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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 6, 2014 <br />TITLE: <br />BRISTOL STREET IMPROVEMENTS, RIGHT - <br />OF -WAY ACQUISITIONS, AND ADOPTION OF <br />AN ADDENDUM TO THE FINAL EIS /EIR <br />CITY MAWER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1� Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2n° Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Authorize staff to proceed with the Bristol Street design which results in meeting Orange County <br />Transportation Authority and City goals. <br />2. Authorize staff to move forward with full -take property acquisitions on Bristol Street between <br />Washington Avenue and 17th Street, based on the approved Bristol Street Final Environmental <br />Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report, EIS No. 89 -01. <br />3. Adopt a resolution approving an Addendum to the Bristol Street Final Environmental Impact <br />Statement/Environmental Impact Report for the Bristol Street Improvements and Widening <br />between Washington Avenue and 17th Street. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Approval of these recommendations would allow the City to proceed with finalizing the design to <br />improve Bristol Street and widen the roadway from four to six lanes. Approval would also initiate <br />the right -of -way acquisitions phase. This phase must be substantially completed by December <br />2014 in order to award a construction contract by June 2015 and meet the funding deadlines <br />specified by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). <br />Bristol Street is a north -south transportation facility designated as a major arterial highway in the <br />City's Circulation Element of the General Plan. Improving and widening the 3.9 -mile Bristol <br />Street segment from Warner Avenue to Memory Lane has been a long -term priority project that <br />is being constructed in several phases. Although OCTA has helped identify funds for the <br />majority of Bristol segments, the City has been obligated to complete the improvements in <br />phases to coincide with the cash flow provided by OCTA grants. <br />The Bristol Street Improvements include constructing sidewalks, bike lanes, and raised <br />landscape medians; planting street trees; and installing street lights. The roadway would be <br />widened and would accommodate all transportation uses, including pedestrians, bicycles, autos, <br />and buses. <br />55C -1 <br />