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OC Streetcar Status Report <br />October 6, 2015 <br />Page 2 <br />On September 14, 2015, the OCTA Board also approved a contract with MNTB Corporation for <br />the preparation of plans, specifications, and estimates for the OC Streetcar Project. <br />Staff is working with OCTA to review and finalize a Design Cooperative Agreement that details <br />responsibilities of both agencies moving forward through the design phase of the project, The <br />Design Agreement will detail specific areas of responsibility and identify procedures that will be <br />followed to gain approvals, in preparing for the construction phase. Subsequent agreements will <br />be executed for construction, public way use, and operations and maintenance. <br />Below is a summary of key milestones for the project in the last year: <br />Action <br />Approving <br />A eno <br />Lute <br />Certification of California Environmental Quality Act portion of <br />Revised Environmental Assessment/Final Environmental <br />Impact Report and approval of the eroject <br />Santa Ana <br />01/20/15 <br />Adoption of Locally Preferred Alternative <br />Garden Grove <br />02/10/15 <br />Submittal of Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) to <br />Federal Transit Administration (FTA) <br />OCTA <br />02/18/15 <br />Approval of Project Management Consultant for OC Streetcar <br />OCTA <br />02/23/15 <br />Issuance of the FONSI <br />FTA <br />03/10/15 <br />Approval to enter FTA New Starts Program <br />OCTA <br />05/05/15 <br />Approval of MOU - Santa Ana /OCTA <br />Santa Ana <br />07/07/15 <br />Ap2roval of MOU - Santa Ana /OCTA <br />OCTA <br />07/13/15 <br />Approval of Funding Plan <br />OCTA <br />08/24/15 <br />Selection of Design Consultant for OC Streetcar <br />OCTA <br />09/14/15 <br />Cooperative Agreement for Streetcar Design <br />Santa Ana /OCTA <br />Fail 2015 <br />Future milestones Include the project development phase currently scheduled for 2015 -2016; the <br />design and engineering phase in 2016-2017; and the construction phase in 2017 -2019. It is <br />anticipated that the streetcar would be operational after testing Is completed In 2020, <br />STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT <br />Approval of this item supports Goal #3 Economic Development, Objective #2 (create new <br />opportunities for business /job growth and encourage private development through new General <br />Plan and Zoning Ordinance policies), Strategy C (support business development and job growth <br />along transit corridors through the completion of critical transit plans /projects including: The <br />Fixed Guideway Project, Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center Master Plan, Complete <br />Streets, and General Plan Circulation Element update), <br />19E -2 <br />