Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 17, 2016
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Subject/Action
SUBJECT: PURPLE LINE EXTENSION SECTION 3 (OPERATION SHOVEL READY)
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS
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RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. AUTHORIZING staff to begin the necessary steps to advance the project delivery of the Westside Purple Line Extension Project - Section 3 (Century City to Westwood/VA Hospital) as part of a the larger package of the Shovel Ready Program of Projects which includes the advancement of other Measure R projects;
B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to execute Contract Modification No. 58 to Contract No. PS43502000 with Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) Inc. to provide continued advanced preliminary engineering, design for advanced relocation of utilities, engineering support services during solicitation processes, and design support services during construction for Section 3 of the Westside Purple Line Extension Project, in an amount not to exceed $28,085,033, increasing the total contract value from $161,785,321 to $189,870,354; and
C. AMENDING the Fiscal Year 2016 (FY16) Budget for the Westside Purple Line Extension Project - Section 3 by $8,000,000.
Issue
ISSUE
Metro will aggressively move forward in bringing transit, highway and regional rail projects closer to the implementation stage. Bringing these projects to a "shovel-ready" state allows Metro to take advantage of potential opportunities that may develop and allow the projects to advance into the design and construction stage sooner rather than later.
"OPERATION Shovel Ready" potential opportunities may include those related to funding, grants, private sector participation and local community support. If these projects are not advanced to a shovel ready state, Metro may not be able to take advantage of future, unexpected opportunities.
Moving these projects closer to a shovel-ready state, does not nece...
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