| | | | | | | | Agenda Item - 7.b.
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
| To: | Scott C. Stiles
| From: | William E. Murray
| | Dept.: | City Manager
| Dept.: | Public Works
| | Subject: | Approval of a Cooperative Agreement with the Orange County Transportation Authority for the design phase of the Orange County Streetcar Project.
(Action Item) | Date: | 3/22/2016 |
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| | | | | | | | OBJECTIVE
To request the City Council approve a Cooperative Agreement with the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) for the design phase of the Orange County Streetcar Project (Streetcar Project). |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND
In 2006 the cities of Garden Grove and Santa Ana partnered in a Go Local Project to study the feasibility of a transit system to extend the reach of the Metrolink. City Council adopted a resolution of support for the Streetcar Project on January 28, 2014 and also adopted a resolution approving the selection of Streetcar Alternative 1 as the Locally Preferred Alternative on February 10, 2015. |
| | | | | | | | DISCUSSION
The proposed Streetcar Project would include an at-grade rail system from the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center to the northeast corner of Harbor Boulevard and Westminster Avenue. The alignment would be approximately 4.1 miles traversing through the Santa Ana Civic Center area and going up the Pacific Electric Right of Way to reach the intersection of Harbor Boulevard and Westminster Avenue. This Cooperative Agreement applies to the design phase of the Streetcar Project. Staff will be involved in consultant selection for the preparation of the plans and specifications, periodic formal reviews of the design package, as well as other duties outlined in the agreement. All staff time shall be reimbursed by the OCTA in compliance with the Agreement and the attachment shown in Exhibit E of the Agreement. The design package is anticipated to be completed by October 2017. The design package is anticipated to cost $16.43 million dollars. The construction cost is estimated at $289 million dollars. The project is anticipated to be funded through federal, state, and local grants. Construction is anticipated to begin in June 2018 and the streetcar will be in operation by December 2020. |
| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no impact to the General Fund. All city labor costs incurred for this project will be reimbursed monthly by OCTA, from execution of this agreement to the end of the project design phase. |
| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
- Approve the attached Cooperative Agreement No. C-5-3807 with the Orange County Transportation Authority for the Orange County Streetcar Project;
- Authorize the City Manager to sign the Cooperative Agreement on behalf of the City.
By: Dai C. Vu, P.E., Associate Engineer
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| ATTACHMENTS: | | Description | Upload Date | Type | File Name | | OCTA COOP AGRMNT | 3/14/2016 | Cover Memo | 4.12.16_octacoop.pdf |
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