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CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON <br /> DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION <br /> Special Meeting Minutes <br /> April 18, 2016 <br /> CALL TO ORDER <br /> The meeting was called to order at 5:07 p.m. in Room 1600 of the City Hall Ross Annex, 20 <br /> Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California. <br /> ATTENDANCE <br /> The following Committee Members were present: Vincent Sarmiento & David Benavides <br /> Staff present were: David Cavazos, City Manager; Hassan Haghani, Executive Director/ <br /> Planning & Building Agency; Fred Mousavipour, Executive Director/Public Works Agency; <br /> Gerardo Mouet, Executive Director/Parks, Rec. & Comm. Svcs. Agency; Robert Cortez, <br /> Special Asst. to the City Manager; Ron Ono, Administrative Services Manager; Jason <br /> Gabriel, Principal Civil Engineer; Jorge Garcia, Senior Management Analyst; Julie Castro- <br /> Cardenas, Senior Management Analyst; and Rosa Barela, PBA Executive Secretary. <br /> PUBLIC COMMENTS — None <br /> AGENDA ITEMS <br /> 1. STREETCAR PROJECT UPDATE {Strategic Plan No. 6, 1G; 3, 2C} <br /> City Manager David Cavazos provided an update on the funding for the Streetcar <br /> Project; the design is 30% complete, and final design is expected by Summer 2017 <br /> with overall operations to begin the first quarter of 2020. <br /> Committee member Benavides requested that some element of Santa Ana's history <br /> be incorporated in the design when it comes to the color scheme in the car itself. <br /> 2. SMaRT-SANTA ANA (SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY AND ROADWAY <br /> TRANSFORMATION) PRESENTATION {Strategic Plan No. 6, 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E1 <br /> Public Works Agency Executive Director Fred Mousavipour provided a presentation <br /> on the Sustainable Mobility and Roadway Transformation — Santa Ana (SMaRT- <br /> Santa Ana), a maintenance program for the city's circulatory system including <br /> sidewalks and ADA infrastructure, pedestrian & bicycle safety improvements. Mr. <br /> Mousavipour also described potential funding sources including a proposed solid <br /> waste rate adjustment. The next steps include individual briefings with <br /> Councilmembers, meetings with neighborhood associations, and after Council <br /> approval start bond process and program. <br /> Development&Transp. Council Committee Minutes 1 April 18,2016 <br />