For City Council Meeting [February 12, 2019]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Sean Grayson, Interim City Administrator
FROM: Robb Steel, Assistant CA/Development Services Director
Robert Eisenbeisz, Director of Public Works/City Engineer
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Request City Council to Approve (1) the First Amendment to the Reimbursement Agreement by and between the City of Rialto and Lewis-Hillwood Rialto Company LLC dated November 8, 2016 and (2) Adopt Budget Resolution No. 7472 appropriating funding in the amount of $224,456 for the Phase II Alder Interchange Preliminary Engineering Evaluation Report.
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BACKGROUND:
Recent traffic studies for various industrial projects within the Renaissance Specific Plan (RSP) area identified certain deficiencies of the SR-210 Alder Avenue interchange. A map of the SR-210/Alder Avenue Interchange is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
The Transportation Commission conditioned each of these development projects to pay certain fair share fees to make minor improvements to the east bound and west bound Alder Avenue on and off ramps to mitigate impacts caused by their projects. The traffic studies indicated that other improvements of the Alder Avenue interchange, including but not limited to widening the bridge structure might be necessary to accommodate future planned growth in the City. The Traffic Impact Analysis prepared for the approved Amendment to the Renaissance Specific Plan/Environmental Impact Report (EIR) also concluded that the Alder Interchange might not accommodate cumulative traffic volumes.
The Transportation Commission requested that the City and/or the master developer, Lewis-Hillwood Rialto (LHR), fund a feasibility study to determine the short-term and ultimate long-term improvements to the Alder Avenue Interchange to ensure that it can accommodate the projected traffic volumes at build out in 2040. On November 22, 2016, the City Council approved a Reimbursement Agreement (Exhibit B) with L...
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