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JOINT COUNCIL I CRA ITEM AGMT NO. 2003-036 - Execute a cooperative agreement between the City of Santa Ana and the Community Redevelopment regarding the Fourth Street landscaping project MOTION: Franklin SECOND: Garcia VOTE: AYES: NOES: Bist, Christy, Franklin, Garcia, Pulido, Solorio (6) None (0) ABSENT: Alvarez (1) COUNCIL RECESSED TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING AT 7:02 P.M. COUNCIL RECONVENED AT 7:03 P.M. WITH SAME MEMBERS PRESENT WORK STUDY SESSIONS WS.A. GRAND AVENUE WIDENING PROJECT - Jim Ross, Executive Director, Public Works Agency presented an update on the Grand Avenue widening project. Highlights of this presentation are as follows: · City of Santa Ana was the lead agency for the Grand Avenue widening Environmental Impact Report · The project proposes to widen Grand Avenue between 17th Street and 1st Street to major arterial standards · The project has the following primary objectives: Improve Grand to the City's General Plan circulation Element and the Orange County Master Plan of Arterial Highways designations for a major arterial Improve flow of traffic consistent with forecasted traffic Volumes Provide bike lanes consistent with the City's Bikeways Strategic Plan and the Orange County Master Plan of Bikeways Provide a roadway segment compatible with the roadway segments on Grand north and south of the project · One alternative plan included the widening of Grand Avenue from four lanes to six lanes in a 100-foot wide cross section, with a landscaped median; intermittent widening on both the east and west sides of the street; does not include a bike lane and has an estimated cost of $29 million CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 78 FEBRUARY 18, 2003