17. GRANT TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION

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Public Works Agency https://www.santa-ana.org/ Item # 17 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report January 19, 2021 TOPIC: Approve Cooperative Agreement with the City of Irvine AGENDA TITLE: Approve cooperative agreement with the City of Irvine for grant -funded traffic signal synchronization on Segerstrom Avenue/ Dyer Road/ Barranca Parkway for a maximum amount of $259,224 and term effective until December 31, 2025 (Non -General Fund) RECOMMENDED ACTION Authorize the City Manager to execute a cooperative agreement with the City of Irvine in the amount of $259,224, to implement a Traffic Signal Synchronization Corridor (Project No. 21-6982) on Segerstrom Avenue/ Dyer Road/ Barranca Parkway, for the term beginning upon approval of the agreement by the City of Santa Ana and the City of Irvine, and effective until December 31, 2025, with an option to be extended with mutual consent of all parties for a term to be determined upon extension, subject to non -substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. DISCUSSION On March 3, 2020, the City Council authorized staff to submit joint applications with the Cities of Irvine and Fountain Valley, and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) to request funding consideration for the renewed Measure M2 Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program. On May 11, 2020, the OCTA Board approved the renewed Measure M2 Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program funding request for the Segerstrom Avenue/ Dyer Road/ Barranca Parkway project (Exhibit 1). While the City of Irvine will act as the lead agency for the project, a cooperative agreement is needed to identify the roles and responsibilities of each participating agency, which includes agreement oversight by the City of Irvine to maintain inter -jurisdictional synchronization on the project during the three-year grant period, and the City of Santa Ana's match requirement of $259,224 (Exhibit 2). Upon project completion, responsibility for ongoing signal maintenance will revert to the respective local agencies.