Item 20 - Memorandum of Understanding of the Master Plan of Arterial Highways Amendment

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EXHIBIT 1 1 2 3 4 s 6 7 s 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING NO. C-3-2925 BETWEEN ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND THE CITY OF IRVINE AND CITY OF SANTA ANA FOR AMENDMENT OF THE MASTER PLAN OF ARTERIAL HIGHWAYS The following Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") is effective this day of , 2025 ("Effective Date"), by and between the Orange County Transportation Authority, 550 South Main Street, P.O. Box 14184, Orange, California 92863-1584 (hereinafter referred to as "AUTHORITY'), and the City of Irvine and City of Santa Ana, a municipal corporations duly organized and existing under the constitution and laws of the State of California (hereinafter collectively referred to as "CITIES" and individually as "CITY'). AUTHORITY and each CITY are sometimes referred to collectively in this MOU as the "PARTIES' and individually as "PARTY." RECITALS WHEREAS, AUTHORITY administers the Master Plan of Arterial Highways (hereinafter referred to as "MPAH") including the review and approval of amendments requested by local agencies; and WHEREAS, the CITY of Irvine has requested an amendment to the MPAH as set forth in Exhibit A, entitled "Amendment to the MPAH", to reclassify Red Hill Avenue, between MacArthur Boulevard and Main Street, from a major (six -lane, divided) to a primary (four -lane, divided) arterial (hereinafter referred to as the "Amendment to the MPAH"); and WHEREAS, traffic analysis conducted as part of the MPAH amendment process determined that the Amendment to the MPAH would result in projected changes to future traffic patterns; and WHEREAS, CITIES have established Level of Service (LOS) "D" as their minimum acceptable LOS and an appreciable impact is defined as an increase in Intersection Capacity Utilization ("ICU") of 0.01, or otherwise adopted by the respective CITY, for intersections currently operating at an