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The following items were presented and discussed: • Santa Ana /Garden Grove Transit Vision and GO Local Project Concept - Orange County Transportation Authority's (OCTA's) Go Local Program Step "'~° One -the Cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove developed a vision for transit, access, and economic development in central Orange County. The vision includes transportation gateways into central Orange County taking advantage of the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (SARTC) on the east and the Pacific Electric Right-of-Way (PE ROW) at State Route 22 on the west. The gateways are linked by a five-mile east-west multi-modal transportation corridor that integrates a fixed guideway transit system (modern streetcar), OCTA's planned bus rapid transit (BRT), autos, bicycles, and pedestrians. Multi-modal corridor extends the reach of Orange County's rail backbone, Metrolink commuter rail service, into central Orange County, that will allow increased access to key activity and employment centers throughout Southern California. OCTA Board committed $5.9 million to advance the Cities' fixed-guide-way project to Step Two of the Go Local Program for detailed planning, alternatives analysis, financial planning, conceptual engineering, and state and federal environmental clearance. The Go Local Project Concept is comprised of three components within the project area that extends from the Metrolink commuter rail line on the east to the SR-22/PE ROW Intersection on the west. The project area encompasses the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center (SARTC), the Santa Ana Civic r+~" Center, Downtown Santa Ana, the Renaissance Specific Plan area, the PE ROW, the neighborhoods and facilities adjacent to the PE ROW, including the future development of the Willowick Golf Course. The three components of the Go Local Project Concept are: Fixed Guide-Way -Implementation of a fixed guide-way transit between the SARTC and Civic Center and Harbor Boulevard to connect to the planned Bristol Street, Westminster, and Harbor Boulevard bus rapid transit (BRT) lines SARTC Expansion -Expansion of the SARTC to support the expansion of Metrolink services in 2009, the fixed guide-way, and planned BRT. The newly expanded SARTC would provide new station areas, additional parking, bus, pedestrian, and bicycle access all integrated into transit-oriented development on the adjacent to the SARTC site. Multi-Modal Use of the PE ROW -The PE ROW would transform from abandoned linear corridor into a dynamic multi-modal transportation facility that integrated the fixed guide-way, BRT, auto, bicycles, and pedestrians. Transportation options include development of an arterial street, extension of fixed guide-way and an interchange to the arterial street at SR-22. .,,~ SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES 210 AUGUST 25, 2009