Local Assistance Update - Technical Advisory Committee Meeting April 26, 2023

Update on various topics discussed during the Technical Advisory Committee meeting including CTC Meetings deadlines, Inactive Invoices submission, Active Transportation Program updates, and Clean California Local Grant Program application deadlines. Details about each item and their respective deadlines are provided along with relevant contact information for further assistance.

• Local Assistance
• Technical Advisory Committee
• CTC Meetings
• Transportation Programs
• Caltrans

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1. TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING LOCAL ASSISTANCE UPDATE April 26, 2023 Tifini Tran District Local Assistance Engineer Caltrans District 12 Tifini.Tran@dot.ca.gov (657) 328-6275 Oliver K. Luu Associate Transportation Planner Caltrans District 12 Oliver.Luu@dot.ca.gov (657) 328-6267

2. TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING LOCAL ASSISTANCE UPDATE TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 UPDATE ITEM CTC Meetings Inactive Invoices ATP Clean California HSIP Construction Contract Standards HBP Training Title VI Staff Assignments/Contacts

3. CTC Meetings Deadlines to submit allocations and time extensions to District Local Assistance: May 1, 2023 for the June 2023 CTC Meeting June 19, 2023 for the August 2023 CTC Meeting August 21, 2023 for the October 2023 CTC Meeting 1

4. Inactive Invoices The deadline to submit inactive invoices is May 23, 2023 The official inactive list can be viewed here: https://dot.ca.gov/programs/local- assistance/projects/inactive-projects Agencies with inactive projects that still need invoice submittal as of 4/21/23: Anaheim 5055(187) OCTA 6071(169) Santa Ana 5063(190), 5063(191) Westminster 5338(052) If you have questions or issues with submitting invoices, please contact your area engineer/planner for further assistance 2

5. Active Transportation Program CTC adopted the Statewide component of ATP Cycle 6 on December 7-8, 2022 MPO component will be posted May 12, 2023 and finalized for the June 2023 CTC Meeting For more info and guidance, please see Caltrans ATP webpage: https://dot.ca.gov/programs/local-assistance/fed-and-state- programs/active-transportation-program 3

6. Clean California Local Grant Program (CCLGP) Cycle 2 application deadline is April 28, 2023 Applications MUST be submitted by 5:00 PM August/September 2023 for project award notification Recordings of previous Cycle 2 application workshops can be viewed on the Caltrans website Cycle 1 quarterly progress report is due April 30, 2023 Please see the Clean CA webpage for more info and application guidelines: https://cleancalifornia.dot.ca.gov/local-grants/local-grant-program 4

7. HSIP (Highway Safety Improvement Program) Approved Cycle 11 projects were announced on March 9 Many Cycle 11 projects are state funded, so NEPA is not required, only CEQA For more info and guidance, please see the Caltrans HSIP webpage: https://dot.ca.gov/programs/local-assistance/fed- and-state-programs/highway-safety-improvement-program 5

8. Construction Contract Standards Agencies need to implement 2022 standards by May 1 The next standards edition, the 2023 Standards, will be implemented on July 24 More info can be found here: https://dot.ca.gov/programs/design/ccs-standard-plans-and- standard-specifications 6

9. HBP (Highway Bridge Program) Agencies can now come in for EPSP and Post-Programming changes for bridge projects Please contact your Local Assistance Area Engineer if you have questions about EPSP and/or Post-Programming for HBP projects More info can be found in Chapter 6.7 of the LAPG: https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/local- assistance/documents/lapg/g06.pdf 7

10. Training LTAP link for training registration and info: https://ca-ctap.org/index.cfm?pid=1609 Local Assistance Training Day (June 7) Labor Compliance for Local Public Agencies (Jun 13-15) Program Funding Opportunities Webinar (May 12) A&E Oversight Training (for D12 Agencies) (May 23) Please register here: https://apps.cce.csus.edu/sites/cce/reg/?CID=6185 Space is limited to one person per agency 8

11. Title VI Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination by recipient of Federal assistance on the basis of race, color, and national origin, including the denial of meaningful access for limited English proficient (LEP) Persons. Requirements include but are not limited to: Title VI nondiscrimination statement Assurances (as part of the Master Agreement and Program Supplement Agreement. Designation of a Title VI Coordinator. Complaint Procedures. Data Collection. Training. Dissemination of Information. Contracts and Agreements. Environmental Justice. Public Hearings and Meetings. Right of Way activities. Construction contract compliance. Monitoring. Caltrans has also recently updated our webpage on Filing a Complaint, and it provides guidance to local agencies on how to process Title VI complaints. 9

12. TIFINI TRAN DISTRICT LOCAL ASSISTANCE ENGINEER Tifini.Tran@dot.ca.gov (657) 328-6275 Area Engineers Program Coordinator A&E (M. Beshay Tadrous, K. Nguyen backup) ATP (M. Johnson. K. Nguyen backup) Clean California (J. Lawhead, O. Luu backup) CRRSAA (R. Faraz, M. Johnson backup) CTC (M. Johnson, O. Luu backup) CWA (O. Luu) DBE (M. Johnson, J. Lawhead backup) ER (M. Johnson, K. Nguyen backup) FTA (O. Luu) HBP (J. Lawhead, M. Beshay Tardous backup) HSIP (M. Beshay Tadrous, K. Nguyen backup) Inactive (O. Luu) PE > 10 (O. Luu) PED (K. Nguyen) RC:H2B (J. Lawhead, O. Luu backup) SB1 (R. Faraz, M. Johnson backup) STIP (R. Faraz) Title VI (O. Luu) Training (O. Luu) Mirna Beshay Tadrous Mirna.Beshaytadrous@dot.ca.gov (657) 328-6640 Reza Faraz Reza.Faraz@dot.ca.gov (657) 328-6270 Monroe Johnson Monroe.Johnson@dot.ca.gov (657) 328-6274 Jonathan Lawhead Jonathan.Lawhead@dot.ca.gov (657) 328-6285 Oliver Luu Oliver.Luu@dot.ca.gov (657) 328-6267 Anh Nghiem Anh.Nghiem@dot.ca.gov (657) 328-6290 Kathleen Nguyen Kathleen.Nguyen@dot.ca.gov (657) 328-6362 Local Agencies Aliso Viejo (M. Beshay Tadrous) Anaheim (K. Nguyen) Brea (K. Nguyen) Buena Park (R. Faraz) Caltrans (R. Faraz) Costa Mesa (J. Lawhead) Cypress (J. Lawhead) Dana Point (K. Nguyen) Fountain Valley (J. Lawhead) Fullerton (K. Nguyen) Garden Grove (R. Faraz) Huntington Beach (M. Beshay Tadrous) Irvine (M. Beshay Tadrous) Laguna Beach (K. Nguyen) Laguna Hills (M. Beshay Tadrous) Laguna Niguel (M. Johnson) Laguna Woods (J. Lawhead) La Habra (M. Johnson) Lake Forest (M. Beshay Tadrous) La Palma (M. Johnson) Los Alamitos (J. Lawhead) Mission Viejo (J. Lawhead) Newport Beach (K. Nguyen) Orange (O. Luu) Orange County (O. Luu) Placentia (R. Faraz) Rancho Santa Margarita (K. Nguyen) San Clemente (M. Johnson) San Juan Capistrano (R. Faraz) Santa Ana (M. Beshay Tadrous) Seal Beach (M. Johnson) Stanton (M. Johnson) Tustin (M. Johnson) Villa Park (M. Johnson) Westminster (R. Faraz) Yorba Linda (M. Johnson) Regional Agencies OCTA (R. Faraz) TCA (R. Faraz) Mail Submissions to: 1750 E. 4th St. Suite 100 Santa Ana, CA 92705 NOTE: All D12 Local Assistance staff are currently teleworking due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please email electronic submissions to the appropriate Local Assistance staff.