City Council Agenda and Packet 2013 05 07 - PG 113 - ATTACHMENT #6

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-t,; . y CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION . ` : � AGENDA ITEM 8C SUBJECT: RESOLUTION NO. 18, SERIES 2013—A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2012 UPDATE OF THE 2009 CITYWIDE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN — Public Hearing (advertised Daily Camera 4/5/13) DATE: APRIL 16, 2013 PRESENTED BY: GAVIN MCCMILLAN, AICP AND TROY RUSS, AICP PLANNING AND BUILDING SAFETY DEPARTMENT SUMMARY: At the April 2, 2013 City Council meeting staff introduced the draft of the 2012 Comprehensive Plan Update. This Council Communication along with the Council Communications from April 2, 2013; December 18, 2012; and June 19, 2012 present all of the components of the completed draft document for Council consideration. All previous staff reports are included as attachments to this communication. During the April 2 City Council meeting, Council asked some initial questions about the update and took public comment on the draft document. Based on the initial questions from City Council and the public comments heard during the session, staff asks Council to consider the following revisions to the document (attached). TRANSPORTATION SECTION Staff proposes additional language in the Comprehensive Plan to clarify the community character expectations and vehicle traffic level of service (LOS) assumptions used by staff in the analysis. Staff used the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) generalized level of service (LOS) guidelines to document vehicle capacity concerns with the projected 20 year build out of the City. Vehicle LOS is most commonly used to analyze a roadway's performance by categorizing vehicle traffic flow throughout the day, or during the periods of heaviest use, typically the morning and evening commute. Vehicle LOS is measured using letters from A to F. Vehicle based LOS does not measure a pedestrian's, or bicyclist's quality of trip, nor does a vehicle LOS measure the quality of the built environment. The size and speed of a roadway impacts the quality of a pedestrian's and bicyclist's trip experience as well as the quality of the built environment. Generally, the larger and faster roadway corresponds with a higher vehicle LOS and lower pedestrian and bicyclist's experience. Conversely, the smaller and slower roadway corresponds generally with a higher pedestrian's and bicyclist's quality of experience and a generally lower vehicle LOS. In the transportation profession throughout Colorado and the nation, LOS A to LOS C is expected in rural areas, LOS C to D are expected in suburban areas, while LOS C to F CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATION