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Resolution Approving Addenda Nos. 1 and 2 to the Santa Ana -Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project REA/FEIR July 5, 2017 Page 2 - Shifted track alignment to the center of the former Pacific Electric ROW (PE ROW) to avoid noise and vibration impacts to adjacent residential properties; - Expanded project footprint to include minor street and sidewalk improvements, resulting in an expansion of the Project Area of Potential Effects for Cultural and Historic Resources environmental analysis; - Modified train operating speed (45 to 44 miles per hour) in the PE ROW; - Implementation of additional traffic signal priority along the project route at the Main Street, Broadway, and Bristol Street intersections; and - Revised location of Traction Power Substation No. 4 to the north side of the parking structure at SARTC formerly proposed at the northeast corner of Santa Ana Boulevard/North Garfield Avenue. Staff recommends the City Council adopt the resolution (Exhibit 6) approving the two addenda to the REA/FEIR in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements. STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet the following Strategic Plan Goals: 1. Goal #3 — Economic Development, Objective #2 (create new opportunities for business/job growth and encourage private development through new General Plan and Zoning Ordinance policies), Strategy C (support business development and job growth along transit corridors through the completion of critical transit plans/projects including: The Fixed Guideway Project, Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center Master Plan, Complete Streets and General Plan Circulation Element update). 2. Goal #3 — Economic Development, Objective #4 (continue to pursue objectives that shape downtown Santa Ana into a thriving, culturally diverse, shopping, dining, and entertainment destination), Strategy B (create a comprehensive program to manage parking that includes innovative strategies to provide parking, create revenue and enhance accessibility in the downtown). 3. Goal #6 - Community Facilities & Infrastructure, Objective #1 (establish and maintain a Community Investment Plan for all City assets), Strategy G (develop and implement the City's Capital Improvement Program in coordination with the Community Investment and Deferred Maintenance Plans; e.g., transit vision, street car, fixed guideway project, SARTC master plan, Bristol Street widening, neighborhood streets, traffic improvements, park facilities, sport fields, soccer fields, senior centers, bike master plan, etc.). 55A-2