Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JULY 14, 2021
Subject
SUBJECT: LOS ANGELES COUNTY RAIL NETWORK INTEGRATION STUDY
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to award a 24-month, firm fixed price Task Order, No. AE74716-5433000 under Countywide Planning and Development Bench Contract No. PS54330007, to Chen Ryan Associates for the Los Angeles County Rail Network Integration Study in an amount of $1,680,301. Board approval of task order award is subject to resolution of all properly submitted protest(s), if any.
Issue
ISSUE
As an award recipient of the 2018 Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) from the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), Metro is responsible for implementing transit capital improvements that will broaden and modernize transit connectivity in Los Angeles County (LA County) and the Southern California region. Board approval of this task order is needed in order to proceed with this TIRCP grant-funded Rail Network Integration Study (Study) for LA County and fulfill the current TIRCP Network Integration Framework Agreement between Metro and CalSTA.
Background
BACKGROUND
In 2018, Metro received a TIRCP grant award of $1,088,499,000 for capital improvements that will broaden and modernize transit connectivity in LA County and the Southern California region by advancing new transit corridors simultaneously: L (Gold) Line Foothill Light Rail Extension to Montclair, East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor, West Santa Ana Light Rail Transit Corridor, C (Green) Line Light Rail Extension to Torrance, and the G/B (Orange/Red) Line to L (Gold) Line Bus Rapid Transit Connector (North Hollywood to Pasadena). The award includes support for the development of a Vermont Transit Corridor Project and regional network integration with Metrolink, Amtrak, and additional transit services.
Metro was awarded an additional $7,000,000 of fundin...
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