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Authorize Negotiation and Execution of Final MPAH Amendment MOU November 17, 2020 Page 2 To date, these plans have yielded about $50 million in improvements to Santa Ana which have been delivered or are underway, and there are more funds the City will qualify for. However, to continue implementing some of these projects, the City is required to reclassify some streets in Santa Ana, and such classifications must match the OCTA Master Plan of Arterial Highways (MPAH) so that the City maintain M2 funding eligibility. The MPAH is the countywide roadway network for regional mobility managed by OCTA, and cities must comply to qualify for M2 Funds. Compliance will require amending OCTA's MPAH and execution of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between OCTA, and the Cities of Fountain Valley and Tustin (Exhibit 1). The MOU agreement will be based on the terms and conditions shown on Exhibit 1. All parties have agreed to these terms and conditions. The Cities of Fountain Valley and Tustin are parties to the MOU since there are traffic impacts that require future mitigations within their jurisdictions. As a follow up, one of the MOU conditions will be to revise the Mobility Element and adopt the General Plan Update so there is consistency between the MPAH and city's Circulation Element in the General Plan. Adoption of the General Plan will be considered by the City Council in a separate future City Council meeting. The recommended budget reallocation and adjustment is needed to complete a transit study required in the MOU. Staff recommends approving terms and conditions, and authorizing the City Manager to negotiate and execute a final memorandum of understanding to ensure M2 funding eligibility is maintained. FISCAL IMPACT Approval of the appropriation adjustment and the requested reallocation of funds will make funding for a transit study of $250,000 available in Fiscal Year 2020-21. The appropriation adjustment will recognize funds of $157,961 in the New Transportation Systems Improvements Area F, Prior Year Carry Forward revenue account (No. 03517002-50001) and appropriate the same amount in the New Transportation Systems Improvements Area F, Improvements Other Than Building expenditure account (No. 03517660-66220). The reallocation of $92,039 in unspent Fiscal Year 2020-21 Measure M2 Local Fairshare funds will be available to fully fund the total cost. There are nine traffic operation improvements identified in the MOU for an approximate cost of $3,645,000. Implementation of these improvements require the traffic congestion to degrade to a certain threshold in the future. These locations will be monitored and if the threshold is met the projects will be programmed and funded accordingly. Project funding in the future will include grant funds and Transportation System Impact Area fees. Please note, it is possible that the threshold is never triggered. The following table summarizes the funds made available to complete the transit study: 20D-2