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To: Dane Palanjian
From: Alex J, Garber
Date: 3/2/2021
Re: VMT Screening Analysis for the Pierce and Baker Street Industrial Project
This technical memorandum presents a screening analysis of the Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) for the
proposed Pierce and Baker Road Industrial Project, located south of Baker Street and east of Pierce Street
in the City of Lake Elsinore.
The purpose of this analysis is to determine whether a VMT Analysis would be required for the project. The
project proposes the construction of three fulfillment warehouse buildings totaling 1,271,960 square feet.
The project site is vacant. The project site plan is shown in Figure 2.
Vehicle Miles Traveled
Senate Bill (SB)743 was signed by Governor Brown in 2013 and required the Governor's Office of Planning
and Research (OPR) to amend the CEQA Guidelines to provide an alternative to LOS for evaluating
Transportation impacts. SB 743 specified that the new criteria should promote the reduction of greenhouse
gas emissions,the development of multimodal transportation networks and a diversity of land uses. The bill
also specified that delay-based level of service could no longer be considered an indicator of a significant
impact on the environment. In response, Section 15064.3 was added to the CEQA Guidelines beginning
January 1, 2019. Section 15064.3 - Determining the Significance of Transportation Impacts states that
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) is the most appropriate measure of transportation impacts and provides lead
agencies with the discretion to choose the most appropriate methodology and thresholds for evaluating VMT.
Section 15064.3(c) states that the provisions of the section shall apply statewide beginning on July 1, 2020.
The City of Lake Elinore Traffic Impact Analysis Preparation Guide and the Western Riverside Council of
Governments (WRCOG) VMT Map screening tool were used to screen the project. The City's guidelines
Section 5.1 A contains the following screening thresholds to assess whether further VMT analysis is required.
1. Transit Priority Area (TPA Screening) Projects which are located within a TPA are presumed to have
a less than significant impact on VMT and therefore would not need to prepare a full VMT analysis.
2. Low VMT Area Screening: Using the WRCOG VMT Map use the appropriate thresholds within the
tool. Projects located within a Low VMT area are considered to have a less than significant impact
on VMT.
3. Project Type Screening: This applies to projects with low trip generation (1 10 trips per day), Local
Serving Retail: Retail that does not exceed 50,000sf,or listed for being local serving in nature.
The Project site is not located in a Transit Priority Area, and it is not local serving in nature, so the WRCOG
VMT Map was used for the Low VMT Area Screening. The Project is located in TAZ: 3,481. As shown in
Figure 1, the project site is located in a Low VMT area based on Home-Based Work, the appropriate
measure since this is an employment use. Since the project is consistent with the land use in TAZ 3,481, the
project would have a less than significant impact on VMT.
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Figure 1: WRCOG VMT Screening
APN:378020029;TAZ:3,481
Within a Transit Priority Area(TPA)?
No(Fail) \
Within a low VMT generating TAZ based on
l Total VMT?
Yes(Pass)
Jur sdctioral average 2012 caily total VMT
per service population=36.29
Project TAZ 2012 da ly total VMT per sere ce
population=33.8'
Within a low VMT generating TAZ based on
Residential Home BasedVMT? \
Yes(Pass)
Jur sd ctional average 2012 daily residential
home-based VMT per capita=18.63
Project home-
based 2012 da-ly residential hom� �
based VMT per cao:a=18.04
\ Within a low VMT generating TAZ based on
Within a low VMT generatinq TAZ based on Home-Based Work VMT?
om to ... Yes(Pass)
Jur sd ctional average 2012 daily home-
` ` based work VMT per worker=11.76
Projecil 2012 daily home-based work
{ VMT per worker=4.62
^" Notes:
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TPAdesi nation is based on Octobe,
x K \ x g
20'8 condit ons.
Screen ng res.,s are based or
locat`on of parcel centroids. If results
aye desired tors der ng the full
parcel,please refer to the associated
''y ` i �. �� ` map layers to vsually review parcel
Y x >\Y l �' and TAZ boundary relationship.
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PIERCE / BAKER STREET
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