Grossly overdone – burned to a crisp?

This is what the County wants for you in the pending General 2010 Plan!

§         According to the EIR for the Plan, the two-lane segments of Carmel Valley Road between Rancho San Carlos Road and the Village are currently over capacity by the standards in effect for the rest of the County. By those standards they are over capacity right now, by 106%, 51%, 47%, 12%, and 43%. (DEIR for GPU5, Table 4.6-21, page 4.6-81)

§         Despite this, the County proposes in the 2010 General Plan to encourage still more traffic on Carmel Valley Road.

§         The pending County Plan would set new, much weaker standards applied only to Carmel Valley Road; existing standards would be eliminated in the proposed plan. (Current Carmel Valley Master Plan standards, implemented consistently since 1991, include fixed average daily traffic data in annual reports.)

§         The County would use a different, more permissive and much less understandable method of determining traffic levels here than is used elsewhere in the County. They would use a complicated mathematical model that minimizes the effect of high traffic volumes.

§         The County has stated that its purpose is to “allow development to proceed” in Carmel Valley. (DSEIR for Carmel Valley Traffic Improvement Program, pp. ES-2, 2-9)

§         The County has also clearly indicated its unwillingness to preserve rural character because to do so would “postpone new development … [and cause] … deterrence of tourism industry growth [and of] business expansion”. (Public Works presentation to Carmel Valley Road Committee, 7/23/09)

§         In other words, the County seeks to use weakened traffic standards to increase the rate and extent of development in the Valley.

§         The County’s proposed weaker Carmel Valley traffic standards would

o         Reduce the threshold for mitigation of traffic required for new projects

o         Reduce the degree of mitigation required

o         Minimize local (Carmel Valley) participation in traffic decisions by reducing the requirement for public hearings on traffic growth

o         Facilitate future development, including subdivisions, in the Valley

§         REMEMBER: THE CARMEL VALLEY SUBDIVISION MORATORIUM ENDS WHEN COUNTY SUPERVISORS ADOPT THE 2010 GENERAL PLAN! The Supervisors want to do this within weeks.

§         Carmel Valley Road traffic standards in the General Plan must be rolled back to the existing system, and this done before the Supervisors act, or our future traffic may be frightfully fried!

§         IMMEDIATE ACTION is NEEDED from those who value the rural character of Carmel Valley.

 

 Medium, or Medium-Overdone?

This is what continuing implementation of existing Carmel Valley Master Plan (CVMP) standards could provide, using baseline methods and criteria applied during the past 19 years.

§         Our best approach to preserving the rural character of Carmel Valley is to retain the current average daily traffic (ADT) standards on Carmel Valley Road.

§         This requires stopping adoption of the provisions in the 2010 General Plan related to Carmel Valley Road (Policies CV-2.18 and CV-2.19)!

§         Vociferous objections, from Carmel Valley Residents, to the County’s proposed policies for Carmel Valley Road is urgently needed.

§         Key phrases when writing to Supervisors:

o         Support CVMP annual evaluations of traffic volume as per Policy 39.3.2.1 (CV), using ADT measurement, just as during 19 years of implementation

o         Oppose 2010 General Plan Policies CV-2.18 and CV-2.18

 

 Rare to Medium? (Not available. Road is already cooked to medium or overdone.)

 

PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO CARMEL VALLEY FRIENDS!!

 

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