HomeMy WebLinkAbout13-17 - Status of Circulation Element and Mitigation Fee ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 13-17
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA,
CALIFORNIA, CONCERNING THE STATUS OF THE CIRCULATION ELEMENT AND
MITIGATION FEE PROGRAM.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA MESA DOES HEREBY
RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, the City desires to maintain and improve the streets within its
jurisdiction, including those arterials contained in the Master Plan of Arterial Highways
(MPAH) and
WHEREAS, the City had endorsed a definition of and process for, determining
consistency of the City's/County's Traffic Circulation Plan with the MPAH, and
WHEREAS, the City has adopted a General Plan Circulation Element which
does not preclude implementation of the MPAH within its jurisdiction, and
WHEREAS, the City is required to adopt a resolution biennially informing the
Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) that the City's Circulation Element is in
conformance with the MPAH and whether any changes to any arterial highways of said
Circulation Element have been adopted by the City during Fiscal Years 2011-12, and
2012-13; and
WHEREAS, the City is required to send biennially to OCTA all recommended
changes to the City Circulation Element and the MPAH for the purposes of re -qualifying
for participation in the Combined Transportation Funding Programs, and
WHEREAS, the City is required to adopt a resolution biennially to adopt a
Mitigation Fee Program, and
WHEREAS, the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (RTSSP)
targets over 2,000 signalized intersections across Orange County o maintain traffic
" V&n across jurisdictions;
signal synchronization, improve traffic flow, and reduce %qt j
and ` rx,.
WHEREAS, the OCTA has developed the RT SP fo tdeYtfiiOraffic signal
synchronization street routes and traffic signals within and ''a ross jufisdictional
boundaries, and defines the means of implementing the RTSSP; and
WHEREAS, the RTSSP requires that local agencies adopt a Local Signal
Synchronization Plan consistent with the RTSSP as a key component of local agencies'
effort to synchronize traffic signals across local agencies' boundaries; and
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WHEREAS, the Local Signal Synchronization Plan must be adopted to be
eligible to receive Net Revenues as part of Measure M2 and thereafter updated every
three years starting June 30, 2011.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa, California, does hereby inform OCTA that:
a) The arterial highway portion of the City's Circulation Element is in
conformance with the MPAH.
b) The City attests that no unilateral reduction in through lanes has been made
on any MPAH arterials during the Fiscal Years 2011-12 and 2012-13.
c) The City has adopted a uniform setback ordinance providing for the
preservation of rights-of-way consistent with the MPAH arterial highway
classification.
d) The City has adopted provisions for the limitation of access to arterial
highways in order to protect the integrity of the system.
e) The City reaffirms that Council concurs with the existing Mitigation Fee
Program.
f) The City's Local Signal Synchronization Plan (LSSP) includes goals that are
consistent with those outlined as part of the Regional Traffic Signal
Synchronization Program (RTSSP), including signal synchronization across local
agencies' jurisdictions.
g) The City's LSSP identifies traffic signal synchronization street routes,
including all elements of the RTSSP network located within the City.
h) The City's LSSP includes the traffic signal inventory for all traffic signal
synchronization street routes.
i) The City's LSSP includes a three year plan showing capital improvements,
operations, and maintenance of signal synchronization along the traffic signal
synchronization street routes and traffic signals.
j) The City's LSSP was adopted by City Council on November 16, 2010.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of June, 2013.
ATTEST:
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Brenda Green, Ody Clerk
AS TO FORM:
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Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss
CITY OF COSTA MESA )
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. 13-17 and was
duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa at a regular
meeting held on the 18th day of June, 2013, by the following roll call vote, to wit:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Genis, Leece, Monahan, Mensinger,
Righeimer
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 18th day of June, 2013.
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BRENDA GREEN, CITY CLERK
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