Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Level of Service (LOS) for Traffic condition - When Did the Council Decide to Remove It? by Liang

As pointed out in this blog
http://bettercupertino.blogspot.com/2015/05/vision-2040-regardless-of-traffic.html
General Plan 2000-2020 has a policy that requires the traffic LOS (Level of Service) to be at least D or better. This policy and all policies related to Level of Service were removed.

This letter asks when the Council discussed that these policies and decided that they should be removed since it is not required by any State Law to remove them.
The planning staff is unwilling to answer these questions.
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From: Liang C
Date: Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 6:51 AM
Subject: Level of Service (LOS) for Traffic condition - When did the Council decide to remove it?
To: Aarti Shrivastava <AartiS@cupertino.org>, David Brandt <davidb@cupertino.org>, planning@cupertino.org, City Council <citycouncil@cupertino.org>

Many policies related to Level of Service (LOS) for assessing traffic congestion are removed from 2000-2020 General Plan.

Specifically, "Policy 4-6: Maintain a minimum LOS D for major intersections for the morning and afternoon peak hours."

In the comparison table provided, the reason listed: "Removed LOS D for compliance with SB 743."

SB 743 does not require that LOS to be removed. SB 743 merely asks for an alternative measure to be added for "infill opportunity zone."
Could you please kindly identify in which meeting this issue was discussed during the City Council meeting?
When did the Council decide to remove LOS D? Where was such decision documented?
This is not required by SB 743 or any other state law.
I would appreciate an answer right now in writing, since it should be easy to tell whether such an issue is ever discussed by the Council.
Thanks.
Liang-Fang ChaoCupertino Resident

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