Common use of Regional and System Planning Clause in Contracts

Regional and System Planning. SR 119 is a major East West connector starting from SR 33 in Taft to SR 99 in Bakersfield. It passes through some of ▇▇▇▇ County's most famous oil fields, including the Midway-Sunset, the third-largest oil field in the United States; the Buena Vista Oil Field; and runs adjacent to the Elk Hills Oil Field. Land use along SR 119 include commercial and residential development, as well as oil fields and agriculture in the rural county area. The route also passes through the City of ▇▇▇▇, and small communities of Ford City, Valley Acres, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Acres, and Pumpkin Center. SR 119, as identified in the Transportation Concept Report (TCR), is on the Freeway and Expressway System and is considered a Terminal Access route on the STAA Truck Network. It is a route with Regional Significance. SR 119 serves as the main connector between the extreme southwestern corner of the San ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Valley and Bakersfield. SR 119 is a two-lane conventional highway and is planned to be a six-lane expressway in the vicinity of the project, in keeping with City of Bakersfield and County of ▇▇▇▇ General Plan Circulation Elements. Per the 2009 ▇▇▇▇ County General Plan Circulation Element, SR 119 connects Taft to Bakersfield. Near Taft, SR 119 passes directly through Valley Acres and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Acres. The 2009 General Plan has a Goal to realign and upgrade SR 119 from SR 99 to west of Taft, with a Policy stating Caltrans should upgrade SR 119 to a freeway – a project to include construction of a bypass around the communities of ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Acres and Valley Acres. The plan further qualifies this policy by stating Caltrans should bring this project to a “ready stage”, with the Roads Department coordinating with Caltrans in developing and updating a Route Concept Report and Project Study Report for the facilities. Similarly, both ▇▇▇▇ Council of Governments (KCOG) and the ▇▇▇▇ County Roads Department should coordinate with Caltrans in developing Federal Transportation Improvement Plan (FTIP) priorities for SR 119 freeway. Note an update of the ▇▇▇▇ County General Plan is currently underway. KCOG’s 2018 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) includes in Chapter 2 Planning Policy 16.1 to widen SR 119 in the vicinity of Taft. KCOG considers SR 119 to be regionally significant and in ▇▇▇▇ County it is also known as ▇▇▇▇ Highway. SR 119 has been a part of a KCOG-commissioned truck origin-destination study (in 2011), and the bypass portion of a project to widen SR 119 from Cherry Avenue to Elk Hills Road was recently completed. Projects on SR 119 in the 2018 RTP Constrained List include the remaining phases of widening from Cherry Avenue to Elk Hills road, the installation of HOV lanes near the interchanges with SR 99 and the West Beltway, and also widening the highway to four lanes both between Interstate 5 (I-5) to Buena Vista, and between County Road and Tupman Avenue in Elk Hills. Projects on SR 119 in the 2018 Unconstrained list include widening the highway to four lanes between SR 33 and Cherry Lane, and between Tupman Road and I-5. SR 119 is listed in the ▇▇▇▇ COG Active Transportation Plan. SR 119 from I-5 to SR 99 is a significant entrance way into the City of Bakersfield and is an important component of the Circulation Elements of the City of Bakersfield and County of ▇▇▇▇. These agencies desire to have a consistent and aesthetically pleasing entranceway and agreed to adopt uniform policies and standards for the highway within their respective jurisdictions. The City of Bakersfield and the County of ▇▇▇▇ have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that includes standards and policies that apply to all developments within a specified area that have frontage on SR 119. See Attachment L. No transit stops are listed on this segment.