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CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT RAIL-HIGHWAY CROSSING SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS AND SAFETY MEASURES RELATED TO QUIET ZONE IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE CITY OF SANTA ANA SCRRA File No. G0000741 SCRRA Pro~ect/Task Nos. 860557 This Construction and Maintenance Agreement ("AGREEMENT") is made and entered into on this day of 2008, by and between the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation duly organized and existing under the Canstitution and laws of the State of California, hereinafter referred to as the "CITY", and the SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL RAIL AUTHORITY, a joint powers authority existing under the laws of the State of California, hereinafter referred to as "SCRRA": RECITALS SCRRA is afive-county joint powers authority, created pursuant to California Public Utilities Code Section 130255 and California Government Code Section 6500 et seq., to build, maintain and operate the "METROLINK" commuter train system. The five-county member agencies are comprised of the following: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("METRO"), Ventura County Transportation Commission ("VCTC"), Orange County Transportation Authority ("OCTA"), San Bernardino Associated Governments ("SANBAG"), and Riverside County Transportation Commission ("RCTC"). SCRRA builds, operates, and maintains a commuter rail system in the five-county area on rail rights-of-ways owned by the member agencies. For this project, the owner of the rail right-of-way is the OCTA. In May 2005, OCTA authorized the Grade Crossing Safety Program ("PROGRAM"). This Program was based on a report entitled "Grade Crossing Study", prepared by Korve Engineering, for OCTA, in December 2003. The Grade Crossing Study recommended safety enhancements to 64 at-grade crossings in Orange County. Subsequent to this Grade Crossing Study, OCTA separated 12 grade crossings located in the City of Placentia from further study because the City of Placentia already had a process in place to enhance and improve the crossings for quiet zone purposes. In April 2006, SCRRA, OCTA, the California Public Utilities Commission ("CPUC") and the Participating Cities as identified in the Grade Crossing Study began field diagnostic meetings at each of the at- grade crossings within the program. The diagnostic meetings were completed in November of 2006, and SCRRA produced exhibits for these fifty-two (52) crossings (including a private crossing) showing the scope of the improvements. Upon completion of these exhibits, the SCRRA Staff convened for a series of three (3) meetings, the Grade Crossing Safety Enhancement Project Page 1 of 14 Draft Construction and Maintenance Agreement City of Santa Ana 10/17/08 25B-19