Agenda Report
Fullerton City Council
MEETING DATE: JUNE 7, 2022
TO: CITY COUNCIL / SUCCESSOR AGENCY
SUBMITTED BY: ERIC J. LEVITT, CITY MANAGER
PREPARED BY: MEG MCWADE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
DAVID GRANTHAM, PRINCIPAL CIVIL ENGINEER
JEROME JOAQUIN, SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST
SUBJECT: MEASURE M2 FUNDING ELIGIBILITY RENEWAL
SUMMARY
The City must comply with eligibility renewal requirements to continue receiving Orange County Transportation Authority Measure M2 funds. This includes obtaining City Council approval for the seven-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and adoption of a resolution for the Pavement Management Plan (PMP) Update.
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Resolution No. 2022-XXX.
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-XXX – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, CONCERNING THE STATUS AND UPDATE OF THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE MEASURE M2 (M2) PROGRAM Approve and authorize staff to submit the Measure M2 Seven-Year Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2022-23 through 2028-29 to Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) to comply with Measure M2 eligibility criteria.
Authorize Public Works Director to make administrative changes, including those advised by OCTA, if necessary.
PRIORITY POLICY STATEMENT
This item matches the following Priority Policy Statement:
Infrastructure and City Assets.
FISCAL IMPACT
The City will remain eligible for Measure M2 funding by complying with these requirements. The City anticipates its FY 2022-23 local fair share allocation will total approximately $2.7 million for the City to use for street improvements and other eligible activities. Additionally, the Seven-Year CIP, one of the required documents for M2 funding, lists several transportation-related improvement projects and the primary funding sources. The City fully funds or provides matching funds for some of these projects.
DISCUSSION
In accordance with the M2 Ordinance, local jurisdictions must annually certify adherence to the eligibility guidelines. Using these guidelines, OCTA determines a local jurisdiction’s eligibility to continue receiving M2 net revenues. Eligibility components have varying requirements for revisions and updates with frequency ranging from one to three years. In this current renewal cycle, the City must provide or comply with the following to continue eligibility for funding:
Council-Approved Seven-Year Capital Improvement Program (CIP): The CIP outlines a multi-year funding plan to implement capital transportation projects and/or programs relevant to capacity, safety, operations, maintenance and rehabilitation. The M2 Ordinance requires each jurisdiction to prepare an annual seven-year CIP for the identification of potential projects that meet funding eligibility requirements. The CIP includes all capital transportation projects, including those required to demonstrate compliance with signal synchronization, pavement management and CMP requirements, as well as adopted Traffic Level of Service and Performance Standards. The City has planned its capital improvement projects for Fiscal Years 2022-23 to 2028-29 and included them for approval as Attachment 3.
Eligibility Checklist: This OCTA form summarizes all key components in the eligibility process and serves as confirmation that the jurisdiction has addressed each component in the current renewal cycle (Attachment 4).
Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Certification and Budget Excerpts: The MOE certification is a financial document that demonstrates and certifies annual maintenance, construction, administrative and other transportation-related expenditures and their comparison with the annual benchmark requirements for the fiscal year. This benchmark figure is adjusted once every three years (beginning in 2014) based upon the lesser of the Caltrans Construction Cost Index or general revenue growth for the City over the prior three-year period. Each jurisdiction must provide an annual certification that it has satisfied the MOE requirements.
As shown in Attachment 5, the City will meet its MOE benchmark requirement.
Pavement Management Plan (PMP): Each jurisdiction must biennially update and adopt a Pavement Management Plan (PMP) consistent with M2 ordinance requirements. The City maintains and repairs 298 centerline miles of streets which includes 70 miles of Master Plan of Arterial Highways (MPAH) and 228 miles of local streets.
The City must update a certified Pavement Management Plan (PMP) every two years that conforms to the criteria established by OCTA including some of the following elements:
Current Status of road pavement conditions
A seven-year plan for road maintenance and rehabilitation Projected pavement conditions resulting from proposed improvements Alternate strategies and estimated costs for future pavement construction projects.
The PMP Final Report (Attachment 6) includes a summary of these elements.
Transit / Non-motorized Transportation in General Plan; Land Use Planning Strategies Letter: Multi-modal options are vital to a comprehensive transportation network and each jurisdiction must consider land use planning strategies that accommodate transit and non-motorized transportation (Attachment 7).
Attachments:
Attachment 1 – M2 Eligibility Presentation
Attachment 2 – Draft Resolution No. 2022-XXX
Attachment 3 – Seven-Year Capital Improvement Program
Attachment 4 – Appendix D – Eligibility Checklist
Attachment 5 – Appendix I – MOE Reporting Form
Attachment 6 – Appendix F – Pavement Management Plan
Attachment 7 – Land Use Planning Strategies Letter
Measure M2 Eligibility Renewal
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