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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />APRIL 6, 2009 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT WITH ORANGE COUNTY <br />FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR <br />THE USE OF FLOOD CONTROL <br />CHANNEL TO CONSTRUCT THE <br />FLOWER STREET BIKE TRAIL <br />~~~ <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />As Recommended <br />As Amended <br />Ordinance on 1 sc Reading <br />Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />Implementing Resolution <br />Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and <br />Clerk of the Council to execute the attached agreement with the Orange <br />County Flood Control District for the use of the flood control channel to <br />construct the Flower Street Bike Trail from the Union Pacific Railroad <br />Right of way to Sunflower Avenue, subject to non-substantive changes <br />approved by the City Manager and the City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />In December 2007, the City of Santa Ana received a $1 million grant from <br />the Department of Transportation (Bicycle Transportation Account Program) <br />to construct a bike trail on the flood control channel adjacent to Flower <br />Street. The project will include an asphalt bike trail on the east side of <br />the channel, landscaping, automatic irrigation system, drainage, signage <br />and fencing from the Union Pacific Railroad right of way to Sunflower <br />Avenue. Staff has been working with the Orange County Flood Control <br />District and the Sandpointe Neighborhood Association to finalize approval <br />for this improvement. The plans and specifications are completed and are <br />ready for bid advertisement. The completion of this section of bike trail <br />will connect the Costa Mesa bike trail at Sunflower Avenue to the Santa Ana <br />Golden Loop Bike Trail and the Santa Ana River Bike Trail. <br />The term of the agreement is for 20 years with one one-year extension that <br />will renew annually unless terminated by either party. The City shall be <br />responsible for the cost of all improvements and maintenance of the bike <br />trail improvements along the flood control channel. <br />25B-1 <br />