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Orange County Transportation Authority
550 South Main Street / P.O Box 14184 / Orange / California 92863-1584 / (714) 560-OCTA (6282) December 11, 2023
Ms. Chau Vu
Director of Public Works
City of Huntington Beach
2000 Main Street
Huntington Beach, CA 92648
Subject: Reaffirmation of the Scope Change for the Huntington Beach Southeast Rideshare Pilot Program Project
(20-HBCH-CBT-3960)
Dear Ms. Vu:
The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) received a scope change request from the City of Huntington Beach (City) as part of the March 2023 semi-annual review for the Huntington Beach (HB) Southeast Rideshare Pilot Program Project (20-HBCH- CBT-3960). The scope change was approved by the OCTA Board of Directors (Board) on June 12, 2023.
Subsequent to Board approval, there was a claim made that staff did not thoroughly explain the scope change or provide the rationale for supporting the change. On December 11, 2023, the OCTA Board was presented with additional information related to the scope change and they reaffirmed the June 2023 approval of the scope change.
The City can proceed with the pilot consistent with the requested scope change and as approved on June 12, 2023. Please consider this letter as the notice to proceed.
The grant will provide $806,240 for operating ($794,240) and start-up marketing ($12,000) and requires a minimum 20 percent match. In order to avoid supplanting of funds, the City will also be required to use the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reductions Review Committee grant that it received in order to receive all of the Project V funding.
The Project must comply with the 2020 Project V Guidelines as provided through the Comprehensive Transportation Funding Programs and will also be governed by a cooperative agreement with the City.
We look forward to working with you on the revised pilot as it moves forward. If you have any questions, please contact me at (714) 824-7473 or [email protected] or Charvalen Alacar, Section Manager III, Measure M Local Programs, at (714) 560-5401, or via email at [email protected].
Sincerely,
Adriann Cardoso
Capital Programming Manager
Ms. Chau V
December 11, 2023
Orange County Transportation Authority
550 South Main Street / P.O Box 14184 / Orange / California 92863-1584 / (714) 560-OCTA (6282) c: Charvalen Alacar, OCTA