Metro - File #: 2023-0255

• File #: 2023-0255
• Type: Plan
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/6/2023
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 7/18/2024
• Final action: 7/25/2024
• Title: ADOPT the staff recommendation for the official and operational station name for the City of LA station on Metro Rail's Purple (D Line) Extension Section 2: * Official Station Name: Century City o Operational Station Name: Century City
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Budgeting, Business districts, Business Improvement District, Central Los Angeles subregion, Century City, City of Los Angeles, Commerce, Construction, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Intersections, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Outreach, Plan, Policy, Project, San Fernando Valley subregion, South Bay Cities subregion, Surveys, Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative, Westside Cities subregion, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 1, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2, Westside/Central Service Sector

Date	Action By	Action	Result
7/25/2024	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JULY 18, 2024

Subject
SUBJECT: RAIL STATION NAME FOR WESTSIDE PURPLE (D LINE) EXTENSION, SECTION 2 (CITY OF LA)

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
ADOPT the staff recommendation for the official and operational station name for the City of LA station on Metro Rail's Purple (D Line) Extension Section 2:
* Official Station Name: Century City
o Operational Station Name: Century City

Issue
ISSUE

Metro is procuring signage and other permanent station identification materials for the Westside Purple (D Line) Extension Project, Section 2 station. As construction is fully underway an official and operational station name that is consistent with Metro's Property Naming Policy needs to be adopted by the Board to enable Metro's contractor to produce wayfinding and station signage for the new station.

Background
BACKGROUND

The revenue service date for the Westside Purple (D Line) Extension Project, Section 2 is expected to be Summer 2026. The project is currently making significant headway as tunneling for Section 2 has been completed. In accordance with Metro's Property Naming Policy, Community Relations began soliciting suggestions for permanent station names from community stakeholders, which included residents, commercial stakeholders, the Business Improvement District, and the chamber of commerce in late 2022. The station is in the City of Los Angeles' Century City, at the intersection of Constellation Blvd. and Avenue of the Stars, and is known by its placeholder name, Century City/Constellation.

The 2003 Board-approved Property Naming Policy states that rail stations will be named in a simple and straightforward way to assist customers in navigating the system and the region. The policy states that names must be brief enough for quick recognition and retention, and must be based primarily on geographic location, referring to a nearby street or freeway, a well-known des...