Agenda Report
Fullerton City Council
MEETING DATE: JUNE 20, 2023
TO: CITY COUNCIL / SUCCESSOR AGENCY
SUBMITTED BY: RAUL GODINEZ, INTERIM PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR PREPARED BY: STEPHEN BISE, CITY ENGINEER / ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
JEROME JOAQUIN, ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGER
SUBJECT: FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 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 City Council approval of the Seven-Year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and adoption of resolutions for Master Plan of Arterial Highways (MPAH) Circulation Element Consistency and Mitigation Fee Program and Local Signal Synchronization Plan (LSSP).
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the following resolutions:
RESOLUTION NO. 2023-XXX – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, CONCERNING THE STATUS AND UPDATE OF THE CIRCULATION ELEMENT AND MITIGATION FEE PROGRAM FOR THE MEASURE M (M2) PROGRAM RESOLUTION NO. 2023-XXX – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, CONCERNING THE STATUS AND UPDATE OF THE LOCAL SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION PLAN (LSSP) FOR THE MEASURE M (M2) PROGRAM Approve and authorize staff to submit the Measure M2 Seven-Year Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2023-24 through 2029-30 to Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) to comply with Measure M2 eligibility criteria.
Authorize Public Works Director, or designee, to make administrative changes, including those advised by OCTA, if necessary.
CITY MANAGER REMARKS
The City Manager recommends approval of the Resolution for Measure M2.
PRIORITY POLICY STATEMENT
This item matches the following Priority Policy Statement:
Infrastructure and City Assets.
FISCAL IMPACT
The City anticipates its FY 2023-24 Measure M2 local fair share allocation will total approximately $3.3 million for the City to use for street improvements and other eligible activities. The City must meet $4.9 million in Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) matching requirement in order to remain eligible for Measure M2 funding. Staff anticipates that City will meet this requirement for FY 2023-24 per the MOE Certification form (Attachment 5). 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
Local jurisdictions must annually certify adherence to the eligibility guidelines in accordance with the M2 Ordinance. OCTA determines a local jurisdiction eligibility to continue receiving M2 net revenues using these guidelines. Eligibility components have varying requirements for revisions and updates with frequency ranging from one to three years. The City must provide or comply with the following to continue eligibility for funding in this current renewal cycle:
Council-Approved Seven-Year Capital Improvement Program: 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 to identify 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 2023-24 to 2029-30 and included them for approval in 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 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. The City will meet its MOE benchmark requirement as shown in Attachment 5.
Congestion Management Plan (CMP) Checklist: Orange County’s CMP is a countywide program established in 1992 to support regional mobility and air quality objectives through effective use of transportation funds, coordinated land use and development planning practices. Each jurisdiction must comply with the following for eligiblilty for both M2 funding and gas tax revenues:
Level of Service (LOS)
Deficiency Plans
Land Use Analysis
Modeling and Data Consistency
Capital Improvement Program.
Staff has attached the CMP Checklist for reference (Attachment 6).
Local Signal Synchronization Plan: The LSSP is a three-year plan identifying traffic signal synchronization, street routes and traffic signals to improve in eligible jurisdictions. The LSSP needs consistency with the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Master Plan (RTSSMP) and outline the costs associated with the identified improvements, funding and phasing of capital and maintenance and operations of street routes and traffic signals. Local agencies must adopt and update LSSPs every three years and include performance comparison information for prior cycles. The City’s LSSP update, included in this eligibility renewal, includes a three-year outlook for Fiscal Years 2023-24 to 2025-26 (Attachment 7).
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. The Circulation Element is a component of a jurisdiction’s General Plan that shows a planned multimodal network and related policies. The MPAH defines the minimum planned lane configuration for major regionally significant roads in Orange County. M2 funding eligibility requires that each jurisdiction adopts and maintains a Circulation Element consistent with OCTA’s MPAH.
M2 Eligibility also requires the Mitigation Fee Program. This locally established fee program assesses fees used to mitigate effects of new development on transportation infrastructure. Each jurisdiction must have a clearly defined mitigation fee program to ensure eligibility (Attachment 8).
Attachments:
Attachment 1 – Draft Resolution No. 2023-XXX (MPAH)
Attachment 2 – Draft Resolution No. 2023-XXX (LSSP)
Attachment 3 – Seven-Year Capital Improvement Program
Attachment 4 – Eligibility Checklist
Attachment 5 – Maintenance of Effort (MOE) Reporting Form Attachment 6 – Congestion Management Plan (CMP) Checklist Attachment 7 – Local Signal Synchronization Plan (LSSP) Attachment 8 – Land Use Planning Strategies Letter
cc: City Manager Eric J. Levitt
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