HomeMy WebLinkAbout92-59 - Measure M Regional Funding Program CriteriaRESOLUTION NO. 92-59
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA, ENDORSING THE MEASURE M
REGIONAL FUNDING PROGRAM CONSISTENCY AND ELIGI-
BILITY CRITERIA.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS
FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the City of Costa Mesa desires to maintain and improve the
streets and roads within its jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, the City supports regional coordination of transportation
improvements; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to use Measure M funds for transportation
maintenance and improvemernt projects; and
WHEREAS, the Orange County Local Transportation Authority (LTA) Local
Ordinance No. 2 states that within six months after approval of the Retail
Tax by the electors, the Orange County LTA, through a cooperative process
involving the County and all of the cities within the County, shall adopt a
definition of, and a process for, determining consistency of each jurisdic-
tion's Traffic Circulation Plan with the Master Plan of Arterial Highways
(MPRH); and
WHEREAS, representatives frau OCLTA, City Engineers Association, City
Managers Association, and the County of Orange have developed a definition
of, and process for, determining consistency of each jurisdiction's Traffic
Circulation Element with the MPRH (Attachment A) which was endorsed by a
unanimous vote of the Orange County Division of the League of California
Cities;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa hereby endorses the Regional Funding Program Consistency and
Eligibility Criteria as included in Attachment A as the definition of, and
process for, determining consistency of the City of Costa Mesa Traffic
Circulation Plan with the MPAH.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of June, 1992.
ATTEST:
C y Clerk of the City of Costa M� a
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
Mayor oJV the
City of Costa Mesa
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Costa Mesa, hereby certify that the above and fore-
going Resolution No. 92-59 was duly and regularly passed and adopted by
the said City Council at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 1st day of
June, 1992.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal
of the City of Costa Mesa this 2nd day of June, 1992.
Ci y Clerk and ex -officio Clerk 6f the
City Council of the City of Cos Mesa
1%1)10 ATTACHMENT "A"
REGIONAL FUNDING PROGRAM CONSISTENCY AND ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
CONSISTENCY DEFINITION
Consistency with the Master Plan of Arterial Highways (MPAH) is the primary
criterion for determining city and county commitment to maintaining the integrity
of the regional transportation system. For a city circulation element to be
consistent with the MPAH, for purposes of regional funding program eligibility,
it shall have an equivalent planned traffic -carrying capacity for all MPAH links
within the city's jurisdiction.
"Planned capacity' shall be measured by the number of through lanes on each
arterial highway as shown on the local circulation element. Cities shall not
be inconsistent as a result of existing capacity limitations on arterials which
are not yet constructed to the circulation element designation. However, any
city which unilaterally reduces the number of through lanes of an MPAH arterial
highway on its circulation element to less than shown on thq MPAH without County
approval shall be inconsistent with the MPAH on the date city council action is
taken and is ineligible for regional funding until consistency is re-established.
PROGRA-M ELIGIBILITY
Local Agency Responsibility
Eligibility requirements shall be verified annually as follows:
1. For Measure M "Streets and Roads Maintenance and Road Improvements" ($450
million "turnback") funds, cities shall adopt a General Plan Circulation
Element which does not preclude implementation of the MPRH and shall take no
action to preclude implementation of the MPRH.
2. For all competitive regional funding programs such as the Arterial Highway
Financing Program (AHFP), Orange County Unified Transportation Trust Fund
(OCUTT), Combined Road Fund (CRP), and Measure H "Regional Street and Road
Projects", "MPAH Improvements" and "Growth Management Area Improvements",
cities shall adopt:
a. a General Plan Circulation Element which is consistent with the MPRH, and
b. a City Council resolution attesting that no unilateral reduction in lanes
has been made on any MPAH arterials.
Annual Review Process
Each year , County shall determine if city circulation elements provide equal
numbers of through lanes for each highway shown on the MPAH. County shall also
ensure that local agencies have not unilaterally reduced the number of lanes on
any existing arterial highway (effective April 1, 1991).
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Upon completion of the review, a joint committee of city and county
representatives will make recommendations for eligibility to the Orange County
Transportation Authority for Measure M, CRP, and OCUT7 programs and to the County
Board of Supervisors for the Arterial Highway Financing Pzogram. These
recommendations shall be reviewed and formally approved by OCTA and the Board.
RE-ESTABLISHING PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY
Once a city has been determined to be ineligible for regional funds, it may seek
to re-establish eligibility by requesting a cooperative study be undertaken with
r -he County. The study will be designed to 1) ascertain the regional
transportation system need, 2) make provisions to meet those needs in the city
General Plan and 3)re-establish consistency with the MPAH. Any changes to the
city General Plan or the MPAH shall be mutually acceptable to the city and the
county. Until such a study has been completed, the City shall be ineligible to
receive applicable funds.
MUTUAL CHANGES TO CIRCULATION ELEMENT AND MPRH.
A city and the County may mutually revise their respective circulation elements
through the cooperative process outlined above. Cities shall continue to be
eligible to receive funds while the cooperative study process is underway.
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