Attachment 2
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-__
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LAKE FOREST, CALIFORNIA, CONCERNING THE STATUS AND UPDATE OF
THE CIRCULATION ELEMENT, AND MITIGATION FEE PROGRAM FOR THE MEASURE M (“M2”) PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City of Lake Forest desires to maintain and improve the streets within its jurisdiction, including those arterials contained in the Master Plan of Arterial Highways (MPAH) and
WHEREAS, the City of Lake Forest ha s endorsed a definition of and process for, determining consistency of the City’s Traffic Circulation Plan with the MPAH, and WHEREAS, the City has adopted a General Plan Circulation Element which does not preclude implementation of the MPAH within its jurisdiction, and WHEREAS, the City is required to adopt a resolution biennially informing the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) that the City’s Circulation Element is in conformance with the MPAH and whether any changes to any arterial highways of said Circulation Element have been adopted by the City during Fiscal Years 2023-24 and FY 2024-25, and
WHEREAS, the City is required to send biennially to the OCTA all recommended changes to the City ’s Circulation Element and the MPAH for the purposes of re -qualifying for participation in the Comprehensive Transportation Funding Programs;
WHEREAS, the City is required to adopt a resolution biennially certifying that the City has an existing Mitigation Fee Program that assesses traffic impacts of new development and requires new development to pay a fair share of necessary transportation improvements attributable to the new development; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council for the City of Lake Forest, does hereby inform OCTA that:
a) The arterial highway portion of the City Circulation Element of the City is in conformance with the MPAH.
b) The City attests that no unilateral reduction in through lanes has been made on any MPAH arterials during FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25. c) The City affirms that it will bring forward requests to amend the MPAH, when necessary, in order to ensure that the MPAH and the General Plan Circulation Element remain consistent.
d) The City reaffirms that Council concurs with the existing Mitigation Fee Programs.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this __ day of ____ 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
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SCOTT VOIGTS
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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THY MERRITT
ACTING CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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MATTHEW RICHARDSON
CITY ATTORNEY