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2016 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM SCORECARD <br />The OC Streetcar has received environmental <br />clearance, and is ready to begin final design. <br />The project environmental analysis was <br />completed including a locally preferred <br />alternative. The final environmental approval <br />was received on January 20, 2015. <br />Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) <br />has become the lead agency for the project. <br />OCTA will manage the project's final design, <br />construction, operations, and maintenance. The <br />OC Streetcar has been accepted into project <br />development phase in the new starts Federal <br />grant program. <br />The OC Streetcar alternatives are approximately <br />four miles long with about twelve station stops <br />in each direction. The proposed fleet size is six <br />to seven cars with headway running ten minutes <br />in peak conditions and fifteen minutes off peak. <br />The ridership is expected to reach 6,000 daily <br />boardings during its initial operation, and would <br />result in a reduction of 2,165 vehicle miles <br />traveled per day. The OC Streetcar ridership <br />capacity could respond to increased use and <br />could also expand and extend service. The <br />project serves Santa Ana which is the fourth <br />most densely populated city in the United <br />States, and serves the City's densely populated <br />communities, many of whom (17.8 %) do not <br />own cars and currently use public <br />transportation. <br />The estimated cost of the project is $298 <br />million. Potential Federal funding requests <br />could be from a combination of Congestion <br />Management and Air Quality (CMAQ) programs <br />or New Starts /Small Starts programs totaling <br />over $200 million. If construction begins in <br />Federal Fiscal Year 2016/17, the OC Streetcar <br />Project could be operating by 2020. <br />® (H &K) As the County of Orange /City of <br />Santa Ana moves forward to secure a <br />Full Funding Grant Agreement with the <br />Federal Transit Administration, Holland <br />& Knight has continued to work with the <br />City's delegation to include funding in <br />the FY 17 Transportation — Department <br />of Housing and Urban Development <br />Appropriations Bill. While funding in the <br />Senate and House bills provides <br />approximately $75 Million in New Starts <br />funding for the OC Streetcar Project, no <br />final action has been taken on the bills. <br />The Department of Transportation, along <br />with most Federal departments and <br />agencies, has been operating under a <br />Continuing Resolution which expires <br />April 28, pending either an extension of <br />the CR until the end of this fiscal year or <br />final House - Senate conference and <br />passage of the Transportation and other <br />appropriations bills. Getting final <br />passage of the FY 17 Transportation bill <br />is important in order to initiate funding <br />for OC Streetcar Project. The City's <br />delegation with key support from our <br />Senate appropriator remains fully <br />supportive of the Project. Once <br />Congress disposes of the FY 17 <br />appropriations, work on the President's <br />FY 18 budget request will begin. Since <br />his budget is expected to drastically cut <br />the Federal Transit Administration <br />programs including New Starts, the City's <br />advocacy effort with the delegation, <br />while coordinated closely with OCTA, will <br />continue in high gear to gain House and <br />Senate appropriations support for New <br />Start funding of the OC Streetcar Project. <br />Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center <br />(Public Works Agency) <br />Seek funding to repair and upgrade the Santa <br />Ana Regional Transit Center (SARTC). This <br />regional rail facility serves to support an ever - <br />increasing demand for inter - and intra - county <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />20 <br />65B -45 <br />