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The Cordoba team will give careful consideration to the design and planning of station locations, so that pedestrian and visual orientation to local landmarks and the City of Santa Ana system are clearly identified and encouraged. We will also give careful attention to visual quality considerations to any proposed surface, or elevated alignment alternatives, such that potential major view corridors or vistas are preserved or encouraged. Potential transit oriented development utilizing air rights along an alignment will be considered comprehensively, as part of an effort to address visual quality concerns. Design guidelines and recommendations found in FHWA's Pedestrian Safety Guide for Transit Agencies, Crime Prevention through Environmental Design, and AADAG guidelines will be followed. The Cordoba team will develop architectural renderings, plans, sketches, high-quality photo simulations, etc. as part of this work effort. The urban design plan will be used to supplement the alignment and station site layout, access and linkage to community centers and joint development opportunities. In addition, the costs associated with the urban design elements will be included in the capital cost estimates. Deliverable(s) - Urban Design Concept Report; Urban Design concepts for each station; high- quality renderings and simulations TASK 7.0 ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS STUDY REPORT & RECOMMENDATIONS The work products of tasks 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10 will provide the necessary components of an overall Alternatives Analysis Study Report that can be circulated for public review and taken to the City of Santa Ana Planning Commission and City Council, and OCTA Board of Directors for use as a decision-making document. This document will be used to support a staff recommendation for two actions by the City of Santa Ana City Council and OCTA Board of Directors: • Adoption of a Preferred Investment Strategy for the Santa Ana Guideway • Adoption of a Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) The Preferred Investment Strategy that is recommended for adoption will need to address the transit mobility needs of the overall corridor, support the City's development and redevelopment plans with acceptable levels of impacts, but also be within the financial capacity of the City of Santa Ana and OCTA to construct and operate. Task 7.1 Alternatives Analysis The Reduced Set of Alternatives that result from the Initial Screening of alternatives will be analyzed in more detail in terms of their physical design (Task 6), mobility benefits and ridership (Task 5), environmental and community impacts (Task 10) and capital and Operating and Maintenance costs (Task 6). The ability to fund these capital and Operations and Maintenance costs will be assessed in the financial analysis (Task 9). As stated earlier, the scope is based upon analysis of up to four (4) alternatives in the Reduced Set that includes; a No Build, a Bus Alternative, and up to two (2) Fixed Guideway Alternatives. The Cordoba team will develop the analytic framework for the alternatives evaluation step such that it leads to a sustainable decision. The Reduced Set of Alternatives will be assessed using the evaluation criteria developed in Task 3, which will compare the benefits, impacts and costs of the alternatives using both quantitative and qualitative measures that are tied to the project 201 P a a e