Metro - File #: 2019-0787

• File #: 2019-0787
• Type: Budget
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 10/16/2019
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 11/21/2019
• Title: INCREASE the Life of Project (LOP) Budget for the Regional Connector Concurrent Non-FFGA Activities Project, capital project number 861228 by $6,450,000 to a total amount of $46,441,168. This will address critical radio system interface requirements at 7th & Metro.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: 7th Street/Metro Center Station, Budget, Budgeting, Full Funding Grant Agreement, Little Tokyo/Arts District Station, Maintenance, Maintenance practices, Measure R and Measure M Unified Cost Management Policy, Metro Blue Line, Metro Exposition Line, Metro Gold Line, Metro Purple Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail L Line, Metro Red Line, Operations and Maintenance, Project, Radio, Radio stations, Rc Non-Ffga Activities For Regional Connector (Project), Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project, Safety, Safety and security, Security, State Of Good Repair, Strategic planning

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Subject
SUBJECT: 7TH AND METRO STATION RADIO REPLACEMENT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
INCREASE the Life of Project (LOP) Budget for the Regional Connector Concurrent Non-FFGA Activities Project, capital project number 861228 by $6,450,000 to a total amount of $46,441,168. This will address critical radio system interface requirements at 7th & Metro.

Issue
ISSUE

The existing radio system at 7th & Metro station is more than 25 years old and is obsolete. The age and obsolescence of this life-expired equipment could present possible safety risks to Metro's rail operations due to potential reliability and intermittent maintenance issues. The radio infrastructure ("head-end") at 7th & Metro is uniquely critical to Metro's rail system as it currently serves the Metro Red, Purple, Blue, and Expo lines, including operations, maintenance, security and emergency response radio channels. Moreover, this location is critical to the forthcoming operation of the Regional Connector line, facilitating extension of rail service to Azusa and East Los Angeles.
The Regional Connector Project, in collaboration with Metro Operations and Corporate Safety, have studied how to integrate a new radio system into Metro's existing radio infrastructure, including the extension of new Regional Connector radio channels into the existing station and tunnels. Staff have concluded that it is not practicable to achieve this integration, in compliance with the revised Metro Rail Design Criteria (MRDC), without a complete replacement of the existing radio system at 7th & Metro.
With the understanding that the existing infrastructure requires replacement and that seamless radio operation is essential for operational safety along the Regional Connector, Expo and the Blue Line tunnel, it is recommended that the Regional Connector Project execute contract modifications to design, procure, install a...