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WORK STUDY SESSION <br /> <br />COUNCIL RECESSED TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY <br />MEETING AT 6:37 RM. AND RECONVENED AT 6:38 RM. WITH THE SAME <br />COUNClLMEMBERS PRESENT <br /> <br />Mayor Pro Tem Franklin lee the meeting and Councilmember Christy assumed the <br />Chair <br /> <br />WORK STUDY SESSION <br /> <br />WSA. LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE SR22 FREEWAY - <br /> PUBLIC WORKS AGENCY <br /> <br />David Biondolillo, Transportation Analyst, Public Works Agency, introduced <br />Gary B. Adams, Senior Vice President of Parsons and John A. Garcia, <br />Program Manager, Orange County Transportation Authority, who updated <br />the Council on the landscape improvements along the SR 22 Freeway. <br />Highlights of this presentation are as follows: <br /> <br /> SR-22 HOV Project is a 12-mile segment, Valley View to SR-55 and <br /> encompasses the following: one HOV lane in each direction, <br /> continuous auxiliary lanes in each direction between I-5 and Beach <br /> Blvd., braid separating southbound SR-57 connector and City Drive <br /> ramps on eastbound SR-22, Collector-Distributor road on <br /> eastbound SR-22 between City Drive and SR-57, and soundwalls <br /> and replacement landscaping, <br />· Past Board Actions on SR-22 Project include the approval in <br /> October 2001 of design-build approach, funding strategy, hiring of <br /> project management, specialized legal and dght of way acquisition <br /> consultants; approval in January to August 2002 of contracts with <br /> Parsons Transportation Group, Nissaman, Guthner, Knox & Elliot, <br /> and Cutler & Associates; approval in August 2002 of a procurement <br /> plan using the "best value" process and authorized release of <br /> Request for Qualifications; and finally, approval in May 2003 of the <br /> pre-qualification of four design-build teams. <br /> Orange County Transportation Agency is the project lead to bid, <br /> award, and manage design contract. <br />· Caltrans is the lead agency for preparation of project report and <br /> environmental processing and as owner operator provides final <br /> quality assurance and acceptance and oversight of OCTA technical <br /> oversight. <br />· Project Budget and funding sources and options were reviewed in <br /> light of the State's budget crisis. <br />· Current Project Schedule estimates OCTA Board approval to issue <br /> RFP in September 2003 with substantial completion of construction <br /> in April 2007. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 28t AUGUST 18, 2003 <br /> <br /> <br />