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Recornmer~ed Improvement Plan General Plan that may significantly reduce the ability of the facility to meet the Traffic Service Objectives. The RTPC will be responsible for establishing the type and size of amendment that will require review by the RTPC and the process for imple- menting this review. Approval of a General Plan Amenament found to be inconsistent with the adopted Action Plan-~ may render the jurisdiction ineligible for Local Street M~intenance Improvement Funds from the CCTA. Consistency with the Action Plsn~ can be achieved by revising the proposed ~mend- ment, adopting local actions to offset impacts to the Route of Regional Significance, or Council or Board denial of the smenclment. -- Jurisdictions in Tri-Valley may implement a proactive Growth and Congestion Management strategy once a detailed growth management study has been conducted, The study should indicate the development reductions, land use density reductions, or other types of growth management/control that would be required for each applicable Tri-Valley jurisdiction in order to achieve TSO standards. Any development reduction should be proportional to the traf~c distribution ..... ' .... for each jurisdiction. Any development reductions should be considered for their equitable effect on the develop- ment potential of the participating indictions. Reductions should not create a 'race' to develop~ and if adopted, shall insure that .iurisdictions with relatively greator development potential do not bear the full brunt of the development reductions. Also, the impact of ~.h~a development reduction to trs~c impact fees should be analyzedl other alternatives such as a toll road may also be analyzed. All jurisdictions will then review this information and know exactly how much reduction in development or growth management/control is needed to meet the TSOs. The growth management study and any impact fees would each have to be approved unnn~mously. Violations or pmiected violations of TSO standards remsin~ng after a growth management strate2v is adopted shall be resolved as discussed on page 237 of the Plan. Jobs-Housing Balance Another aspect of land use growth relevant to tr~n-~portation p]nnn~ng is jobs-housing balance. The Tri-Valley now has more housing than jobs. The 2010 expected land use scenario includes more job growth t, hnn housing growth, which will establish a balance. Because of the dynnmlcs Of the Bay Area, in-commuting and out-commuting will still occur, but at least they are reduced with a jobs-housing balance in the Tri- Valley. The importance of a jobs-housing balance is further reinforced by the gateway constraints that will exist in the Tri-Valley area. Trip-mnldng into and out of the area will become increasingly tl~cult in the future. The provision of a job for every employed resident and vice versa will rnlnlmi~e the need for residents to leave the area for work. This will m~nlmj~e the trnffic pressure at the gateways. An important issue to remember with regard to jobs-housing balance is that the nnmerical count alone is in=-~dent to achieve the desired result of rn~n~rn~dng travel. The housing must be of a variety to be affordable to each income level. Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc. 131