Goal M-4: Transportation, Land Use, and Design – Implementation Actions [Table M-4 part 4]:

Ref #

Implementation Action

Agency /
Time Frame

GOAL M-4: Coordinated transportation planning efforts with land use and design strategies that encourage sustainable development and achieve broader community goals.

4.1

Municipal Code update. Amend the code to require parking studies to evaluate requests for parking reductions in all development projects.

PBA 2024

4.2

Downtown transportation planning. Prepare comprehensive Downtown transportation and parking management plan that involves Downtown stakeholders and addresses downtown activity, economic growth, and operational improvements.

PWA/PBA/ CDA 2025

4.3

Downtown transportation improvements. Study the Downtown parking structure facilities, involving Downtown stakeholders, to identify potential operational improvements and monitor the program.

CDA/PWA 2025

4.4

Residential parking. Reevaluate the Residential Permit Parking Program to ensure it complies with state law and best practices.

PWA
Ongoing

4.5

Citywide Design Guidelines update. Update the Citywide Design Guidelines to strengthen pedestrian and cyclist linkages to development centers and residential neighborhoods and coordinate on-site landscape with public realm landscaping.

PBA/PWA 2022-2027

4.6

Safe travelways. Provide City interagency review of physical improvements and related design standards within travelways and the public realm.

PWA
Ongoing

4.7

Bike parking and amenities. Update the City bike parking ordinance to require new major development to provide long-term bike locker parking and amenities, and incentives for inclusion in existing development.

PBA 2022-2027

4.8

Ensure safety. Utilize the City’s project review processes to identify and maintain landscaped setbacks along public rights-of-way.

PWA
Ongoing

4.9

Trip reduction. Continue to evaluate alternative trip reduction program best practices for City employees, and implement a program that is cost-effective.

HR
Ongoing

4.10

Vehicle miles traveled. Maintain vehicle miles traveled (VMT) guidelines in compliance with SB 743.

PWA/PBA
Ongoing

4.11

Cross-agency coordination. Maintain ongoing coordination of land use and transportation impacts through joint powers authority agreements with adjacent jurisdictions.

PWA
Ongoing

4.12

School partnerships. Pursue partnerships with local school districts to improve coordination of review process for new and rehabilitated school facility improvements, to promote safe and well-designed student pick-up/drop-off.

PWA/PD
Ongoing