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Task A Deliverables and Meetings <br />• Technical memorandum to document the results of Subtasks Al through A4. An electronic version in <br />.pdf format will be submitted on CD with a printed label. <br />• A meeting with the City staff to review/discuss comments on the technical memorandum. <br />Task 6: Review/Update Transportation Improvement Projects <br />The purpose of this task is to identify improvements needed to alleviate traffic congestion from future <br />development, and develop an estimate of their aggregate cost. The City has provided initial project lists, and <br />this task will undertake the technical analysis to confirm or modify those Improvement needs and add others <br />if needed. <br />Development fees cannot be used to pay for improvements that address existing congestion problems, so <br />the existing conditions analysis will be used to identify study area improvements needed now. Some of these <br />may be committed improvements, others may be unfunded. These improvements will be excluded from the <br />fee program. <br />Future improvement needs will be identified separately for the 2035 scenario. <br />Developing the improvement cost estimates will be a critical element of this task, since costs are one of the <br />primary factors that will drive the fee level. It will be important to have consistent, reasonable planning -level <br />cost estimates for all the projects in the fee program. Roadway improvement costs have shown substantial <br />volatility recently — recent street reconstruction bids for some of our clients have come in 40% below the cost <br />of similar projects a year ago — so we will base our cost estimates on recent experience with projects that fall <br />into an expected cost range for when the projects will be constructed. <br />The City of Santa Ana will be providing cost estimates for the projects on its list. We propose to have our <br />roadway design engineers consult with Santa Ana staff and recommend appropriate unit cost factors based <br />on both our recent experience and the City's data. We will meet with staff from the City to agree on cost <br />factors that will be consistently applied to the improvements in the study. <br />The cost estimates will include factors for planning, engineering, and environmental studies, as well as an <br />appropriate contingency factor. The unit cost for right-of-way (which will likely involve different unit costs for <br />different land use types) will be determined in consultation with City staff. Schematic design drawings of <br />roadway segment and intersection projects (including anticipated turn pocket lengths and other appropriate <br />design components) will be developed on the most current readily available aerial mapping. This and <br />cursory field reviews will be used to assist in identifying critical constraints and estimating both construction <br />quantities and right-of-way acquisition costs. <br />Subtask 13.1: Identify Improvements Needed for Existing Conditions <br />Identify improvements needed to mitigate existing congestion. (These will be excluded from the <br />nexus analysis.) Calculate LOS with improvements. <br />Subtask B.2: Identify Future Improvements <br />• Identify additional improvements needed to mitigate 2035 congestion. Calculate LOS with <br />improvements. <br />• Submit Improvement lists to City for review/comment and concurrence. <br />Subtask B.3: Cost Estimates <br />