CHAPTER 10 – HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS - sacog

Yolo County TPAs will see a variety of transportation improvements by 2035, including new
HOV lanes, auxiliary lanes, roadway widenings, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure
improvements, transit facilities, increased transit service, and roadway maintenance and
rehabilitation projects.
Because the Yolo TPAs have large employment and commercial districts, they also tend to have
higher rates of congestion, as large volumes of people try to get to the same destinations at the
same times of day. Implementation of the proposed MTP/SCS will result in an overall increase
in the amount of congested VMT per capita (household-generated) in the Yolo County TPAs,
from 0.62 in 2008 to 0.83 in 2035 with implementation of the proposed MTP/SCS. However,
the Yolo County TPAs have the lowest weekday congested VMT among TPAs in the region,
and are expected to become denser and more compact through implementation of the proposed
MTP/SCS, meaning that destinations will be closer together. This could potentially lead to faster
emergency service response times.
Bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure projects within the Yolo County TPAs will be built within
existing public service boundaries and will not impede the achievement of acceptable service
levels and response times.
Transit service will include increased frequency on local fixed route buses, new streetcar service
in West Sacramento, and increased express service to downtown Sacramento. As with bicycle
and pedestrian projects, new transit projects will not impede achievement of acceptable fire
protection, police protection, and emergency services including capital capacity, equipment and
personnel, and response times, as these projects will be constructed within existing service
boundaries and the increase in service levels will be minor compared to existing conditions.
Therefore, the potential for adverse emergency services and emergency evacuation plan impacts
related to transportation improvements from implementation of the proposed MTP/SCS in Yolo
County TPAs are considered less than significant (LS) for Impact HAZ-7. No mitigation is
required.
Mitigation Measure HAZ – 3: Ensure adequate public services, emergency response
times, and emergency plans are in place.
The implementing agency should require that public services and emergency response times and
plans are or will be available to meet service levels identified in the applicable local general plan
or service master plan. This should be documented in the form of a capacity analysis or provider
will-serve letter.
Significance after Mitigation
If the implementing agency adopts this mitigation measure, Impact HAZ-7 would be reduced to
less than significant (LS). However, because SACOG cannot require an implementing agency to
adopt this mitigation measure, and it is ultimately the responsibility of a lead agency to
determine and adopt mitigation, Impact HAZ-7 is considered significant and unavoidable (SU).
MTP/SCS 2035
Sacramento Area Council of Governments
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