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the EA /DEIR by the City of Santa Ana, OCTA and the FTA, the EA /DEIR was released for a <br />45 -day public review period on <br />May 23, 2014. During the 45 -day public review, public meetings were conducted to <br />solicit comments from the community, interested agencies and key stakeholders. <br />Following the close of the public review period on July 7, 2014, the results of the <br />environmental analysis documented in the EA /DEIR, and the comments received during the <br />public review period were considered in combination with the technical evaluation of the <br />alternatives completed as part of the AA to formulate a Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) <br />recommendation for consideration and adoption by the cities of Santa Ana and Garden <br />Grove. Included in the process of formulating an LPA recommendation, responses to the <br />public comments were developed for use in finalizing the EA /EIR. <br />The purpose of this report is to review and summarize the analyses and evaluation results <br />from the AA and the EA /DEIR, and the comments received during the public review period <br />and recommend a LPA for adoption by the cities of Santa Ana and Garden Grove. <br />This LPA Decision Report provides a summary of the efforts undertaken as part of the <br />planning process to define, screen and evaluate options and alternatives for the Santa Ana - <br />Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Corridor, and documents the recommendation for a Locally <br />Preferred Alternative. The following summarizes the content and organization of this <br />report: <br />1. Chapter 1 introduces the project and the purpose and need for it. <br />2. Chapter 2 provides an overview of the AA process from the preliminary definition of <br />a wide range of potential alternatives through the detailed evaluation of the reduced <br />set of alternatives. A comparison is provided of the results of the detailed analysis <br />and a ranking of the alternatives based on analysis results. <br />3. Chapter 3 summarizes the results of the environmental review of the reduced set of <br />alternatives as documented in the EA/DEIS (May 2014). <br />4. Chapter 4 describes the public outreach and interagency coordination efforts <br />undertaken in support of the study process, including the public review of the <br />environmental document and the comments received. <br />5. Chapter 5 presents the recommended Locally Preferred Alternative. <br />LPA Decision Report <br />July 2014 <br />55C -29 <br />1.51 Page <br />