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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Subject
SUBJECT: FIRST/LAST MILE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. RECEIVING AND FILING First/Last Mile (FLM) Project Prioritization Methodology (Attachment B); and
B. ADOPTING Prioritized Project Lists (Attachment A) for previously adopted FLM plans for the following plans:
1. Aviation/96th Street Station, adopted June 27, 2019 (File #2019-0170)
2. East San Fernando Valley, adopted December 3, 2020 (File #2019-0431)
3. Gold Line Foothill Extension 2B, adopted June 27, 2019 (File #2019-0170)
4. Purple Line Extension Sections 2 & 3, adopted May 28, 2020 (File #2020-0111)
Issue
ISSUE
In 2019 and 2020, the Metro Board of Directors adopted multiple FLM plans for future rail lines and stations. Each plan directed staff to report back to the Board with recommended next steps that are consistent with procedures and commitments in the FLM Guidelines (Guidelines). The Board subsequently adopted the Guidelines (May 2021, File #2020-0365), which committed and described a project prioritization process focusing on safety. The Project Prioritization Methodology (Attachment B) has been completed and applied to the above-referenced FLM plans, resulting in Prioritized Projects Lists for each plan.
Board approval of the Prioritized Project Lists in this report would amend previously Board-approved FLM plans - which was called for in the Guidelines - and facilitate local jurisdiction implementation of certain priority projects identified in those plans. Local jurisdictions may choose to implement the priority projects to receive credit toward the 3% local contribution, pending negotiation of necessary agreements, and based on terms established in the FLM Guidelines.
Background
BACKGROUND
The adopted Guidelines note that a prioritization methodology has been piloted on past FLM plans. The Guidelines further prompted the devel...
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