SR - RES-10994 - MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR WIDENING OF PORTIONS OF CHAPMAN AVE & TUSTIN ST1. SUBJECT
Resolution No. 10994 - A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Orange approving and
adopting Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) No. ENV 1852 -16 and a Mitigation Monitoring
and Reporting Program for the widening of portions of Chapman Avenue and Tustin Street,
approving Preliminary Plans therefore, and making certain findings in connection therewith.
2. SUMMARY
The Chapman and Tustin Intersection Widening Project (Capital Improvement Project No.
13120, SP 3932) will provide for improvements to the northwest comer of the intersection. The
improvements will consist of construction of an additional southbound -to- westbound dedicated
right turn lane on Tustin Street.
The City prepared MND No. ENV 1852 -16 to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of
the project in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The Council
is being asked to review and consider the information presented, adopt the MND, and approve
the preliminary project plans.
The project has received $243,750 in Measure M funding through OCTA from its
Comprehensive Transportation Funding Programs (CTFP) for Engineering, and Right -of -Way
(ROW) at a 75/25 reimbursable rate. Funding for construction is currently being pursued in the
amount of $375,000.
3. RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt Resolution No. 10994.
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4. FISCAL IMPACT
Funds are budgeted in the Capital Improvement Program and are available in the following
accounts:
550.5011.56330.13228 - Chapman/Tustin Critical Intersection $223,421
284.5011.56330.13228 Chapman/Tustin Critical Intersection, $75,322
TSIP B —West Orange) $298,743
5. STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL(S)
lb. Provide for a safe community - Provide and maintain infrastructure necessary to ensure
the safety of the public.
4b. Provide outstanding public service - Provide facilities and services to meet customer
expectations.
6. DISCUSSION and BACKGROUND
The Public Works Department is proposing a project to widen the northwest corner of the
Chapman Avenue and Tustin Street intersection. The project will construct a southbound -to-
westbound dedicated right turn lane on Tustin Street. Implementation of the proposed project
may require acquisition of linear "slivers" of ROW to provide the necessary additional public
street dedication to allow the construction of the proposed street improvements along the west
side of Tustin Street north of Chapman Avenue, and on the west side of Chapman Avenue west
of Tustin Street. If implemented as designed on the preliminary plans, the project will protect the
existing Friar Tux Shop building and ARCO gas station in place. Construction will affect
utilities, landscaping, parking, driveways, and signage at adjacent commercial properties.
However, as we move forward with further design of the project, one or more conditions to the
implementation of the project, as currently designed, may fail to be met as a result of subsequent
studies, reviews, and proceedings involving the exercise of discretion by the City, the City
Council, or any department of the City.
The Public Works Department has prepared preliminary construction plans for the widening of
the Chapman Avenue at Tustin Street intersection. This intersection is currently on the City's list
of 44 critical intersections in the City. These intersections are classified in the City's General
Plan Circulation Element as intersections where additional or special purpose travel lanes are
necessary to accommodate existing or anticipated traffic demands. Existing traffic volumes at the
intersection result in extensive traffic delays and congestion of the intersection during peak
traffic periods.
The City has prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration No. ENV 1852 -16 (MND), a study that
analyzes the project's potential for creating physical environmental impacts in compliance with
the CEQA. The MND concludes that the project will not have a significant adverse effect on the
environment, with the implementation of mitigation measures and/or existing regulations related
to aesthetics, air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, geology and soils, hazards and
hazardous materials, hydrology, and water quality. The identified mitigation measures and /or
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existing regulations ensure that significant or potentially significant impacts resulting from the
project are reduced to less than significant levels.
The City Council is being asked to review and consider the information presented in the MND
prior to rendering a decision on the project. The MND and the Notice of Intent (NOI) announcing
the availability of the MND for public review was sent out on January 9, 2017 for distribution
and review by regulatory agencies such as the Orange County Transportation Authority, Orange
County Health Care Agency, and South Coast Air Quality Management District. The NOI was
concurrently filed with the Orange County Clerk, posted onsite, and mailed to all property
owners and tenants within 300 -feet of the proposed intersection project limits. The NOI was also
published in the Orange City News on January 11, 2017. The MND was made available to the
public at City Hall, local libraries, and on the City's website. The 20 -day review period ran from
January 11, 2017 through January 30, 2017. Comments received during the review period and
responses to comments are attached for City Council consideration.
With the approval of the MND and preliminary plans for the project, the Public Works
Department will begin the process of appraisal preparation and ROW acquisition and
negotiation. The City, upon receipt of the appraisals, will review the offers and request City
Councils approval to purchase and acquire any and all real property required for completion of
the project. After ROW acquisition, the Public Works Department will finalize the construction
plans and request City Councils authorization to bid construction of the proposed street
improvements.
7. ATTACHMENTS
• Vicinity Map
• Preliminary Plans IIx17 (full size construction plans are available for review in the
Public Works Department)
• Resolution No. 10994
• Mitigated Negative Declaration No. ENV 1852 -16, dated January 2017.
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