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OC STREETCAR STATUS REPORT
(NON- GENERAL FUND)
(STRATEGIC PLAN NOS. 3,2C; 3,413; 6, 1G)
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APPROVED
❑ As Recommended
❑ As Amended
❑ Ordinance on I" Reading
❑ Ordinance on 2 "d Reading
❑ Implementing Resolution
❑ Bet Public Hearing For
CONTINUED TO
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As the OC Streetcar speeds toward implementation, the following is a brief description of recent
milestones for the project,
On July 7, 2015, the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was approved by City Council. On
July 13, 2015, the MOU was approved by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA)
Board of Directors (Board). The MOU outlines the general cooperative agreement for the
development, implementation, operations, and maintenance phases of the project between the
City of Santa Ana and OCTA.
Additionally, on August 24, 2015, the OCTA Board approved the following:
• Capital Funding Plan (Exhibit 1)
Directing OCTA staff to pursue state cap -and -trade funds and other state and federal
funding sources
• Directing OCTA staff to submit the required New Starts project application and a letter to
the Federal Transit Administration requesting entrance into project engineering, the next
phase of the New Starts program
• Authorizing Initiation of right -of -way acquisition for the project,
On February 23, 2015, the OCTA Board approved a contract with HDR, Inc. to serve as the
project management consultant to assist with the oversight and delivery of the project, including
the design and construction phases.
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On September 14, 2015, the OCTA Board also approved a contract with MNTB Corporation for
the preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates for the OC Streetcar Project.
Staff is working with OCTA to review and finalize a Design Cooperative Agreement that details
responsibilities of both agencies moving forward through the design phase of the project, The
Design Agreement will detail specific areas of responsibility and identify procedures that will be
followed to gain approvals, in preparing for the construction phase. Subsequent agreements will
be executed for construction, public way use, and operations and maintenance.
Below is a summary of key milestones for the project in the last year:
Action
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Certification of California Environmental Quality Act portion of
Revised Environmental Assessment/Final Environmental
Impact Report and approval of the eroject
Santa Ana
01/20/15
Adoption of Locally Preferred Alternative
Garden Grove
02/10/15
Submittal of Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) to
Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
OCTA
02/18/15
Approval of Project Management Consultant for OC Streetcar
OCTA
02/23/15
Issuance of the FONSI
FTA
03/10/15
Approval to enter FTA New Starts Program
OCTA
05/05/15
Approval of MOU - Santa Ana /OCTA
Santa Ana
07/07/15
Ap2roval of MOU - Santa Ana /OCTA
OCTA
07/13/15
Approval of Funding Plan
OCTA
08/24/15
Selection of Design Consultant for OC Streetcar
OCTA
09/14/15
Cooperative Agreement for Streetcar Design
Santa Ana /OCTA
Fail 2015
Future milestones Include the project development phase currently scheduled for 2015 -2016; the
design and engineering phase in 2016-2017; and the construction phase in 2017 -2019. It is
anticipated that the streetcar would be operational after testing Is completed In 2020,
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
Approval of this item supports Goal #3 Economic Development, Objective #2 (create new
opportunities for business /job growth and encourage private development through new General
Plan and Zoning Ordinance policies), Strategy C (support business development and job growth
along transit corridors through the completion of critical transit plans /projects including: The
Fixed Guideway Project, Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center Master Plan, Complete
Streets, and General Plan Circulation Element update),
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Approval of this Item also supports Goal #3 Economic Development, Objective #4 (continue to
pursue objectives that shape downtown Santa Ana Into a thriving, culturally diverse, shopping,
dining, and entertainment destination), Strategy B (create a comprehensive program to manage
parking that includes innovative strategies to provide parking, create revenue, and enhance
accessibility In the downtown),
Approval of this item also supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #6 Community Facilities
Infrastructure, Objective #1 (establish and maintain a Community Investment Plan for all City
assets), Strategy G (develop and implement the City's Capital Improvement Program in
coordination with the Community Investment and Deferred Maintenance Plans).
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
There is no environmental impact associated with this action.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
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Executive Director
Public Works Agency
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Exhibits; 1. Capital Funding Plan
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