ASCE Orange County Transportation Technical Group April 5, 2016

A Modern Streetcar!

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• Single articulated car• Concrete embedded track• Operates primarily in traffic lane with traffic• Overhead wire and traction power substations• Simple stations

Orange streetcar "Orange Dummy,"

Orange, California, ca. 1903

Project Scope

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• 4.15 miles, mostly double-track• Modern Streetcar, 100% overhead wire• 100-foot-wide Pacific Electric ROW west of Raitt--street running east of Raitt Street• Maintenance and Storage (MSF) Facility just west of Raitt Street• Bridges over the Santa Ana River and Westminster Avenue

Transit Connections

Funding Plan

5Funding plan as approved by the OCTA Board 8/28/15 and submitted to FTA Fall 2015

Project Team

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Project Schedule

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Environmental Clearance March 2015

Begin Design February 2016

30% Design May 2016

60% Design December 2016

90% Design April 2017

Full Funding Grant Agreement September 2017

Begin Vehicle Manufacturing January or September 2017*

Construction Bid Advertisement November 2017

Begin Construction March 2018

Begin Testing/Start-Up June 2020

Begin Revenue Service December 2020

*Depends on Type of Contract

Basis of Design

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Project Revisions Developed

•Risk Workshop and Value Engineering Study

•Recommendations to Reduce Cost and Improve Operations

Environmental Analysis Underway

•Updating Visual Assessment, Traffic Report, Noise and Vibration Report, Cultural Resources Report, and 4(f) Evaluation

•Coordination with FTA, Determine Class of Action May 2016

Project Description was Updated and

Sent to FTA

Risk Assessment/Value Engineering

• Held in summer 2015

• Cost savings/operational improvements

• Historic Bridge• Crossover Locations• Stop Locations • MSF Design• Drainage and Utilities• Traction Power Substations• Number of Vehicles• Vehicle Procurement Schedule

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Station Locations

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Environmental

Document

Revised

SARTC and East Santa Ana Blvd

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Santa Ana Blvd - Downtown

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Sasscer Park and 4th Street

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West Santa Ana Blvd

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PE Alignment and River Crossing

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Harbor Blvd. Station - West End

Maintenance and Storage Facility

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Traction Power Substations

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Drainage

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• Scope of the drainage improvements was reduced to address only project impacts.

• The design agreement with the City of Santa Ana reinforces the change

• “The AUTHORITY shall mitigate any additional surface storm water drainage needs generated from the trackway or other impervious areas added by the Project or any change in drainage patterns caused solely by the Project . . .”

One Contact Wire vs Two-Wire Catenary

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Cantilever

One-Wire (Streets)

Span Wire

Two-Wire (PE ROW)

The benefit of two-wire is additional electrical capacity and improved profile for higher

speed operation in the PE ROW.

Work Underway

• Environmental analysis on project revisions

• Design Work

• Third Party Agreements

• Coordination with FTA and their PMOC on requirements to enter New Starts Engineering Phase

• Confirmation of vehicle procurement strategy

• Right-of-way acquisition

• Safety and Security Plans

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Design Work

•Horizontal Alignment, Geotechnical Report, Phase I ESA for PE ROW, Traffic Management Plan, Bridge Type Selection Report, Drainage Study, Utility Conflicts, Traction Power Load Flow, Signal Line Diagram, OCS Pole Layout, Station Footprints, MSF Basis of Design Report

30% Design May 2016

•CPUC Grade Crossing Applications, Roadway Plan and Profile, Construction Phasing/Traffic Handling, Sewer, Water, Drainage Plan and Profile, Traffic Signal Plans, Signing and Striping Plans, Bridge Plans, MSF Plans, Systems Plans, Specifications Outline

60% Design Dec. 2016

•Everything complete except resolution of comments90% Design April 2017

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Stations and Urban Design

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Station & Urban Design Consultant (SUDC) Creates Aesthetic Design Concepts

SUDC Reviews Concepts With

Community Stakeholders

Consensus Reached?

YES NO

Concepts

Revised

Concepts Given To HNTB At

End Of 60% Design

HNTB 90% Design Package

Submitted For Review

SUDC Reviews Implementation

Of Concepts In Design

HNTB Develops

Station “Footprint”

Third Party Agreements• Cities

• Santa Ana

• Garden Grove

• Utilities

• Southern California Edison

• Southern California Gas

• AT+T

• Time Warner Cable

• Orange County Sanitation District

• Orange County Water District

• Level 3 Communications

• MCI (Verizon Business)

• Sunesys

• Permits

• US Army Corps of Engineers 404 and 408

• California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife Streambed Alteration Agreement

• Regional Water Quality Control Board 401 and NPDES

• Orange County Flood Control District Encroachment Permit

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Utility Strategy

• Utility Base Maps complete

• Reconfiguration of Santa Ana Blvd avoids several significant utilities, including electrical and telecommunications vaults

• Once alignment is confirmed, exhibits will be prepared for each utility owner and meetings will be held until agreements are reached

• Four utilities are under franchise agreements

• Southern California Edison (Electric)

• Southern California Gas

• AT+T

• Time-Warner

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Utilities - West Santa Ana Blvd.

Safety and Security Plans

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• Preliminary Hazard Analysis and Threat and Vulnerability Analysis - April

12, 2016

• Fire-Life Safety and Security and Security Review Committee Meetings -

April 13, 2016

• CPUC Safety Certification Review Meeting - April 13, 2016

Vehicle Acquisition Strategy

• Considered New Procurement, Joint Procurement, and Piggybacking

• Benefits of Piggybacking determined to be:

• Reduced Cost

• Improved Schedule

• Reduced Risk

• Joint Procurement would add risk without benefits

• Considering 3 piggyback opportunities:

• Cincinnati, CAF, Urbos III, 100% low-floor

• Portland, Siemens, S70, 70% low-floor

• Houston, CAF, Urbos 70, 70% low-floor

• OCTA Board in April with Vehicle Acquisition Strategy

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Vehicle Spec Comparison

Right-of-Way

• Full Parcel Acquisitions for MSF (shown below)

• 3 City Parcels for Traction Power Substations

• Leases and Encroachments in PE ROW

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Design Improvements Being Assessed

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Environmental Document Revised New Environmental Studies

Single track bridge south of historic bridge

Double Track bridge north of historic bridge

4(f), Visual, Noise and Vibration

Double track in middle of PE ROW Double track that transitions between north and middle of PE ROW

Noise and Vibration, Cultural Resources

35 mph maximum in PE ROW 45 mph maximum in PE ROW Noise and Vibration

No mention of recreation and maintenance trail crossings

Plan for recreation and maintenancetrail crossings included

4(f)

Willowick Station No Willowick Station None

Design Improvements Being Assessed (Cont.)

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Environmental Document Revised New Environmental Studies

Side platforms in PE ROW, four stops downtown

Center platforms in PE ROW, threestops downtown, platforms moving

Cultural Resources, 4(f), Traffic (elimination of free-right at Ross-completed)

Double crossover west of MSF, turnout and tail track beyond SARTC

Single crossovers on each side of MSF, added crossovers for downtown couplet, double crossover prior to SARTC

Noise and Vibration

No traffic signal priority Traffic signal priority Traffic (completed)

Westminster Tied-Arch Bridge Other bridge types will be considered Visual

Design Improvements Being Assessed (Cont.)

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Environmental Document Revised New Environmental Studies

Santa Ana Blvd west of downtown 4-lanes

Santa Ana Blvd west of downtown 2-lanes. Additional restriping is under consideration by the City.

Traffic (completed)

Six traction power substation locations

Five traction power substations in new locations

Noise and Vibration, Visual

Significant storm drain network beyond project corridor

Storm drain improvements as required by the project

None

Single contact wire in PE ROW Two-wire catenary in PE ROW Visual

Widening on Fairview Street No widening on Fairview St is under consideration by the City.

Traffic (completed)

Questions?