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Santa Ana /Garden Grove Streetcar MOU <br />July 7, 2015 <br />Page 2 <br />Action <br />Approving Agency <br />Date <br />Approval / Adoption of Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) <br />Santa Ana <br />08/05/14 <br />Approval of OCTA serving as the lead agency for project <br />OCTA <br />08/11/14 <br />development, implementation, operations and <br />maintenance <br />Approval of the completion of project milestones <br />OCTA <br />09/22/14 <br />(alternatives analysis, draft environmental document and <br />approval /adoption by Santa Ana City Council of the LPA) <br />Certification of California Environmental Quality Act <br />Santa Ana <br />01/20/15 <br />(CEQA) portion of Revised Environmental <br />Assessment/Final Environmental Impact Report <br />(REA/FEIR) and approval of the project <br />Adoption of LPA <br />Garden Grove <br />02/10/15 <br />Submittal of Finding of No Significant Impact ( FONSI) to <br />OCTA <br />02/18115 <br />Federal Transit Administration (FTA) <br />Approval of Project Management Consultant for Santa <br />OCTA <br />02/23/15 <br />Ana /Garden Grove Streetcar <br />Issuance of FONSI <br />FTA <br />03/10/15 <br />Approval to enter Santa Ana /Garden Grove Streetcar in <br />OCTA <br />05/05/15 <br />FTA New Starts Program <br />Select Design Consultant for Santa Ana/Garden Grove <br />OCTA <br />Anticipated <br />Streetcar <br />Fall 2015 <br />Following completion of the environmental document, lead agency responsibilities for the project <br />have transitioned to OCTA. A copy of the latest OCTA fact sheet for the project is attached as <br />Exhibit 1. <br />Staff is currently working with OCTA to review and finalize a Memorandum of Understanding <br />(MOU), attached as Exhibit 2, which provides details of high -level project roles and <br />responsibilities by both agencies moving forward. The draft MOU covers a wide range of project <br />delivery aspects. As is standard practice in large, complex, and multijurisdictional rail projects, <br />this MOU will serve as the basis for development of subsequent agreements detailing more <br />specific roles and responsibilities ahead of major project development phases, including design, <br />25C -2 <br />