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TSM- BUS RAPID TRANSIT <br />BENEFITS <br />• Lower capital cost <br />• Does not require any <br />additional right-of-way <br />• No adverse effect on <br />the environment <br />CHALLENGES <br />• Lowest daily ridership <br />• Less passenger <br />carrying capacity <br />• Less <br />efficient/convenient <br />boarding <br />• Provides little economic <br />development benefit <br />PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS (ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT / <br />DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT) <br />REQUIREMENTS BY FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION <br />✓ 1 Notice in Newspaper <br />✓ 45 day comment period <br />(May 23 — July 7, 2014) <br />✓ 1 community meeting <br />✓ 500 ft. notice to surrounding <br />residents (3,796 notices) <br />ADDITIONAL OUTREACH <br />• 7 news articles written <br />• 3 community meetings <br />• Personalized mailings to stakeholders <br />• Business owners <br />• Neighborhood associations <br />• Schools <br />• Residents <br />• 3,796 Tri-lingual notices sent to residences <br />• Interpretation Services in 3 Languages <br />• Court Reporting Services at 3 meetings <br />• Created Project Website <br />• Printed Copies available at 7 Locations & online <br />• Notices posted at every Santa Ana Community Center <br />• Nixle Press Release and City Manager announced during a publicly <br />televised City Council Meeting <br />• Information placed prominently on City's website, eliciting 100,000 <br />views in the first 30 days of the 45 day review period <br />• Staff contacted key stakeholders, including those outside of the 500- <br />foot envelope, such as Logan and French Park neighborhoods, and <br />sent out as a community alert to over 2,000 neighborhood leaders <br />• Promoted on the City's social media channels several times throughout <br />the 45 day review period <br />• Handouts distributed at neighborhood meetings throughout the 45 day <br />review period <br />CITY COUNCIL MINUTES 9 AUGUST 5, 2014 <br />