In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), OCTA has prepared several documents, including the Notice of Intent and Mitigated Negative Declaration, which are now available for public review. To access all the documents, including the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration and all the Appendices, please click on the Resources tab on the top of this webpage then select the individual titles, which will open for review.
The public comment period begins October 30, 2018 and ends November 30, 2018 at 5:00 P.M.
All comments regarding the Mitigated Negative Declaration must be made in writing and received in the Capital Programs office no later than
5:00 P.M. on the last day of the public review period. Please address comments to: Mr. George Olivo, Program
Manager, Capital Programs - Facilities Engineering, 550 South Main Street, Orange, CA 92863 - 1584. Please reference
OCTA TSOC in any correspondence. Comments may also be sent by e-mail to: TSOC_IS_MND_Comments@octa.net
Project Overview
The Orange County Transportation Authority's (OCTA) operational and security functions are currently centralized at its "Garden Grove Annex" (Annex) building. This existing facility is currently inadequate to provide space for transit security and operations. Space is unavailable for expected growth or addition of new functions that are required by OCTA's projected operations. In addition, structural upgrades to the Annex building requires meeting essential services facility standards in California, which may not be feasible due to existing structural limitations of the Annex and disruption of operations while upgrades are undertaken.
The planned Transit Security and Operations Center (TSOC) will be designed to current essential services standards per the latest edition of the California Building Code. TSOC will generally house some of Annex functions, provide adequate spaces for these functions, improve efficiency of room layouts, and provide space for future functions and/or expansion.
