City Council
October 21, 2025
General Plan RevisionReclassification of Harbor Boulevard between Bastanchury Road and Berkeley Avenue 1 Request
Amendment to the Master Plan of Arterial Highways (MPAH) and Exhibit 6: Roadway Classifications Harbor Boulevard, between Bastanchury Road and Berkeley Avenue Currently classified as Major Arterial Highway (six-lane) Reclassify to a Primary Arterial street (four-lane)
Request is Categorically Exempt from CEQA per Section 15301(c) and 15304(h) 2 Project Location and CrossSections
3 Project Summary
Removal of one traffic lane in each direction
Conversion of Class II bike lanes to Class IV bike lanes Construction of continuous sidewalk on both sides
ADA improvement
New traffic signal at Harbor/Brea Dam Park
New central median with drought tolerant landscaping
4 Background
June 19, 2023: Project presented to INRAC.
September 19, 2023: Public survey posted to obtain feedback on the proposed project.
September 20, 2023: Project presented to ATC. All were in favor of the project and submission of the grant application.
October 2, 2023: Project presented to TCC. All were in favor of the project and submission of the grant application.
October 3, 2023: Project presented to City Council on October 2023: Council authorized staff to submit the grant application.
October 5, 2023: Staff submitted project application to OCTA.
February 12, 2024: OCTA Board approved application.
June 6, 2024: SCAG Board approved project award.
July 2024: City made a social media post on project award and description.
August 29, 2024: OCTA Regional Transportation Planning Committee approved Master Plan of Arterial Highways (MPAH).
September 9, 2024: OCTA Board approved MPAH amendment.
December 16, 2024: Caltrans programed the project into the Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP).
February 6, 2025: Staff submitted RFA-PE documents to Caltrans to review/approve (allocation funding for design).
April 1, 2025: Council accepted grant funding and approved budget appropriations for the project.
October 8, 2025: Planning Commission recommended approval of the street reclassification. 5 Exhibit 6: Roadway Classifications
Existing Map
Proposed Map
6 Recommended Action
Adopt Resolution No. 2025-XX entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING a general plan revision to Revise THE MASTER PLAN OF ARTERIAL HIGHWAYS AND exhibit 6 roadway classifications map that includes a change from MAJOR arterial highway to PRIMARY ARTERIAL HIGHWAY for Harbor Boulevard between bastanchury road and Berkeley avenue 7 City Council
October 21, 2025
General Plan RevisionReclassification of Harbor Boulevard between Bastanchury Road and Berkeley Avenue 8