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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 3, 2008 <br />TITLE <br />SANTA ANA GO LOCAL PROJECT <br />CONCEPT STEP 1 FINAL REPORT <br />AND STEP 2 APPLICATION <br />PROJECT 06-2502 <br />I CITY MANAGER <br />MENDED <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1s1 Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Approve submittal of the Step 1 Santa Ana/Garden Grove Transit Vision and <br />Go Local Project Concept Report to the Orange County Transportation <br />Authority, including a request for funding to move the Project Concept <br />into Step 2 of the Go Local Program. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City of Santa Ana is partnering with the City of Garden Grove to <br />develop a Go Local Project Concept. The Santa Ana / Garden Grove Go <br />Local Project Concept encompasses a project area that extends from the <br />Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center on the east to the State Route <br />22 (SR-22) / Newhope Street intersection on the west. The three <br />components of the Go Local Project Concept create a gateway at each end <br />of the project areas linked together by new multi-modal transportation <br />facilities and services. <br />The three components of the Project Concept are: <br />1. Implementation of a Modern Streetcar - The streetcar provides the <br />key transit connection between Santa Ana Regional Transportation <br />Center (SARTC) and Garden Grove SR-22 Freeway. This links a string <br />of employment and activity centers along the route, including: the <br />Santa Ana Civic Center; Downtown Santa Ana; the Renaissance Specific <br />Plan area; and the planned Brea-to-Irvine Bristol Street Corridor <br />Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system which provides connections to John <br />Wayne Airport, South Coast Metro and Santa Ana College. The <br />streetcar would travel in the existing street sharing lanes with <br />vehicular traffic. Stations would be located on public sidewalks <br />and rights-of-way. <br />23B-1 <br />