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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-106 - Support Application by Irvine Measure M2 Traffic Signal Synchronization Program Funding (2)RESOLUTION NO. 2011 -106 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH SUPPORTING AN APPLICATION BY THE CITY OF IRVINE FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY'S (OCTA) MEASURE M2 TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION PROGRAM FUNDING FOR THE FORD ROAD- BONITA CANYON DRIVE - CULVER DRIVE AND UNIVERSITY DRIVE - JEFFREY ROAD CORRIDOR SYNCHRONIZATION PROJECTS WHEREAS, the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program targets over 2000 signalized intersections across Orange County to maintain traffic signal synchronization, improve traffic flow, and reduce congestion across jurisdictions; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Transportation Authority has 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 the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program; and WHEREAS, the City Council previously approved Resolution No. 2010 -130 adopting a Local Signal Synchronization Plan for the City of Newport Beach; and WHEREAS, the Ford Road- Bonita Canyon Drive - Culver Drive and University Drive - Jeffrey Road Corridor Synchronization Projects will continue the existing traffic signal coordination along these corridors in the City of Newport Beach across jurisdictional boundaries; NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council supports the application by the City of Irvine for OCTA Measure M2 Traffic Signal Synchronization Program funding for the Ford Road- Bonita Canyon Drive - Culver Drive and University Drive - Jeffrey Road Corridor Synchronization Projects. Section 2. The City of Newport Beach agrees to provide matching funding of at least 20 percent of the cost to upgrade Newport Beach traffic signal equipment along the project corridors, including signal timing monitoring and communication if the projects are selected for Measure M2 funding. Total project cost and required matching funds will be determined at the time of project design and included in the FY 2012 -2013 Capitol Improvement Program. Section 3. The City Council find this action 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 Section15378) 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 4. This resolution shall become effective immediately upon its passage and adoption. I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Newport Beach on this 22nd day of November, 2011. KY f14M * Leilani I. Brown City Clerk Mayor STATE OF CALIFORNIA } COUNTY OF ORANGE 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. 2011 -106 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 22nd day of November, 2011, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit: Ayes: Hill, Rosansky, Gardner, Selich, Curry, Daigle, Mayor Henn Noes: None Absent: None Abstain: None IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said City this 23rd day of November, 2011. City Clerk Newport Beach, rnia (Seal)