What OCTA is about to decide

The Regional Transportation Planning Committee of the Orange County Transportation Authority meets Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in the Board Room at OCTA Headquarters, 550 South Main Street, Orange, with Zoom participation available. The one action item is presented, in the agenda's words, "for Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors' review and approval" — the committee's vote is a recommendation to the full Board. These are pending decisions from the posted agenda — not outcomes. Every item links to the official record.

Source: official agenda (PDF) · Full documents: meeting page · Next meeting: Monday, October 5, 2026 at 10:30 a.m.

✅ What actually passed (per the minutes, approved October 5): The committee’s draft minutes of the September 8 meeting — approved by the committee on October 5 as part of its consent calendar, per the Legistar vote record — record six members present (Chair Klopfenstein, Vice Chair Tettemer, Foley, Go, Harper and Kleiman) and Director Tavoularis absent. The Measure M2 item passed with one dissent. Director Harper pulled Item 2 from consent "and inquired about recommendation D"; a motion by Director Foley, seconded by Director Kleiman, was "declared passed by those present" to approve the revised Comprehensive Transportation Funding Programs guidelines, authorize the 2027 calls for projects for the Regional Capacity Program and the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program, and approve applying the 2027 guidelines to previously awarded Measure M2 projects in closeout. The minutes state: "Director Harper voted in opposition." They do not print a vote count. As the brief below notes, the committee’s action is a recommendation to the full Board. The signal-synchronization update and the active transportation update drew no action; Director Foley requested a list of current synchronization plans in District 5 and a breakdown of e-bike survey responses by city. There were no public comments, and the meeting adjourned at 11:13 a.m.

The headline: the committee will consider recommending that the Board approve revised guidelines for the Measure M2 Comprehensive Transportation Funding Programs — the competitive grant process through which, per the agenda, OCTA "provides Measure M2 grants to local jurisdictions to improve the regional roadway network and coordinate traffic signals" — and authorize staff to issue the 2027 call for projects for both the Regional Capacity Program (Project O) and the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (Project P). It is a short agenda: that one consent item, an annual signal-synchronization report to receive and file, and an active-transportation update. No dollar amounts appear on the posted agenda.

💰 Measure M2 grants: 2027 guidelines and call for projects

What is being revised: the Comprehensive Transportation Funding Programs guidelines, which the agenda describes as "the mechanism for both the administration of the annual competitive call for streets and roads projects and post award administration." Proposed 2027 revisions "include updates to the Regional Capacity Program (Project O), the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program (Project P), and the grant payment process." The committee is asked to (A) approve the revised guidelines, (B) authorize staff to issue the 2027 call for projects for the Regional Capacity Program, (C) authorize the 2027 call for projects for the Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program, and (D) "approve the allowance of and the process for applying the 2027 Comprehensive Transportation Funding Programs guidelines requirements to previously awarded Measure M2-funded projects that are in the closeout process." Presented by Cynthia Morales and Rose Casey; four attachments accompany the staff report. Item 2

🚦 Reports & discussion

Regional Traffic Signal Synchronization Program annual update: a receive-and-file report on the Measure M2 program that OCTA runs with local jurisdictions, the County of Orange, and the California Department of Transportation, "including results from recently completed projects and an update to the Countywide Signal Synchronization Baseline Project." Presented by Alicia Yang and Rose Casey, with a presentation and two attachments. Item 3
Active Transportation biannual update: a discussion item — no action recommended — on "recent and upcoming activities" in OCTA's coordination of regional active transportation efforts. Presented by Peter Sotherland and Rose Casey. Item 4

🪑 Also on the agenda

Approve the minutes of the July 6, 2026 Regional Transportation Planning Committee meeting. Item 1
Public comments, the Chief Executive Officer's report, and committee members' reports. Items 5–7
Committee members listed on the agenda: Stephanie Klopfenstein (Chair), Mark Tettemer (Vice Chair), Katrina Foley, William Go, Patrick Harper, Lauren Kleiman, and Kathy Tavoularis. Director Tettemer leads the Pledge of Allegiance. The agenda states "There are no Closed Session items scheduled" and no Special Calendar matters. Item 8

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What OCTA is about to decide

💰 Measure M2 grants: 2027 guidelines and call for projects

🚦 Reports & discussion

🪑 Also on the agenda

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