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Type:
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Project
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Status:
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Agenda Ready
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On agenda:
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7/25/2019
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Final action:
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Title:
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CONSIDER:
A. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the City/County of Los Angeles for funding and support of the Destination Crenshaw Project;
B. APPROVING funding request for the construction of Destination Crenshaw's proposed Sankofa Park in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 and related staff support time; and
C. AMENDING the FY20 Adopted Budget in the amount of $15,000,000.
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Indexes:
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Airport Metro Connector (AMC) Station Project, Alignment, Aviation/LAX Station, Bicycling, Board approved a Motion, Budget, Budgeting, Central Los Angeles subregion, Children, City of Los Angeles, Construction, Construction engineering, Construction Support, Contractors, Crenshaw District, Crenshaw Station, Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project, Destination Crenshaw Project, Exclusive Negotiation Agreement, Expo/Crenshaw Station, Guideways, Hyde Park, Hyde Park Station, Inglewood, Joint development, Landscaping, Leimert Park, Leimert Park Station, Los Angeles International Airport, Measure R, Metro Crenshaw Line, Metro Equity Platform, Metro Exposition Line, Metro Green Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail K Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Outreach, Partnerships, Pedestrians, Plan, Preservation, Program, Project, Roadside advertising, San Fernando Valley subregion, South Bay Cities subregion, Strategic planning, Transfers, Transit Oriented Community, Westchester, Westside Cities subregion, Zoning
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Meeting_Body REGULAR BOARD MEETING JULY 25, 2019 Subject SUBJECT: SUPPORT OF DESTINATION CRENSHAW PROJECT ON METRO OWNED PROPERTY ALONG THE CRENSHAW/LAX LINE PROJECT Action ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS Heading RECOMMENDATION Title CONSIDER: A. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to enter into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the City/County of Los Angeles for funding and support of the Destination Crenshaw Project; B. APPROVING funding request for the construction of Destination Crenshaw's proposed Sankofa Park in an amount not to exceed $15,000,000 and related staff support time; and C. AMENDING the FY20 Adopted Budget in the amount of $15,000,000. Issue ISSUE Metro's Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project (C/LAX) is one of 12 transit projects funded by Measure R, with a projected opening in 2020. A total of $2.058 billion in funds have been allocated for this project. While transportation project investments often spur positive economic development and expand access to opportunity, these investments can also have the unintended result of gentrification and displacement that can disrupt the culture and character of a neighborhood. Promoting community preservation and economic mobility of the communities directly affected by Metro's investments is an agency imperative. Consistent with this objective is Destination Crenshaw, a proposed outdoor museum and placemaking initiative ("Museum") that takes form as 10 major project elements - platforms or parks - along the 1.3-mile section of Crenshaw Boulevard, that overlaps an at-grade running segment of the C/LAX project. Destination Crenshaw has proposed the enhancement of three Metro-owned properties, which were anticipated to receive modest improvements as part of the C/LAX project. In 2015, the Board directed the preparation of a C/LAX Joint Development Strategic Plan which identified these three properties as "exploratory sites" that could potentially be considered for disposition to support... Click here for full text
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