Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
APRIL 14, 2021
Subject
SUBJECT: WEST SANTA ANA BRANCH (WSAB) TRANSIT CORRIDOR PROJECT
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to APPROVE additional funding of $353,530 and an extension to December 2022 of the existing Funding Agreement (FA# 920000000FACGGC03) with the Gateway Cities Council of Governments (COG) for Third-Party Administration participation in the WSAB environmental clearance study.
Issue
ISSUE
This is a request to authorize a time extension and additional funds to the existing Funding Agreement with the Gateway Cities COG. Funding Agreement 920000000FACGGC03 (Attachment A) was executed in October 2016 and included a Term of Agreement that ended on September 30, 2020.
The Agreement included a budget of $700,000 for corridor cities, the Gateway Cities COG and the Eco-Rapid Transit (Eco-Rapid) Joint Powers Authority (JPA) to participate in the Transit Oriented Communities (TOC) activities, environmental clearance study, participation in the WSAB City Managers Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), and other efforts. To date, several cities along with Eco-Rapid and the Gateway Cities COG have expended all of the funds allotted to them for this effort. Extending the Term of Agreement and providing additional funding is necessary to ensure that each of the corridor cities and Eco-Rapid participates in the review of the environmental document.
Background
BACKGROUND
In February 2016, the Board approved Motion 32.1 (Attachment B) authorizing up to $18 million to facilitate TOC predevelopment and planning activities for the WSAB Project in coordination with the City and County of Los Angeles, the Gateway Cities COG and the Eco-Rapid JPA. Multiple Funding Agreements have been executed to date as part of a collaborative effort to support Motion 32.1, including:
* A June 2016 Funding Agreement with the Gateway Ci...
Click here for full text