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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />DECEMBER 19, 2011 <br />TITLE <br />AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT <br />WITH CORDOBA CORPORATION TO <br />CONDUCT GO LOCAL STEP 2 <br />TECHNICAL ANALYSIS FOR THE <br />FIXED GUIDEWAY PROJECT <br />(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 15t Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />? implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached amendment to the <br />agreement with Cordoba Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $120,800 for additional <br />technical analysis associated with the preparation of the environmental document for the <br />project, subject to nonsubstantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove are working collaboratively with OCTA on the <br />Santa Ana and Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project. On May 12, 2008, the OCTA Board <br />allocated $5.9 million in Step 2 funding to Santa Ana for planning and development of the fixed <br />guideway project. Shortly thereafter, the City and OCTA entered into a cooperative agreement <br />to define their respective roles and responsibilities for project delivery. This effort is nearing <br />conclusion. A draft environmental impact report/environmental assessment (DEIR/EA) is being <br />prepared which includes studies of a no-build alternative, a transportation systems <br />management alternative and two streetcar full-build alternatives linking the Santa Ana Regional <br />Transportation Center (SARTC) with a transit center in Garden Grove near the intersection of <br />Harbor Boulevard and Westminster Avenue. Staff plans to release the Draft EIR/EA for public <br />review in March 2012, and to bring the issue to the City Council in spring of 2012 for selection <br />of a preferred alternative. <br />Recently, OCTA staff requested that the City incorporate an Initial Operating Segment (IOS) for <br />the fixed guideway in the Alternatives Analysis and DEIR/EA so that full analysis of a "starter <br />segment" would be available if the project has to be built in phases due to funding constraints. <br />The proposed amendment would revise the Cordoba Team's scope of work to include this <br />additional analysis for Streetcar 1 and Streetcar 2 build alternatives. Under the IOS, the "starter <br />system" would extend from SARTC to an initial terminus in the vicinity of Raitt Street. The <br />25G-1