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WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION
"- IRVINE BOULEVARD WIDENING AND RESTRIPING BETWEEN THE SR -55 AND
BROWNING AVENUE
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council, at their meeting of
February 18, 1992, by Resolution No. 92-33, support the County of
Orange's effort to upgrade and enhance Irvine Boulevard between SR -
55 and easterly of Browning Avenue, with the extension of on -street
parking prohibitions in this area, and authorize staff to proceed
with the development of a cooperative agreement with the County of
Orange, as lead agency to implement this project.
BACKGROUND
The County of Orange is proposing a multi-segmented project to
widen and restripe Irvine Boulevard from the SR -55 Freeway to east
of Browning Avenue. The widening of Irvine Boulevard, from two
hundred feet east to six hundred feet east of Red Hill Avenue, is
intended to eliminate the existing bottleneck in this location. It
will also allow for the restriping of Irvine Boulevard between the
SR -55 and Browning Avenue to a six -lane facility. Approximately
half of this segment of Irvine Boulevard lies within the City of
Tustin.
DISCUSSION
Currently, Irvine Boulevard is striped as a Primary Arterial
Highway with four travel lanes and a median. The City of Tustin's
and the County of Orange's Master Plan of Arterial Highways
classifies the stretch between SR -55 and Browning Avenue as a
Modified Major Arterial Highway, which is a six -lane divided
facility with on -street parking prohibited. Irvine Boulevard is
also identified as a super street candidate by the Orange County
Transportation Authority, and is part of the Orange County
Congestion Management Highway System.
Analysis of the current and projected traffic volumes and their
resulting levels of service along this portion of Irvine Boulevard
reveals that this project is necessary in order to comply with the
level of service requirements associated with the Congestion
Management Program (C.M.P.), and Measure M Growth Management
Element requirements.
In order to restripe Irvine Boulevard, between SR -55 and Browning
Avenue, to a Modified Major Arterial Highway, the remaining on -
street parking along this stretch will have to be removed. This
will involve the permanent extension of on -street parking
prohibitions along both sides of Irvine Boulevard between SR -55 and
approximately 1000 feet easterly of Prospect Avenue. Currently,
with the Stage II and III I-5/SR-55 modifications, on -street
parking has been temporarily prohibited in this zone due to re-
construction of the Fourth Street and First Street bridges.
Parking would also need to be eliminated on both sides of Irvine
Boulevard between 1000 feet east of Prospect Avenue and Red Hill
Avenue. In a portion of this area, the Public Works Department
will work with the County for consideration of construction of a
future parallel parking bay adjacent to the Palmwood Gardens
Condominiums in order to minimize adverse parking impacts to the
residential development.
Parking would also need to be eliminated on the south side of
Irvine Boulevard between Browning Avenue and the Tustin Ranch. The
section east of Browning Avenue to the Tustin Ranch Road area will
also be restriped in order to connect the existing six -lane roadway
in the East Tustin area to the proposed improvements.
City staff will work with the County of Orange staff to maintain a
line of communication with both the Tustin businesses and residents
affected by this project.
The County of. Orange has prepared schematic striping plans for the
project which conceptually delineates key features of the program.
A complete copy of this plan package has been provided for the City
Council's information.
CONCLUSION
The County of Orange will act as the lead agency in the proposed
project, including all environmental processing, to widen and
restripe Irvine Boulevard from the SR -55 Freeway to east of
Browning Avenue. Council support for this project, including
approval to implement on -street parking prohibitions in this area,
and the authorization to develop a cooperative agreement with the
County of Orange for this project, will enable Irvine Boulevard to
be upgraded to its master planned status as -a Modified Major
Arterial Highway. This will improve the carrying capacity of the
facility and help meet level of service requirements mandated by
the Congestion Management Program and the Growth Management Element
features of Measure M. Failure to meet level of service
requirements will effect the City's receipt of funding dollars from
these programs, especially the Congestion Management Program.
Robert S. Ledendecker
Director of Public Works/
City Engineer
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RESOLUTION NO. 92-33
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING THE COUNTY OF ORANGE EFFORT TO
UPGRADE AND ENHANCE TRAFFIC FLOW ALONG IRVINE BOULEVARD
BETWEEN SR -55 AND EASTERLY OF BROWNING AVENUE WITH THE
EXTENSION OF ON -STREET PARKING PROHIBITIONS IN THIS AREA
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin recognizes it is in the
public interest that Irvine Boulevard, between State Route 55
and a point easterly of Browning Avenue, be implemented as a
modified major arterial highway; and
WHEREAS, the existing operational status of Irvine
Boulevard between State Route 55 and a point easterly of
Browning Avenue, as a primary arterial highway, will not meet
the future level of service requirements mandated by the
Congestion Management Program and the Growth Management
Element Features of Measure M; and
WHEREAS, the City of Tustin's failure to meet the
required level of service requirements of the Congestion
Management Program and Growth Management Element Features of
Measure M could result in a loss of future funding from
Proposition III and Measure M monies.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA, DOES HEREBY RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDERS
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Support of the County of Orange effort to
upgrade and enhance traffic flow along Irvine Boulevard,
between State Route 55 and a point easterly of Browning
Avenue.
Section 2. Support of the extension of the on -street
parking prohibiting along both sides of Irvine Boulevard
between State Route 55 and a point easterly of Browning
Avenue.
Section 3. The Director of Public Works/City Engineer is
authorized to proceed with the development of a
cooperative agreement with the County of Orange as the
lead agency to implement the upgrade of the operation of
Irvine Boulevard between State Route 55 and a point
easterly of Browning Avenue from a primary arterial
highway to a modified major arterial highway.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Tustin at a regular meeting held on the 18th day of February,
1992.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
CERTIFICATION FOR RESOLUTION NO. 92 -
Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk and ex -officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify
that the whole number of the members of the City Council is
five; that the above and foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City
Council held on the 18th day of February, 1992 by the
following vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES:
COUNCILMEMBER NOES:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT:
Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk