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• In 2021, technology advancements continue to positively impact our mobility, connectivity, and general circulation in the City. For example, Advance Metering Infrastructure (AMI), now automates how the City utilities access water metering measuring water consumption to not only reduce the vehicles trips regularly needed on City streets, but will also help monitor water consumption by our residents and any other users in the City in a wireless manner. The benefits include reducing the number of vehicles in our streets that lessen the carbon and gas emissions footprint, while allowing residents real time and efficiently access to water usage consumption, billing, and leakage/repair conditions which could then be addressed sooner. • The City continues to support the expansion and efficiency of mobility by emphasizing pedestrian and cycling as modes of transportation. The City's support has been evident from its success rate in securing grants. In addition, the City has budgeted more funding on annual basis for new sidewalks and wheel chair ramps where they are missing, and where they are in need of repairs and/or replacements. These types of maintenance efforts will further pedestrian mobility. • Intelligent Transportation System Projects help enhance safety and efficiency of major travel corridors. In 2021, the City continued to pursue grant funding opportunities to fund and implement traffic signal synchronizations projects. These projects help to improve efficiency of the traveling motorists along various corridors by reducing delays and maximizing throughput traffic. • The City has placed a high priority in the Strategic Plan on transit and transportation, and in particular the delivery of the OC Streetcar. The planning, environmental studies, and advancement of public support was wholly initiated and led by the City. Thereafter, while Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) has led the way for design and construction underway, the City has been a primary stakeholder and leader in the final delivery the OC Streetcar. OCTA will be responsible for OC Streetcar operation, but the City has secured a role and participation in OC Streetcar operations with OCTA. https://www.santa- ana.orq/pw/oc-streetcar-0 Ongoing intensive participation in the OC Streetcar delivery includes staff participation in weekly construction meetings with OCTA and the contractor and biweekly meetings with OCTA separate from the construction contractor to discuss ways to improve project delivery, improve communication with our residents, and ensure project compatible with important City goals and objectives such as bicycle and pedestrian mobility in and around the project alignment. • The City of Santa Ana continues to actively pursue bikeway planning and improvements, with the equivalent of three and one half miles of bikeways constructed in 2021. Presently, the Draft General Plan Update Mobility Element is proposing updates to the citywide Bikeway Master Plan to support additional on - road and off -road bike facilities. The City also continuous to pursue grant funding and the implementation of bikeways. Bikeways promote active, alternative modes of transportation for the community while promoting affordable travel choices and healthy lifestyle for the community. City Council 25 — 7 3/15/2022