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CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
Subject
SUBJECT: EAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT - ADVANCED UTILITY RELOCATION DESIGN FOR DWP
Action
ACTION: AUTHORIZE CONTRACT MODIFICATION FOR FINAL DESIGN OF ADVANCED UTILITY RELOCATION FOR DWP DESIGN PACKAGE 2&3
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RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to execute Modification No. 26 to Contract No. AE58083E0129 with Gannett Fleming, Inc. for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Project, for the final design of advanced utility relocation for DWP Design Package 2&3, in the amount of $1,926,053, increasing the total Contract amount from $74,851,987 to $76,778,040.
Background
BACKGROUND
The Project is a light rail system that will extend north from the Van Nuys Metro G-Line, previously known as the Metro Orange Line, station to the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station, a total of 9.2 miles with 14 at-grade stations. The Metro Board certified the Final Environmental Impact Report on December 3, 2020. The Project achieved Record of Decision on January 29, 2021. The Project is currently finalizing the preliminary engineering design, with street improvements and guideway design advanced to 60 percent and all other design elements (stations, maintenance facility and systems) to 30 percent. Final design for select advanced utility relocations is also being advanced.
Included in the Project environmental document was the initial operating segment (IOS) defined as the southern 6.7 miles of the Project alignment. The IOS is street running in the middle of Van Nuys Boulevard and includes 11 at-grade stations along with the maintenance facility. The remaining northern 2.5-mile environmentally cleared segment is going through additional analysis as directed by the Board in December 2020 and is not included in the IOS.
As the IOS was cleared and the design has advanced, the IOS portion of the Project is proceeding into the next phase of final design and...
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