Orange County Transportation Authority  
Transit Committee Agenda  
Thursday, November 9, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.  
Board Room, 550 South Main Street, Orange, California  
Committee Members  
Steve Jones, Chairman  
Fred Jung, Vice Chairman  
Andrew Do  
Jessie Lopez  
Tam Nguyen  
Vicente Sarmiento  
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business to be transacted or discussed. The posting of the recommended actions does not  
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appropriate on the agenda item and is not limited in any way by the notice of the recommended  
action.  
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Call to Order  
Pledge of Allegiance  
Director Lopez  
Closed Session  
There are no Closed Session items scheduled.  
Special Calendar  
There are no Special Calendar matters.  
Consent Calendar (Items 1 through 6)  
All items on the Consent Calendar are to be approved in one motion unless a Committee  
Member or a member of the public requests separate action or discussion on a specific item.  
1.  
Approval of Minutes  
Clerk of the Board  
Recommendation  
Approve the minutes of the October 12, 2023 Transit Committee meeting.  
Attachments:  
Minutes  
2.  
Bus Operations Performance Measurements Report for the Fourth Quarter of  
Fiscal Year 2022-23  
Kim Tucker/Johnny Dunning, Jr.  
Overview  
The  
Orange  
County  
Transportation  
Authority  
operates  
fixed-route  
bus  
and  
demand-response paratransit service throughout Orange County and into neighboring  
counties. The established measures of performance for these services assess the safety,  
courtesy, reliability, and overall quality of the services. This report summarizes the  
performance of these services through the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2022-23.  
Recommendation  
Receive and file as an information item.  
Attachments:  
Staff Report  
Attachment A  
3.  
Amendment to Agreement for Hydrogen Station Operation, Maintenance, and Fuel  
Delivery  
Dayle Withers/Johnny Dunning, Jr.  
Overview  
On November 13, 2017, the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors  
approved an agreement with Trillium USA Company LLC to install a fully operational  
hydrogen fueling station at the Santa Ana Bus Base to provide operation and maintenance  
service and deliver hydrogen fuel. An amendment is required to exercise the second  
option term for station operation and maintenance, and hydrogen fuel delivery.  
Recommendation  
Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute Amendment No. 8 to  
Agreement No. C-7-1577 between the Orange County Transportation Authority and Trillium  
USA Company LLC, in the amount of $625,049, to exercise the second option term of the  
agreement from January 1, 2024 through December 31, 2024, for continued hydrogen  
station operation, maintenance, and hydrogen fuel delivery. This will increase the maximum  
obligation of the agreement to a total contract value of $8,651,734.  
Attachments:  
Staff Report  
Attachment A  
4.  
Amendment to Agreement for Manufacturing and Delivery of Vehicles for the OC  
Streetcar Project  
Cleve Cleveland/Johnny Dunning, Jr.  
Overview  
On March 26, 2018, the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors  
authorized Agreement No. C-6-1445 with Siemens Mobility, Inc. for manufacturing and  
delivery of eight streetcar vehicles, spare parts and tools, with an option to purchase up to  
ten additional streetcar vehicles and spare parts, for the OC Streetcar Project. An  
amendment to the agreement is necessary to purchase additional streetcar spare parts,  
special tools and test equipment not originally included in the base order and required due  
to specification requirements unique to the OC Streetcar design.  
Recommendation  
Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute Amendment No. 7 to  
Agreement No. C-6-1445 between the Orange County Transportation Authority and  
Siemens Mobility, Inc., in the amount of $1,725,750, to purchase additional spare parts,  
special tools and test equipment. This will increase the maximum cumulative obligation of  
the agreement to a total contract value of $54,558,983.  
Attachments:  
Placeholder  
5.  
Amendment No. 9 to Cooperative Agreement No. C-0-1892 with the City of Irvine  
for Proposition 116 Replacement Funds  
Adriann Cardoso/Kia Mortazavi  
Overview  
In 2010, the Orange County Transportation Authority and the City of Irvine entered into an  
agreement related to Proposition 116 funds secured by the City of Irvine and used by the  
Orange County Transportation Authority for rail capital projects. A cooperative agreement  
was developed so that the Orange County Transportation Authority would pay back the City  
of Irvine for the use of the funds over a 30-year period. An amendment is recommended for  
Board of Directors’ approval to allow Orange County Transportation Authority to both to  
continue provide some iShuttle service and provide funding and transfer iShuttle vehicles  
to the City of Irvine for a new iShuttle pilot transit service.  
Recommendation  
Authorize the Chief Executive Officer or his designee to negotiate and execute  
Amendment No. 9 to Cooperative Agreement No. C-0-1892, which allows both the City of  
Irvine and the Orange County Transportation Authority to use Proposition 116 payback  
funds to support ongoing transit services in and the transfer of vehicles to the City of Irvine.  
Attachments:  
Staff Report  
Attachment A  
6.  
2024 Project  
for Projects  
V
Community-Based Transit/Circulators Program Guidelines and Call  
Adrian Salazar/Kia Mortazavi  
Overview  
The Measure M2 Community-Based Transit Circulators Program provides competitive  
funding to local jurisdictions for local transit services designed to complement regional  
transit services. Updated program guidelines for the 2024 call for projects are presented  
for review and approval. With Board of Directors approval, staff will issue the call for  
projects and return with project funding recommendations in spring 2024.  
Recommendations  
A.  
Approve proposed revisions to the Comprehensive Transportation Funding  
Programs guidelines for the Project  
Program.  
V
Community-Based Transit Circulators  
B.  
Authorize staff to issue the 2024 Measure M2 Community-Based Transit Circulators  
Program call for projects.  
Attachments:  
Staff Report  
Attachment A  
Attachment B  
Regular Calendar  
There are no Regular Calendar matters.  
Discussion Items  
7.  
OC Streetcar Project Video Update  
Ross Lew/James G. Beil  
Overview  
Staff will show a video highlighting OC Streetcar construction activities within the Pacific  
Electric Right-of Way, including the Maintenance and Storage Facility.  
8.  
OC Bus and OC ACCESS Services Update  
Kim Tucker/Johnny Dunning, Jr.  
Overview  
Staff will provide an update on the OC Bus and OC ACCESS Services.  
Attachments:  
Presentation  
9.  
Public Comments  
10.  
11.  
12.  
Chief Executive Officer's Report  
Committee Members' Reports  
Adjournment  
The next regularly scheduled meeting of this Committee will be held:  
9:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 14, 2023  
OCTA Headquarters  
550 South Main Street  
Orange, California