Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JULY 16, 2025
Subject
SUBJECT: ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION HOUSING ACCELERATION FUND
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. ADOPTING a resolution of the Board of Directors ("Board") of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("Metro") approving the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") to receive funding from the Southern California Association of Governments ("SCAG") for the Regional Early Action Planning Grant Program of 2021 (Attachment A);
B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), or designee, to negotiate and execute an MOU between SCAG and Metro in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 to create an Environmental Remediation Housing Acceleration Fund; and
C. AUTHORIZING the CEO, or designee, to commit $1,000,000 as a local match requirement for the Environmental Remediation Housing Acceleration Fund.
Issue
ISSUE
Metro has a plan to deliver 10,000 housing units (5,000 of which will be income-restricted) on Metro-owned property by 2031. Some of the properties available for housing development may be impacted by environmental contamination, the assessment and remediation of which must be completed before a project can break ground. To accelerate the delivery of housing on Metro-owned land, staff are seeking Board authority to negotiate and execute an MOU with SCAG to receive a grant of $5 million which will allow Metro to create an Environmental Remediation Housing Acceleration Fund ("Fund") that would be used to complete environmental assessments and remediation on future housing sites. SCAG requires an official action from Metro's governing body in the form of an authorizing resolution to award the funds.
Background
BACKGROUND
In 2023, the California Department of Housing and Community Development awarded SCAG a total of $246 million to develop programs that further Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) 2.0 o...
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