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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 7, 2011 <br />TITLE <br />COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH <br />OCTA FOR PRELIMINARY <br />ENGINEERING FOR THE SANTA <br />ANA-GARDEN GROVE FIXED <br />GUIDEWAY (PROJECT 092505) <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 15f Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing <br />For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached cooperative <br />agreement with the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), in an amount not to <br />exceed $5,541,700 for project development and preliminary engineering activities for the Santa <br />Ana-Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project, subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by the <br />City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On May 12, 2008, the OCTA Board allocated $5.9 million in Go Local Step Two funding to <br />Santa Ana for planning and development of a fixed guideway system. On August 3, 2009, the <br />City Council authorized staff to execute an agreement with the Cordoba Corporation and its <br />team of consultants to conduct the Go Local Program Step Two technical analysis. The Step <br />Two phase of the project, which includes conceptual engineering and environmental analysis, is <br />on schedule to be completed in December 2011. <br />On September 13, 2010, the OCTA Board approved funding guidelines for Measure M2's <br />Project S and authorized OCTA staff to issue a call for projects for preliminary engineering (PE) <br />for eligible fixed guideway projects. This call for PE initiated Step Three of Go Local process for <br />the Santa Ana-Garden Grove and Anaheim fixed guideway projects. On November 22, 2011, <br />the OCTA Board approved the allocation of $4,987,530 for PE to the City of Santa Ana with a <br />required 10% local match of $554,170. This will bring the total full funding for the project <br />including project development activities and PE to be $5,541,700 in fiscal year 2011-12. <br />Prior to entry into the PE phase, there are certain project development activities that need to be <br />completed to satisfy Federal Transit Administration (FTA) requirements. Such activities include <br />items such as project and fleet management plans and a detailed FTA ridership analysis for the <br />purpose of ridership modeling. Such tasks were not included as part of the Go Local Step Two <br />25K-1