Metro - File #: 2025-0141

• File #: 2025-0141
• Type: Project
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 2/19/2025
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 5/14/2025
• Title: CONSIDER: A. APPROVING the proposed Metro Rail to River Active Transportation Corridor Segment B Project (Segment B) to be implemented in coordination with the Randolph Corridor Active Transportation (AT) Project being led by the City of Commerce; B. APPROVING the programming of $3.15 million from the Measure R Program for Segment B as an Initial Investment Priority identified in the Long Beach-East Los Angeles Corridor Mobility Investment Plan (LB-ELA CMIP) to local jurisdiction(s), including the City of Commerce and/or Bell; C. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee to enter into the necessary funding agreement and/or amend an existing funding agreement with local jurisdiction(s) to implement Segment B; and D. AUTHORIZING the CEO to file a Notice of Exemption (NOE) with the Los Angeles County Clerk and the Governor's Office of Planning and Research to fulfill the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements for a Categorical Exemption (CE).
• Sponsors: Program Management (Department), Maria Luk
• Indexes: Active Transportation Program, Alignment, Alternatives analysis, Bell, Bicycle lanes, Bicycling, Bikeways, Board approved a Motion, Budget, Budgeting, Commerce, Construction, Curbs, East Los Angeles, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Grant Aid, Huntington Park, I-710, Intersections, Long Beach, Los Angeles River, Maywood, Metro Active Transport (MAT) project, Metro Rail A Line, Nonmotorized transportation, Outreach, Partnerships, Pedestrians, Program, Project, Rail to Rail/River Active Transportation Corridor Project, Ramps (Interchanges), Safety, Slauson Station, Strategic planning, Technical Advisory Committee, Union Pacific Railroad, Vehicle sharing, Vernon, Visibility

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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MAY 14, 2025
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
MAY 15, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: RAIL TO RIVER ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR SEGMENT B

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. APPROVING the proposed Metro Rail to River Active Transportation Corridor Segment B Project (Segment B) to be implemented in coordination with the Randolph Corridor Active Transportation (AT) Project being led by the City of Commerce;

B. APPROVING the programming of $3.15 million from the Measure R Program for Segment B as an Initial Investment Priority identified in the Long Beach-East Los Angeles Corridor Mobility Investment Plan (LB-ELA CMIP) to local jurisdiction(s), including the City of Commerce and/or Bell;

C. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee to enter into the necessary funding agreement and/or amend an existing funding agreement with local jurisdiction(s) to implement Segment B; and

D. AUTHORIZING the CEO to file a Notice of Exemption (NOE) with the Los Angeles County Clerk and the Governor's Office of Planning and Research to fulfill the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements for a Categorical Exemption (CE).

Issue
ISSUE

Due to the overlapping project limits and similarities in scope between Metro's Segment B project and the AT project led by the City of Commerce on behalf of the cities of Huntington Park, Bell, and the County of Los Angeles, Metro staff and these jurisdictions have reached a consensus on a partnership to complete environmental clearance and continue with design coordination. The local jurisdictions would construct, operate, and maintain the new facilities.

Additionally, Metro staff have been working on the conceptual design and environmental clearance of the Segment B Project. Board approval of the proposed Segment B project is required for Metro to file a Notice of Exemption (NOE) and satisfy CEQA requirements for...