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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1989 0906 CC REG ITEM 11BMOORPARK ELOISE BROWN Mayor IERNARDO M. PEREZ Mayor Pro Tern :LINT HARPER, Ph. D. Council member PAUL LAWRASON Council member COTT MONTGOMERY Council member RICHARD T. HARE City Treasurer MEMORANDUM TO: The Honorable City Council FROM, Richard Hare, Deputy City Manage~ DATE: August 29, 1989 STEVEN KUENY City Manag er CHERYLJ. KANE City Attorney PATRICK RICHARDS , A.I.C.P . Director of Commun ity Development R. DENNIS DELZEIT City Engineer JOHN V. GILLESPIE Chief of Police SUBJECT: Reconsideration of Request For General Plan Amendment and Zoning Change The attached request from McDonald Corporat i on is submitted for your review along with McDonald Corporation's recently c ompleted traffic study. This item has been considered by the Coun ci l p rev i ously and denied, however, with this new material, the Council may wi sh t o r econsider the request. RH:sc 898292 Attachment 99 Moorpark A venue Moorpark, California 93021 MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA City Co ncil of _....., ____ _ ACTI r-4~:tX>~ (805) 529-6864 ELOISE BROWN Mayor ERNARDO M. PEREZ Mayor Pro Tern LINT HARPER , Ph . D. Council member PAUL LAWRASON Council member ~OTT MONTGOMERY Counc i lm ember RICHARD T. HARE City Treasurer TO: FROM MOORPARK MEMORANDUM The Honorable City Steven Kueny 1 City Council Manager >,;/: ,_. DATE: August 11 1 1989 ST EVEN KUENY City Manage r CHERYLJ. KANE Ci ty Attorney PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C .P. Director of Commun ity Development R. DENNIS DELZEIT City Engineer JOHN V. GILLESPIE Chi ef of Police SUBJECT : Request for GPA Expediting from McDonald's The attached material was received on August 11, 1989. Mr. Collen had been previously informed that his written material for this agenda item had to be provided to the City Clerk by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 9, 1989 for this matter to be on the August 16 Council agenda. Mr. Collen has been informed that his request will be on the September 5, 1989 Council agenda unless otherwise determined by the Ci ty Council. SK:csw 898113 Attachments cc: Cheryl Kane, City Attorney Lillian Kellerman, City Clerk John Knipe, Assistant City Engineer Pat Richards, Director of Community Development 99 Moorpark A venue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529-6864 August 11, 1989 Mr.Steven Kueny, City Manager City of Moorpark 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 RE: August 16, 1989 City Council Meeting Dear Mr. Kueny: McDonald's Corporation 21300 Victory Boulevard Suite 800 Woodland Hills , California 91367 818 /594-0525 McDonald's Corporation will be granted an opportunity to be heard at the above referenced meeting. We would like to impress upon the council that we are not asking for project approval. The issue at hand is land use not project approval. We would like the council to consider acting on the second or third of the following three actions for arriving at the ultimate land use designation for the NEC of NEW L.A. Avenue and Spring Street: (1) Continue the GPA update process which is still 18 to 24 months from completion. By the time the council could act on the zone change request and McDonald's application, 2 to 3 more years will have gone by. McDonald's already has had the property tied up for almost 18 months on the expectation that the GP update process would be finished by now. It is financially infeasible for the property owners or the applicant to wait four or five years before a project can be considered on its merits. This is exactly what you would be asking of us if you decide not to expedite the zone change. The property owners have nothing to lose by waiting, their investment is secure. The property owners will not extend our time unless the zoning can be expedited. My discu~sions with many community members are that they would welcome a well designed commercial center with a beautifully designed McDonald's Restaurant. The immediate need to have the traffic problems mitigated at this intersection would be accomplished by the development of this corner. This need will not be so great when the Moorpark Freeway and the Simi Valley Freeway are linked-up. The Traffic Impact Evaluation (Attached) concludes that the "the additional external traffic demands gene1·ated by this fast-food restaurant would not create any significant adverse impact on the operation of the future street system planned to serve the site. 11 (2) Request the council to authorize the applicant to expedite the General Plan Amendment and zone change outside of the existing general plan update process. The request would be processed by a firm selected and supervised by the City. The applicant would pay the costs so as not to burden the City. • Mr. Steven Kueny August 11, 1989 Page Two (3) Request the council to amend the General Plan and change the zone to CPD at a legally noticed public hearing under the police power vested in the council. It is my understanding that the council and community sees this corner as commerical. Also, this highly visible property needs to be rehabilitated and put into production as soon as possible. This would be a win-win situation for everyone in the community. Some of the benefits are summarized: A. Street improvements and implementation of traffic mitigation measures. B. Development of the final leg of this intersection. C. Sales tax revenue to the City which is estimated to be between $30 and 40,000 in the first year. D. Landscape features to compliment the new Gateway Plaza. E. Employment opportunities for those segments of the workforce that have the greatest difficulty finuing work; teenagers and senior citizens. F. Increasing the diversity of businesses in Moorpark allowing citizens to do more of their shopping in their community. This would have a mitigating effect on traffic since less trips will be made to the adjoining communities. In order for McDonald's to have meaningful negotiations with the property owners, McDonald's needs direction from the Council as to a reasonable time period to bring a project forward to be considered solely on its merits. McDonald's is willing to work in good faith with the City in order to bring its most modern facility to Moorpark. Our Regional Vice President lives over the hill in Santa Rosa Valley. He identifies himself with Moorpark and will build a landmark facility. I would like to ask the council to use its police power to change the land use designation and the zoning. All factors considered I would ask the council to permit McDonald's to begin working with City Planning Staff for our proposed project. Sincerely, McDONALD'S CORPORATION ~~ A rend Co 11 en Real Estate Representative Los Angeles Region AC:sr . \ August 7, 1989 Mr. Arend Collen McDONALD'S CORPORATION 21300 Victory Boulevard, Suite 800 Woodland Hills, California 91367 RE: Moorpark Site Initial Traffic Impact Evaluation Dear Arend: r.ttr••.,r, A\lr. 0 8 1989 As requested, we have conducted an overview analysis of the potential traffic impacts associated with the proposed McDonald's Restaurant to be located on the northeast corner of Spring Road and New Los Angeles Avenue in the eastern portion of the City of Moorpark. This brief letter report contains the findings and conclusions of our analysis. In general, we have concluded that the additional external traffic demands generated by this fast-food restaurant would not create any significant adverse impact on the operation of the future street system planned to serve the study site. The additional traffic that would be generated by this proposed fast-food restaurant (with drive-through service) was estimated based on traffic generation factors obtained from the latest Institute of Transportation Engineers' (ITE) research material available. These factors, and the resultant directional peak hour and daily site traffic demands, for both total and external traffic generation characteristics, are listed in Table 1, on page 2. • 2151 Alessandro Drive, Suite 210, Ventura, California 93001 • (805) 652-0411 • FAX: (805) 652-0545 TABLE 1 SITE TRAFFIC GENERATION Traffic Generation Factors Number of Additional Time (In Vehicle Trips Per Vehicle Trips (b) Period 1,000 Ft.2 ) (b) Total External AM Peak Hour In: 8.18 37 Out: 6.82 31 PH Peak Hour In: 21.84 98 Out: 19.28 87 Daily Total: 685.61 3,190 (a) Obtained from the 1988 ITE publication entitled Transportation and Land Development. (b) Based on 4,500 square feet of GI.A. (c) Based on a 25 percent by-pass factor usage. 28 23 73 65 2,390 (c) The subject fast-food restaurant would have total daily traffic demands slightly less than 3,200 vehicle trips per day (VPD), with total directional peak demands of about 100 vehicle trips per hour (VPH) inbound and 85 VPH outbound during a typical weekday afternoon commuter peak period. However, for impact analysis purposes, it was estimated that 75 percent of this total site traffic generation demand would actually be "new" vehicle trips on the adjacent street system (i.e., the equivalent of a "by-pass" traffic factor of 25 percent). Though recent studies indicate that the use of fast-food restaurants by existing traffic already on the adjacent arterial street system for some other primary trip purpose may be 45 percent or higher, a 25-percent by-pass factor was selected for use in this analysis in order to present a potential "worst case" traffic condition analysis scenario. 2 TM SITE TRAFFIC GENERATION AND DISTRIBUTION Based on recent traffic impact studies conducted by our firm in the City of Moorpark, and on our knowledge of existing and future traffic and demographic characteristics in this portion of the city, it was estimated that the orientation of the additional traffic generated by the subject McDonald's Restaurant would be relatively equally divided between Spring Road, north and south of Los Angeles Avenue; New Los Angeles Avenue on the east; and Los Angeles Avenue on the west (i.e., 25 percent to and from the study site in all four directions). Shown on the attached sketch are the resultant external • directional peak hour and daily site traffic demands, as assigned to the adjacent arterial street system, based on the external trip generation quantities listed in Table 1, and the directional distribution characteristics discussed above. Maximum external daily site traffic demands would occur on New Los Angeles Avenue, between Spring Road and the proposed site access driveway off New Los Angeles Avenue, east of Spring Road, approximately 1, 750 VPD. Peak period external site turning-movement tn4tc demands at the selected study area arterial intersec.tton ( Spring Road and '°8 Angeles A venue) would be less than 20 VPH in all cases. SITE TllAFFIC DIPACTS In order to determine whether or not the additional external ~c demands generated by this development would adversely impact the ~tion of the arterial street system in the vicinity of the study site._ a volume/capacity analyms • was made at the inters .. -:of Spring Road and LGlt :-Aflpi.a· Avenue , illimediately . adjacent to the study atte ·~ uaing the "intersection· O&pacity ·u~tion" (IC:U) method. Tllta intersection is now the most congested intersection bl the City of Moorpark, and this ranking is not anticipated to chanp in the near-term future. , . . It is also the location that would accommodate the higheat quantiti' ~ aite traffic .. . demands. Summarised in Table 2, on pap 4, are the •ti.~·.-morning and afternoon peak period ICU and Level of Service (LOS) valuea at ~ important intersection, with and without the additional external J)eak hc,1q>-~c demands generated by this proposed McDonald'• .R•tllurant. The IOULL88:~ listed in . : ' ··~ ''(,._~ .... ~ . ~ .... ; this table for the "without site tl'llfflc"· acenarto wen obtained fa a recent 3 NYN3(l ✓l::l#YlU. ·./J' ?~N~.1'~ ~ • I ' 1· ', ' ' ' .. ' f I Wl'?'Y~I\ -:J/r;v'!L. ,1. ..,/., (l (. 10001 .. i/' ~ " ' ' -: ' • ,. ~Jf ;.,';;;::; ~--P~ ,., " :'-~•a'•' . .,. , traffic impact ~y'.':coblbc:rted -i;· • ":located on the ~~ -~-. .~ north side of Los· Angeles Avenue, west of ~k-.R~,... ;-:-:~ the projected ~ ~ -·.r- total future cumulative traffic demandll-traversing this intersection · 1n 1993, the time period immediately preceding the anticipated completion of the link-up between t he Moorpark Freeway and the Simi Valley Freeway . -,.. '-•~~-•••• PUlUII 9Cl.llll.(CAPACffJ~ ,: ••• ~ A'l ~ _· • •• .• ,'\'.• ;'1 .~ ··-~~,~~ ..... ~; ~~{~lki~1. ~ ........ r~· .: ., ~ ~ -~ _£"'-:lo .• ~--- >=s_ ._ ... ---~~~r•<:.:-. ~ ·,. .. # viclnity of the study site, it is readily apparent t.Jiar ... -~ . __ -: ·:-,=~«>ncluliions of any future · comprehensive traffic impact study made"~for t bftl::~j')~t would -.. -~ - indicate · that the traffic impacts associated with this development •~ be negligible . If\you have any questions·ronceming the findinp and concluaio~.~:this overview analyBis, f:,7-ff ·1 .. It has been a pleasure to serve you on this interesting project. or require any further input at this time, pie.,• C()D.tect ._~ at your convenience. ~ :; :--., .t -)-f~;~ ':--'• 1.\;· -,~: .. -. ~ .. ~,.£!' ~ . -· • t. :-} • t .,,. ,._ .,;. j< ·?' . ~ '·. ~1~ ... -~ '~:t:~ ---~--r:•-~~-< r·. ~ :-r~·;·~ .. ~-If .. '~--~'# • ..... -;: ;l,. / :,tt:\ : .. • .. ,.-.... ~- :~# _ ... i ,,: