Metro - File #: 2024-0521

• File #: 2024-0521
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 8/2/2024
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 1/15/2025
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to discontinue the Beverly Hills North Portal Project and initiate Project closeout.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Beverly Hills, Budget, Budgeting, Century City, City of Los Angeles, Construction, Contractors, Design build, Environmental Impact Report, Informational Report, Labor, Metro Rail D Line, Pedestrians, Project, Safety, Strategic planning, Westside Cities subregion, Westside Subway Extension Section 2 (Project), Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2, Westside/Central Service Sector, Wilshire/La Cienega Station, Wilshire/Rodeo Station

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JANUARY 15, 2025


Subject
SUBJECT: BEVERLY HILLS NORTH PORTAL PROJECT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to discontinue the Beverly Hills North Portal Project and initiate Project closeout.

Issue
ISSUE

On May 7, 2024, the City of Beverly Hills City Council approved a recommendation from City staff to discontinue the Beverly Hills North Portal (North Portal) second entrance/exit to the Wilshire/Rodeo Station. The City of Beverly Hills (City) cited the forecasted cost increase beyond the budget stipulated by a settlement agreement executed between Metro and the City on November 10, 2020, as its reason for discontinuing the North Portal.

Background
BACKGROUND

The Purple Line Extension Section 2 Project (PLE2) is the second of three sections of the nine-mile Purple Line Extension. PLE2 ranges from the future Wilshire/La Cienega Station (part of the Purple Line Extension Section 1 Project) to Century City. PLE2 is located entirely underground, primarily following Wilshire Boulevard, and includes the design and construction of approximately 2.59 miles of double-track heavy rail subway and two new stations, as well as the purchase of 20 heavy rail vehicles. The Wilshire/Rodeo Station is within the jurisdiction of the City of Beverly Hills, and the Century City Station is within the jurisdiction of the City of Los Angeles.

On November 10, 2020, in response to stakeholder feedback on the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the City of Beverly Hills and Metro regarding PLE2, the City and Metro executed a settlement agreement that included a framework for developing a second entrance/exit to the Wilshire/Rodeo Station on the north side of Wilshire Boulevard. The scope of the North Portal, as described in the Settlement Agreement, included the design and construction of facilities inside and outside the Wilshire/Rodeo Station and included assistan...