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<br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />FEBRUARY 5, 2007 <br />TITLE <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />AGREEMENTS FOR CITY OF SANTA <br />ANA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION <br />CENTER CITY-INITIATED TRANSIT <br />EXTENSIONS TO KETROLINK <br />STUDIES PROJ~ 06-2502 <br /> <br />o As Recommended <br />o As Amended <br />o Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />o Ordinance on 2'" Reading <br />o Implementing Resolution <br />o Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />ECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />1. Direct the City AttoESeY to prepare and authorize the City Manager <br />and Clerk of the Council to execute a cooperative agreement with the <br />Orange County Transportation Authority in an amount not to exceed <br />$100,000 to conduct the City of Santa Ana Regional Transportation <br />Center City-Initiated Transit Extensions to Metrolink Studies. <br /> <br />2. Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager <br />and Clerk of the Council to execute an amendment to the agreement <br />with Parsons Brinckerhoff in an amount not to exceed $100,000 to <br />conduct the City-Initiated Transit Extensions to Metrolink Studies. <br /> <br />3. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $100,000 in <br />unanticipated Measure M Transit funds in account no. 32-01-5053, and <br />appropriate the same amount to the City-Initiated Transit Extensions <br />to Metrolink Studies project account no. 32-551-6631, project no. <br />06-2502. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />On October 14, 2005, the OCTA Board of Directors approved a package of <br />projects as a substitute for the Centerline Project that would satisfy <br />the air quality goals established for rapid transit projects. The Board <br />also approved a five-year program of rapid transit projects using the <br />existing Metro1ink commuter rail corridor as the backbone of the Orange <br />County's transit system. Additionally, on February 27, 2006, the aCTA <br />Board approved a four-step process for City-Initiated Transit Extensions <br />to Metrolink, now known as the Go Local program as shown below: <br /> <br />25K-1 <br />