Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Steve Monowitz, Community Development Director, Planning and Building Department
Subject: 2023 Highway Program Call for Projects grant application for the Moss Beach SR-1 Congestion and Safety Improvements Project
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution supporting the Moss Beach SR-1 Congestion and Safety Improvements Project and authorizing submittal of an application for the San Mateo County Transportation Authority's 2023 Measure A and Measure W Highway Program Call for Projects and committing to the completion of the proposed project scope.
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BACKGROUND:
Moss Beach SR-1 Congestion and Safety Improvements Project
In 1980, the Board and the California Coastal Commission approved San Mateo County's Local Coastal Program (LCP). In April 1981, the County assumed responsibility for implementing the California Coastal Act in the unincorporated area of San Mateo County's coastal zone, including issuance of coastal development permits.
Policy 1.23 of the County's LCP provides in part that the County shall "limit the maximum number of new dwelling units built in the urban Midcoast to 40 units each calendar year until a comprehensive transportation management plan, as described in Policy 2.53, is incorporated into the Local Coastal Program." Local Coastal Program Policy 2.53 describes the required content of a comprehensive transportation management plan to address the cumulative traffic impacts of residential development on the San Mateo County Midcoast. The County recently prepared the San Mateo County Midcoast Comprehensive Transportation Management Plan (CTMP or "Connect the Coastside") as the comprehensive transportation management plan for the San Mateo County Midcoast to meet the requirements of LCP Policy 2.53 as well as other needs of County residents and visitors. Connect the Coastside aims to address Midcoast mobility, to pro...
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