25B - COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT OCTA PROJECTS 126770, 126771 AND 126772

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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: DECEMBER 19, 2011 CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: TITLE APPROVED COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS WITH ? As Recommended OCTA FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ? As Amended ls' Reading REGIONAL TRAFFIC SIGNAL El Ordinance on El Ordinance on 2 n "d Reading SYNCHRONIZATION PROJECTS ? Implementing Resolution (126770, 126771 AND 126772) ? Set Public Hearing For_ 1 CITY MANAGER CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER RECOMMENDED ACTION Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached cooperative agreements with the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney to implement three Measure M Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Projects. DISCUSSION On March 7, 2011, Council authorized staff to submit joint applications with other agencies for funding under the renewed Measure M2 Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program to provide interjurisdictional traffic signal synchronization and improvements along several corridors in the city. On June 30, 2011, the OCTA Board approved the local agencies' funding request for implementation of traffic signal synchronization and improvements on the following corridors: MacArthur Boulevard/Talbert Avenue from Wal-Mart Center to State Route-55 Tustin Avenue/Rose Street from 1 st Street to Yorba Linda Boulevard Warner Avenue from Pacific Coast Highway to Red Hill Avenue The other local agencies participating in these three projects are Huntington Beach, Fountain Valley, Tustin, Orange, Anaheim, Placentia, and Caltrans. The Measure M2 grant approved for the three corridors totals $1,697,305 with the local agencies providing a 20 percent match for $424,328. Santa Ana's grant amount is $632,608 with a 20 percent match of $145,615. The following table reflects the funding breakdown: 25B-1