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Honorable Mayor; City Council . <br />ORANGE COUM MOOR TRANSPORPATION CORRIDOR FEE PROGRAM <br />November 14, 1985 <br />Page 2 <br />Transportation is a crucial issue for Orange County which must be addressed <br />Diu'wgh"B'S"- GvfBnge?p7aml giDrocess includingzaintenance of. :existing -1 ads, <br />construction of new streets, bridges -and ° free» rays, transit-eoiuticns, -W-0 assess- <br />.mient of new transportation corridors in the north end of the County. <br />CONSIDERATIONS <br />Participation in the Corridor Fee Program requ res anrevaluation of not only the <br />technical .benefits .and costs to the City but also the .ability -to resolve <br />transportation funding issues and problems within the City. A substantial <br />amount of revenue is allocated from the County of orange for transportation <br />improvements throughout the County and within the twenty -six cities. The <br />Arterial- Iiighway�Finanting-Program provides cronies to cities for transportation <br />improvements as :does the FederaYAid- urban - Program — both allocated through <br />Orange County and the Orange County Transportation Ccnmissirn. other sources of <br />funding to the City of Santa Ana fran Orange County include bridge program fees <br />and the recently enacted Ironies to be made available through the Orange County <br />"Jnified Transportation Trust — DCiii'iti -f1nd. The OC= Fund has been created <br />through legislation sponsored by Senator John Seymour fran the interest earnings <br />of the Local Transportation Fund Reserve, money set aside to construct a rapid <br />transit project in Orange County. Approximately 4 to 4.5 million dollars is to <br />be made available annually for street and road purposes to Orange County cities <br />from that fund, if these cities are AHEP eligible. <br />The City's ability to finance needed improvements, such as the tristol street <br />widening, or to prcmDte regional transportation efforts which alleviate <br />congestion around the City, -such as use of the Pacific-F,]:ectric o�rri3o2 are <br />11i1k93- with-p3TtiCipatldn "iT1-deCls1.?3- TrOking concerning- Orange-(30tryty--E,ml;ng <br />allocations. Zhe Transportation Corridor Fee Program should not be considered <br />in a vacuum without an assessment of the balancing of needs to be addressed <br />through these new highways, immediate existing transportation problems directly <br />affecting the City, and long range comprehensive solutions for County -wide <br />problems. <br />RCB: CAC: jc <br />