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1-5 HOV Project Freeway Agreement with Caltrans and Cooperative Agreement with OCTA <br />August 15, 2017 <br />Page 2 <br />The project requires that the City of Santa Ana and Caltrans enter into a new freeway agreement <br />(Exhibit 1). This agreement summarizes each agency's rights and responsibilities where City <br />streets interface with Caltrans' freeway ramps. These are standard agreements that are regularly <br />processed between Caltrans and Local Agencies which have access to and from freeways within <br />their jurisdictions. These agreements must occasionally be revised, amended, or changed to <br />accommodate updated operational plans for traffic. The new agreement will supersede prior <br />freeway agreements from 1943, 1987, and 1994, and will reflect the configuration of the modified <br />Main Street interchange on/off-ramps. <br />The City of Santa Ana and OCTA will also enter into a cooperative agreement to clarify the <br />funding for signage and operational support services related to the Project's freeway signs on the <br />1-5, SR -57, and within the City's right-of-way that will be installed and maintained (Exhibit 2). <br />Additional signs were agreed to during the PA/ED phase to help alert drivers heading <br />southbound on the 1-5 and SR -57 of the point by which they need to exit the carpool lanes with <br />the goal to effectively guide them to Santa Ana's southbound off ramps at Broadway and at Main. <br />STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT <br />Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #6 - Community Facilities & <br />Infrastructure, Objective #1 (establish and maintain a Community Investment Plan for all City <br />assets). <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT <br />Caltrans is the lead agency which processed the California Environmental Quality Act and <br />National Environmental Policy Act documents in April 2015. The 2015 Initial Study and Negative <br />Declaration/Environmental Assessment had a Finding of No Significant Impact and there are no <br />additional environmental impacts associated with this action. These documents may be viewed <br />at the following link: http://www.dot.ca.gov/distl2/DEA/OC890 <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />There is no fiscal impact associated with the recommended action. <br />'Fred Mousavipour <br />Executive Director <br />Public Works Agency <br />FM/NEG/MS <br />Exhibits: 1. City and Caltrans Freeway Agreement <br />2. City and OCTA Cooperative Agreement <br />25M-2 <br />