Metro - File #: 2018-0129

• File #: 2018-0129
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 3/19/2018
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 5/16/2018
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to award and execute a 40-month firm fixed price Contract No. AE49369000 to Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., in the amount of $6,768,898 for a base contract to complete the Planning and Environmental Study for the North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridor and one of two optional tasks to advance the design through either 1) Advanced Conceptual Engineering (ACE) in an amount not to exceed $2,954,561, or 2) Preliminary Engineering (PE) in an amount not to exceed $4,860,264, for a total not to exceed amount of $11,629,162, subject to resolution of protest(s), if any.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Alameda Corridor East, Alternatives analysis, Arroyo Verdugo subregion, Bob Hope Airport, Brt Connector Red/Orange Line To Gold Line (Project), Budgeting, Burbank, Bus rapid transit, California Environmental Quality Act, City of Los Angeles, Contracts, Eagle Rock, Environmental Impact Report, Glendale, Housing, Measure M, Metro Busway G Line, Metro Gold Line, Metro Orange Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail L Line, Metro Red Line, North Hollywood, North San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor, Outreach, Pasadena, Procurement, Project, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, Transit buses, Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative, Westside/Central Service Sector
• Related files: 2018-0347

Date	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2018	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MAY 16, 2018

Subject
SUBJECT: NORTH HOLLYWOOD TO PASADENA BUS RAPID
TRANSIT (BRT) ENVIRONMENTAL AND PLANNING
STUDY

Action
ACTION: AWARD ARCHITECTURAL AND ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to award and execute a 40-month firm fixed price Contract No. AE49369000 to Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc., in the amount of $6,768,898 for a base contract to complete the Planning and Environmental Study for the North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridor and one of two optional tasks to advance the design through either 1) Advanced Conceptual Engineering (ACE) in an amount not to exceed $2,954,561, or 2) Preliminary Engineering (PE) in an amount not to exceed $4,860,264, for a total not to exceed amount of $11,629,162, subject to resolution of protest(s), if any.
Issue
ISSUE

The North Hollywood to Pasadena BRT Corridor is identified and funded by Measure M, with a projected opening date of Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 to FY 2024. Currently, $267 million in Measure M funds are allocated for this project. This project was also highlighted in the Twenty-Eight by '28 initiative adopted by the Board in January 2018. In order to meet the Measure M schedule, a Proposed Project for the corridor needs to be identified and environmentally cleared through an Alternatives Analysis (AA) and environmental review study.
The 28-month base contract is for both the AA and environmental review needed to complete a Draft and Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Two optional tasks are also included for up to an additional 12 months for either ACE to the 15% level of design or PE to the 30% level of design. ACE or PE would begin after a preferred alternative is selected.
Board approval of the Contract is needed in order to proceed with the AA and environmental clearance o...