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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-40 - Concerning the Status and Update of the Circulation Element, Local Signal Synchronization Plan, Mitigation Fee Program, and Pavement Management Plan for the Measure M2 ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 2017-40 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, CONCERNING THE STATUS AND UPDATE OF THE CIRCULATION ELEMENT, LOCAL SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION PLAN, MITIGATION FEE PROGRAM, AND PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE MEASURE M2 PROGRAM WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach ("City") desires to maintain and improve the streets within its jurisdiction, including those arterials contained in the Master Plan of Arterial Highways ("MPAH") administered by the Orange County Transportation Authority ("OCTA"); WHEREAS, the City has endorsed a definition of and process for, determining consistency of the City's Traffic Circulation Element ("Circulation Element") with the MPAH; WHEREAS, the City's adopted Circulation Element, which is incorporated into the City's General Plan, does not preclude implementation of the MPAH within its jurisdiction; WHEREAS, the City is required to adopt a resolution biennially informing OCTA that the City's Circulation Element is in conformance with the MPAH and whether any changes to any arterial highways of said Circulation Element have been adopted by the City during the most recent two Fiscal Years ("FY") — here, FY 2015-16 and FY 2016-17; WHEREAS, the City is required to send biennially to OCTA all recommended changes to the City's Circulation Element and the MPAH for the purposes of re -qualifying for participation in the Comprehensive Transportation Funding Programs, which are a collection of competitive grant programs comprised primarily of Measure M2 funds (an Orange County transportation sales tax) offered to local agencies to assist in funding street improvements, transit expansion, and even environmental mitigation projects; WHEREAS, OCTA developed the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Master Plan to identify traffic signal synchronization street routes and traffic signals within and across jurisdictional boundaries, and defines the means of implementing its Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program ("RTSSP"); WHEREAS, the RTSSP requires that local agencies adopt a Local Signal Synchronization Plan ("LSSP") consistent with the RTSSP as a key component of local agencies' efforts to synchronize traffic signals across local agencies' boundaries; WHEREAS, the LSSP must be updated by June 30, 2017 to continue to be eligible to receive Net Revenues as part of Measure M2; WHEREAS, the City is required to adopt a resolution biennially certifying that the City has an existing Mitigation Fee Program that assesses traffic impacts of new development and requires new development to pay a fair share of necessary transportation improvements attributable to the new development; and Resolution No. 2017-40 Page 2 of 3 WHEREAS, the City is required to adopt and update a Pavement Management Plan ("PMP") regarding the status of road pavement conditions and implementation of the PMP on a biennial basis. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows: Section 1: The City Council does hereby inform OCTA that: a) The arterial highway portion of the City's Circulation Element is in conformance with the MPAH; b) The City attests that no unilateral reduction in through lanes has been made on any MPAH arterials during FY 2015-16 and 2016-17; c) The City adopts and maintains an LSSP, which includes goals that are consistent with those outlined as part of the Regional Signal Synchronization Master Plan, including signal synchronization across jurisdictions; d) The LSSP identifies traffic signal synchronization street routes, including all elements of the RTSSP located within the City; e) The LSSP includes the traffic signal inventory for all traffic signal synchronization street routes; f) The LSSP includes a three-year plan showing capital, operations, and maintenance of signal synchronization along the traffic signal synchronization street routes and traffic signals; g) The LSSP includes an update on the status and performance of traffic signal synchronization activities; h) The LSSP includes a discussion on the review and revision, as may be necessary, on the timing of traffic signals on the traffic signal synchronization street routes; i) The City reaffirms that Council concurs with the existing Mitigation Fee Program; and j) The City adopts a PMP and has provided an updated PMP report to OCTA. Section 2: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the operative part of this resolution. Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional. Resolution No. 2017-40 Page 3 of 3 Section 4: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Section 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution. ADOPTED this 13th day of June, 2017. ATTEST: it,j/ Leilani 1. BrownCity Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE Aaron C. Harp City Attorney =- V29 STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss. CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH } I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 2017-40 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 131h day of June, 2017, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Member Jeff Herdman, Council Member Brad Avery, Council Member Diane Dixon, Council Member Scott Peotter, Council Member Will O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tem Duffy Duffield, Mayor Kevin Muldoon NAYS: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 14th day of June, 2017. IW//j 1111,m Leilani I. Brown City Clerk Newport Beach, California (Seal)