Metro - File #: 2021-0764

• File #: 2021-0764
• Type: Agreement
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/19/2021
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 1/27/2022
• Final action: 1/27/2022
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or her designee to: A. EXECUTE the terms and conditions of the $34,515,458.00 Safe, Clean Water (SCW) Program grant awarded to Metro for the Metro G Line (Orange) Water Infiltration and Quality Project by the Los Angeles County SCW Regional Infrastructure Program; and B. NEGOTIATE and EXECUTE the terms and conditions of a cost sharing agreement with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to contribute $11,088,000.00 towards the project.
• Sponsors: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Commit
• Indexes: Alignment, Bus rapid transit, Cleaning, Construction, Grant Aid, Groundwater, Los Angeles River, Maintenance practices, Metro Busway G Line, Operations and Maintenance, Orange Line Bus Rapid Transit Improvements, Program, Project, Project management, San Fernando, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, Strategic planning, Transfers, Transit buses, Water quality
• Related files: 2022-0109

Date	Action By	Action	Result
1/27/2022	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
1/20/2022	Executive Management Committee

Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JANUARY 20, 2022



Subject
SUBJECT: FUNDING AGREEMENTS FOR THE SAFE, CLEAN WATER PROGRAM (MEASURE W) GRANT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or her designee to:

A. EXECUTE the terms and conditions of the $34,515,458.00 Safe, Clean Water (SCW) Program grant awarded to Metro for the Metro G Line (Orange) Water Infiltration and Quality Project by the Los Angeles County SCW Regional Infrastructure Program; and

B. NEGOTIATE and EXECUTE the terms and conditions of a cost sharing agreement with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) to contribute $11,088,000.00 towards the project.

Issue
ISSUE

Metro is on its way to achieve operational water management goals identified in the 2020 10-Year Sustainability Strategic Plan. The agency is in partnership with other agencies and utilities in this effort including a specific commitment to increase stormwater capture capacity and infiltration by 15% from 2020 baseline levels.

In October 2020, Metro submitted a grant application and feasibility study to the Los Angeles County Safe, Clean Water Regional Infrastructure Program (established through Measure W) requesting funding for the Metro G Line (Orange) Water Infiltration and Quality Project (Project). This project would implement stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) along the G Line (Orange) right-of-way and Metro-owned parcels to capture, treat, and infiltrate stormwater from over 2,300 acres of drainage area in the San Fernando Valley. The Project would be integrated into the planned Metro G Line (Orange) Bus Rapid Transit Improvement Project and provide a variety of co-benefits to both the local community and region, including stormwater management, groundwater recharge, and flood risk reduction.

On September 15, 2021, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved funding for the Project as one of the recip...