HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-55 - Koll Center Newport Traffic Study 119RESOLUTION NO. 2001 -55
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH APPROVING TRAFFIC STUDY
NO. 119 REGARDING THE EXPANSION OF OFFICE SITE
B IN KOLL CENTER NEWPORT.
WHEREAS, Koll Center Newport Number A, 1900 Main Street, Suite 350, Irvine,
California, has applied to the City of Newport Beach for a General Plan Amendment and a Planned
Community Amendment for "Office Site B" of the Koll Center Newport (KCN) Planned
Community in order to allow future additional development on Parcel 1 of PMB 114/22 -24 and
Parcels 1, 2, and 7 of PMB 181/13 -19; and
WHEREAS, the proposed General Plan Amendment would increase the allowable building
floor area of KCN Office Site B by 250,000 gross square feet, to a maximum of 1,310,898 gross
square feet; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Zoning Amendment to the Koll Center Newport Planned
Community text would increase the maximum allowable building floor area in KCN Office Site B;
and
WHEREAS, a traffic study, entitled Office Site B — Koll Center Newport Planned
Community (WPA Traffic Engineering, Inc., March 2000), was prepared for the project in
compliance with Chapter 15.40 of the Municipal Code (Traffic Phasing Ordinance) and
incorporated into the Environmental Impact Report for the project (SCH #99091120); and
WHEREAS, the traffic study indicated that the project will increase traffic on nine primary
intersections by one percent (1%) or more during Peak Hour periods one year after the completion
of the project; and
WHEREAS, utilizing the Intersection Capacity Utilization (ICU) analysis specified by the
Traffic Phasing Ordinance, the traffic study determined that eight of the preceding nine primary
intersections will operate at satisfactory levels of service as defined by the Traffic Phasing
Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, utilizing the Intersection Capacity Utilization (ICU) analysis specified by the
Traffic Phasing Ordinance, the traffic study determined that one primary intersection,
MacArthur /Jamboree, presently operates at an unsatisfactory level of service during the a.m. peak
hour and that the project will further impact the intersection unless mitigation measures are
implemented. The traffic study identified the following mitigation measures, in the form of
intersection improvements, the costs of which are to be shared by the project and other projects
impacting the same intersection via mandatory conditions of approval: addition of a second
northbound left turn lane, a second southbound left turn lane and a northbound right turn lane; and
WHEREAS, the above - described improvements will reduce the identified short-range
traffic impacts from the project to a less- than- significant level; and
WHEREAS, based on the weight of the evidence in the administrative record, including
the traffic study, the City Council finds:
1. Construction of the project will be completed within 60 months of project approval; and
2. With planned intersection improvements, contributed to by the project, the project will
neither cause nor make worse an unsatisfactory level of traffic service at any impacted
primary intersection.
WHEREAS, on August 3 and September 7, 2000 and June 7, 2001, the Planning
Commission held duly- noticed public hearings, at which time the proposed General Plan
Amendment and Zoning Amendment were considered and forwarded to the City Council with a
recommendation of approval; and
WHEREAS, on June 26, 2001, the City Council held a public hearing, at which time the
proposed General Plan Amendment and Zoning Amendment were considered. A notice of time,
place and purpose of the public hearing was duly given and testimony was presented to and
considered by the City Council at the public hearing.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Newport
Beach does hereby approve Traffic Study 119 based on the weight of the evidence in the
administrative record, including the traffic study.
ADOPTED this 26`h day of June, 2001, by the following vote, to wit:
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ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
AYES, COUNCIL MEMBERS O'Neil, Ridgeway,
Glover, Bromberg, Mayor Adams
NOES, COUNCIL MEMBERS
Heffernan
ABSENT COUNCIL MEMBERS Proctor
MAYOR
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } as.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LAVONNE M. HARKLESS, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 2001 -55 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by
the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the
26th day of June, 2001, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: O'Neil, Ridgeway, Glover, Bromberg, Mayor Adams
Noes: Heffernan
Absent: Proctor
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 27th day of June, 2001.
(Seal)
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California