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WORK STUDY SESSION • Measure M Safeguards include the following: o Spend only on voter approved transportation projects o Voters approve any major change o Separate trust fund o Independent Citizens Oversight Committee certifies compliance and approves amendments o Cities must use their available local funds to maintain roads o Cities must invest the funds as planned and adopt and follow plans to keep up their city streets and roads • Without Measure M the 1-5 would not have been done until 2015; there would be no El Toro "Y" improvements and no widening of the 55, 91 or 22 freeways • Without Measure M there would be $1 billion less invested in streets and roads, no Metrolink service and higher fares for seniors and the disabled • The City of Santa Ana has received $104,147,000 in Measure M funding to date • Streets widened and improved include: Bristol, Fairview/Edinger, and, 17th/SR-55/Santa Clara • Signals coordinated include: Downtown, MacArthur, Main Street, Bristol, and Harbor/Warner • Post Measure M funding, the local transportation budget decreases by $310 million in year one and cities lose more than 50 percent of local road maintenance funds • Extending Measure M requires a new investment plan approval by the city councils representing majority of incorporated population, Board of Supervisors, and two-thirds of OCTA Board plus two thirds majority voter approval • The next steps for getting Measure M extended include: o Community Input — now through Fall 2005 o Public reviews draft plan — December 2005 o OCTA revises Plan — December, 2005-April, 2006 o OCTA requests cities and county to endorse putting measure to voters — April, 2006 — June, 2006 o OCTA and Board of Supervisors take action to place measure on ballot — July, 2006 o Election — November 7, 2006 COMMENTS 90.A. PUBLIC COMMENTS Miguel Lucio addressed the Council and supported the extension of Measure M CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 269 JULY 18, 2005