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Home My WebLink About2024-87 - Supporting an Application by the City of Santa Ana to the Orange County Transportation Authority for Funding Under Measure M2 Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program, for the Bristol Street Project from SR-22 To Jamboree RoadRESOLUTION NO. 2024-87 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING AN APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF SANTA ANA TO THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FOR FUNDING UNDER MEASURE M2 REGIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION PROGRAM, FOR THE BRISTOL STREET PROJECT FROM SR-22 TO JAMBOREE ROAD WHEREAS, pursuant to the Renewed Measure M Transportation Ordinance and Investment Plan ("Measure M2"), approved by the voters on November 7, 2006, the Orange County Transportation Authority ("OCTA") administers several competitive grant programs, as outlined in OCTA Ordinance No. 3, dated July 24, 2006, as amended ("Measure M2 Ordinance"), which are offered to local agencies to assist in funding transportation projects such as street improvements, transit expansion, and environmental mitigation; WHEREAS, to administer the distribution of Measure M2 funds, OCTA adopted the Comprehensive Transportation Funding Program Guidelines ("Guidelines") setting forth the procedures and requirements for selecting projects for Measure M2 funding; WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach ("City"), in coordination with the City of Santa Ana and the City of Costa Mesa, desires to implement transportation improvements consisting of a multi -jurisdictional traffic signal synchronization project, the Bristol Street Project from SR-22 to Jamboree Road ("Project"); WHEREAS, traffic signal synchronization projects are eligible for Measure M2 funding under Project "P," the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program ("Program"), which 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 desires to support the application of the City of Santa Ana for Program funding to support the Project; WHEREAS, as required by the Guidelines, the City has been declared by OCTA to meet the eligibility requirements to receive revenues as part of Measure M2; Resolution No. 2024-87 Page 2 of 3 WHEREAS, as required by the Guidelines, the City adopted a Local Signal Synchronization Plan that is consistent with the countywide Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Master Plan and is a key component of the City's efforts to synchronize traffic signals across its boundaries; WHEREAS, the City will not use Measure M2 funds to supplant developer fees or other commitments; WHEREAS, by this resolution, 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, the City must include all projects funded by Measure M2 net revenues in the City's seven-year Capital Improvement Program as part of Measure M2 Ordinance eligibility requirements; and WHEREAS, by this resolution, the City intends, in coordination with the City of Santa Ana and the City of Costa Mesa, to provide twenty percent (20%) matching funds for Project, as required by Guidelines. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as follows: Section 1: The City Council does hereby support the application of the City of Santa Ana, and hereby requests OCTA allocate Program funds to support the Project, in the amounts specified in the application. Section 2: The City Council does hereby agree that Program funding shall not be used to supplant developer fees or other commitments. Section 3: The City Council does hereby agree to provide twenty percent (20%) matching funds for the Project, and does hereby authorize a formal amendment to the City's seven-year Capital Improvement Program to add the Project for funding, upon OCTA's Board of Directors approval of the Project for Program funding. Section 4: The City Council does hereby authorize the City Manager, or the City Manager's designee, to act in connection with Program requirements, execute documents, and to provide such additional information as may be required. Section 5: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the operative part of this resolution. Resolution No. 2024-87 Page 3 of 3 Section 6: 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 7: 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, Division 6, Chapter 3, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly. Section 8: 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 19th day of November, 2024. Will O'Neill Mayor ATTEST: /SAE. 0 Leilani I. Browny U City Clerku" 'a APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY TTORNEY'S OFFICE Aaroh C. Harp City Attorney 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; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 2024-87 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council held on the 19th day of November, 2024; and the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Mayor Will O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tem Joe Stapleton, Councilmember Brad Avery, Councilmember Noah Blom, Councilmember Robyn Grant, Councilmember Lauren Kleiman, Councilmember Erik Weigand NAYS: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 20th day of November, 2024 Leilani I. Brown City Clerk Newport Beach, California