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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.C. 12 PW FILE 881.1 02-03-92CONSENT CALENDAR NO. 12 2-3-92 AGEIKI'DA,� _ - ----- --- --- JANUARY 28, 1992 WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION '' AVENUE STATE ROUTE 55 BETWEEN 17TH STREET AND FAIRHAVEN - WIDENING OF OVERCROSSING (P.W. FILE NO. 881.1) RECOMMENDATION It is requested that the Tustin City Council approve the attached Memorandum of Understanding for the widening of overcrossings on State Route 55 at Seventeenth Street, Santa Clara Avenue and Fairhaven Avenue and authorize the Director of Public Works/City Engineer to execute said Memoranddm of Understanding on behalf of the City of Tustin. BACKGROUND The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is administering the project design phase for Caltrans for the widening of the State Route 55 (Costa Mesa) Freeway from Seventeenth Street to the State Route 91 Freeway. Additionally, the funding source for the construction of this project will be Measure "M" funds designated solely for freeway type projects. It is proposed to separate the project into two phases: Seventeenth Street to Fairhaven Avenue ° Fairhaven Avenue to State Route 91 This staff report and the attached Memorandum of Understanding will pertain to Phase I, between Seventeenth Street and Fairhaven Avenue. DISCUSSION The State Route 55 widening Phase I will add a general purpose lane and an auxiliary lane, widen the existing freeway median, travel lanes and shoulder widths, and add a four foot high occupancy vehicle (HOV) separation buffer in both directions of the freeway. The freeway overcrossings at Seventeenth Street, Santa Clara Avenue and Fairhaven Avenue are to be replaced to accommodate the freeway widening. The staff for the Cities of Orange, Santa Ana, Tustin and County of Orange (local agencies) have expressed a desire to widen and increase the traffic capacities of each of these overcrossings. The Measure "M" Freeway program does not provide local agency funding to increase the capacity of the overcrossings and any overcrossing widening costs would have to be borne by each of the local agencies where the facility is located. Table 1 of the attached Memorandum of Understanding summarizes these estimated costs to be borne by OCTA and the local agencies for the widening of these facilities. The attached Memorandum of Understanding provides for the following: 1. That the widening of the three arterial highway crossings over the State Route 55 Freeway are important to the efficient and effective operation of the local street systems. 2. The local agencies agree to pay a share of the incremental costs to prepare the environmental documentation, design and construct the widened overcrossings. The design phase is scheduled to commence in October, 1992 and construction is scheduled for July, 1995. 3. OCTA and the local agencies agree to enter into a cooperative agreement to formalize the above understandings and finalize the cost sharing prior to commencing final design. , The four previously mentioned local agencies are all parties of the Growth Management Area (GMA) No. 7 along with the City of Irvine and have agreed upon funding the local agencies share with GMA No. 7 Measure "M" funds. In the event these funds were insuf f icient to cover the local agencies share, staff would recommend that Tustin fund its proportional share with Measure "M" turnback funds which are estimated to be approximately $475,000 annually. Robert S. Ledendecker Director of Public Works/City Engineer RSL:kIb:SR55WIDE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING for WIDENING OF OVERCROSSINGS ON STATE ROUTE 55 at 17TH STREET, SANTA CLARA AVENUE AND FAIRHAVEN AVENUE BY AND BETWEEN THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND THE CITY OF ORANGE, CITY OF SANTA ANA, CITY OF TUSTIN AND THE COUNTY OF ORANGE DECEMBER 1991 The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) in cooperation with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is proposing to implement operational and safety improvements on State Route 55 between 17th Street and Fairhaven Avenue. It is proposed to add a general purpose lane and an auxiliary lane; widen the existing freeway non-standard median, travel lanes and shoulder widths; and add a four foot high - occupancy vehicle (HOV) separation buffer in both directions on this segment of SR 55. This project is included in the Measure M Freeway Program. The freeway overcrossings at 17th Street, Santa Clara Avenue and Fairhaven Avenue are to be replaced to accommodate the freeway widening. The Cities of Orange, Santa Ana and Tustin and the County of Orange (local agencies) desire to widen and increase the capacity of these overcrossings as part of this project. Because the Measure M Freeway Program does not provide funding to increase the capacity of overcrossings, the following understandings have been agreed to by the above named agencies for the widening of these overcrossings: A. That the widening of the above overcrossings are important to the efficient and effective operation of the local street systems. B. That the above named local agencies agree to pay a share of the incremental costs to design and construct the widened overcrossings. The preliminary estimated costs to widen the overcrossings and the funding responsibilities for the local agencies and OCTA are shown on Table 1. C. That OCTA will prepare the environmental documentation for the widening of the above overcrossings and that the local agencies will share in the cost for this work. D. That OCTA and local agencies shall enter into a cooperative agreement to formalize the above understandings, to finalize the cost sharing and to establish procedures for reimbursement prior to commencing the final design phase. The final design phase is scheduled to begin in October 1992 and the project is scheduled to advertised for construction in July 1995. The above understandings constitute a guide to the intention and policies of the parties involved through the preliminary development phase which includes technical studies, project report and environmental documentation for the widening of the above overcrossings. Representative of OCTA 'O%A^ Oe 1 17 • q2 By: Stan Oftelie Date Chief Executive Officer Representative of City of Orange By: Frank V. 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