20A - AA AND AGMT WITH OCTA FOR SR-55 (2)

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Approve Cooperative Agreements with OCTA to Acquire Properties and Easements and Reimburse City for Project Costs Related to SR-55 Widening Project May 5, 2020 Page 2 5. Approve the use of a `Construction Manager at Risk' Delivery Method for the associated pipeline replacement and pressure reducing station relocation projects. DISCUSSION The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is the lead agency for the proposed State Route 55 (SR-55) freeway -widening project from Interstate 405 to Interstate 5 (Exhibit 1). The Project will add general purpose and high -occupancy vehicle lanes in each direction between 1-405 and 1-5, and will also add auxiliary lanes between interchanges to reduce traffic congestion and improve mobility. In order to move forward with the proposed widening, OCTA needs to acquire City properties and easements. A summary of the key provisions of the cooperative agreement that governs the acquisitions is below. • The term of the cooperative agreement (Exhibit 2) is from the execution of the agreement through June 30, 2025 which is approximately the end of Project construction. • OCTA is the funding agency and shall lead the design for the Project. • Caltrans shall lead the construction with OCTA and City's support. • OCTA shall lead the right-of-way effort and obtain all necessary property rights for the Project. • OCTA shall acquire property rights of privately -owned properties to accommodate the relocation of the City's Pressure Regulating Station (PRS) (Exhibit 3). • City will convey property rights needed at the City's PRS property for implementation of the Project. • Portions of City right-of-way along Pullman Street, Dyer Road, Warner Avenue, Ritchey Street, and McFadden Avenue will be acquired for State Highway purposes through the Streets and Highways Code 83 and 233 (Exhibit 4). • City will allow a permanent easement for the undergrounding of Southern California Edison's facilities along Pullman Street (Exhibit 5). • OCTA shall lead the public awareness campaign. • City's participation ensures input on City infrastructure through meetings and design reviews, construction inspection of City -owned facilities, and overall collaboration. • Consistent with OCTA's practice on major capital projects, OCTA agrees to compensate the City for its participation on the Project. • The cost of the City's participation in the Project will be covered as a Project cost following federal guidelines. Additionally, the City of Santa Ana's existing water infrastructure, consisting of a 16" pipeline in Ritchey Street, 24" and 12" pipelines crossing the SR-55 freeway and a pressure regulating station near Warner Avenue, must be relocated and reconstructed. The proposed utility relocations are already under design with the goal of beginning construction at the beginning of 2021 to remain on schedule with the freeway -widening work. The work involved to relocate the utilities is quite extensive and requires obtaining easements and performing jack and bore construction techniques below the freeway. Total project construction costs are estimated at $6,600,000. 20A-2