Gene Autry Way (West) Highway I-5 HOV Interchange Project Application
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1 Supporters •Congressman Gary Miller •Congressman Ed Royce •Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez •State Senator Lou Correa •Assemblyman Jose Solario •Supervisor Chris Norby •Mayor Curt Pringle •Mayor Pro-Tem Bob Hernandez •Councilmember Lorri Galloway •Councilmember Harry Sidhu •Councilmember Lucille Kring ••• •Disney City of Anaheim, California •Angels Baseball Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Grant •Auto Club of Southern California •Honda Center Gene Autry Way (West) Highway/ I-5 HOV •Lennar Builders •OC Business Council Interchange Project •Southern California Association of Governments •Anaheim/Orange County Visitors and Convention Bureau •Anaheim Workforce PREPARED FOR: Investment Board U.S. Department of Transportation •South Coast Air Quality Office of Block Grant Assistance Management District 451 Seventh Street, SW •Building Industry Washington, DC 20410 Association •Orange County Transportation Authority •Southern California Regional Consensus Group PREPARED BY: City of Anaheim, California 200 S. Anaheim Blvd. Anaheim, California 92805 (714) 765-5065 Anaheim, September 15, 2009 2 City of Anaheim, California Gene Autry Way (West) Highway/ I-5 HOV Interchange Project Contact and Project Information Contact Information: Mr. Mark Vukojevic, City Engineer City of Anaheim 200 South Anaheim Boulevard Anaheim, CA 92805 (714) 765-5148 [email protected] Type of Project: Highway Location of Project: State: California County: Orange City: Anaheim Congressional District: 47th Urban/Rural Area: Urban Amount of grant funds requested: $29,000,000 DUNS Number: 04-4329993 Central Contractor Registration: Registration is current. Confidential Information: This submission contains no confidential business information. The Anaheim City Council approved the submission of this TIGER grant application on September 1, 2009. Curt Pringle, Mayor Bob Hernandez, Mayor Pro Tem Lorri Galloway, Council Member • Harry S. Sidhu, P.E., Council Member Lucille Kring, Council Member Thomas J. Wood, City Manager Page ii 3 City of Anaheim, California Gene Autry Way (West) Highway/ I-5 HOV Interchange Project Table of Contents Project Description........................................................................................................................... 1 Project Parties .................................................................................................................................. 6 Grant Funds, Sources, and Uses of Project Funds ........................................................................... 6 Primary Selection Criteria ................................................................................................................ 7 Long-Term Outcomes .................................................................................................................. 7 State of Good Repair .............................................................................................................. 7 Economic Competitiveness .................................................................................................... 7 Livability ............................................................................................................................... 10 Sustainability ........................................................................................................................ 12 Safety .................................................................................................................................... 13 Evaluation of Expected Project Costs and Benefits .................................................................. 14 Evaluation of Project Performance ........................................................................................... 15 Job Creation and Economic Stimulus ........................................................................................ 16 Environmental Approvals ..................................................................................................... 20 Legislative Approvals ............................................................................................................ 20 Project Schedule ................................................................................................................... 21 State and Local Planning ...................................................................................................... 22 Technical Feasibility ............................................................................................................. 22 Financial Feasibility .............................................................................................................. 22 Secondary Selection Criteria Innovation ................................................................................................................................. 23 Partnership ................................................................................................................................ 24 Jurisdictional & Stakeholder Collaboration .......................................................................... 24 Disciplinary Integration ........................................................................................................ 25 Appendices ..................................................................................................................................... 26 Federal Wage Rate Certification (original letter) Anaheim City Council Resolution Orange County Transportation Authority Staff Report Letters of Support Index of Supporting Data Available on Anaheim TIGER Website Page iii 4 City of Anaheim, California Gene Autry Way (West) Highway/ I-5 HOV Interchange Project Project Description The City of Anaheim requests $29 million in TIGER funds to construct the western portion of the Gene Autry Way overpass on Interstate 5, construct a six-lane arterial highway from I-5 to Haster Street, and complete improvements to Haster Street associated with a new signalized traffic signal at Gene Autry Way. Anaheim is located in Orange County, California, which is the 5th most populated county in the United States. The project site is situated in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana metropolitan area, the nation’s worst locale for traffic jams, according to the Urban Mobility Report from the Texas Transportation Institute, and the nation’s worst air quality as reported by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD). The project will relieve congestion on I-5, provide westerly access to the I-5 High-Occupancy Vehicle At-a-Glance (HOV) lanes, provide access across I-5 between the th Orange County: 5 largest county in the west and east portions of the City, and improve local United States. traffic circulation. roject benefits include creating th P Anaheim: 10 largest city in California. 1,470 direct and indirect jobs in an economically TIGER funds requested: $29 million distressed area, paving the way for direct access to the Total project cost: $76.1 million Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center All match funding: Secured (ARTIC), accelerating the development of the Platinum Environmental work: Completed Triangle, which will generate 14,400 new jobs decades Design work: 95% Complete beyond this construction project, and improving the Permits: Secured tourist experience for the 16.1 million visitors Construction date: February 2010 Project in economically distressed area: Yes Anaheim welcomes annually. Unemployment rate: 11% Jobs lost in Anaheim past 12 months: 9,200 Transportation Challenges and Needs Jobs project will create: 1,470 Anaheim (population 345,000) is the 10th largest city in California and home to world-class tourist destinations including Disneyland, Disney’s California Adventure, Anaheim Convention Center, Angel Stadium of Anaheim, and the Honda Center. In 2006, Forbes Traveler ranked Anaheim the 13th most visited city in the nation, rivaling notable tourist destinations such as San Francisco (16.4 million visitors), Boston (18.3 million) and Washington, D.C. (16.6 million). The majority of guests are concentrated within a 1.75 mile radius of the proposed project. The City of Anaheim is one of the few urban centers in the nation where such a variety of entertainment, business, and transportation venues are concentrated in such a small proximity, and all accessible from a major interstate. I-5 is the north-south lifeline of California, and this is felt strongly in Anaheim. I-5 moves an estimated 390,000 vehicles per day in the proposed project area and thousands of motorists exit I-5 to visit Anaheim. Disneyland, for instance, estimates that approximately 70% of their visitors arrive to the theme park via I-5. As illustrated in Figure 1, one can quickly visualize the traffic gridlock occurring on the I-5 and surface streets as tourists, delivery trucks, hotel shuttle buses, trolleys, taxi cabs, and employees navigate to and from the major destination points with the I-5 slicing through the middle. The development of the ARTIC and Platinum Triangle, huge long-term job creating and multi-modal developments, will add pressure to existing transportation facilities. Page 1 5 City of Anaheim, California Gene Autry Way (West) Highway/ I-5 HOV Interchange Project Figure 1: Project Location Map Connections to Existing Transportation Infrastructure and Destination Points Specifically, the five critical transportation needs at the project site are: 1. High Occupancy Vehicles (vehicles with two or more occupants)