HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-4 - Authorizing and Approving Submittal of Funding Applications to the Orange County Transportation Authority for Funding Under the Project V Community-Based Transit/Circulators ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 2024-4
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING
AND APPROVING SUBMITTAL OF FUNDING
APPLICATIONS TO THE ORANGE COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FOR FUNDING
UNDER THE PROJECT V COMMUNITY -BASED
TRANSIT/CIRCULATORS PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Orange County Transportation Authority's ("OCTA") Community -
Based Transit/Circulators Program (Project V under Measure M2) establishes a
competitive funding program to enable local jurisdictions to develop, test, and provide
community -based local transit services that complement regional transit services and
meets needs in areas not adequately serviced by regional transit;
WHEREAS, OCTA intends to allocate Project V funds to the incorporated cities
and the County of Orange, as applicable;
WHEREAS, OCTA has established the procedures and criteria for selecting
projects for funding through a competitive process as identified in the Comprehensive
Transportation Funding Program ("CTFP") Project V Guidelines;
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach ("City") desires to provide local
community -based transit services;
WHEREAS, the City authorizes the nomination of Balboa Peninsula Trolley and
Balboa Island/Corona del Mar Local Transit applications ("Projects"), including all
understanding and assurances contained therein;
WHEREAS, the City has been declared by OCTA to meet the eligibility
requirements to receive Measure M2 funds, including Project V funds;
WHEREAS, the City must include all projects funded by M2 Net Revenues in its
seven-year Capital Improvement Program ("CIP") in accordance with Measure M2
Ordinance eligibility requirements;
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach authorizes amendment
of its CIP to add projects approved for Project V funding by OCTA's Board of Directors;
WHEREAS, the City's Circulation Element is consistent with the County of
Orange Master -Piet -of Art -Highways;
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WHEREAS, the City will comply where applicable with provisions of the
Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), and any other federal, state, and/or local laws,
rules and/or regulations;
WHEREAS, the City will consult with OCTA regarding the need for
ADA/paratransit services and/or plans prior to starting operations of the Projects,
WHEREAS, the City will provide a minimum 10% in matching funds for the Balboa
Peninsula Trolley (traditional service) and a minimum 50% in matching funds for the
Balboa Island/Corona del Mar Local Transit program (on -demand service), excluding
non -Project V subsidies or net fares collected, as required by the CTFP Project V
Guidelines and shall fund its share of the project costs and any additional costs over the
identified programmed amount;
WHEREAS, the City will not use Measure M2 funds to supplant developer fees or
other commitments, and
WHEREAS, the City will give OCTA's representatives access to and the right to
examine all data, records, books, papers or documents related to the Projects.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Newport Beach resolves as
follows:
Section 1: The City Council does hereby request that the Orange County
Transportation Authority allocate Project V funds in the amounts specified in the City's
applications for the Projects to said City from the Project V Community -Based
Transit/Circulators program through the Comprehensive Transportation Funding Program
(CTFP). Said funds shall be matched by funds from the City as required and shall be used
as supplemental funding to aid the City in the implementation of the proposed transit
services.
Section 2: The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are
incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
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Section 3: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not
affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or
unconstitutional.
Section 4: The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to
the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) (the
activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the
environment) and 15060(c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378)
of the CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3,
because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or
indirectly.
Section 5: This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the
City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 23rd day of January, 2024.
Will O'Neill
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Leilani . Brow ~
City ClerkK
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY TTORNEY'S OFFI E
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A r n C. Harp
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Leilani I. Brown, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do hereby certify that the
whole number of members of the City Council is seven; the foregoing resolution, being Resolution
No. 2024-4 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
of said Council held on the 23rd day of January, 2024; and the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Will O'Neill, Mayor Pro Tern Joe Stapleton, Councilmember Brad Avery,
Councilmember Robyn Grant, Councilmember Lauren Kleiman, Councilmember
Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
RECUSED: Councilmember Noah Blom
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of
said City this 24th day of January, 2024.
Leilani I. Brown
City Clerk
Newport Beach, California