Item 18 Agreement with HDR Engineering, Inc. to Conduct the First Street Multimodal Boulevard Study

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CITY OF SANTA ANA SCOPE OF WORK FIRST STREET MULTIMODAL BOULEVARD STUDY PROJECT INTRODUCTION The City of Santa Ana is one of the larg est and most densely populated cities in Orange County. Santa Ana has a population of over 310,000 and serves as the county seat. With many large industries and firms, Santa Ana is also a family-friendly city, with rich culture on display in the city’s museums and many tourist attractions. The City of Santa Ana is centrally located in the heart or Orange County and is bounded by Interstate-5 to the north, Interstate-405 to the south and State Route-55 to the east. The City has over 100 miles of roadway including 15 major arterials that move over 500,000 vehicles per day. The City of Santa Ana is planning and delivering infrastructure improvements to its roadway network to prioritize active transportation and transit use. As per the approved General Plan Mobility Element, First Street between Bristol Street and Tustin Avenue is envisioned to go from a 6-lane roadway to a 4-lane roadway to make space for bicycle infrastructure and enhanced pedestrian sidewalks within the City’s right-of-way. These potential improvements will benefit the Santa Ana residents who utilize the Orange County Transportation Authority’s (OCTA’s) OC Bus Route 64, one of the highest ridership bus routes in Orange County with nearly 50 stops in Santa Ana alone. OCTA, in cooperation with the City of Santa Ana, submitted an application to Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) for Regional Early Action Planning (REAP 2.0) grant funding which seeks to accelerate progress towards state housing goals and climate commitments through strengthened partnerships between the state, its regions, and local entities. REAP 2.0 seeks to accelerate infill housing developments, reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled, increase housing supply at all affordability levels, affirmatively further fair housing, and facilitate the implementation of adopted regional and local plans to achieve these goals. SCAG awarded OCTA REAP 2.0 grant funds for planning, outreach, transit, active transportation, and transit signal priority projects, which included funding for the proposed project, the First Street Boulevard Multimodal Study. The First Street Multimodal Boulevard Study will look at options to enhance transportation along First Street by assessing the feasibility of various infrastructure improvements through robust community outreach efforts, field data analyses, modeling, design, and environmental clearance. The study will evaluate pedestrian, bicycle, and transit improvements that promote the safety and transportation goals included in the City’s General Plan Mobility Element update. The Santa Ana Transit Cooperative Study, developed by OCTA in partnership with the City of Santa Ana, evaluated the likely impacts that the proposed roadway modifications on First Street could have on bus service and identified transit-related improvements to reduce, eliminate, or even reverse those impacts. This project will determine the feasibility of those improvements identified in that study, as well as other potential bicycle and pedestrian improvements. EXHIBIT I SCOPE OF SERVICES