Background
On May 2010, the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) Board of Directors (Board) approved a two-tiered approach to fund the Measure M2 (M2) Project X Environmental Cleanup Program (ECP). The Tier 1 Grant Program is designed to mitigate the more visible forms of pollutants, such as litter and debris, which collect on roadways and in catch basins (i.e., storm drains) prior to being deposited in waterways and the ocean. The Tier 2 Grant program provides funding for larger projects (i.e. treating catchment areas of 50 acres or greater), potentially multi-jurisdictional, capital-intensive structural treatment best management practice (BMP) types of projects.
The 2023-24 call for projects is coming in early 2023.
FY 2022-2023 Call for Projects
On March 14, 2022, the OCTA Board authorized the Tier 1 fiscal year (FY) 2022-23 call for projects (call). The call is now open and applications are due by Thursday, June 16, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.
Applications must be prepared and submitted by the local agency utilizing the M2 ECP Tier 1 2022 application. An electronic copy of the application and supporting documentation are to be submitted to OCTA at aarmy@octa.net. Applicants can submit application materials via e-mail, USB drive or file-sharing service. CD/DVD submission will not be accepted. Please refer to the link for details on submittal instructions, along with instructions in the 2022 CTFP Guidelines for Chapter 11 ECP Tier 1 Grant Program.
Scoring criteria published in the CTFP Guidelines and approved by the OCTA Board on March 14, 2022 will be used in all final project evaluations.
If you have any questions regarding the call or if you would like to schedule a one-on-one meeting to discuss an application or proposed project, please contact Alison Army at 714-560-5537 or aarmy@octa.net.
Purchase and Installation Agreements
The vendors below were selected by the County of Orange to achieve economies of scale on a list of fixed price units for the purchase and installation of devices to remove litter, debris and other water quality pollutants. All cities and the County of Orange may utilize these vendors or may choose to procure separate contracts with other vendors. OCTA does not endorse or recommend these or any other vendors. The funding recipient’s decision to utilize these contracts is strictly voluntary.
CTFP Guidelines
The Board approved revised CTFP Guidelines are available online and can be found here.
Call Questions/Answers
If you have any questions regarding the call, please submit them via email to Alison Army at aarmy@octa.net. OCTA will respond to questions as soon as possible.