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CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON <br />DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION <br />Meeting Minutes <br />March 6, 2014 <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />The meeting was called to order at 5:05 p.m. in Room 1600 of the City Hall Ross Annex. <br />ATTENDANCE <br />The following Committee Members were present: Vincent Sarmiento, Michele Martinez, <br />David Benavides <br />Staff present were: David Cavazos, City Manager; Karen Haluza, Interim Executive <br />Director /Planning & Building Agency; William Galvez, Interim Exec. Director /Public Works <br />Agency; Jason Gabriel, Principal Civil Engineer and Rosa Barela, PBA Executive Secretary. <br />Consultants present were: Hal Suetsugu and Juliet Arroyo, Evan Brooks Associates <br />PUBLIC COMMENTS <br />Peter Katz noted support for the street car project adding it will bring up property values <br />along the routes adding if done right with the right type of cars people will use them. <br />AGENDA ITEMS <br />1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: <br />A. December 5, 2013 Special Meeting <br />B. December 12, 2013 Special Meeting <br />C. January 9, 2014 Regular Meeting <br />Motion by Committee member Benavides and seconded by Vice Chair Martinez to <br />approve the minutes and approved unanimously by a vote of 3:0. <br />2. STREETCAR PROJECT SCHEDULE UPDATE <br />Mr. Galvez provided an update on the street car and on the environmental impact <br />report (EIR), introduced representatives from Orange County Transit Authority <br />(OCTA) Jennifer Beringer and Kelly Hart who will provide an update and discuss <br />upcoming meetings with the Transit Committee and the OCTA Board; and noted the <br />meeting between the David Cavazos and OCTA Chief Executive Officer Darrell <br />Johnson. <br />Hal Suetsugu provided a project update handout and introduced Juliet Arroyo who <br />provided an update on the EIR noting they have been working with OCTA the past <br />two to three months to address all concerns between the City of Santa Ana, OCTA, <br />Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) <br />13A -1 <br />