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Santa Ana Safe Mobility Plan I Revised Scope of Work City of Santa Ana, CA The Nelson\Nygaard team stays up -to -speed on all local, regional, and state guidelines, policies, and regulations as this is important to our clients. Some potential solutions will involve multiple agencies. For example, a roadway reclassification would involve not only the City of Santa Ana, but may also impact the County Master Plan of Arterial Highways (MPAH) designation for a given facility and would require OCTA approval. The process to "downgrade" the designation of a MPAH roadway would require additional analysis and submittal to OCTA to prove that the reclassification would not impact the regional mobility goals maintained by OCTA. Additionally, some types of funding provided to Orange County cities are calculated based on the number of MPAH miles within a jurisdiction. The "downgrade" to non-MPAH status may impact future funding to the City. Finally, should the recommendations impact freeway ramp intersections or other Caltrans facilities, Caltrans approvals would likely be necessary as well. Our team is aware of these processes and can help guide the City of Santa Ana on the associated impacts. Early in the process, our team will perform a consistency review of relevant guidelines and policies to identify potential obstacles or challenges to implement certain countermeasures. We will review all proposed countermeasures for consistency with local, regional, and state policies, regulations, and guidelines. We will highlight inconsistencies (we will not discard any potential countermeasure based on this factor alone, but call it out for consideration in project prioritization), and provide recommendations that could allow implementation. Recommendations may include but are not limited to engineering surveys for speed limit reductions, reclassification of streets, or obtaining approval for pilot/study projects. Importantly, the Nelson\Nygaard team is providing guidance and leadership in many aspects of CEQA reform, and is working closely with the California State Office of Planning and Research to develop meaningful responses to the new policies and shifting priorities. As such, our team is well positioned to provide support for environmental review of the plan, should a need be determined. Deliverables: Technical memorandum reviewing consistency of proposed countermeasures with local, region, and state policies, regulations, and guidelines. ,Assumptions and/ or exclusions to the scope of work We suggest presenting preliminary findings of an initial consistency review as an early confirmation during TAC meeting number z (see Task r). The Nelson\Nygaard team will prepare cost estimates for street improvement options at the street segment or intersection level. The cost estimates will use local unit costs to provide a planning level understanding of the cost implications of each improvement to allow for a cost constrained plan that the City to include cost as a measure of effectiveness. The cost information developed will be included in the prioritization system as an input to the ultimate ranking of the countermeasures. Deliverables: Planning level cost estimates for projects identified in Task 6.1 Preliminary engineering cost opinions for the 5 project cut sheets Assumptions andl or exclusions to the scope of zuork No special concerns. Nelson\Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc. 19