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Adopt Resolution Supporting Extensions of OC Streetcar <br />January 21, 2020 <br />Page 2 <br />Additionally, OCTA is collaborating with the cities of Santa Ana, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach and <br />Irvine for the Bristol Street Transit Corridor Study. This study is looking at transit options along <br />the Bristol Street corridor with connections to the John Wayne Airport. The recommended <br />Resolution also demonstrates City Council support to extend the OC Streetcar Project to John <br />Wayne Airport with the completion of the current study and environmental study in the next <br />phase. <br />STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT <br />Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet the following Strategic Plan Goals: <br />1. Goal #3 — Economic Development, Objective #2 (create new opportunities for business/job <br />growth and encourage private development through new General Plan and Zoning Ordinance <br />policies), Strategy C (support business development and job growth along transit corridors <br />through the completion of critical transit plans/projects including: The Fixed Guideway <br />Project, Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center Master Plan, Complete Streets and <br />General Plan Circulation Element update). <br />2. Goal #3 — Economic Development, Objective #4 (continue to pursue objectives that shape <br />downtown Santa Ana into a thriving, culturally diverse, shopping, dining, and entertainment <br />destination), Strategy B (create a comprehensive program to manage parking that includes <br />innovative strategies to provide parking, create revenue and enhance accessibility in the <br />downtown). <br />3. Goal #6 — Community Facilities & Infrastructure, Objective #1 (establish and maintain a <br />Community Investment Plan for all City assets), Strategy G (develop and implement the City's <br />Capital Improvement Program in coordination with the Community Investment and Deferred <br />Maintenance Plans; [e.g., transit vision, street car, fixed guideway project, SARTC master <br />plan, Bristol Street widening, neighborhood streets, traffic improvements, park facilities, sport <br />fields, soccer fields, senior centers, bike master plan, etc.]). <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />There is no environmental impact associated with this action. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />There is no fiscal impact associated with this action. <br />Nabil Saba, PE <br />Acting Executive Director <br />Public Works Agency <br />NS/EWG/JG/ST/HG <br />Exhibit: 1. Resolution <br />55A-2 <br />