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Home My WebLink About07 ADOPT RES. NO. 14-66 (REGIONAL SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION APPLICATION TO OCTA)-- • Agenda Item 7 AGENDA REPORT Reviewed City Manager r u Finance Director MEETING DATE: NOVEMBER 18, 2014 TO: JEFFREY C. PARKER, CITY MANAGER FROM: DOUGLAS S. STACK, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS /CITY ENGINEER SUBJECT: ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 14 -66 TO APPROVE THE SUBMITTAL OF A REGIONAL SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION PROGRAM PROJECT APPLICATION TO THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SUMMARY City Council adoption of Resolution No. 14 -66 will approve the submittal of an application prepared by the City of Santa Ana for the Seventeenth Street/Westminster Avenue Traffic Signal Synchronization Project to the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). Participation by all agencies maintaining traffic signals within this corridor is needed for approval of a project application under the 2015 Call for Projects for the Competitive Measure M2 Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (Project P). RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 14 -66 approving the submittal of an application to the Orange County Transportation Authority for funding of the Seventeenth Street/Westminster Avenue Traffic Signal Synchronization Project under the 2015 Call for Projects for the Renewed Measure M Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program. FISCAL IMPACT The City is required to provide minimum match funding of twenty percent (20 %) for the project. It this project is selected, the City's estimated matching cost plus administration will total approximately $50,000. Funding for City's match will be requested through the Measure M2 Local Fair Share Program (Project Q) in the City's Fiscal Year 2015 -2016 Capital Improvement Budget. CORRELATION TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN Traffic signal synchronization contributes to the fulfillment of the City's Strategic Plan Goal B: Public Safety and Protection of Assets. Specifically, the project implements or fosters the implementation of strategy #3, which among other items, is to ensure continuous maintenance and improvement of traffic control and transportation facilities. DISCUSSION /BACKGROUND Renewed Measure M (Measure M2) is a 30 -year, multi - billion dollar program extension of the original Measure M (approved in 1990) with a new slate of planned projects and programs. Measure M2 is comprised of a number of components such as Project O (Regional Capacity Program), Project P (Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program), Project Q (Local Fair Share Program), and the Transit Program (Projects S, T, V, and W). On July 26, 2010, the OCTA adopted the countywide Traffic Signal Synchronization Master Plan. From this Master Plan, the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (Project P) was Traffic Signal Synchronization Application to OCTA November 18, 2014 Page 2 developed. To maintain City eligibility for funding under Project P, the City Council adopted the Local Signal Synchronization Plan (LSSP) on December 7, 2010, in compliance with the OCTA Master Plan. Project P synchronization projects will be selected for the 2015 Call for Projects on a competitive basis. Projects with the most regional significance will be ranked highest, with higher points applied toward multi - jurisdictional corridors. The City of Santa Ana has taken the lead in submitting an application for the Seventeenth Street/Westminster Avenue Traffic Signal Synchronization Project to OCTA in collaboration with the County of Orange and the cities of Tustin, Garden Grove, Westminster and Seal Beach. If the project is selected, 80% of funding will be provided by OCTA under the Competitive Measure M2 Traffic Signal Synchronization Program. Local agencies along each corridor are required to provide minimum match funding of twenty percent (20 %) for the project. To maintain eligibility for Renewed Measure M funding the City Council must approve applications for this program. The application for this project was submitted to the OCTA by the City of Santa Ana prior to the OCTA deadline of October 24, 2014. Adoption of the City's resolution after that date is acceptable to OCTA and serves to complete the initial administrative process for receipt of the application. Therefore, staff is requesting City Council adoption of Resolution No. 14 -66 which designates the City of Santa Ana as the lead agency for submittal of this project for the 2015 Call for Projects under the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program. Stack, P.E. Public Works /City Engineer Attachment: Resolution No. 14 -66 S: \City Council Items\2014 Council ItemsA 1 -18 -2014 \17th St Signal Synchronization\Adopt Rcso 14 -66 Approving Submittal of OCTA Project P Application SC.docx RESOLUTION NO. 14 -66 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN. CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE SUBMITTAL OF AN APPLICATION FOR THE SEVENTEENTH STREETMESTMINSTER AVENUE TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION PROJECT TO THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FOR FUNDING UNDER THE COMPETITIVE MEASURE M2 REGIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION PROGRAM (PROJECT P) WHEREAS, the Measure M2 Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (Project P) targets over 2,000 signalized intersections across Orange County to maintain traffic synchronization, improve traffic flow, and reduce congestion across jurisdictions; and WHEREAS, the City of Tustin has been declared by the Orange County Transportation Authority to meet the eligibility requirements to receive revenues as part of Measure M2; and WHEREAS, the City of Tustin has currently adopted a Local Signal Synchronization Plan consistent with the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Master Plan as a key component of local agencies' efforts to synchronize traffic signals across local agencies' boundaries; and WHEREAS, the City of Tustin will provide matching funds for each project as required by the Comprehensive Transportation Funding Programs Procedures Manual; and WHEREAS, the City of Tustin will not use Measure M funds to supplant Developer Fees or other commitments; and WHEREA$, the City of Tustin desires to implement multi - jurisdictional signal synchronization; and WHEREAS, the City of Tustin supports the City of Santa Ana as lead agency in the submittal of the application for the synchronization project listed below; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Tustin that it hereby requests the Orange County Transportation Authority allocate funds under the 2015 Call for Projects from the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (Project P) to participating agencies in the amounts specified in the application for the Seventeenth Street/Westminster Avenue Traffic Signal Synchronization Project. Said funds shall be matched by funds from the City of Tustin, as required, and shall be used as supplemental funding to aid the City in signal synchronization along the project street. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Tustin held on the 18`" day of November 2014. Elwyn A. Murray, Mayor ATTEST: Jeffrey C. Parker City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF TUSTIN ) I, Jeffrey C. Parker, City Clerk and ex- officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 14 -66 was duly and regularly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the 18`" day of November, 2014, by the following vote: COUNCILMEMBER AYES: COUNCILMEMBER NOES: COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED: COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: JEFFREY C. PARKER, City Clerk