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Type:
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Motion / Motion Response
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Agenda Ready
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On agenda:
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4/28/2022
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Final action:
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Title:
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RECEIVE AND FILE status report on the January 2022 Motion 10 by Directors Hahn, Solis, Garcetti, Mitchell and Dutra on the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor Project.
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Indexes:
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2028 Mobility Concept Plan, Alignment, Artesia, Blue Line Initial Segment, Board approved a Motion, Board approved Contract, Bus rapid transit, California State Transportation Agency, City of Los Angeles, Construction, Contracts, Downtown Los Angeles, Environmental Impact Report, Eric Garcetti, Fernando Dutra, First/Last Mile, Funding plan, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Grant Aid, Hilda Solis, Holly J. Mitchell, Janice Hahn, Labor agreements, Light rail transit, Little Tokyo, Little Tokyo/Arts District Station, Los Angeles Union Station, Measure M, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail L Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Motion / Motion Response, Olympic games, Outreach, Partnerships, Pico Station, Project, Project delivery, Project Labor Agreement/Construction Careers Policy, Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project, Slauson Station, Technical Advisory Committee, Transit buses, Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative, Value capture, Vernon, West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor, West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor (WSAB) Project, Westside/Central Service Sector
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Meeting_Body REGULAR BOARD MEETING APRIL 28, 2022 Subject SUBJECT: WEST SANTA ANA BRANCH TRANSIT CORRIDOR PROJECT Action ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE Heading RECOMMENDATION Title RECEIVE AND FILE status report on the January 2022 Motion 10 by Directors Hahn, Solis, Garcetti, Mitchell and Dutra on the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor Project. Issue ISSUE This item provides responses to the tasks included in the January 2022 Motion 10 (Attachment A) by Directors Hahn, Solis, Garcetti, Mitchell and Dutra (Legistar File# 2022-0023), as requested by the Board. Background BACKGROUND At its January 2022 meeting, the Board received the Draft EIS/EIR for the WSAB Project, approved Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) as the northern terminus, and also approved the 14.8-mile Slauson/A Line to Pioneer route as the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) for the project's initial segment between Artesia and Downtown Los Angeles. The Board further directed staff to conduct additional technical analysis to identify a cost-effective alignment route for the Slauson/A Line (Blue) to LAUS segment and to identify interim bus connections to connect Slauson/A Line (Blue) to LAUS. At the January 2022 meeting, the Board also approved a motion by Directors Hahn, Solis, Garcetti, Mitchell, and Dutra (Motion 10) directing that the Board adopt as policy that the full WSAB project will be declared complete once it provides a single seat ride connecting the City of Artesia (Pioneer Boulevard) to LAUS via rail. The motion also included tasks for staff to initiate to ensure the full completion of the WSAB Project. The Board has requested that staff provide a status update on these tasks at the April 2022 Board Meeting. Discussion DISCUSSION Below is a report on the tasks included in the January 2022 Board Motion. A. Identify and pursue accelerated construction of individual project components and accelerated funding for the locally preferred alternative including as par... Click here for full text
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