ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (OCTA) (C-1-3289)

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Amendments to the Master Plan of Arterial Highways Page 5 Furthermore, potential impacts to high -quality transit corridors were identified. OCTA provides high -frequency (15-minute service intervals) fixed -route bus service during peak commute hours on two segments that are part of the MPAH amendment - McFadden Avenue (Route 66) and 1st Street (Route 64). The City's proposal would remove existing and planned travel lanes to incorporate complete streets infrastructure. OCTA and City staff agreed that additional mitigation measures on these corridors are necessary to maintain or improve transit service performance. An MOU was prepared to define the roles and responsibilities of the parties the mitigations for the proposed MPAH amendment (Attachment D). Currently, the City and the affected agencies are in agreement on a draft mitigation program. For the impacts located at the cities of Fountain Valley and Tustin, the City has agreed to pay, at minimum, their fair share cost of the mitigation measures. The proposed reclassification on Fairhaven Avenue, between Grand Avenue and Tustin Avenue, is shared with the City of Orange. For this reclassification on Fairhaven Avenue to become final, both the cities of Orange and Santa Ana will need to update their circulation elements. The reclassification results in an impact at the Tustin Avenue and Fairhaven Avenue intersection (City of Orange). The existing intersection can accommodate the proposed reclassification to a divided collector (two-lane, divided) arterial, and therefore, the City of Orange has requested not be a party to the MOU. Lastly, the City has also agreed to fund a cooperative study, led by OCTA. The study will identify feasible transit improvements for impacts on high -quality transit corridors. Roles and responsibilities for funding and implementation would be identified and coordinated with OCTA as well. The affected agencies have reviewed the TIS, addressed remaining questions with the City, and all have provided letters of support for the City's amendment request (attachments E, F, and G). The City also shared the TIS with immediately adjacent agencies - the cities of Costa Mesa, Garden Grove, Irvine, Westminster, the County of Orange, and the California Department of Transportation. Except for the City of Garden Grove (Garden Grove), all immediately adjacent agencies have indicated their support for the City's amendment request (attachments H, I, J, K, and L). Garden Grove is the owner of the Willowick Golf Course property, which is near the proposed Hazard Avenue reclassification. Garden Grove would like to preserve existing vehicular access in the vicinity of the Willowick property while the City and Garden Grove solidify a vision for the property. Currently, the property remains classified as open space in the City's proposed Land Use Element Update. Moreover, the TIS did not identify any impacts in the vicinity of Hazard Avenue, and it is projected to operate at a segment link level of service "A" in the future year with reclassification. Therefore, there are no technical MPAH-related issues with the proposed reclassification to Hazard Avenue.