Metro - File #: 2021-0620

• File #: 2021-0620
• Type: Contract
• Status: Consent Calendar
• File created: 9/16/2021
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 1/27/2022
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to award and execute a 12-month firm fixed price Task Order AE75285-5433000 under Countywide Planning and Development Bench Contract No. PS54330006 to Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. for the Alameda Street Mobility Project Study Report/Project Development Report (PSR-PDS) in an amount of $1,119,015.68. Board approval of task order award is subject to resolution of all property submitted protest(s), if any.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Budgeting, City of Los Angeles, Construction, Contracts, Downtown Los Angeles, El Monte Busway, El Monte Busway Improvements, I-101, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles Union Station, Master Transportation Plan For Union Station (Project), Metro Rail A Line, Partnerships, Pedestrians, Procurement, Project, Project Status Report, Safety, Southern California Association Of Governments, Strategic planning, Union Station Master Plan, Walking, Westside/Central Service Sector
• Related files: 2022-0109

Date	Action By	Action	Result
1/27/2022	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
1/19/2022	Planning and Programming Committee

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JANUARY 19, 2022

Subject
SUBJECT: ALAMEDA STREET MOBILITY PROJECT STUDY REPORT/PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to award and execute a 12-month firm fixed price Task Order AE75285-5433000 under Countywide Planning and Development Bench Contract No. PS54330006 to Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. for the Alameda Street Mobility Project Study Report/Project Development Report (PSR-PDS) in an amount of $1,119,015.68. Board approval of task order award is subject to resolution of all property submitted protest(s), if any.

Issue
ISSUE

Metro is leading two funded active transportation projects along Alameda Street in downtown Los Angeles between 1st Street and Commercial Street (Eastside Access Improvements) and between Arcadia Street and Cesar E. Chavez Avenue (LA Union Station Forecourt and Esplanade Improvements). Once these two projects are constructed, there will be an active transportation gap on Alameda Street over the 101 overpass, between Commercial Street and Arcadia Street (Attachment A-Alameda Esplanade Gap).

During the LAUS Forecourt and Esplanade Improvements (LAUS FEI) environmental and stakeholder engagement process, Metro received consistent feedback from stakeholders, including the City of Los Angeles (City), regarding the need to explore strategies to close the active transportation gap along Alameda Street and improvements to the El Monte Busway. In response, Metro committed to prepare a PSR-PDS in partnership with the City and Caltrans.

Background
BACKGROUND

Metro purchased LAUS in 2011 and shortly thereafter prepared the Union Station Master Plan (USMP) to transform Union Station into a world-class facility. Concurrently, Metro, in partnership with the City, County of Los Angeles (County), the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Caltrans and community stak...