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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 />SEPTEMBER 2, 2008 <br /> <br />TITLE <br /> <br />COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH <br />OCTA TO CONDUCT DETAILED <br />PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL <br />STUDIES TO CONSTRUCT AND <br />OPERATE A FIXED GUIDEWAY <br />SY TEM -, <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />o As Recommended <br />o As Amended <br />o Ordinance on 1st Reading <br />o Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />o Implementing Resolution <br />o Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the <br />attached cooperative agreement with the Orange County Transportation <br />Authority (OCTA) subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City <br />Manager and City Attorney to conduct detailed planning and environmental <br />studies to construct and operate a fixed guideway system linking the <br />Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (SARTC) to Harbor Boulevard in <br />the City of Garden Grove, which includes the use of the Pacific Electric <br />Right-of-Way (PE ROW) . <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />Orange County's Measure M provides a long-term funding source to address <br />transportation deficiencies and improve transportation throughout Orange <br />County. Measure M funds will provide funding for the Orange County <br />Transportation Authority (OCTA) to increase service on the existing <br />Metrolink commuter rail line in Orange County, between the Laguna <br />Niguel/Mission Viejo and Fullerton Stations to every 30 minutes in 2010 <br />by making Metrolink more convenient and accessible to users. To extend <br />Metrolink's reach, support expanded service, and promote ridership, aCTA <br />has developed the Go Local Program to encourage Orange County Cities to <br />develop concepts to improve access to Metrolink Stations. <br /> <br />City staff retained the consulting firms of Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) <br />and Cordova Corporation to assist us with a grant application and to <br />conduct preplanning Metrolink feeder studies to complete the Go Local <br />Program Step 1 requirements. As a result of the Step 1 analysis, the <br />Cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove have developed a vision for <br />transit, improved highway access, and economic development in the two <br /> <br />25C-1 <br />