For City Council Meeting [November 15, 2022]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Alberto Paiva, P.E., Director of Engineering Services/City Engineer
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Request City Council to (1) Receive and Approve the 2022 City Wide Truck Route Study and (2) Set a Public Hearing for December 13, 2022, to Consider Adopting an Interim Urgency Ordinance to Restrict Truck Traffic on Certain Segments of City Roadways Proposed to be Decommissioned as Truck Routes.
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BACKGROUND
To accommodate the large volumes of truck traffic for businesses and growth in industrial and distribution sectors, the City of Rialto has designated City arterials and roadways as Truck Routes per the City's 2010 General Plan. This network was developed to facilitate commercial vehicles/trucks for goods movement along strategic corridors to minimize impacts on collector and local streets, and to protect the residential neighborhoods from truck traffic.
Since, the last Truck Route evaluation was completed there has been substantial growth and developments within the City. This includes residential, shopping centers, and major growth in industrial and distribution sectors. With major distribution centers and "big box" type warehouses at full operation, many roadways have seen an increase in heavy truck traffic traveling in designated truck routes, as well as residential and non-industrial areas where trucks are prohibited.
In addition, a moratorium was previously enacted by City Council for truck traffic on Ayala Drive between the 210 Freeway and Baseline Road within the Renaissance Specific Plan. This moratorium was extended multiple times before ultimately expiring.
The City of Rialto's Municipal Code, Chapter 10.40, "Trucks", addresses trucks routes. This includes guidance, resolutions, requirements, and policies to designate truck routes; as well as prohibiting trucks on certain streets. Any updates to existing Truck Route...
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