Every year, Orange County local agencies are required to submit approved documentation and resolutions to OCTA to maintain Measure M2 eligibility for Local Fair Share appropriations and competitive grant funding.  This year, there are four components to this annual review. These include: (1) the adoption of a seven year CIP, (2) conformance of the City’s Circulation Element with OCTA’s MPAH, (3) concurrence with the City’s Mitigation Fee Program, and (4) adoption of the LSSP. 

The following is a brief summary of the four requirements mentioned above:

1.Seven-Year Capital Improvement Plan – Per OCTA’s eligibility requirements, the City must develop a 7-YR CIP, including all transportation capital projects scheduled to use Measure M2 revenues. All construction costs and funding sources must also be identified. The City, however, is not obligated to deliver any identified projects. If any changes are made, City Council has to amend the 7-YR CIP accordingly.

2.Conformance with the Master Plan of Arterial Highways – the MPAH serves as a countywide planning tool to coordinate the county’s arterial highway network. The City is required to preserve a minimum number of through lanes on the City’s arterial network, as it is identified on the General Plan’s Circulation Element.

3.Concurrence with the Mitigation Fee Program – Biennially, City Council is required to adopt a resolution reaffirming concurrence with the City’s Mitigation Fee Program. This Program is based on a nexus study, linking development activity to infrastructure impacts and their related costs, resulting in the determination of a fee structure. 

4.Local Signal Synchronization Plan – The City has developed a three-year Local Signal Synchronization Plan, including the identification of synchronization routes along with other traffic signal improvements. The City’s LSSP was updated in June 2017, and the Plan is consistent with OCTA’s Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Master Plan.

There is no impact to the General Fund. The City is projecting to receive $2.4 million in Measure M2 revenues in Fiscal Years 2017/18 and 2018/19.  

It is recommended that the City Council:

• Approve Fiscal Year 2017/18 Measure M2 Seven-Year Capital Improvement Plan; and

• Adopt a Resolution assuring conformance of the City’s Circulation Element with OCTA’s Master Plan of Arterial Highways, providing concurrence to the City’s Mitigation Fee Program, and adopting the City’s Local Signal Synchronization Plan. 

By: Ana V. Neal, Sr. Administrative Analyst