Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Subject
SUBJECT: EAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT - FIELD INVESTIGATION OF UTILITIES
Action
ACTION: AUTHORIZE A CONTRACT MODIFICATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to execute Modification No. 00009 to Contract No. AE58083E0129 with Gannet Fleming, Inc. for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Project, for field confirmation of utility conflicts consisting of potholing and slot trenching along Van Nuys Blvd. for Segment A (Oxnard Blvd to Covello St.), in the amount of $1,691,789 increasing the total Contract amount from $62,028,016 to $63,719,805.
Background
BACKGROUND
The East San Fernando Valley (ESFV) Light Rail Transit Project (Project) is a light rail system that will extend north from the Van Nuys Metro Orange Line station to the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station, a total of 9.2 miles with 14 at-grade stations. Light rail trains will operate in the median of Van Nuys Boulevard for 6.7 miles to San Fernando Road. From there, they will transition onto existing Metro right-of-way and follow a shared corridor with Metrolink and freight for 2.5 miles to the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station.
On June 28, 2018, the Metro Board approved the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) as Alternative 4: Light Rail Transit (LRT). The Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) / Environmental Impact Report (EIR) are expected to be presented to the Metro Board for certification before end of 2020 along with the FTA issuing a Record of Decision (ROD).
Metro continues to advance the Project design in anticipation of the procurement for a Design Build contractor to begin in 2021 and conclude with a selection in 2022. Groundbreaking for construction is scheduled to begin in 2022. The schedule for advancing the design, which includes utility investigations, and preparing solicitation documents is critical to achieve groundbreaking ...
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