Item 25 - Warner Avenue Protected Bike Lanes ( Grand Avenue to Oak Street)

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d. Understanding of Need Kimley-Horn's project understanding comes from our careful review of the City's zoning maps and General Plans, site reconnaissance, aerial photographs, and working experience in the project area through the Warner Avenue Street Widening and Main Street Corridor Improvements projects, as well as our recent experience on the protected bike lane design for the Santa Ana and 5th Street Protected Bike Lane Project. The City of Santa Ana has a great opportunity to complete a critical element to its active transportation network in the eastern portion of the city. The project is to construct a directional protected bike lane along Warner Avenue between Oak Street and Grand Avenue. Warner Avenue is a major east -west corridor that is used by both local residents and daily commuters. The street is classified as a major arterial per the City's adopted General Plan Circulation Element. Additionally, the Grand Avenue intersection was identified as an enhanced intersection. Warner Avenue and Grand Avenue are transit routes per the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) transit system map. Per the City's zoning map and land use element, parcels between Wright Street and Standard Street are defined as industrial and specific development (office) zones, and parcels between Standard Street; and Oak Street are defined as light residential on the north side and both light residential and open space on the south side of Warner Avenue. Major existing facilities within the project's proximity include the Orange County Fire Authority Station No. 29, Delhi Park, Monroe Elementary School, Cherry Aerospace, and Heritage Paper. Three major intersections include Grand Avenue, Standard Avenue, and Halladay Street, which are all currently signalized. The proposed improvements will include utilizing various treatments to create a Class IV bike lane and enhance bicyclist safety to better serve a diversity of ages and abilities. Essential elements that make the proposed protected bike lane more attractive and safer for residents are: bike lane connectivity to local destinations, accessibility, pedestrian/bicyclists conflict zones treatment, and bus stops treatment. There are many project elements to consider to improve the corridor for better access and improved transportation features. We envision the following goals for this project: • Timely delivery of design to meet the City's deadlines for funding • Incorporate construction phasing design features for construction activities between street widening and bike lane projects • Complete a significant part of the City's bike network • Improve pedestrian and bike safety with raised medians and enhanced pedestrian crossings • Improve pedestrian and bicycle access to and between local destinations for all ages and abilities • Provide cost-effective and low maintenance design solutions • Provide seamless design with street widening and utility relocation Work Approach Meeting the City's deadlines for funding and providing design solutions for construction phasing are vital elements for the design phase of this project. Obtaining approvals for various tasks and phases of design from stakeholders such as funding agencies, City departments, and utility agencies may impact the project schedule. Our experience working with the City of Santa Ana, OCTA, Caltrans District 12, and utility agencies with facilities within the corridor made us very familiar with said agencies' requirements. We know who to contact and what lead time we need to consider to receive responses or approvals. We will initiate coordination for each task in the early stages in design and will utilize our experience to navigate the design activities to reduce any potential delays in the process. Kimley>» Horn 7 City of Santa Ana TRRD77006.2020