Gateway Cities Water Resources and Urban Greening along the Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers

*Artesia

*Avalon

*Bell

*Bell Gardens

*Bellflower

*Central MWD

*Cerritos

*Commerce

*Cudahy

*Downey

*Hawaiian Gardens

*Huntington Park

*La Mirada

*Lakewood

*Long Beach

*Long Beach Water Department

*Lynwood

*Maywood

*Montebello

*Norwalk

*Paramount

*Pico Rivera

*Pico Water District

*Santa Fe Springs

*Signal Hill

*South Gate

*Vernon

*Water Replenishment District of So. Calif.

*Whittier

*Technical Participation by LAC Sanitation Districts

GCCOG & GWMA MEMBER AGENCIES/CITIES

Development of the Livability Initiative

Planning the Initiative Framework & Developing

the Grant Funding Application

(Award $500,000)

Develop develop a unified, subregional

multimodal transportation

improvement strategy

Planning of Community Improvements “Beyond

the Freeway” and not part of the I-710 Freeway

Expansion

1

2

3

A

B

GWMA Funding Strategy & Grants ProgramsIRWM Lower San Gabriel & LA River Subregion- Prop 1

**OPTI Portal View**

GWMA Projects:74 – GWMA Projects Listed in OPTI

Program Goals

Measure “W”Board Update: 02-14-19

Annual River Funding Summary

$14,000,000 - Lower Los Angeles River Watershed$17,400,000 – San Gabriel River Watershed

Gateway Cities Urban Greening Master Plan

Prop 1 - Urban Greening (FY-2018)

Grant Funding Areas (1 of 2 Options)

Chapter 7 of Proposition 68, entitled“California River Recreation, Creek and WaterwayImprovement Program,” allocates one hundredsixty-two million dollars ($162,000,000) forprojects to protect and enhance an urban creek.

$37,500,000 of the funds available in Chapter 7is allocated to the Rivers and MountainsConservancy for projects that protect or enhancethe Lower Los Angeles River watershed and itstributaries.

RMC - Prop 68Board Update: 02-14-19

Grant Funding Areas (1 of 2 Options)

Chapter 8 of Proposition 68, entitled“State Conservancy, Wildlife ConservationBoard, and Authority Funding,” allocates onehundred and eighty million dollars($180,000,000 )to state conservancies forprojects according to their governing statutesfor their specified purposes.

$30,000,000 of the funds available in Chapter8 is allocated to the Rivers and MountainsConservancy Region.

RMC - Prop 68Board Update: 02-14-19

Planning Approach of Transportation, Water Resources, Open Space & Urban Greening

Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers - Integration Planning

Source: Gateway Cities STP

LA River Study Area San Gabriel River Study Area

Koa

LB-MUST ProjectProject Location

LA

RIV

ER

LA River & I-710 Integration Planning

Existing Conditions

Planning Programs

Sample : Study Location No. 11

Imperial Highway

(27- Corridors Evaluated)

LA - River Corridor

Watershed Improvement Zone – Location No. 2

(SR-91 / SR-605)

Location No 2

A

B B

Location No 5

Artesia Blvd at I-710/SR-91 Interchange

Existing Conditions

West Bank Concept

East Bank Concept

Potential Urban Greening, Active Open Space, Wetlands & Water Quality Features

I-710 Integration Planning

LA RiverTributary Area

LA RiverTributary Area

Arterial Complete Streets

• Connect & Activate Communities

• Parks & Open Space

• Active Transportation

• Watershed Planning

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Transform the corridors with living active community elements…

Conceptual Arterial - Urban Parks

Existing corridor with fenced off unmaintained open space

Lakewood/Rosemead Blvd. Complete Streets Master PlanWatersheds & Active Transporation

W-1

W-3

W-1

W-2

W-2

W-4

Source: Google Maps

W-3

W-1

LAKEWOOD/ROSEMEAD BOULEVARD – Water Resources Programs

W-5

W-6Lakewood Blvd.

F-8

F-7

W-2

W-3

W-4

W-5

W-6

F-8

F-7

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Water Quality Improvements

Urban Runoff & Stormwater Improvements

Typical Existing Catch Basin

Parking Evaluation & Planning

Sidewalk Parkway

AESTHETICS, OPEN SPACE, and PUBLIC ART

URBAN GREENING & OPEN SPACE

SAMPLE PLANT PALETTE

LIVABILITY SAMPLES

✓Multiple Jurisdictions Regional Footprint✓Enhancing Mobility (all Modes)✓Traffic Calming✓Urban Greening & Enhancement ✓Sustainability Planning✓Stormwater & Urban Runoff✓Economic Viability & Visioning✓Pedestrian Enhancement and ADA Compliance✓Median Improvement and Channelization✓Transit Operations✓Parking Enhancements✓Reduce transportation related greenhouse gases.✓Concepts for creating sustainable communities.✓Safe Routes to school plans.

The complete Street master plan provides opportunities to revitalize the Corridorthrough urban design, diversity of higher density mixed use development, improvedtransit, bike and pedestrian conductivity.

Focus Elements:

Programs:

• GCCOG - Strategic Transportation Plan

• GWMA - Strategic Water Resources Plan

• Greater Los Angeles IRWM

• Gateway Cities Livability Initiative

• Gateway Cities Urban Greening

• Lower LA River Revitalization

• GCCOG - Complete Street Master Plans

GCCOG & GWMA Programs

Federal Sources

• Recreational Trails Program (RTP)• Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP)• Federal Transit Administration (FTA)• Fixing America’s Surface Transportation

(FAST) Act• State Highway Safety Programs• Safe Routes to School Program (SRTS)• Transportation Enhancement Activities

State Sources• Cap and Trade• Caltrans Transportation Planning Grants• Active Transportation Program (ATP)• Rivers & Mountain Conservancy (Prop1)• Rivers & Mountain Conservancy (Prop 68)• Recreational Trails Program (RTP)• Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP)• Office of Traffic Safety Grant Opportunities• The Land and Water Conservation Fund

(LWCF)• Safe Routes to School Program (SR2S)• Grade Crossing Protection Maintenance Fund• California Conservation Corp (CCC) • Environmental Enhancement & Mitigation

Program

Regional and Local Sources

• SCAG Grant Opportunities✓Active Transportation Program✓Livable Corridors & TOD Planning✓Heat Island/Urban Greening/Local Streets

• Measure R & M• Measure W• Air Quality Improvements (AQMD)• Community Development Block Grants

(CDBG)• Port Community Grants• Capital Improvement Program (CIP)• Traffic Mitigation Fees

The purpose of Regional Master Planning and Strategic Visioning will be to capture all the various independent local visioning andprograms, and promote consistency with the regional projects, while leveraging funding between all the programs and projects.Optimizing the benefits to the region with the greatest rate of return on our investment, though shared funding avenues and projectcoordination.

STP Integration

GCCOG & GWMA – Funding Sources

Gateway Cities Water Resources and Urban Greening along the Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers

Need more information or have questions, Please Contact:

Kekoa Anderson, PEKekoa@KoaConsulting.net

(949) 887-0731