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1993-06 RESOLUTION NO. 93-06 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE`CITY OF GRAND TERRACE, INDICATING SUPPORT OF CITY STAFF COMMENTS RELATED TO THE DRAFT FINAL PROJECT STUDY REPORT FOR THE I-215 IMPROVEMENTS WHEREAS, the City of Grand Terrace wishes to maximize freeway access in order to disperse regional traffic to the maximum extent feasible, minimizing community disruption; and WHEREAS, current available freeway access capacity is minimum necessary to meet current travel demands; and WHEREAS, the City of Grand Terrace wishes to pursue ways to expand and or enhance existing freeway access capacity; and WHEREAS, the City of Grand Terrace feels that the Project Study Report for the I-215 improvements preferred alternatives will reduce freeway access capacity specially by, the following deficiencies: a) removal of Northbound off-ramp at Iowa Avenue; and b) removal of Southbound off-ramp at Center Street; and c) northbound off-ramp at Barton Road not at 90 degree angle; and d) southbound off-ramp at Barton Road modified to cul-de-sac - La Crosse. WHEREAS, we believe that the preferred alternative may significantly deteriorate Levels of Service (LOS) at the intersection of I-215 and Barton Road also at Barton Road and Michigan Avenue; and WHEREAS, the initial findings of the North South Corridor Study indicates that the City of Grand Terrace, most specifically Mt. Vernon Avenue and Barton Road, may be significantly impacted by regionally generated traffic as well as proposed improvements on Reche Canyon Road and Pigeon Pass Road; and WHEREAS, Barton Road is the City's commercial corridor and Mt. Vernon is fully built out with residential land uses and shall not be enlarged beyond General Plan ultimate widths; and WHEREAS, the City of Grand Terrace desires that the I-215 preferred alternative be modified to provide sufficient freeway capacity in order to maintain and enhance service levels at intersections mentioned and also to help divert the traffic originating from Pigeon Pass Road and Reche Canyon Road going through Grand Terrace enroute to the freeway; and WHEREAS, the City of Grand Terrace wishes to modify the preferred alternative to incorporate an improvement plan for the Iowa Avenue interchange approved by Cal Trans in 1983 consisting of a roadway paralleling I-215 with on and off access to Iowa Avenue, future Commerce Way within the City of Grand Terrace; and WHEREAS, the City of Grand Terrace requests additional studies be performed as part of the Project Study.Report to analyze ultimate freeway travel demands in light of the findings from RCTC and SANBAG North South Corridor Study. Consideration should also be given to travel demand that will be generated by the upcoming METROLINK Rail Station at Center Street which will further impact the area around Main Street; WHEREAS, the City of Grand Terrace desires to request SANBAG to assist technically and financially with the development of a focused study based on the findings of the North South Corridor Study to address the impacts of regionally generated traffic from proposed improvements of Pigeon Pass and Reche Canyon Road. WHEREAS, the City Council wants to make sure that the San Bernardino Association of Governments is aware that the City supports this project and has committed staff resources to making it a reality. This support is to be conveyed from our City Manager to SANBAG's Executive Director via a letter and subsequent.meetings as needed. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace, California that: SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Grand Terrace supports staff comments on the Draft Final Project Report Study that such comments are hereby incorporated by reference (Attachment D). SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Grand Terrace approves draft letter to SANBAG requesting assistance of support for the issues of concern outlined in this document incorporated by reference (Attachment E). SECTION 3. The City Council of the City of Grand Terrace requests that the City of Grand Terrace staff comments be addressed and incorporated into the plans and become public record. APPROVED, PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Grand r Terrace, California, at a regular meeting held the 11th day of February, 1993. I� r Mayor -f the City of Grand Terrace and of,4he City Council thereof. ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM City Clerk of the City City Attorney o Vt City of Grand Terrace and of the of Grand Terra City Council thereof. - I, BRENDA STANFILL, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace,hereby certify that U the foregoing Resolution was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace held on the 11th day of February, 1993, by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Carlstrom, Hilkey and Singley; Mayor Pro Tem Christianson; Mayor Matteson NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None EXECUTED this day on the 11th day of February, 1993. Brenda Stanfill, City Clerk - 1 o Planning HD TER R c Department February 4, 1993 Bill Hughes, Project Manager RCTC, Bechtel 3560 University Avenue, Suite 100 Riverside, CA 92501 Subject: Comments on the Final, Project Study Report (PSR) for the I-215 Improvements Dear Mr. Hughes, We have reviewed the Draft Final PSR and are concerned that the preferred alternative for the I-215 improvements may adversely impact the City of Grand Terrace because it reduces access capacity *at the freeway interchanges connecting to arterials serving our City. Specifically, the following deficiencies are noted: * Iowa Avenue - removal of northbound off-ramp. * Center Street - removal of southbound off-ramp. * Barton Road - northbound. off-ramp not at 90 degree angle. - southbound off-ramp modified to cul-de-sac - La Crosse. Page sixty-one (61) of the PSR indicates that the City of Grand Terrace has reviewed preliminary plans and that our comments have been incorporated into the project. This statement should be modified since our comments on letter dated June 8, 1992 have not been addressed with exception of sound block wall at the school site. (Plea3c refer to lettC. - Attachment A.) In addition, the on-going North - South Corridor Study being conducted by SANBAG and RCTC has shown that arterials in Grand Terrace will be significantly impacted by the future growth of regional traffic. The impact of this regional traffic will be even greater on Grand Terrace due to the withdrawal of I-215 ultimate alternative (10 lanes). It is in the interest of our City to maximize freeway access in order to disperse regional traffic in the maximum extent feasible. r, s- 22795 Barton Road•Grand Terrace,California 92324-5295•(909)824-6621 Attachment D The current available I-215 Freeway access capacity with the existing design configuration at Center Street, Iowa Avenue, and Barton Road is minimum necessary to meet current travel demand, and as proposed will be inadequate for future conditions. Elimination of offramps will decrease freeway access to South Colton and surrounding areas thus increasing the demand on I-215 Barton Road Interchange and routing traffic into Grand Terrace. The intersections of I-215 at Barton and Barton at Mt.Vernon are already at LOS E at p.m. peak hour. Please refer to City Engineer's comments for specifics (Attachment B). It is our view that the proposed I-215 improvements will reduce freeway access and thereby force additional regional traffic on our local arterials. The City of Grand Terrace would be opposed to a I-215 improvement plan that may worsen current situation and fails to satisfactorily address our future freeway access needs. To respond to our concerns, we recommend the following: 1) The preferred alternative should.be modified to provide sufficient freeway access capacity. One proposed modification which has potential to improve current situation and address some of the future travel demand is shown on the attached exhibit which depicts an improvement plan for the Iowa interchange approved by Caltrans in 1983. Please refer to Attachment C. Please also refer to City Engineering comments for details (Attachment B). 2) Additional studies should be performed as part of the PSR to analyze ultimate freeway access travel demand in light of the findings from RCTC's and SANBAG's North- South Corridor Study. It may be extremely beneficial for this project to coordinate the I-215 PSR with the North South Corridor Study. Consideration should also be given to travel demand that will be generated by upcoming Metrolink Rail Station at Center Street. For your information, the City of Grand Terrace will be requesting SANBAG to assist in conducting a focused study based on the findings of North - South Corridor to address the impacts of regionally generated traffic and the proposed improvements of Pigeon Pass and Reche Canyon Road. The study should analyze daily and peak hour travel demand in the year 2015 on the arterials of Barton Road;.Mt. Vernon Avenue, Michigan Street, Center Street and Main Street. It should address constraints to the implementation of new circulation improvements on these arterials such as lack of available r-o-w, impacts to adjacent, residential and commercial land uses, and historic structures fronting Center Street. The study should develop a circulation improvement plan that would minimize land use impacts and community disruptions while also, accommodating future travel demand. We will be reAuesting SANBAG to take the lead in this study because the impacts to b�'addressed are caused by regionally generated traffic. However, ROTC, the County of San Bernardino, the County of Riverside, Caltrans, the City of Colton, and City of Loma Linda will be asked to be actively involved. 3) Staging for construction of the project from SR-60 to I-10 should be considered a high priority and should be scheduled for completion as early as possible. 4) We request that these comments be incorporated in the public record concerning this project to document that we have concerns that have not yet been satisfactorily addressed. We appreciate this opportunity to respond to this detailed project and look forward to further communication and meetings with you to address issues of concern. Sincerely, Patrizia Materassi, Planning Director Thomas Schwab, City Manager Attachment: A - Letter dated June 8, 1992 to I-215 Project Manager B - City's Engineer's comments C - Improvement Plan for Iowa cc: Honorable Mayor Byron Matteson, City Council Mark Massman, Bechtel Jack Regan, Executive Director RCTC Wes McDaniel, Executive Director, SANBAG Ken Steele, Executive Director, Caltrans - District 8 _ N bil Fraywat, P.E., Caltrans Project Manager Chuck Wisdom, Fluor Daniel Bob Wits, Ci Traffic Engineer, City of Colton FraniNher o , County of Riverside Marth Tarton, Riverside County Transport Vijay Mathur, County of San Bernardino Leonard E. Brown, FHWA Donald G. Capelle, Parsons Brinkerhoff I IT ♦) 1_ g Planning 11)TERRrK Department June 8, 1992 Bill Hughes, Project Manager ROTC/Becktel 3560 University Avenue, Suite 100 Riverside, CA 92501 SUBJECT: Comments on the Preliminary Plans for the I-215 Improvements Dear Mr. Hughes, Per our conversation, please review the City of Grand Terrace comments attached. I look forward to receiving an updated PSR as you mentioned on the phone and also to have a meeting with you and other staff from SANBAG to discuss the viability of the proposal, possibly prior to completion of updated PSR. Bill, this issue is very serious for us, as we are a small city and as such, we are most times the"impacted"parry. We plan in advance and will take regional concerns into consideration when implementing local regulations. Thank you very much for information and assistance provided to us. Sincerely, Patrizia Materassi Planning Director PM:ma Attachments: Comments Figure 6 cc: Thomas Schwab, Grand Terrace City Manager Joe Kicak, Grand Terrace City Engineer Herbert Fischer, Colton Unified School District Superintendent Jack Reagan, ROTC,Executive Director Gary Moon, SANBAG, Director of Program Management Ty Schuilling, SANBAG, Director of Comprehensive Planning Michael Spiegel, PBQ&D Inc., Project Engineer Attachment A 22795 Barton Road Grand Terrace, California 92324-5295 • (714) 824-6621 1. School Site Staff reviewed set of plans with retaining and sound walls, mailed to us by the project engineer: Plans indicate that no sound wall is to be installed adjacent to the Grand Terrace Elementary School site. We understand that these plans are very preliminary,however,we are very concerned. Noise levels in that area are extremely high, i.e., approximately two-years ago, noise levels were measured on property at similar location on Newport Avenue, adjacent to the freeway to the North. The project requires a 20' block wall to mitigate freeway noise levels to 65 dba on site. Thus, the school site is already suffering tremendous freeway impact, and proposed freeway capacity increase will further worsen the situation. Also, being near Stater Bros. warehouse, many large trucks enter the freeway at that point, making the location somewhat unique and possibly adding new type pollutants to the area. In order to mitigate school noise and freeway pollution in a proper manner, I request that local noise counts and types of pollutants be taken from the site and that required sound attenuation wall be placed adjacent to the freeway. A second issue related to the school, acknowledged on the draft PSR, is that currently, the school is already operating below State standards; in case any right-of- way purchase is needed, the site may become inoperable, thus, requiring relocation. The City of Grand Terrace is close to build out. Any relocation efforts should happen as soon as possible, regardless of implementation time, for that at a later date, this effort will be null and the City will lose the elementary school. 2. Improvements at Main Street, Iowa and I-215 Proposed improvements at Main Street and Iowa as shown in the Ultimate Alternative drawings may pose a serious impact on Grand Terrace. Main Street is currently a local collector, however, it is the only viable alternative to relieve estimated traffic demand being generated east of Grand Terrace. The growth of the Reche Canyon and surrounding areas will by 2,015 bring Mt. Vernon and Barton Road to Level of Service F or worse. (Please review Figure 6 distributed at NS Corridor Meeting by SANBAG.) In case the NS Corridor improvements, i.e. Pigeon Pass occur, then it would further worsen situation described above by funnelling all that traffic,plus additional traffic, through the City of Grand Terrace. The only options existing at this time are Mt. Vernon and Barton Road, which will need to be enlarged to six lanes divided to carry approximately 50,000 cars per day. It just happens that Barton Road is our only commercial corridor in the City. The rest is residential. The intersection of Mt. Vernon and Barton Road is the planned core of our downtown. In a small City of 13,000 people, housing rich/job poor, these two roads are fundamental for a tax base and City survival. They shall not be enlarged. Therefore, alternative solutions and routes must be sought, whereby the growing traffic demand will flow to the freeway without destroying Grand Terrace. i We request that: 1. Proposed realignment and widening of Iowa as shown on the Ultimate Alternative take into consideration realignment of Main Street to a 90% intersection; 2. A study of cumulative traffic demand on Main Street by 2,015 be done to evaluate the extent of improvements needed in view of impossibilities to widen Barton Road and Mt. Vernon; 3. Please send us copies of sheet 5 of 7 of the I-215/SR-60 Ultimate Alternative plans and sheet 7 of 10 of I-215/SR 60/SR-91, Measure A/I Alternative. Both these sheets supposedly include proposed improvements on La Cadena sonthbound ramp and Main Street intersection with Iowa; and 4. We request that these improvements be staged or phased as a result of the study, so that the Alternative Measure I/A would include a portion of it, at least the realignment of Main Street, one additional lane on Iowa and effective signalization regarding on and off ramps connected to this interchange. -' An alternative to Main Street and Iowa is an interchange with I-215 at Van Buren. It would be another way to relieve increasing demand from Reche Canyon area; furthermore, this interchange has been approved by.Cal Trans in the past, even though it is within less than one mile from the Barton Road interchange. Your consideration of these comments will be greatly appreciated. Hope to hear from you soon. NORTH - SOUTH COI, [DOR z 4 y y w ALTERNATIVE 1 CIRCULATION SYSTEM y m y x a a o y30 y� z YEAR 2015 DAILY LEVEL OF SERVICE > y w 10 x p DLA;YDS BLVD. N AVE. CITRUS VE. " LEGEND 5�0 y D. 4w �59 �Q LOS A,B, or C to d BEAUMONT VW, or E M �% � y�T 10 a CA�p�8LV0• X if- — e LOS F C NT U SCOTCH q 2 49. CO CE TER Sr. � 0 COUNTY LINE ROAD lG�Aj a rl,ON LIVE 0 CAN'S FF a �Q. S R C 3RD ST UNW R 9 FTY AVE. SU oto PENNSYLVANIA AVE. a aWc ��^AD z ' 4 Doti �,I, HINDA 4�BROORS/L•E AVE. O� CENTRAL AVE, w LOCUST AVE. ? ep 9 HS ai IR Nfr OD AVE. yT A60 60 i 15 SUMVrl BLI. a \ R y :t C a1 VI y F 4j i y 47 06 'Pj x FIGURE 6 P&D Technologies • 1 100 Town & Country, Ste 300 Orange, CA 92668 PAGE L%T V op 12.447 XRriND TERR CE M E M O R A N D U M 22795 Barton Road Grand Terrace California 92324-5295 TO: Patri zi a Materassi , Planning Director Civic Center FROM: Joseph Ki cak, City Engi neer� (714) 824-6621 DATE: January 29, 1993 SUBJECT: Project Study Report - I-215 Thank you for the opportunity to review the document. Byron R. Matteson I am certain that you and many others have been involved in formulating Mayor and reviewing the proposal much longer than the opportunity afforded to me. However, brief review of the document indicates some major Hugh J. Grant potential problems for our City. I have reviewed that portion of I-215 Mayor ProTempore which could have the greatest impact on the City of Grand Terrace. Specifically, an area from the Washington Street and I-215 on the north, Gene Carlstrom to Center Street and I-215 on the south. Y.i. :M.Christianson Herman Hilkey One of the major changes that occurred was the modification of Iowa Council Members Avenue interchange. More specifically, "Elimination of the NORTHBOUND OFFRAMP". This offramp has served in the past as an exit for traffic Thomas J. Schwab into South Colton area, via La Cadena Drive. By eliminating this City Manager offramp, that traffic will now use Barton Road offramp adding to other traffic volumes at that location. That location is already very heavily impacted. It must be noted that in N/S Corridor Study (S.B. County) , the traffic volumes from Riverside County Pigeon Pass area are likewise anticipated to arr-i've at that location to enter I-215. It would appear to me that the intersection of I-215, Barton, and Mic.igan will be severely impacted by these two factors. That area, immediately adjacent to I-215 contains an elementary school , with school children crossing at Barton, Michigan and Vivienda. Consideration should be given to an offramp at Iowa Interchange, or some other locations to provide for routing traffic generated in Riverside County that is. projected to impact the I-215 - Barton/Michigan area. ATTACHMENT B memorandum to Patrizia Materassi January 29, 1993 Page 2 Access to and from Main Street at Iowa Interchange for traffic volumes with origin and destinations southerly of the County Line should be very seriously evaluated and considered. Such study was conducted and tentatively approved in 1983, by Cal-Trans. That study proposed offramp access easterly from Iowa Avenue Interchange to a roadway paralleling the Southern Pacific Railroad and distributing the traffic to Main Street for Riverside County bound traffic, with street intersection to distribute traffic to south portion of Grand Terrace all southerly of Barton Road. Such an access would also eliminate much of the traffic anticipated by N/S Corridor Study in the residential (Mt. Vernon and Michigan Streets) and commercial (Barton Road) corridors. In addition it would, if a northbound access to this interchange is not eliminated as proposed, minimize the impact on Barton Road west of I-215, for the traffic bound for south Colton via La Cadena Drive. I do recognize that the purpose of the study is to improve I-215 to move traffic, however, the impact of such improvement on adjacent local system must not be ignored, especially if alternatives are available. Additional comment, the proposed I-215 widening at Southbound offramp to Barton Road proposes to cul-de-sac La Crosse Avenue. It should be kept in mind that such proposal would provide single point of access to an area of Vivienda Avenue between Grand Terrace Road and I-215, effecting approximately 22 properties and 20 acres plus or minus. This single point access is approximately 1 ,300 feet and would not meet the standard in any city. The initial severance of access to Vivienda from the east occurred with construction of SR 91 approximately 30+ years ago, however, access was provided via La Crosse Avenue south of Barton. This plan proposes to eliminate that access. JK/ct ..•�, ;.� �'•\rT.:� ea c•aan as{•at•°• ... � ✓;,.h21SFreewe -^..,f� vrr.•--,.- -- =^�'w���•�ci�•�•;.., .�i� •�^-�..n�. -, � T^7_ a.•`�•mob. ..1'' +r�'� '�•�� -`�-+in�-�' _-_ f_� .-.__ __•-'-__ _ ' ��' '?e 1U•f1�U•..y..` +��h ;. -_ - - -`Y;� _ _ _ - - y' - '��. To Ln 9•rnualrb �C _t .. �• • J' '• Be / . C' ' .t*M G♦� j ao j �� v� .� v\ �',0♦c5 ALTERNATE I �� !•� .�. � cr \,;'' lows Avenue Remodel \ % �t/ f 4jo 99O f �O 1. 16 c�TY (�& Planning Department February 4, 1993 Wes Mc Daniel, Executive Director SANBAG 472 North Arrowhead Avenue San Bernardino, CA 92401 Dear Wes, We are writing this letter to you to request SANBAG's assistance to address two regional transportation issues that will have tremendous impacts on the City of Grand Terrace. We have made initial contact with Chuck Wisdom and Ty Schuilling only. Specifically, these concerns are: 1) The I-215 Project Study Report; and 2) the North - South Corridor Study. The I-215 Project Study Report proposes to make modifications to Center Street, Iowa Avenue and Barton Road interchanges that we believe may reduce their effective operating capacity. The current design of these interchanges provide the minimum capacity necessary to accommodate existing demand. (Levels of Service at major Barton Road intersections are already significantly below General Plan standards, and at CMP's LOS E.) Significant additional capacity will be needed to accommodate future demand. Furthermore, we believe the staging plan for construction of the I-215 improvements should be modified to show early implementation of the improvements between SR-60 and I-215. We request SANBAG's assistance to insure that our comments on the draft Project Study Report are addressed by the I-215 Project Development Team and incorporated into the final report. (Please refer to draft final PSR comments - Attachment A.) The initial findings of the North - South Corridor Study indicate that the City of Grand Terrace will be extensively impacted by future, regionally generated traffic as well as proposed improvements on Reche Canyon Road and Pigeon Pass Road. We request that .SANBAG take the lead in initiating a focused study based on the findings of the North- South Corridor Study. The focused study should analyze daily and peak hour travel demand in the year 2015 on the arterials of Barton Road, Mt. Vernon Avenue, Michigan Street, Center Street and Main Street. It should address constraints to the implementing of new circulation improvements on these improvements such as lack of available r-o-w and impacts to adjacent residential, and commercial landuses. Attachment E 22795 Barton Road• Grand Terrace, California 92324-5295 • (909) 824-6621 The study should develop a circulation improvement plan that would minimize land use impacts and community disruption, while also accommodating future travel demand. Unfortunately, the location of the City of Grand Terrace places it at the center of a criss- cross of all major corridors connecting Freeway 60 to Freeway 10 and to Freeway I-215. The City of Grand Terrace desires to maximize freeway access to minimize the impacts and disperse regionally generated traffic. The issues to be addressed by this study are inter urisdictional, therefore, we request SANBAG to seek the participation of RCTC, the County of San Bernardino, County of Riverside, Caltrans, the City of Colton and the City of Loma Linda, as well as the participation of the City of Grand Terrace. It will be extremely difficult for Grand Terrace to address these.issues without SANBAG's help. SANBAG's assistance to local governments to resolve inter urisdictional and subregional problems will be greatly appreciated. If I can be of any further assistance in promoting this important project, please do not hesitate to call. Sincerely, Thomas Schwab City Manager TS:PM:ma Attachment: Comments on draft final PSR - 1-215 cc: Honorable Mayor Byron Matteson and City Council Ken Steele, Executive Director, Caltrans - District 8 Gary Moon, SANBAG Chuck Wisdom, Fluor Daniel Ty Schuiling, Director of Comprehensive Planning SANBAG c:\wp51\p1anning\misc\1215.1t2 i c-TT , Planning r.QA"oRti Department June 8, 1992 Bill Hughes, Project Manager RCTC/Becktel 3560 University Avenue, Suite 100 Riverside, CA 92501 SUBJECT: Comments on the Preliminary Plans for the I 215 Improvements Dear Mr. Hughes, Per our conversation, please review the City of Grand Terrace comments attached. I look forward to receiving an updated PSR as you mentioned on the phone and also to have a meeting with you and other staff from SANBAG to discuss the viability of the proposal, possibly prior to completion of updated PSR. Bill, this issue is very serious for us, as we are a small city and as such, we are most times the"impacted"party. We plan in advance and will take regional concerns into consideration - when implementing local regulations. Thank you very much for information and assistance provided to us. Sincerely, Patrizia Materassi Planning Director Fivi:ma _ Attachments: Comments Figure 6 cc: Thomas Schwab, Grand Terrace City Manager Joe Kicak, Grand Terrace City Engineer Herbert Fischer, Colton Unified School District Superintendent Jack Reagan, RCTC_Executive Director Gary Moon, SANBAG, Director of Program Management Ty Schuilling, SANBAG, Director of Comprehensive Planning Michael Spiegel, PBQ&D Inc., Project Engineer Attachment A 22795 Barton Road Grand Terrace, California 92324-5295 • (714) 824-6621 1. School Site Staff reviewed set of plans with retaining and sound walls, mailed to us by the project engineer. Plans indicate that no sound wall is to be installed adjacent to the Grand Terrace Elementary School site. We understand that these plans are very preliminary,however,we are very concerned Noise levels in that area are extremely high, i.e., approximately two-years ago, noise levels were measured on property at similar location on Newport Avenue, adjacent to the freeway to the North. The project requires a 20' block wall to mitigate freeway noise levels to 65 dba on site. Thus, the school site is already suffering tremendous freeway impact, and proposed freeway capacity increase will further worsen the situation_ Also, being near Stater Bros. warehouse, many large trucks enter the freeway at that point, making the location somewhat unique and possibly adding new type pollutants to the area In order to mitigate school noise and freeway pollution in a proper manner, I request that local noise counts and types of pollutants be taken from the site and that required sound attenuation wall be placed adjacent to the freeway. A second issue related to the school, acknowledged on the draft PSR, is that currently,the school is already operating below State standards; in case any right-of- way purchase is needed, the site may become inoperable, thus, requiring relocation. The City of Grand Terrace is close to build out. Any relocation efforts should happen as soon as possible, regardless of implementation time, for that at a later date, this effort will be null and the City will lose the elementary school. 2. Improvements at Main Street, Iowa and I-215 Proposed improvements at Main Street and Iowa as shown in the Ultimate Alternative drawings may pose a serious impact on Grand Terrace. Main Street is currently a local collector, however, it is the only viable alternative to relieve estimated traffic demand being generated east of Grand Terrace. The growth of the Reche Canyon and surrounding areas will by 2,015 bring Mt. Vernon and Barton Road to Level of Service F or worse. (Please review Figure 6 distributed at NS Corridor Meeting by SANBAG.) In case the NS Corridor improvements, i.e. Pigeon Pass occur, then it would'furtL,!z worsen situation described above by funnelling all that traffic, plus additional traffic, through the City of Grand Terrace. The only options existing at this time are Mt. Vernon and Barton Road, which will need to be enlarged to six lanes divided to carry approximately 50,000 cars per day. It just happens that Barton Road is our only commercial corridor in the City. The rest is residential. The intersection of Mt. Vernon and Barton Road is the planned core of our downtown: In a small City of 13,000 people,housing rich/job poor,these two roads are fundamental for a tax base and City survival. They shall not be enlarged. Therefore, alternative solutions and routes must be sought, whereby the growing traffic demand will flow to the freeway without destroying Grand Terrace. We request that: 1. Proposed realignment and widening of Iowa as shown on the Ultimate Alternative take into consideration realiignment of Main Street to a 90*. intersection; 2. A study of cumulative traffic demand on Main Street by 2,,,015 be done to evaluate the extent of improvements needed in view of impossibilities to widen Barton Road and Mt. Vernon; 3. Please send us copies of sheet 5 of 7 of the I-215/SR-60 Ultimate Alternative plans and sheet 7 of 10 of I-215/SR-60/SR 91, Measure A/I Alternative. Both these sheets supposedly include proposed improvements on La Cadena southbound ramp and Main Street intersection with Iowa; and 4. We request that these improvements be staged or phased as a result of the study, so that the Alternative Measure I/A would include a portion of it, at least the realignment of Main Street, one additional lane on Iowa and effective signalization regarding on and off ramps connected to this interchange. An alternative to Main Street and Iowa is an interchange with I-215 at Van Buren. It would be another way to relieve increasing demand from Reche Canyon area; furthermore, this interchange has been approved by Cal Trans in the past, even though it is within less than one mile from the Barton Road interchange. Your consideration of these comments will be greatly appreciated. Hope to hear from you soon. NORTH — SOUTH C'' ,.RID O R t w y y ALTERNATIVE 1 CIRCULATION SYSTEM a t o a y30z YEAR 2015 DAILY LEVEL OF SERVICE J L N ti � t �• � c DLAP(DS 111D. mb ITQN AVE. t ass c CITRUS VE. LEGEND y 4f 655 LOS A,8, or C BEAUMONT VE. C{f $1�� or E 10 1 cyan• LOS F a 9� SCOTC p F 1 0 R.s�r. 40 CG�Bi� rAYON (IV 0 CANIO COUNTY LIRE ROAD s o� 3 0 ,1 y� rrAr T 40• � UN/VLRSITY AVE. 71 %3 �i^ PENNSYLVANIA AVE. IAC AS•uU•cHpkE'.ID 4 BROO"MR AVE. ya HtNDA RD• ail, CENTRAL AVE, y I LOCUST AVE. tic y0 IR NII OD AVE. ya D• o � 60 6 ' 1S SUN E BLV . K a Ci t p H 7y 1. 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