Metro - File #: 2025-0842

• File #: 2025-0842
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 9/17/2025
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 11/19/2025
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. EXECUTE Modification No.10 to Contract No. AE60979000 with Michael Baker International (MBI) in the amount of $4,833,337 to provide additional professional services for the Westbound State Route 91 - Alondra Boulevard to Shoemaker Avenue Improvements Project (WB SR-91) - Plans, Specifications and Estimate phase (PS&E) or Final Design, increasing the contract value from $12,614,738 to $17,448,075; and extending the period of performance from December 31, 2025 to December 31, 2030; B. AMEND the existing Cooperative Agreement with Caltrans to add $2,081,000 in funding to complete final design, prepare all necessary documents, and advertise, award, and approve the project for construction; and C. EXECUTE a third-party Cooperative Agreement with the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) to fulfill the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) Section 401 permit compensatory mitigation requirement for this project's permanen...
• Sponsors: Program Management (Department), Maria Luk
• Indexes: "Hot Spots" Program, Americans With Disabilities Act, Artesia, Bicycling, Budgeting, Cerritos, Complete streets, Conservation, Construction, Contracts, Gateway Cities subregion, Grant Aid, I-405, I-5, I-605, I-605 Hot Spots- Wb (Westbound) Sr-91 Improvements From Alondra To Shoemaker (Project), Interchanges, Measure M, Measure R, Mitigation, Multimodal, National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969, Norwalk, Procurement, Professional Services, Project, Ramps (Interchanges), Safety, Sidewalks, Southern California Highways, Strategic planning, Traffic safety, Transfers, Water control

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 19, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: WESTBOUND STATE ROUTE 91 - ALONDRA TO SHOEMAKER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATIONS

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:

A. EXECUTE Modification No.10 to Contract No. AE60979000 with Michael Baker International (MBI) in the amount of $4,833,337 to provide additional professional services for the Westbound State Route 91 - Alondra Boulevard to Shoemaker Avenue Improvements Project (WB SR-91) - Plans, Specifications and Estimate phase (PS&E) or Final Design, increasing the contract value from $12,614,738 to $17,448,075; and extending the period of performance from December 31, 2025 to December 31, 2030;

B. AMEND the existing Cooperative Agreement with Caltrans to add $2,081,000 in funding to complete final design, prepare all necessary documents, and advertise, award, and approve the project for construction; and

C. EXECUTE a third-party Cooperative Agreement with the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) to fulfill the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) Section 401 permit compensatory mitigation requirement for this project's permanent wetland impacts, in the amount of $126,000.

Issue
ISSUE

The Modification for Contract No. AE60979000 is necessary to complete the Project's final design, transfer the project to Caltrans to manage final design and construction, and prepare all required documents and approvals for advertisement, award, and construction. The modification will also support execution of the corresponding amendment to the existing Cooperative Agreement with Caltrans, which will define roles and responsibilities and provide funding for Caltrans staff to review the design work.

Through a separate agreement with the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA), Metro-via Caltrans-will fund MRCA to implement restoration, preservation, and/or creation of habitat pri...