HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-56 - Authorizing and Approving Submittal of a Revised Funding Application to the Orange County Transportation Authority for Funding Under the Project V Community-Based Transit/Circulators ProgramRESOLUTION NO. 2025-56
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING
AND APPROVING SUBMITTAL OF A REVISED
FUNDING APPLICATION 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
meet needs in areas not adequately serviced by regional transit;
WHEREAS, the OCTA intends to allocate Project V funds to the incorporated
cities and the County of Orange, as applicable;
WHEREAS, the 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 the revised Balboa
Island/Corona del Mar Local Area Transit Service application ("Project"), including all
understanding and assurances contained therein;
WHEREAS, OCTA has declared that the City meets 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 Plan of Arterial 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 Project;
WHEREAS, the City will provide a minimum 10% in matching funds for the Balboa
Island/Corona del Mar Local Area Transit Service program (traditional 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 development
impact 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 Project.
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 amount specified in the City's
revised application for the Project to the City from the Project V Community -Based
Transit/Circulators program through the Comprehensive Transportation Funding
Program. 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
service.
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 9th day of September, 2025.
Molly Perry
Interim City Cle
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Aakorl C. Harp
City Attorney
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE } ss.
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, Molly Perry, Interim 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. 2025-56 was duly introduced before and adopted by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
held on the 9'h day of September, 2025, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: Mayor Joe Stapleton, Mayor Pro Tern Lauren Kleiman, Councilmember Michelle
Barto, Councilmember Robyn Grant, Councilmember Sara J. Weber, Councilmember
Erik Weigand
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Noah Blom
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the official seal of said
City this 10th day of September, 2025.
Molly Perry
Interim City Clerk
City of Newport Beach, C bnrt
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