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'SJ) ( REPORT To the Honorable Mayor andE:ityE:ouncii From. the City Manager February 14, 2000 Subject Irvine Apartment Communities (lAC) Traffic Mitigation Fee Agreement Recommendation Approve, by resolution, the subject lAC Traffic Mitigation Fee Agreement. Background On November 4, 1997, the Planning Commission certified a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MDN) and approved a Planned Development and Tentative Map for lAC's proposed 155 residential units/100 slip marina located on 12 acres at 700 Bair Island Road. The MND included a Traffic Study, which determined that traffic generated by the project, and future projects in the area, would contribute to traffic congestion. This congestion could result in gridlock on East Bayshore Road and temporarily eliminate access to the Bair Island Area. The Redwood City Police and Fire Departments have cited this congestion as an existing problem and have indicated that secondary access to the Bair Island Area is desirable in order to provide adequate emergency vehicle response. To provide secondary access to the Bair Island area, the Traffic Study recommends the extension of East Bayshore Road across Redwood Creek to Blomquist Road (Blomquist Road extension) in the form of a one lane emergency vehicle access road (refer to Figure 1). The traffic consultant estimated that the Blomquist Road extension would cost approximately $3.7 million. lAC and other Bair Island area developers will pay a fair share proportion for this improvement (refer to Figure 2 (includes Vicinity Map)). The Traffic Study used auto trip generation rates to determine each developer's fair share Traffic Mitigation Fee. According to the study, lAC's fair share is 17% of $3.7 million ($638,780). The Traffic Study also recommends that the two existing northbound lanes on East Bayshore Road south of Whipple Avenue be extended south to the Syufy theater exit drive (refer to Figure 3). This improvement will increase roadway capacity and should help to reduce traffic delay on East Bayshore Road. The City's traffic consultant estimated the cost of this improvement at $630,000. Therefore, lAC will also pay 17% of $630,000 ($107,100) (refer to Figure 2). In addition, lAC is required to pay 17% of all yet to be determined costs relevant to constructing the Blomquist Roadway extension near an existing SBSA sewer force main. The Traffic consultant's analysis did not anticipate the possibility of additional design and construction costs necessary to build the Blomquist Road extension near SBSA's existing force main. It is estimated that this cost could vary from $600,000 to $1.5 million. """"-'----"'T'"