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FINANCE, BUDGET & AUDIT COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 16, 2016
Subject/Action
SUBJECT: METROLINK REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR TRACK AND STRUCTURE REHABILITATION WORK
ACTION: APPROVE LIMITED PRE-CONTRACT AWARD AUTHORITY TO METROLINK TO INITIATE PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES
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RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to provide Metrolink with "pre-contract award authority" to procure the contracts required for the urgent track and structure rehabilitation work reported by Metrolink at its Board Meeting on September 23, 2016.
Issue
ISSUE
On September 23, 2016, Metrolink staff provided its Board of Directors with a report for track and structure rehabilitation funding that will be required in the next 18 months for track and within 36 months for bridges and culverts totaling approximately $46.5 million. Metrolink staff has indicated that if funding is not made available by the Member Agencies, Metrolink will need to develop a plan for operations with deferred rehabilitation that will likely result in "slow orders" and service disruptions on the impacted segments beginning June 2017 (Please See Attachment A). A slow order is generally initiated when the railroad agency believes that conditions on or about the Rights of Way (ROW) prevent trains from operating at normally designated speeds which could result in substantial delays to riders or a reduction in service. Metrolink has estimated that Metro's share of this appropriation is $32.0 million.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
In October, Metrolink staff provided the Member Agencies with a report for track and structure rehabilitation funding that will be required in the next 18 months for track and within 36 months for bridges and culverts totaling approximately $46.5 million that were divided into two sets of priority groupings, A and B. Priority A is comprised of a total of $29.4 million and is regarded as a higher priority than Priority B projects totaling $17.1 million. However...
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