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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> REQUEST FOR <br /> <br /> COUNCIL ACTION <br /> %,two) <br /> CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br /> DECEMBER 19, 2011 <br /> TITLE APPROVED <br /> AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT ? As Recommended <br /> WITH CORDOBA CORPORATION TO ? As Amended <br /> CONDUCT GO LOCAL STEP 2 ? Ordinance on 15t Reading <br /> ? Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br /> TECHNICAL ANALYSIS FOR THE ? implementing Resolution <br /> FIXED GUIDEWAY PROJECT ? Set Public Hearing For <br /> (PROJECT 092505) <br /> - CONTINUED TO <br /> (1 <br /> FILE NUMBER <br /> CITY MANAGER <br /> <br /> RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 25G-1 <br />