File #: 2023-0404   
Type: Project Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 6/6/2023 In control: Construction Committee
On agenda: 10/19/2023 Final action: 10/26/2023
Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to approve the Addendum and adopt its Findings (Attachment A).
Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
Indexes: Budget, Budgeting, California Environmental Quality Act, Certification, Construction, Easements, East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Project, East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor, Environmental Impact Report, Environmental impact statements, Federal Transit Administration, Full Funding Grant Agreement, Light rail transit, Metro Busway G Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Metrolink, National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969, Project, Record Of Decision, Strategic planning, Temporary Construction Easement, Traffic congestion, Travel time, Vans
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - CEQA Addendum, 2. Presentation
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CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 19, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: CEQA ADDENDUM FOR THE EAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to approve the Addendum and adopt its Findings (Attachment A).

Issue
ISSUE

The East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor (ESFVTC) Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) has completed Certification by the Board in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Since Certification of the environmental document in December 2020, the project has undergone Preliminary Engineering to further develop the design of the project which has resulted in updates to the project description. The Summary of project description updates is included in the CEQA Addendum (Attachment A).

Background
BACKGROUND

In December 2020, the Metro Board certified the Final EIR for the ESFVTC Project, a 9.2-mile light rail project with 14 at-grade stations, from the Metro G Line (Orange) Van Nuys Station at the south, to the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station to the north. The Board also approved a 6.7-mile segment along Van Nuys Boulevard, from the Metro G Line (Orange) Van Nuys Station to an interim terminus station at Van Nuys Boulevard/San Fernando Road, as an initial operating segment (IOS). This segment is known as the ESFV Light Rail Transit Project (Southern Segment), and it includes 11 stations and one Maintenance and Storage Facility (MSF).

Since the Board's certification of the ESFVTC Final EIR in December 2020, the ESFV Light Rail Transit (Southern Segment) project team has refined the project design to accommodate and meet City of Los Angeles standards. A detailed description of the changes to the Project Description is provided in the attached Addendum to the EIR (Attachment A).


Discussion
DISCUSSION

California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)

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