Metro - File #: 2023-0099

• File #: 2023-0099
• Type: Program
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/10/2023
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 5/25/2023
• Final action: 5/25/2023
• Title: CONSIDER: A. APPROVING $1,947,500 in Measure M High Desert Multipurpose Corridor (HDMC) funds identified in the Expenditure Plan for Right-Of-Way acquisition to be repurposed to the High Desert Corridor (HDC) Joint Powers Agency (JPA) for the FY 24 work program; and B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to negotiate and execute all necessary funding agreements with the HDC JPA.
• Sponsors: Program Management (Department), Maria Luk
• Indexes: Agreements, Americans With Disabilities Act, Automatic vehicle location, Board approved Life-of-Project Budget, Budget, Budgeting, California Environmental Quality Act, California High Speed Rail, California High Speed Rail Authority, California State Transportation Agency, Funding plan, Grant Aid, High Desert Corridor, High speed rail, Joint Powers Agreement, Los Angeles Union Station, Measure M, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Metrolink Antelope Valley Line, National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969, North Los Angeles County subregion, Palmdale, Partnerships, Plan, Program, Project, Record Of Decision, Ridership, Strategic planning

Date	Action By	Action	Result
5/25/2023	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
5/17/2023	Planning and Programming Committee

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MAY 17, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: HIGH DESERT CORRIDOR FY24 WORK PROGRAM

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. APPROVING $1,947,500 in Measure M High Desert Multipurpose Corridor (HDMC) funds identified in the Expenditure Plan for Right-Of-Way acquisition to be repurposed to the High Desert Corridor (HDC) Joint Powers Agency (JPA) for the FY 24 work program; and

B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to negotiate and execute all necessary funding agreements with the HDC JPA.

Issue
ISSUE

The HDC JPA has requested that Metro provide funding for the FY 24 HDC work program, which includes mobilization costs leading toward 30% design of the HDC (See Attachment A).

Background
BACKGROUND

The HDMC project, a Measure M Expenditure Plan project, comprises a High Speed Rail (HSR) component project, which will implement a new 54-mile east-west rail alignment between the future Palmdale Multimodal HSR Station and the Brightline West Station in Victor Valley. The HDMC HSR Project (Project) will link the Metrolink Antelope Valley Line (AVL) with two future HSR lines-California HSR and Brightline West. At Palmdale, Project riders will be able to transfer to AVL for connections south to Los Angeles and to the north with the planned California HSR service to the Bay Area (see Attachment B). Brightline West is a new privately funded HSR service that will connect Las Vegas with Victor Valley and, ultimately, Rancho Cucamonga, where riders can connect to the Metrolink San Bernardino Line for connections to Los Angeles.

The Project is consistent with the State Rail Plan's overall objective to improve the connectivity of California's planned rail network. The Project also supports the State's ambitious greenhouse gas reduction efforts and provides economic development and mobility benefits for a region that includes many historically underserved, low-income, a...