Meeting_Body
REVISED
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
Subject
SUBJECT: I-5 NORTH CAPACITY ENHANCEMENTS FROM SR- 118 TO SR-134; SEGMENT 3
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER amending the Life-of-Project (LOP) budget with a loan/advance to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in an amount not to exceed $73,200,000 for Segment 3 of I-5 North Capacity Enhancements Project between SR-134 and SR-118 (Project) to fill the funding gap between the approved amended LOP of $880,903,000 and the $954,103,000 anticipated cost to close the Project consistent with the provisions of the Board-adopted Measure R and Measure M Unified Cost Management Policy (Attachment A).
Issue
ISSUE
In a letter dated May 12, 2020 (Attachment B), Caltrans requested that the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) program $73.2 million in supplemental funding for Segment 3 (Empire Avenue) to complete construction and close out of this segment, as well as the City of Burbank's construction impact mitigation needs. This amount is needed due to the delays resulting from relocation of utilities and other work not accounted for in design, different site conditions, hazardous material encountered, additional work requested by the corridor communities, and design changes.
The I-5 North Capacity Enhancement Project between State Route 134 and State Route 118 was originally programmed at $950,595,000 per Funding Agreement Number MOU.P0008355A effective as of September 20, 2009. Upon acceptance of the lowest bid for construction of Segment 3, the LOP budget was adjusted down and $55,699,000 difference between the Engineer's estimate and the winning bid was removed from Segment 3. This amount, along with $50,181,000 withdrawn from other segments of I-5 North projects (for a total of $105,880,000) was programmed to the I-5 South and I-405 Sepulveda Pass construction projects in December 2012 with the Bo...
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