Metro - File #: 2025-0131

• File #: 2025-0131
• Type: Budget
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 2/14/2025
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 4/17/2025
• Title: ESTABLISH a Life-of-Project (LOP) budget of $102.0 million for the Metro Transit Operations Downtown Hub, a coordinated relocation and expansion of several existing Metro offices and training locations to one or more new locations in the downtown Los Angeles area.
• Indexes: Amalgamated Transit Union, Budget, Budgeting, Bus Operations Control Center, Bus rapid transit, Catenary System, Communication facilities, Construction, Division 10, Division 20, Downtown Los Angeles, Hubs, Labor unions, Maintenance, Maintenance of way, Metro Divisions, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Payment, Program Management, Project, Property acquisition, Property Agreement, Protection, Rail Fleet Services, Rail Operations Control Center, Railroad facilities, Revenue Service, Safety, Safety and security, SEED School of Los Angeles, State Of Good Repair, Strategic planning, Tracking systems, Traction, Train operation, Transit System, Travel time

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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
APRIL 17, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: METRO TRANSIT OPERATIONS DOWNTOWN HUB

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
ESTABLISH a Life-of-Project (LOP) budget of $102.0 million for the Metro Transit Operations Downtown Hub, a coordinated relocation and expansion of several existing Metro offices and training locations to one or more new locations in the downtown Los Angeles area.

Issue
ISSUE

Metro's ongoing construction efforts for transit system expansion continue to deliver on Measure M's promises, with seven major Transit Infrastructure Development (TID) projects slated to open by 2028. This directly increases space needs for several Metro departments due to FTE growth and staff displacements from multiple existing Metro office space locations.

In addition, Metro Rail training is currently decentralized, and training takes place at multiple locations throughout Metro's service area. This presents challenges for employees, as the required training modules are held in separate locations up to 20 miles apart. Establishing a centralized Metro Rail Training Center would result in efficiency improvements, reduction of travel time during training, and the ability to complete all required training in a single location.

To address these immediate and future needs concurrently, and to support the long-term operations of the transit system we are building, staff seeks Board approval of a Life-of-Project Budget for the Metro Transit Operations Downtown Hub. Project activities will include acquiring and developing one or more properties in downtown Los Angeles, relocation, and facility improvement costs.

Background
BACKGROUND

Several ongoing agency initiatives are driving an immediate and significant increase in space needs due to the displacement of staff from existing work sites and continuing progress on delivering Metro's Transportation Infrastructure Developme...