Item 16 - Agreement to Conduct the Vision Zero Plan Update

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SANTA ANA VISION ZERO PLAN UPDATE | 6 Firm teAm & exPerience | KtUA Project experienceD docUment: https://tinyurl.com/y7wgxv6b AWARDS: 2019 APA OC Transportation Planning Merit Award, 2019 SCAG Sustainability Award, Active, Healthy and Safe Communities, Central Santa Ana Complete Streets | 2016 APA Orange County Transportation and Best Practices Awards, Downtown Santa Ana Complete Streets Plan | 2015 ULI Orange County Sustainability Award, Downtown Santa Ana Complete Streets Plan City of Santa Ana Active Transportation Projects cLient City of Santa Ana Zed Kekula, Senior Civil Engineer 714-647-5606 ZKekula@santa-ana .org dAte oF PerFormAnce 2015-2019 (multiple projects) ServiceS Active Transportation Planning 3D Modeling Community Engagement ProJect FeeS comBined $649,196 KtUA KeY PerSonneL Joe Punsalan, Jacob Leon The Downtown Complete Streets study area focused on the connec- tions between the Regional Transpor- tation Center (SARTC) and Downtown . The area included a wide range of land uses and transportation modes . The plan provides recommendations for physical changes to streets, side- walks and intersections that supports safe, active transportation along and across the study area . A multi-lingual public outreach com- ponent included surveys, community advisory meetings, and a neigh- borhood workshop - a consecutive three-day workshop with walking and biking tours to gather input and intimately experience the Downtown area . Through the community engage- ment process, preliminary designs for five priority projects were developed, including concepts, 3D illustrations and costs estimates . KTUA continued the planning effort for Central Santa Ana Complete Streets and created StoryMaps to keep residents informed and to address technical topics . The city identified five existing corridors for the study with the goal of adding connections between them and adding new corri- dors for a complete network . Grassroots organizations were an integral component of the community engagement program from Central Santa Ana . Activities included tacti- cal urbanism with a demonstration cycle track and parklet, walking and biking tours, and a bus-walk tour combination, allowing participants to experience the City streets and transit firsthand and to provide insight on improvements that improve safety and enhance their quality of life . The eleven recommended corridors were selected based on public input, as well as in-depth analysis of land use and activity centers; existing and proposed bike and pedestrian facilities; street classifications; average daily trips; transit routes; and bike and pedestrian collisions . The recommended projects from the two Complete Streets plans served as the basis for grant funding applications. As a result, the city has obtained more than $20M in grants to prepare engineering and imple- mentation plans. The goal of the Santa Ana Active Transportation Plan was to create a walkable, bikeable, livable and vibrant city . The city has a good framework to support active transportation, including a strong grid network; a mixture of land use; an extensive sidewalk network and urban forest that increases comfort and estab- lishes a sense of place; a com- munity and business supported arts program; a demographic that would benefit from a connected multi-modal network; high transit use; and close proximity to the Santa Ana River . The city faced challenges to the implementation of a complete multi-modal network, including: high speed/high volume/ wide arterials with narrow side- walks and few pedestrian cross- ings; transit stops that lack shade and amenities; inadequate bicycle facilities; and generational chang- es between established business owners and a new era of retailers . The objectives of the plan were to: improve multi-modal safety and accessibility for all users; foster livable and healthy communities and promote social equity; provide balance for a complete multi-mod- al system; and create grant ready project fact sheets to enable the city to obtain design and imple- mentation funding .