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REGULAR BOARD MEETING
APRIL 28, 2016
Preamble
Motion by:
DIRECTOR KNABE
April 28, 2016
Airport Metro Connector
Measure R was passed in 2008, with over two-thirds support of voters in Los Angeles County, and funds a promised transit connection to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Today, almost eight years later, Metro is closer to making the rail connection to the airport a reality, and is contemplating a potential ballot measure for an additional half-cent sales tax that would include important funding to accelerate the planned rail connection to LAX. Throughout 2015 and into 2016-, Metro and Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) have indicated to our Board that the project would be completed in mid-2023. LAWA appeared at the Board meeting in February and provided a presentation showing the LAWA automated people mover completed in 2023. However, the delivery date for the Airport Metro Connector project has been inexplicable pushed out to 2024-2026 in the proposed Expenditure Plan for the potential ballot measure, which is unacceptable.
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MOTION by Director Knabe that the MTA Board instruct the CEO to report back to the Board during the May 2016 Board cycle with:
A. a quarterly report on the status of the Airport Connector project;
B. information on why the project’s delivery date may be later than previously reported to the Board and identifying options for putting the project back on schedule for accelerated delivery; and
C. a recommendation based on staff’s analysis.