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ATTACHMENT A• Orange County Central Corridorimnprovernent'Pro)ect Background • • to February 2018,, the Orange County Transportation Authority .('OCTA) and. the • California• Departrnent of Transportation (Oaftrans) Submitted. the: Orange. County' • Central. Corridor Improvement Project (OC-CCIP), requesting $101.980 million in . funding. • • OCTA received a bert,ial awatd 'of•$'18,918 million for selebted coniponehts of the ,submitted project, • Requested Change . • in December 2019, OCTA received a.request from the City of Tustin to withdraw their . four active transportation projects from the S'C.CP program. • c The-,projects are Iodated close to the Tustin Legacy: The-area and. roadways have been undergoing development for several years, For example, Edinger. Avenue has been consistently udder conatruction,• which has caused • construction fatigue amongst members of the community. a• Projects also run through Orange Cagily Pleedd Control District (.CC.. Flood) right-of-way, where they have yet.tb study the ultimate capacity of the fldod . • channel, to determine future- width requirements. Constructing the 'ffoed • channels tgthe future width may require the removal Of'the blkeWaY. rs The-remroval.of the four Tustin projects leaves $2F144 million available which, • • if approved by' OTO; could be used toward alternative projects with.similar , benefits. The;City of Sante Ana is requasting.'tp reprogram the-SCCP funds that were'awarde'd to the-Warner Avenue Class II Bikeway to ahother'high priority active transportation project .elorig:Santa:C'larta Avenue, o The City of Tustin recently constructed Improvements. in the Warner Avenue project area that Will need to be removed to Increase. roadway capacity for the bikeway, The City of Santa Ana is unable to support the required cost increase • therefore, it cannot deliver the Water Avenue Project. a The removal .of this Santa Ana project leaves$1:448 million available, -which if approved by 'the CTC, could be used toward alternative 'projects with' similar benefits'. • • OCTA Is requesting QTC.approval to replace'the fear City of Tustin and the City of Santa.Ana's Warner Avenue project with the City of Santa•Ana:s Santa Clara Bicycle • . and, Pedestrian Improvement project.and the OCTA led Route 53(553 (Bravot Main Street) Bus Stop-Improvements to the Orange County Central Corridor Improvement Project, • . o OCTA is requesting that the CIC allow .the City of Santa Allele use $3.243 million in SCCP kind's in FY2020r21'to the:Santa Clara Bicycle and Pedestrian improvement Project on East'Santa Clara Avenue between Lincoln Avenue and Pasadena Street (approximately 1.3 miles).in the City of Santa Aria. The project will construct a new;Sidewalk, a new.intersection pedestrian..crossing . (at Wright Street) and a bikeway facility; The total construction cost'for the • project is approximately.$3:660 million.