HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-70 - Supporting an Application by the City Of Irvine for the Orange County Transportation Authority's Measure M2 Traffic Signal Synchronization Program Funding For the Macarthur Boulevard Corridor Synchronization ProjectRESOLUTION NO. 2018-70
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING AN
APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF IRVINE FOR THE ORANGE
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY'S MEASURE
M2 TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION PROGRAM
FUNDING FOR THE MACARTHUR BOULEVARD
CORRIDOR SYNCHRONIZATION PROJECT
WHEREAS, the Orange County Transportation Authority's ("OCTA") Measure M2
Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program ("Program") targets over two thousand
(2000) signalized intersections across Orange County to maintain traffic signal
synchronization, improve traffic flow, and reduce congestion across jurisdictions;
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach ("City") has been declared by OCTA to
meet the eligibility requirements to receive revenues as part of the Measure M2 "Fair
Share" funds,
WHEREAS, the City must include all projects funded by the net revenues in the
City's seven-year Capital Improvement Program as part of OCTA's Measure M2
Ordinance eligibility requirements;
WHEREAS, the City's Circulation Element is consistent with the County of Orange
Master Plan of Arterial Highways;
WHEREAS, the City desires to support the funding application of the City of Irvine
to implement a multi -jurisdictional traffic signal synchronization project for the Macarthur
Boulevard corridor under the Program, which will synchronize twenty-two (22) signalized
intersections, of which nine (9) are within the City ("Project");
WHEREAS, by this resolution, the City Council for the City intends to authorize a
formal amendment to its seven-year Capital Improvement Program to add the Project for
funding upon approval from OCTA's Board of Directors to fund the Project as part of the
Program;
WHEREAS, by this resolution, the City Council for the City intends to agree to
provide matching funds for the primary implementation and ongoing maintenance and
monitoring of Project, as required by the Guidelines Manual for OCTA's Comprehensive
Transportation Funding Programs; and
WHEREAS, City will not use Measure M2 funds to supplant developer fees or
other commitments.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows..
Section 1: The City Council does hereby support the funding application of the
City of Irvine to implement the Project.
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Section 2: The City Council does hereby authorize a formal amendment to its
seven-year Capital Improvement Program to add the Project for funding upon approval
from OCTA's Board of Directors to fund the Project as part of the Program.
Section 3: The City Council does hereby agree to provide matching funds for the
primary implementation and ongoing maintenance and monitoring of the Project, as
required by the Guidelines Manual for OCTA's Comprehensive Transportation Funding
Programs.
Section 4: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct. and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
Section 5: 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.
Section 6: 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 7: 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 25th day of September, 2018.
ATTEST:
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
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City Attorney
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Marshall "Duffy" Duffield
Mayor
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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; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2018-70 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 25th day of September, 2018; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Member Diane Dixon, Council Member Jeff Herdman, Council Member
Scott Peotter, Mayor Pro Tem Will O'Neill
NAYS: None
RECUSED: Council Member Kevin Muldoon
ABSENT: Council Member Brad Avery, Mayor Duffy Duffield
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 261h day of September, 2018.
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Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California
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