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Recommended 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 Amendment found to be inconsistent with the adopted Action Plans may render the jurisdiction ineligible for Local Street Maintenance Improvement Funds from the CCTA. Consistency with the Action Plans can be achieved by revising the proposed amend- ment, adopting local actions to offset impacts to the Route of Regional Significance, or Council or Board denial of the ~mendment. Jurisdictions in Tri-Valley may implement a proactive Grov/ch 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-Vailey jurisdiction in order to achieve TSO standards. Any development reduction should be proportional to the traffic distribution percentages for each jurisdiction. Also, the impact of this development reduction to traffic impact fees should 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. Jobs-Housing Bolerice Another aspect of land use growth relevant to transportation planning is jobs-housing balance. The Tri-Valley now has more housing than jobs. The 2010 expected land use scenario includes more job growth than housing growth, which will establish a balance. Because of the dynamics 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-making into and out of the area will become increasingly difficult in the future. The provision of a job for every employed resident and vice versa will minimize the need for residents to leave the area for work. This will minimize the traffic pressure at the gateways. An important issue to remember with regard to jobs-housing balance is that the numerical count alone is insufficient to achieve the desired result of minimizing travel. The housing must be of a variety to be affordable to each income level. I~educed Level of Service Sfcndords The TVTC has seen that the originally intended transportation service objective of LOS E on the freeways based on demand cannot be met in many locations regardless of land use assumptions. In fact, this standard cannot even be met with today's volumes. This is true because growth in San Joaquin County, Santa Clara County, and Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc. 131