Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MARCH 16, 2022
Subject
SUBJECT: EAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SUPPLEMENTAL ANALYSIS OF SYLMAR/SAN FERNANDO TO VAN NUYS BOULEVARD
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award and execute a 23-month (Phase 1: five (5) months and optional Phase 2: up to eighteen (18) months), firm fixed price Task Order No. PS80628-5433000 under Countywide Planning and Development Bench Contract No. PS54330021 to Mott MacDonald for professional services to complete the Supplemental Analysis on the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor (ESFVTC) from Sylmar/San Fernando to Van Nuys Boulevard in the amount of $1,806,223 (Phase 1: $343,218 and Optional Phase 2: $1,463,005.). Board approval of task order award is subject to resolution of all properly submitted protest(s) if any.
Issue
ISSUE
At its December 2020 meeting, the Metro Board approved Motion 10.1, instructing staff to prepare a plan to complete additional studies along a 2.5-mile segment within the Antelope Valley shared right-of-way (ROW), from the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station to Van Nuys Boulevard. These studies will address traffic and safety concerns raised by the Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA or Metrolink) and the City of San Fernando on the ESFVTC Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR).
Background
BACKGROUND
At the February 2021 Metro Board meeting, staff presented a plan for completing the required studies, as requested in Motion 10.1 in December 2020. Staff subsequently finalized the scope of services and were prepared to negotiate the initial procurement using the Regional Rail On-Call Contract. However, in late May 2021, the identified contractor declined this contract due to a potential conflict with future work opportunities on the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Project (Phase 1). Staff subsequently procured...
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