File #: 2025-0166   
Type: Budget Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 2/24/2025 In control: Planning and Programming Committee
On agenda: 5/14/2025 Final action:
Title: CONSIDER: A. APPROVING $11,937,350 in Measure M High Desert Multipurpose Corridor (HDMC) funds identified in the Expenditure Plan for Right-Of-Way (ROW) acquisition to be repurposed to the High Desert Corridor (HDC) Joint Powers Agency (JPA) for the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) work program; and B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee to negotiate and execute all necessary funding agreements with the HDC JPA.
Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
Indexes: Agreements, Alignment, Budget, Budgeting, California High Speed Rail, California High Speed Rail Authority, California State Transportation Agency, Freeway service patrols, Grant Aid, High Desert Corridor, High speed rail, Joint Powers Agreement, North Los Angeles County subregion, Palmdale, Plan, Program, Project, Record Of Decision, Strategic planning
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - HDC JPA Funding Request, 2. Attachment B - HDC Corridor Map, 3. Attachment C - Metro Board Actions in Support of HDC, 4. Attachment D - HDC JPA FY26 Work Program Budget Detail, 5. Presentation
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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MAY 14, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: HIGH DESERT CORRIDOR FY26 WORK PROGRAM

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. APPROVING $11,937,350 in Measure M High Desert Multipurpose Corridor (HDMC) funds identified in the Expenditure Plan for Right-Of-Way (ROW) acquisition to be repurposed to the High Desert Corridor (HDC) Joint Powers Agency (JPA) for the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) work program; and

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

Issue
ISSUE

The Metro Board is a member agency of the HDC JPA and annually programs Measure M funds dedicated to the HDMC to support the HDC JPA's efforts to advance the HDMC High Speed Rail alignment through the FRA's Corridor Identification and Development Program. The HDC JPA has requested Metro program Measure M funding for the FY26 HDC JPA work program to advance the project's planning, environmental, and advanced conceptual services (Attachment A) to support the project's advancement through the FRA planning process.
Background
BACKGROUND

The HDMC, features the implementation of a new 54-mile east-west High-Speed Rail (HSR alignment (the Project) between the future Palmdale Multimodal HSR Station in Los Angeles County and the Brightline West (BLW) Station in Victor Valley in San Bernardino County. The HDMC is funded through Measure R and Measure M with each listing the Project in their respective expenditure plans. Metro programs funds for the Project annually to advance its progress through a rigorous Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) grants process known as the Corridor Identification and Development Program (CIDP), which was created in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (2021).
The Project will link the Metrolink Antelope Valley Line (AVL) with two future HSR lines - California High Speed Rail Authority (CAHSR...

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