RESOLUTION NO. 11618
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ORANGE CONCERNING THE STATUS AND
UPDATE OF THE CIRCULATION ELEMENT, AND
MITIGATION FEE PROGRAM FOR THE MEASURE
M (M2) PROGRAM.
WHEREAS, the City of Orange 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 Orange has 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 (FY) 2023-24 and FY 2024-25; and
WHEREAS, the City is required to send biennially to the OCTA all recommended changes to the City Circulation Element and the MPAH for the purposes of re-qualifying for participation in the Comprehensive Transportation Funding Programs; and
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 attribut able to the new development.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
The City Council of the City of Orange, does hereby inform OCTA that:
a) The arter ial highway portion of the 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.
2 d) The City reaffirms that Council concurs with the existing Mitigation Fee Program is in effect.
ADOPTED this 24th day of June, 2025.
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Daniel R. Slater, Mayor, City of Orange
ATTEST:
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Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Wayne W. Winthers
Interim City Attorney, City of Orange
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE )
CITY OF ORANGE )
I, Pamela Coleman, City Clerk of the City of Orange, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Orange at a regular meeting thereof held on the 24th day of June 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
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Pamela Coleman, City Clerk, City of Orange