HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-19 - Pedestrian Master PlanRESOLUTION NO.2024-19
RESOLUTION OF • OF OF •
APPROVING THE CITY'S PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLAN
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA HEREBY RESOLVES AS
FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa's 2015-2035 General Plan was adopted on
June 21, 2016;
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa approved the Active Transportation Plan
("ATP") and an amendment to the General Plan Circulation Element (GP-18-01) on June
5, 2018;
WHEREAS, the ATP focused on completion of the bicycle network by identifying
existing and absent bikeway segments to improve connectivity and providing
recommendations for potential improvements to the system and programs;
WHEREAS, in accordance with the General Plan Circulation Element Goal C-12,
Monitor, Evaluate, and Pursue Funding for Implementation of the Bicycle and Pedestrian
Master Plan, the City was secured grant funding from Southern California Association of
Governments to develop a Pedestrian Master Plan ("PMP");
WHEREAS, following the initiation of the Pedestrian Master Plan project, the City
Council identified the following Strategic Objective: "Present the Pedestrian Master Plan
update to City Council for direction" under the City Council Goal to Advance Environmental
Sustainability and Climate Resiliency;
WHEREAS, the Community outreach played a central role in the development of
the PMP;
WHEREAS, the PMP expands upon the pedestrian opportunity zones developed in
the ATP with further analysis and provides pedestrian programs, a pedestrian
infrastructure treatment toolbox, and specific policy recommendations to improve the
pedestrian experience in the City;
WHEREAS, following a series of workshops and public meetings in 2020 through
2022, a draft Costa Mesa Pedestrian Master Plan have been reviewed and recommended
for approval by the City's Planning Commission and Active Transportation Committee; and
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WHEREAS, the PMP is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) pursuant to pursuant to Section 15262 (Feasibility and Planning Studies), Section
15276 (Transportation Improvement and Congestion Management Program) and Section -
515061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby approve
the Pedestrian Master Plan as recommended by the Active Transportation Committee and
the Planning Commission included as Exhibit 2.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Costa Mesa City Council does hereby find
and determine that adoption of this Resolution is expressly predicated upon activity as
described in the staff report for General Plan Amendment PGPA-23-0001 and the
Pedestrian Master Plan
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that if any section, division, sentence, clause,
phrase or portion of this resolution, or the documents in the record in support of this
resolution, are for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of any
court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining provisions.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of May, 2024.
ATTEST:
Brenda Green, ity Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA
Ain -Stephens, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Kimberly U& Barlow, City Attorney
I, BRENDA GREEN, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is the original of Resolution No. 2024-19 and
was duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular
meeting held on the 7th day of May, 2024, by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: CHAVEZ, GAMEROS, HARPER, MARR, REYNOLDS,
HARLAN, AND STEPHENS.
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE.
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereby set my hand and affixed the seal of the
City of Costa Mesa this 8th day of May 2024.
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