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 three components to this annual review. These include: (1) the adoption of a 7-YR CIP, (2) conformance of the City’s Circulation Element with OCTA’s MPAH, and (3) concurrence with the City’s Mitigation Fee Program.

The following is a brief summary of the four requirements:

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. Biennially, the City Council is required to confirm that the City’s Circulation Element is in conformance with the MPAH.

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. 

There is no impact to the General Fund. The City is projecting to receive $2.7 million in Measure M2 revenues in Fiscal Year 2019-20.

It is recommended that the City Council:

• Adopt the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Measure M2 Seven-Year Capital Improvement Plan; and
  
  

• Adopt the Resolution confirming that the City’s Circulation Element is in conformance with the Master Plan of Arterial Highways, and concurring with the City’s existing Mitigation Fee Program.

By: Dan Candelaria, P.E.,T.E., City Engineer