Meeting_Body
PLANNING & PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 17, 2021
Subject
SUBJECT: WEST SANTA ANA BRANCH TRANSIT CORRIDOR PROJECT
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Modification No. 13 to Contract No. AE5999300 with WSP USA Inc. to provide additional environmental technical work during the completion of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement / Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) in the amount of $1,302,845, increasing the Total Contract Value from $28,484,036 to $29,786,881, and extend the period of performance through June 30, 2022.
Issue
ISSUE
This is a request to authorize the necessary additional funds to professional services Contract No. AE5999300. A Contract Modification is necessary as additional Conceptual Engineering (CE) and technical analysis is needed for the Draft EIS/EIR in response to FTA comments and in coordination with Metro Departments and direction from Metro's Senior Leadership. The additional work will also help to inform and support the Final EIS/EIR once the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) is selected by the Board, currently anticipated in January 2022. As the additional work is part of a separate, but related, work effort from the Final EIS/EIR, extending the period of performance through June 30, 2022 is necessary. Delaying this additional work to a future date would pose significant delays to the overall project schedule and risk that the project would be unable to meet its Measure M schedule.
Background
BACKGROUND
The West Santa Ana Branch (WSAB) Project (Attachment A) is a proposed light rail transit (LRT) line along a 19-mile corridor from southeast Los Angeles County to Downtown Los Angeles serving the cities and communities of Artesia, Cerritos, Bellflower, Paramount, Downey, South Gate, Cudahy, Bell, Huntington Park, Vernon, unincorporated Florence-Graham community, and downtown Los Angeles. This rail corridor is anticip...
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