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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />AUGUST 16, 2010 <br />TITLE: <br />ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR <br />FIRST STREET BRIDGE <br />REPLACEMENT PROJECT <br />ITY ANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on V' Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Approve and adopt the Mitigated Negative Declaration Environmental Report No. 2010-108 for <br />the replacement of the First Street Bridge over the Santa Ana River. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment accepting funds in the amount of $9,147,083 from the <br />California Department of Transportation into the Federal Highway Bridge Replacement Program <br />Fund (account no. 05917002-52001) and appropriating funds to the Select Street Construction <br />Fund (account no. 05917660-66220). <br />DISCUSSION <br />The First Street Bridge over the Santa Ana River currently consists of two lanes in each direction. <br />Adjacent roadway segments have three lanes in each direction. Improvements will include the <br />demolition of the existing bridge and construction of a new bridge to accommodate three lanes in <br />each direction. The proposed project will also enhance public safety by providing sidewalks on the <br />north and south side of the bridge. <br />The City has previously received funding from the Orange County Transportation Authority under <br />the Growth Management Area and Master Plan of Arterial Highway programs for the design, right-of <br />way acquisition and construction phases of the project. Additional funding for the design phase of <br />the project was obtained from Caltrans under the Highway Bridge Rehabilitation and Replacement <br />(HBRR) program. Staff is requesting the appropriation adjustment to recognize HBRR construction <br />funds totaling $9,147,083. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act, a Mitigated Negative Declaration has <br />been prepared to evaluate potential long-term and short-term environmental impacts associated <br />with the replacement and widening of the First Street Bridge over the Santa Ana River. The <br />Mitigated Negative Declaration determined that with the incorporation of mitigation measures there <br />would be no avoidable adverse environmental impacts associated with implementation of the <br />project. <br />20A-1