meetings with personnel to support all communities.

Other Comments

245

At some stops people lean against walls or sit on the grass of nearby houses when waiting for the bus. Comment noted

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Other Comments

246

Are the criteria going to be used to distinguish where the billion dollars gets spent?

The performance measures are used to help identify a preferred regional transportation network scenario alternative.

Other Comments

247

Some downtown residents are affected by the overnight parking of the trains at the Santa Fe Depot. The trains run throughout the night, even when they are not in use. The noise is terrible and the health issues from the pollutants are even worse. Comment noted

Other Comments

248

The maintenance of the transportation vehicle needs occur in an appropriate area and not in residential areas. Comment noted

Other Comments

249

Offering Compass Cards that could be attached to key chains would be a great incentive for people to purchase Compass Cards who tend to lose them and have to continually replace them. Comment noted

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Other Comments

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Q. How are the scenarios determined? – A. through the evaluation criteria first and then other policy considerations may influence certain emphasis scenarios. The scenarios will be tested through these performance measures.

Network scenarios are developed by assembling packages of transportation projects which have previously been ranked based on project-level evaluation criteria. These scenarios are evaluated using the performance measures, and refined as necessary until a preferred alternative can be selected.

Other Comments

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Q. Are there restrictions on where the monies can be spent – freeway, etc.? it seems we have constraints put in place already from the beginning unless we can address that. Should focus only on the flexible funds then. A. Currently only about 3-5% are flexible funds which allows us to do “emphasis scenarios”. Policy side we have more flexibility though with parking policies, etc.

There are a number of constraints that influence how money can be spent.

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Other Comments

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Q. Does the $214 Billion include actual construction costs through the full networks? Q. Are we just here to discuss the 3-5% then? A. We are here to discuss how the complete networks may differ in terms of meeting goals for vibrant economy or healthy communities, etc. we will see differences among the networks given funding options, etc. The restrictions on the monies may not need to be pre-ordained for ever – there are policy options we could make in future

There are a number of constraints that influence how money can be spent.

Other Comments

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Q. Will these be weighted? A. we were not planning on weighting these measures as we do with the project evaluation criteria.

The performance measures are not weighted.

Other Comments

254

Refueling and servicing of Amtrak trains at the Santa Fe station is a problem for residents in the area due to noise and environmental pollution. Comment noted

Other Comments

255

You have to recognize the inter-relatedness of all of the performance measures.

Agreed. Many of the performance measure are interrelated, which reflects the fact that many aspects of the transportation system, land use and the environment are also interrelated.

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Other Comments

256We need to look at real data to make informed decisions

SANDAG strives to use real data in the decision-making process to the greatest extent possible.

Other Comments

257Question – are we evaluating different projects altogether or separate?

Projects are first evaluated and ranked using a different set of project-level evaluation criteria. Packages of projects are then bundled to create network scenarios, which are evaluated using the performance measures.

Other Comments

258System of evaluating projects is flawed from the very beginning

SANDAG has been actively working to create a rational and transparent project evaluation process.

Other Comments

259

Some explanation of how past performance measures have affected current plans and project would have helped us understand what we are discussing. For Example trying to reduce commute time for auto users can encourage more driving, thereby increasing VMT. Comment noted

Other Comments

260

What should we consider when we compare transportation networks? What’s the most important performance measure?

There is no one single metric that can be identified as the "most important" because of the diversity of the modes and users in the region.

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Draft Transportation Network Performance Measures Peer Review Panel Findings

November 12, 2013

A five-member peer review panel met on November 12, 2013 to review and provide comments on the draft transportation network performance measures for San Diego Forward: The Regional Plan. Below is a summary of the panel’s comments and findings, as prepared by the peer review panel.

Comments:

• The panel likes that there are fewer performance measures than in past plans • Likes the concept of developing key questions • Likes many of the new performance measures being proposed

INNOVATIVE MOBILITY AND PLANNING

- Measures proposed to be cut o Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) o Travel time to work o Transit passenger miles

- Measures proposed to be added o Travel time peak (reported by Low Income-Minority (LIM)/non-LIM and total) o Travel time off-peak (reported by LIM/non-LIM and total)

- Measures proposed to be kept/refined o Daily vehicle delay o Increase in non-SOV mode share o Vehicle safety o Bike/ped safety

VIBRANT ECONOMY

- Measures proposed to be cut o Return on investment o Jobs generated and regional output growth (require different land use

scenarios, or running integrated model), unless there are expected to be differences across scenarios

o Total freight capacity acreage (can make available for reporting)

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- Measures proposed to be kept/refined o Benefit cost analysis o Daily truck delay to/from gateways and distribution hubs (total, or per trip) o Percentage of income consumed by out-of-pocket transportation costs (drop

time component) (reported by LIM/non-LIM and total) o Average travel times to/from Mexico o Average travel times to/from tribal lands

HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNITIES

- Measures proposed to be cut o Average travel distance to work destinations o Total gross acres of constrained lands

- Measures proposed to be kept/refined o Percentage of population within 0.5 mile of high-frequency transit o Percentage of population within 0.25 mile of bicycle facility (Class I, Class II, etc.) o Number of persons achieving minimum physical activity (30 min) from

transportation-related physical activity o Access to jobs + post-secondary enrollment by auto by occupation/industry (30

min) o Access of jobs + post-secondary enrollment by transit by occupation/industry (30

min) o Access to goods and services (retail, medical, etc.) (30 min) o Smog-forming and toxic pollutants o Carbon dioxide (C02) emissions

In development of questions, consider including:

- Is the health of residents improved? o Put transportation-related physical activity under this question o Put smog-forming and toxic pollutants

Future monitoring efforts may want to include:

- Transit system utilization/efficiency (passenger mile/seat mile) - Bicycle and pedestrian safety measures

OVERARCHING CONSTRAINTS

- Issues of uncertainty as the plan has a horizon year of 2050 - Funding constraints - limited flexible funding - Intelligent Transportation System & Arterials constraints - Land use constraints

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OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS:

- System should be modeled as a whole, and include arterials. Work with local agencies to incorporate municipality desires into the modeling process.

- Integrate parallel land use-transportation scenario development with current Regional Plan scenario development. Land use scenarios should be defined in conjunction with, and explicitly linked to, specific transportation network scenarios

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Dr. Jennifer Dill Professor, Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies & Planning, Portland State UniversityDr. Jennifer Dill is a professor in the Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University and Director of the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC). Dr. Dill’s research interests include the relationship between transportation policy and planning and land use, health, and the environment, with a focus on non-motorized travel behavior. Prior to entering academia, Dr. Dill worked as an environmental and transportation planner for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and US Environmental Protection Agency. She was also research director at the Local Government Commission, where she worked on energy, land use, and transportation issues. Dr. Dill has a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning from UC Berkeley, an MA in Urban Planning from UCLA, and a BS in Environmental Policy Analysis and Planning from UC Davis.

Charlie Howard Transportation Planning Director,Puget Sound Regional CouncilCharlie Howard is the Transportation Planning Director for the Puget Sound Regional Council, a position that he has held since February 2005. Prior to joining PSRC, Charlie worked with the Washington State Department of Transportation for 18 years, most recently as the Director of Strategic Planning and Programming. Charlie has been involved in state and regional transportation issues for the past 30 years, including an active role in developing and implementing the state's growth management act.

Ben StablerSenior Supervising Planner with Parsons Brinckerhoff’s Systems Analysis Group Ben Stabler specializes in planning modeling systems development and application. He is an expert in travel demand model development, software development, and data analysis/visualization. Ben has worked internationally on numerous activity-based and four-step travel demand and land use modeling systems and has presented at numerous conferences. He is a certified Geographic Information System (GIS) Professional and has worked in both the public and private sectors. He is an experienced software developer, having previously worked for a private transportation software company. Ben has also been a member of the Transportation Research Board Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems Committee (ABJ30) since 2009 and is an instructor for the National Highway Institute course on travel demand forecasting.

David Vautin Associate Transportation Planner, Metropolitan Transportation CommissionDavid Vautin is a Transportation Planner at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) in Oakland, California, specializing in transportation performance assessment. His analytical work informs regional policy decisions by monitoring adherence to adopted goals and targets and by identifying high-performing transportation investments that support the region’s sustainability objectives. As part of Plan Bay Area, the region's first Sustainable Communities Strategy, David's work on project-level performance assessment helped policymakers to prioritize the region’s top transit expansion priorities for future New Starts and Small Starts funding opportunities, in addition to highlighting cost-ineffective and sprawl-inducing projects as low performers.

Martin Wachs Senior Principal Researcher at RAND, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Urban Planning, UCLA Luskin School of Public AffairsMartin Wachs is a senior principal researcher at RAND. He formerly served as director of the RAND Transportation, Space, and Technology Program. Prior to joining RAND, he was professor of civil and environmental engineering and professor of city and regional planning at the University of California, Berkeley, where he was also director of the Institute of Transportation Studies. Prior to this, he spent 25 years at UCLA. Wachs is the author of 160 articles and four books on subjects related to relationships between transportation, land use, and air quality; transportation finance and policy; transportation needs of the elderly; techniques for the evaluation of transportation systems and performance measurement in transportation planning. His research also addresses issues of equity in transportation policy.

Draft Performance Measures

PEER REVIEW PANEL BIOGRAPHIES

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Regional Plan Goals Peer Panel Finding Response to Findings Measures proposed to be cuto Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Dropped VMT performance measure.

o Travel time to work

Kept travel time performance measure, butrefined so that is peak period only, and addedmodal and community of concern detail (refer to1A).

o Transit passenger milesDropped transit passenger miles performancemeasure.

Measures proposed to be added

o Travel time peak (reported by Low Income-Minority (LIM)/non-LIM and total)Refined travel time performance measure to reflect peak period only, and to provide details for communities of concern (refer to 1A).

o Travel time off-peak (reported by LIM/non-LIM and total)Did not add a new off-peak travel time performance measure; not as relevant as peak travel time.

Measures proposed to be kept/refined

o Daily vehicle delayKept it in the draft set of performance measures(refer to 1B).

o Increase in non-SOV mode shareKept it in the draft set of performance measures(refer to 2A).

o Vehicle safetyKept in the draft set of performance measure(refer to 3A).

o Bike/ped safetyKept in the draft set of performance measure(refer to 3B).

Measures proposed to be cut

o Return on investmentDropped return on investment performancemeasure. Benefit-cost ratio (refer to 4A) is asimilar metric.

o Jobs generated and regional output growth (require different land use scenarios, orrunning integrated model), unless there are expected to be differences across scenarios

Dropped these performance measures.

o Total freight capacity acreage (can make available for reporting) Dropped this performance measure.Measures proposed to be kept/refined

o Benefit cost analysisKept benefit-cost ratio performance measure(refer to 4A).

o Daily truck delay to/from gateways and distribution hubs (total, or per trip)Kept in the draft set of performance measures(refer to 4B).

o Percentage of income consumed by out-of-pocket transportation costs (drop timecomponent) (reported by LIM/non-LIM and total)

Refined percent of income consumed bytransportation costs to eliminate the value-of-time component (refer to 5A).

o Average travel times to/from MexicoKept in the draft set of performance measures(refer to 6B).

o Average travel times to/from tribal landsKept in the draft set of performance measures(refer to 6A).


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Regional Plan Goals Peer Panel Finding Response to Findings

Measures proposed to be cut

o Average travel distance to work destinationsRefined travel distance to work destinations toprovide modal detail (refer to 7D).

o Total gross acres of constrained landsDropped gross acres of constrained landsperformance measure.

Measures proposed to be kept/refined

o Percentage of population within 0.5 mile of high-frequency transitKept in the draft set of performance measures(refer to 7A).

o Percentage of population within 0.25 mile of bicycle facility (Class I, Class II, etc.)Kept in the draft set of performance measures(refer to 7C).

o Number of persons achieving minimum physical activity (30 min) fromtransportation-related physical activity

Refined persons achieving minimum physicalactivity performance measure (refer to 7F).

o Access to jobs + post-secondary enrollment by auto by occupation/industry (30 min)Refined access to jobs and education performancemeasure (refer to 8A).

o Access of jobs + post-secondary enrollment by transit by occupation/industry (30min)

Refined access to jobs and education performancemeasure (refer to 8A).

o Access to goods and services (retail, medical, etc.) (30 min)Refined access to goods and services performancemeasure (refer to 8B).

o Smog-forming and toxic pollutantsKept in the draft set of performance measures(refer to 9A).

o Carbon dioxide (C02) emissionsKept in the draft set of performance measures(refer to 10A).

Healthy Environment and Communities

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CALTRANS DISTRICT 11 DISTRICT LOCAL ASSISTANCE ENGINEER

(DLAE) UPDATE February 20, 2014

Active Transportation Program (ATP)

The CTC submitted the final draft ATP guidelines to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee on February 3, 2014. The final draft ATP guidelines, including milestones, can be viewed at:

http://www.catc.ca.gov/programs/ATP.htm

Call for Projects will be announced on March 21, 2014 and applications are due to Caltrans by May 21, 2014. Caltrans will be providing ATP training at the Gallegos Room, Caltrans District 11 on April 15, 2014. Details of the training will be provided as soon as it is available.

National Highway System (NHS)

The existing National Highway System (NHS) has been expanded to include all Principal Arterials. (i.e. Functional Classifications 1,2 and 3) to the new Enhanced NHS. More detailed information can be found in the Caltrans Local Assistance web link:

http://dot.ca.gov/hq/tsip/hseb/map21nhs.html

MAP-21 Legislation:

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/map21/legislation.cfm

The only official functional classification for Federal Aid Funding can be found on the California Road System (CRS Maps) displayed on the website below:

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tsip/hseb/crs_maps/

Agencies needing support for removing a principal arterial from being upgraded to NHS standards can get guidance on how to change the functional classification of a principal arterial by contacting:

Navneet Singh (Branch Chief) at (916) 654-6585 or [email protected]

Southern California Local Assistance Meeting (SCLAM)

The meeting will be held in the District 7 District Offices, located in Los Angeles, on Thursday, April 3, 2014 from 9:00 to 3:00.

Regarding the agenda, please send potential subjects you would like to discuss to [email protected] by Thursday February 21, 2014, so we may add them to the agenda.

Every Day Counts Webinar

Every Day Counts (EDC) is designed to focus on a finite set of initiatives. Teams from the Federal Highway Administration will work with state, local, and industry partners to deploy the initiatives and will develop performance measures to gauge their success. Another Every Day Counts Webinar is coming up on March 26, 2014 from 11:00am-1:00pm. A room will be reserved in Caltrans District 11 for the event. Details of the webinar will be provided as soon as information is available.

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http://www.catc.ca.gov/programs/ATP.htm

http://dot.ca.gov/hq/tsip/hseb/map21nhs.html

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/map21/legislation.cfm

http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/tsip/hseb/crs_maps/

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SAVE THE DATE Southern California

Local Assistance Management (SCLAM)

Meeting

Welcome to Caltrans District 7 (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties)

Please Join Us on Thursday, April 3, 2014, from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Caltrans, District 7 at 100 S. Main Street, CA 90012 (Room 1.040)

Please send R.S.V.P. to Linda Taira at [email protected], by Friday, March 28, 2014

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