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A-2012-247 Agreement No. D 12 -025 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN COUNTY OF ORANGE AND CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY AND CITY OF SANTA ANA FOR FUNDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF EDINGER AVENUE This Cooperative Agreement is made and entered into this day of 2013 ( "Agreement "), by and between the COUNTY OF ORANGE ( "County "), a political subdivision of the State of California, and the CITY OF FOUNTAIN VALLEY, a municipal corporation in the State of California, and the CITY OF SANTA ANA, a municipal corporation in the State of California (collectively, a "City" or the "Cities "). The County and Cities shall sometimes be referred to separately as a "Party" and collectively as the "Parties." RECITALS A. The Edinger Avenue Bridge over the Santa Ana River ( "Bridge ") is a County owned bridge that lies entirely within County right -of -way, providing two -lane travel in each direction with no existing sidewalk and no bike lanes on either side of the Bridge. B. County has identified a need to improve pedestrian and bicycle access and traffic carrying capacity of the Bridge. C. The proposed project discussed herein will: 1) construct raised sidewalks and bike lanes on both sides of the Bridge to provide pedestrian and bicyclist access, 2) widen the Bridge to a major arterial highway width, and 3) add a sidewalk along the south side of Edinger Avenue from Harbor Boulevard to the Bridge ( "Project "). D. Portions of the roadways connecting to the Bridge, from approximately five hundred (500) feet east and west of the Bridge, require widening to provide a smooth transition between the widened Bridge and the existing roadways. E. The northerly side of Edinger Avenue west of Santa Ana River, the northerly side of the road, connecting to the Bridge is within the City of Fountain Valley, and the southerly side of the road is within the County. The roadway east of the Santa Ana River connecting to the Bridge is within the City of Santa Ana. F. Pursuant to State and local guidelines, County prepared and distributed a Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration and Initial Study IP 12 -080 for the Project and said IP 12 -080 was subsequently certified by the County Board of Supervisors as final, complete and adequate to satisfy the statutory requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (CEQA), as amended. G. The Cities fully support the Project and desire to cooperate with the County in implementing the Project. Page I of 8