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Home My WebLink AboutAppendix D - Traffic Memorandum CARLSBAD CLOVIS IRVINE LOS ANGELES PALM SPRINGS POINT RICHMOND RIVERSIDE ROSEVILLE SAN LUIS OBISPO 1500 Iowa Avenue, Suite 200, Riverside, California 92507 951.781.9310 www.lsa.net April 6, 2022 Gia Kim Engineering Manager City of Fontana 8353 Sierra Avenue Fontana, California 92335 Subject: First Tamarind II Logistics Project Traffic Memorandum (LSA Project No. FRT2202) Dear Gia: LSA Associates, Inc. (LSA) has prepared this Traffic Memorandum (Memo) for the proposed First Tamarind II Logistics Project (project) in the City of Fontana (City). The project will consist of one warehouse building totaling 60,900 square‐foot (sf) on the west side of Tamarind Avenue, between Slover Avenue and Santa Ana Avenue. The project will be consistent with the City’s General Plan land use and zoning designation. Figure 1 (all figures and tables attached) illustrates the regional and project location. Figure 2 illustrates the conceptual site plan for the project. The objectives of this Memo are as follows:  To estimate the trip generation for the proposed project and determine whether a Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) will be required for the project  To determine whether a VMT analysis will be required for the proposed project  To perform an active transportation and public transit analysis and determine whether the project will have impacts on public transit, bicycle, and pedestrian facilities TRIP GENERATION ANALYSIS Trip generations for the warehouse uses were developed using rates from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual (11th Edition) for Land Use 150 – “Warehousing”. Project trips were converted to trucks and passenger vehicles based on the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) recommendations for warehousing projects. As such, 31 percent of project traffic will be trucks. Based on Vehicle Mix from the SCAQMD, Warehouse Truck Trip Study Data Results and Usage, dated December 2014, the truck mix was considered as 18.7% 4‐axle, 5.5% 3‐axle, and 6.8% 2‐axle trucks. Based on the City of Fontana Traffic Engineering Division Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) Guidelines for Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) and Level of Service (LOS) Assessment, dated October 2020, all truck trips were converted to passenger car equivalents (PCEs) using a 2.0 PCE factor for 2‐axle trucks, 2.5 for 3‐axle trucks, and 3.0 for 4‐ and more axle trucks. 4/6/22 (R:\FRT2202_First Tamarind II CatEx\Technical Studies\Traffic\First Tamarind Traffic Memo.docx) 2 Table A summarizes the project trip generation and shows that the proposed project is anticipated to generate 18 PCE trips in the a.m. peak hour, 19 PCE trips in the p.m. peak hour, and 158 daily PCE trips. As per the City’s TIA Guidelines, a TIA shall not be required for a project if it generates less than 50 peak hour trips. Since the anticipated number of peak hour trips generated by the proposed project is lower than the 50‐trip threshold established by the City’s TIA Guidelines, a TIA may not be required for this project. VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED ANALYSIS On December 28, 2018, the California Office of Administrative Law cleared the revised California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines for use. Among the changes to the guidelines was the removal of vehicle delay and level of service as the sole basis of determining CEQA impacts. With the implementation of the adopted guidelines, transportation impacts are to be evaluated based on a project’s effect on VMT. On October 21, 2020, the City adopted its Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) Guidelines for Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) and Level of Service Assessment. Pursuant to the City’s VMT analysis guidelines Section 12.2 Project Screening “Step 4: Project net daily trips less than 500 ADT”, a project generating less than 500 daily trips can be considered as a low VMT generator that would not cause a substantial increase in the total citywide or regional VMT and are therefore presumed to have a less than significant impact on VMT. As shown in Table A, the project is anticipated to generate 104 total daily trips, which is substantially lower compared to the City’s daily trip threshold of 500 daily trips. Therefore, based on the City’s guidelines, the project could be potentially screened out from a detailed VMT analysis and is anticipated to have a less than significant VMT impact. ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC TRANSIT ANALYSIS According to the City’s TIA Guidelines, a significant impact occurs when a project conflicts with adopted plans, policies, or programs regarding active transportation or public transit facilities, or otherwise decreases the performance or safety of such facilities. Currently, there are no existing bicycle facilities within the project vicinity. Based on the City’s General Plan Community Mobility and Circulation Element, proposed Class II bicycle lanes will be added along both directions of Santa Ana Avenue and along both directions of Slover Avenue west of Tamarind Avenue within the project vicinity. As such, the project will not decrease the performance or safety of any existing or proposed bicycle facilities. The existence of sidewalks provides more transportation choices for non‐work trips, which can replace some auto trips, reducing growth in congestion and air pollution. Within the project vicinity, paved sidewalks are present on both sides of Slover Avenue west of Tamarind Avenue, north side of Slover Avenue east of Tamarind Avenue, both sides of Santa Ana Avenue west of Tamarind Avenue, and west side of Tamarind Avenue. According to the City’s General Plan Community Mobility and Circulation Element, adopted November 2018, and the City’s Active Transportation Plan, adopted 2017, the project will not affect any existing sidewalks and will add sidewalks along the project 4/6/22 (R:\FRT2202_First Tamarind II CatEx\Technical Studies\Traffic\First Tamarind Traffic Memo.docx) 3 frontage on Tamarind Avenue. As such, the project will increase the performance or safety of the existing pedestrian facilities. Omnitrans is the public transit agency serving the San Bernardino Valley, providing safe, reliable, affordable, friendly and environmentally responsible transportation. OmniRide Bloomington operates within the project study area Monday to Saturday, 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. OmniRide Bloomington is an on‐demand, reservation based microtransit service serving portions of Bloomington, Colton, Rialto and south Fontana. Customers can reserve rides on an app, then be picked up and dropped off at the locations of their choosing within the service area boundaries. OmniRide Bloomington connects to other Omnitrans fixed bus routes. At present, there are no proposed service changes in Omnitrans’s transit network. As such, the project will not decrease the performance or safety of any existing or proposed public transit facilities. The project does not conflict with existing or proposed bicycle, pedestrian, and public transit facilities. Therefore, it can be considered to conform to all adopted policies, plans, or programs concerning these facilities and will not have a significant impact. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (951) 781‐9310 or Ambarish.Mukherjee@lsa.net. Sincerely, LSA Ambarish Mukherjee, AICP, PE Principal Attachments: Figure 1: Regional and Project Location Figure 2: Conceptual Site Plan Table A: Project Trip Generation 4/6/22 (R:\FRT2202_First Tamarind II CatEx\Technical Studies\Traffic\First Tamarind Traffic Memo.docx) FIGURES TAMARIND AVENUESIERRA AVENUESLOVER AVENUE SANTA ANA AVENUE §¨¦10 VALLEY BOULEVARD First Tamarind II Logistics CenterTraffic Memorandum Regional and Project Location R:\FRT2202_First Tamarind II CatEx\Technical Studies\Traffic\GIS\Reports\fig1_RegProjLoc.mxd (3/14/2022) SOURCE: ESRI Streetmap, 2013; SCAG, 2020; Google Earth, 2018. FIGURE 1 S!!N Project Location SanBernardinoCounty RiversideCounty LosAngelesCounty ÃÃ142 ÃÃ138 ÃÃ18 ÃÃ173 ÃÃ71 ÃÃ210 ÃÃ91 ÃÃ60 Project Location §¨¦15 §¨¦215 §¨¦10 Project Vicinity 0 1000 2000 FEET SOURCE: Herdman Architecture + Design; November 2021NFEET R:\FRT2202_First Tamarind II CatEx\Technical Studies\Traffic\GIS\Reports\fig2_SitePlan.ai (03/14/2022) 70035 FIGURE 2 Conceptual Site Plan First Tamarind II Logistics Center Traffic Memorandum 4/6/22 (R:\FRT2202_First Tamarind II CatEx\Technical Studies\Traffic\First Tamarind Traffic Memo.docx) TABLES Land Uses In Out Total In Out Total Daily Warehouse1 60.90 TSF Trips/Unit (Cars)0.089 0.028 0.117 0.034 0.090 0.124 1.180 Trips/Unit (2‐Axle Trucks)0.009 0.003 0.012 0.003 0.009 0.012 0.116 Trips/Unit (3‐Axle Trucks)0.007 0.002 0.009 0.003 0.007 0.010 0.094 Trips/Unit (4+ Axle Trucks)0.025 0.007 0.032 0.010 0.024 0.034 0.320 Trips/Unit (Total)0.130 0.040 0.170 0.050 0.130 0.180 1.710 Trip Generation (Cars)52726872 Trip Generation (2‐Axle Trucks)1010117 Trip Generation (3‐Axle Trucks)0110116 Trip Generation (4+ Axle Trucks)20211219 Trip Generation (Total)8 3 11 3 9 12 104 Trip Generation (Cars)52726872 PCE Trip Generation (2‐Axle Trucks)20202214 PCE Trip Generation (3‐Axle Trucks)03303315 PCE Trip Generation (4+ Axle Trucks)60633657 PCE Trip Generation (Total)13 5 18 5 14 19 158 Notes: TSF = thousand square‐feet 1 Table A ‐ Project Trip Generation A.M. Peak Hour P.M. Peak Hour Units The trip generation was developed based on the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual (11th edition) rates for Land Use 150 – “Warehousing.” The resulting trips were converted to trucks and passenger vehicles based on the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) recommendations for warehousing projects. As such, 31 percent of project traffic will be trucks. Based on Vehicle Mix from the SCAQMD, Warehouse Truck Trip Study Data Results and Usage, dated December 2014, the truck mix was considered as 18.7% 4‐axle, 5.5% 3‐axle, and 6.8% 2‐axle trucks. Based on the City of Fontana Traffic Impact Analysis (TIA) Guidelines for Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) and Level of Service Assessment (dated October 2020), all truck trips were converted to passenger car equivalents (PCEs) using a 2.0 PCE factor for 2‐axle trucks, 2.5 for 3‐axle trucks, and 3.0 for 4‐ and more axle trucks. R:\FRT2202_First Tamarind II CatEx\Technical Studies\Traffic\Trip Gen.xlsx\ Trip Gen_150_11th Edition (3/14/2022)