High-Speed Rail Presentation at the 2010 Riverside County Transportation Commission Workshop - January 29, 2010. RCTC member Mayor Karen Spiegel in attendance.

1. Riverside County High-Speed Rail Update
High Speed
January 29, 2010

2. California’s Plan
800-
800-mile system
Steel wheel on steel
rail
100% clean electric
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power
Maximum operating
speed of 220 mph
Dedicated track,
,
grade-
grade-separated
Safe and reliable

3. Altamont Pass
Merced -
San Francisco - Sacramento
San Jose
Central Valley -
San Jose
Merced -
Bakersfield
Palmdale -
Bakersfield
Los Angeles -
Palmdale
Los Angeles - Los Angele
Anaheim San Diego

4. Los Angeles -
Sa
San Diego
ego
Includes
Commission
supported I-15 option
I-
160
160+ miles
Eight potential
stations
Strong intermodal
connectivity
Four counties
Three Caltrans
districts
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5. Los Angeles - San Diego
Project Overview
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Description 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Notice of Intent/Notice of Preparation (NOI/NOP)
Scoping Process We are here
Scoping Meetings
Alternatives Analysis We are here
Draft Project Description
15% Engineering
Environmental Technical Reports
Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental
Impact Statement (EIR/EIS)
Selection of Preferred Alignment Alternatives and
Station Locations
30% Engineering
Final EIR/EIS
Record of Decision/Notice of Determination (ROD/NOD)

6. 2009 Business Plan
• Updated Plan with more details that
previous effort.
• Identify organization changes
• Establishes outreach program
• More information on ridership and
financial data than previous reports.

7. Legislative Analyst Report
• Improved Outreach and System Details
• Inadequate and Incomplete Discussion
of Risk
– No risk management strategy
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Unknown confidence i projections
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– Inadequate discussion of types of risks
• Uninformative Timelines
– Inconsistent order of events

8. Los Angeles County
DRAFT
9/09

9. San Bernardino County
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DRAFT
9/09

10. Riverside County
DRAFT 9/09

11. San Diego County
DRAFT
9/09

12. Southern California Inland
Corridor Group (
p (MOU Partners)
)
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13. Local Working Group
Riverside County Technical Working Group
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Last Met in December 9, 2009
• Caltrans District 8 • County of Riverside
• CHSRA • SCAG
• City of Corona • SCAQMD
• City of Lake Elsinore • March JPA
• City of Menifee • RCTC
• City of Moreno Valley • RTA
• City of Murrieta • University of California, Riverside
• City of Perris • WRCOG
• City f Riverside
Cit of Ri id • Riverside County Board of
• City of San Jacinto Supervisors
• City of Temecula • CVAG
• City of Wildomar • Sunline
• Local Tribes, Morongo,
Pechanga, Soboba

14. Public Scoping Meetings
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: Sept 17 – Nov 20, 2009
Sept. Nov. 20
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Monday, October 19 – Murrieta 95 Attendees
Murrieta Public Library
Tuesday, October 20 – Corona 45 Attendees
Corona Public Library - West Room
Thursday,
Thursday October 22 – Riverside 53 Attendees
Bobby Bonds Park
Cesar Chavez Community Center
Received 732 comments from Riverside County

15. Scoping Comments
Right-of- a
Right-of-way needs
Noise/vibration (adjacency impacts)
Parking/localized traffic i
P ki /l li d t ffi impactst
Financing
Station l
St ti locations should provide regional
ti h ld id i l
multimodal connections and be located near
planned smart growth areas
Concerned about physical barrier created by
HST,
HST especially in older cities with historic
districts

16. Alternatives Analysis
Today 12/2010
Conduct
Conduct Revise Outreach
Outreach Prepare
Initial Prepare to
Initial to PMT/ Alternatives
Development Alternatives Agencies
Development Agencies Authority/ Analysis
of Analysis and Public
of and Public FRA/AG ( )
(AA) Final
Alternatives
Alternatives Report Review Report
AA Report OPEN
Section
HOUSE
Make
Coordination Conduct Project Prepare Draft
Presentation to
with SoCal ICG Alternatives Project
CHSRA
& TWGs Staff Workshop Description
Board
Ongoing Community & Agency Meetings, Outreach & Communications

17. High-Speed Rail Funding
• $40-$45 Billion State Program
$40 $45
• State Of California – Nov 2008 Prop 1A
– $9 billion for a statewide high-speed rail program
– Additional $950 million for connecting services
(ie. Intercity Trains, Metrolink, LA Metro, BART, etc)
– Core section eligible for first round construction
funding Anaheim to San Francisco only.
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– Other sections such as LA to San Diego are eligible
for planning funds.
- F d l F di 25 33% of C t ti C t
Federal Funding 25-33% f Construction Costs
$10 – 12 billion (New ARRA Program?)
- Public Private Partnerships from
$4.5
$4 5 – $7 billion.
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18. Federal HSR ARRA Funding
• $8 Billion Available Nationally in ARRA
– $50 billion in applications from 24 states
• Aug 09 - California Submitted
$1.1 Billion in “Tracks 1,3,4” – HSR and
Intercity Service
– Includes $75 million in PTC – Metrolink
– $38 million triple track LA-Fullerton
• Oct 09 – California Submitted
$4.8 Billion “Track 2” Application for HSR
– I l d d $42 5 million f LA S Di
Included $42.5 illi for LA-San Diego via th
i the
Inland Empire route for NEPA/CEQA doc