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Agenda Item
ASR
Control 23-000833 |
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MEETING
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11/28/23 |
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legal entity taking action: |
Board
of Supervisors |
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board of supervisors district(s): |
All
Districts |
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SUBMITTING Agency/Department: |
OC
Public Works (Approved) |
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Department contact person(s): |
Nardy
Khan (714) 647-3906 |
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Wei
Zhu (714) 647-3976 |
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Subject: Amend Ordinance and Adopt
Resolution for OC Traffic Committee Membership
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ceo CONCUR |
County Counsel Review |
Clerk of the Board |
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Concur |
Approved
Resolution(s) and Ordinance(s) |
Discussion |
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3
Votes Board Majority |
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Budgeted: N/A |
Current Year
Cost: N/A |
Annual Cost: N/A |
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Staffing Impact: |
No |
# of Positions: |
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Current Fiscal Year Revenue: N/A
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Prior Board Action: 5/8/2018 #11, 11/7/1989 #68, 8/6/1985
#36, 9/12/1978 #34 |
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RECOMMENDED
ACTION(S):
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Approve the
Orange County Traffic Committee Report of September 21, 2023 - Item B to
amend Orange County Ordinance 6-4-204. |
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Read the title
of the Ordinance to amend Orange County Ordinance 6-4-204. |
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Waive further
reading of the Ordinance. |
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4. |
Consider the
matter. |
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Direct that the
Ordinance be placed on the agenda of the December 5, 2023, Board of
Supervisors meeting for adoption. |
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At the meeting
on December 5, 2023, consider the matter and adopt the Ordinance. |
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Adopt Resolution
to update the Traffic Committee membership. |
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Approve
amendment to Traffic Committee By-laws to update Traffic Committee
membership. |
SUMMARY:
Approving the Orange County Traffic
Committee Report - Item B, adopting the amended Ordinance 6-4-204, adopting a
Resolution and updating the Orange County Traffic Committee By-laws will allow
the Board of Supervisors to make changes to the Orange County Traffic Committee
membership by Resolution, as needed, and will improve pedestrian and traffic
safety.
BACKGROUND
INFORMATION:
At the September 21, 2023, Orange
County Traffic Committee (Committee) meeting, the following item was agendized
and discussed:
Item
B (Amend Traffic Committee By-laws for Membership)
The Committee was established by the Board
of Supervisors (Board) on September 17, 1940. The original membership consisted
of representatives from the Auto Club of Southern California, California
Highway Patrol, California Division of Highways (now Caltrans), and the Orange
County Road Department (now OC Public Works Traffic Engineering Division).
Committee membership has changed over the
years, including the addition of a school district representing the
unincorporated area of Orange County and OC Public Works Operations and
Maintenance via Resolution 78-1330 approved on September 12, 1978, the addition
of OC Sheriff via Resolution 85-1170 approved on August 6, 1985, the subsequent
update on Traffic Ordinance 3768 on November 7, 1989, and the replacement of
the Auto Club of Southern California by the Orange County Transportation
Authority via Resolution 18-036 approved on May 8, 2018. In recent years, the
school district had not been participating in the Committee meetings and
requested to be removed from the membership, which leaves a vacancy on the
Committee.
The Committee membership was codified in
1989 when the Board established Orange County Ordinance 6-4-204 (Ordinance).
The Ordinance states that the “Committee shall consist of one representative
from each of the following organizations as indicated in the original 1940
Minute order as modified on September 12, 1978, and August 6,1985: (1)
Automobile Club of Southern California; (2) California Highway Patrol; (3)
California Department of Transportation; (4) County of Orange EMA Traffic
Engineering; (5) County of EMA Public Works/Operations; (6) School District
representative designated by the Board and representing the unincorporated area
of Orange County; (7) Orange County Sheriff’s Department.” Since the Committee
membership was codified by the Ordinance, the only way to change the membership
is to amend the Ordinance.
The proposed Ordinance 6-4-204 (amended)
will read: “The Orange County Traffic Committee membership shall be set by the
Board of Supervisors via Resolution. The Board of Supervisors may change the
required membership from time to time by way of Resolution.”
This language allows for changes to
the membership of the Committee without further Ordinance amendment.
The
item was received and filed by the Committee.
Compliance
with CEQA:
This action is not a project within the meaning of CEQA Guidelines Section
15378 and is therefore not subject to CEQA since it does not have the potential
for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a
reasonable foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. The approval
of this agenda item does not commit the County to a definite course of action
in regard to a project since this is an adoption of an Ordinance, Resolution
and By-laws to change the Committee membership. This proposed activity is
therefore not subject to CEQA. Any future action connected to this approval
that constitutes a project will be reviewed for compliance with CEQA.
FINANCIAL
IMPACT:
N/A
STAFFING
IMPACT:
N/A
ATTACHMENT(S):
Attachment
A - Orange County Traffic Committee Meeting of September 21, 2023 - Agenda
Attachment B - Orange County Traffic Committee Report - Item B
Attachment C - Uncodified Ordinance 6-4-204 (amended)
Attachment D - Resolution
Attachment E - Orange County Traffic Committee By-laws
Attachment F - Redline to Orange County Traffic Committee By-laws