TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THRU: Jarad Hildenbrand, City Manager
FROM: Christopher Cash, Public Works Director
1. SUBJECT
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Authorization to submit a transportation improvement project application to the Orange County Transportation Authority for funding under Measure M2 of the Comprehensive Transportation Funding Program. Resolution No. 11645.
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2. SUMMARY
Resolution No. 11645 authorizes the City of Orange to apply for $6,105,092 in grant funding under the Orange County Transportation Authority's Measure M2 Comprehensive Transportation Funding Program. The total project cost is $8,140,123, inclusive of the required 25% match.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Adopt Resolution No. 11645. A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Orange approving the submittal of transportation improvement projects to the Orange County Transportation Authority for funding under the renewed Measure M2 of Comprehensive Transportation Funding Program.
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4. FISCAL IMPACT
None.
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Goal 5: Improve Infrastructure, Mobility, and Technology
6. DISCUSSION AND BACKGROUND
Renewed Measure M (M2), approved by voters in 2006, is a 30-year multi-billion dollar program extension of the original Measure M (approved in 1990), with a new slate of planned projects and programs. These projects and programs include improvements to the County freeway system, streets and road network, expansion of the Metrolink system, transit services for the senior and disabled community, as well as funding for the cleanup of roadway storm water runoff.
The Orange County Transportation Authority has issued a call for projects for the three Regional Capacity Programs: Arterial Capacity Enhancement (ACE), Intersection Capacity Enhancement (ICE), and Freeway Arterial/Street Transitions (FAST).
The Public Works Department has identified the Cannon Street widening (from Santiago Canyon Road to Serrano Avenue) as a project that meets the minim...
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