Item 20 - Authorize Agreement with Mark Thomas & Company, Inc.

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PROPOSAL STANDARD AVENUE PROTECTED BIKE LANES 3RD TO WARNER City of Santa Ana UNDERSTANDING OF NEED Project Understanding The Mark Thomas team have been involved in the Standard Avenue project concept since the CSACS public engagement workshops and events. As a member of and supporter to the City, our Project Manager, Paul Martin has been involved in stakeholder events and supported the City in grant pursuits to secure the funding for this and many other projects in the City. Our team is excited to be involved in the design of this important backbone corridor to traverse two miles of the City, establishing a high-quality facility for north- south travel. The Standard Avenue corridor will implement different bikeway solutions along three distinct segments of the corridor. The planned bikeway per segment is the best fit based upon existing conditions. • Warner Avenue to Edinger Avenue: The southern segment of the project consists of single family homes on the west side and light industrial/warehousing businesses on the east. Commercial shopping centers are located at Edinger Avenue intersection. There are multiple driveways serving the residences and businesses. Parallel parking is maintained along the west side of the roadway. This segment of the corridor will implement buffered bike lanes and implement a road diet, reducing the northbound lanes from two to one. • Edinger Avenue to Chesnut Avenue: The center segment of the project primarily consists of single family homes on the west and multi-family residences on the east. Commercial land uses are concentrated at the intersections with Edinger Avenue and McFadden Avenue. There are three elementary schools and a community center as well. The project will implement Class IV protected bikeways as well as a road diet, reducing lanes from four to three. A protected intersection will also be added at McFadden Avenue. • Chesnut Avenue to 3rd Street: The northern segment consists of a variety of land uses including single family residential, industrial, and commercial. The roadway corridor is narrow in this segment. As a result, the project will install a Class III bike boulevard. The City was successful in securing ATP Cycle 4 funds for project delivery, and has already completed environmental clearance. As stated in the RFP and Q&A, PS&E is scheduled to be complete by May 2021. This aligns with requesting construction funds at the July 2021 CTC meeting. We seek to continue the public engagement and improve awareness and education related to the new facility and protection intersection. Our review of the project has yielded a list of key issues that will need to be addressed and we have the project team to deliver results. The varied set of challenges include bikeway, stormwater, transit, and landscaping design challenges. Key issues are not always technical in nature but can be missed by a design team that simply applies standards without realizing the local context. We realize the implementation of the bikeways along Standard Avenue will need to consider non-technical issues such as minimizing parking impacts, incorporation of public art, working with local schools and student travel needs, and easy to miss issues such as semi-permanent food trucks along Standard Avenue. The Mark Thomas team is ready to continue the relationship with City staff and the community to create a project that will improve the quality of life for residents and businesses. The following pages identify the project constraints as well as the key issues and our approach to address these issues. 6