Metro - File #: 2019-0250

• File #: 2019-0250
• Type: Motion / Motion Response
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 4/17/2019
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 5/16/2019
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE report on Bridge Housing on the Division 6 Bus Yard in response to Board Motion 39.
• Sponsors: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Commit
• Indexes: Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Cleaning, Division 06, Eric Garcetti, Homeless Outreach, Homeless persons, Housing, Law enforcement, Long Beach Police Department, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Metrolink, Motion / Motion Response, Outreach, Partnerships, Property Agreement, Quality of life, Safety and security, San Fernando Valley subregion, Security, South Bay Cities subregion, Strategic planning, Transit Homeless Action Plan, Transit System, Westlake, Westside Cities subregion, Westside/Central Service Sector
• Related files: 2019-0107

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OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
MAY 16, 2019

Subject
SUBJECT: MOTION 39 RESPONSE- BRIDGE HOUSING ON THE DIVISION 6 BUS YARD

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE report on Bridge Housing on the Division 6 Bus Yard in response to Board Motion 39.

Issue
ISSUE

At the February 2019 Metro Board Meeting, the Board of Directors passed Motion 39- Bridge Housing on the Division 6 Bus Yard requesting that the CEO (A) Enter into a no-fee lease agreement with the City of Los Angeles of the former Division 6 site for temporary bridge housing and (B) Report back on MTA's ongoing efforts to address homelessness on the MTA System in April 2019, including but not limited to existing funding constraints for additional non-transportation funding.

Background
BACKGROUND

Metro has been impacted by LA County's homeless crisis. According to the 2018 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, 53,000 people in LA County are homeless and seventy-five percent of those homeless individuals are without shelter. Due to the lack of available shelter space and 24-hour operating shelters County-wide, homeless individuals have taken to Metro's system and properties for alternative shelter. Metro has taken major steps in furtherance of addressing the LA County homeless crisis and the impact onto Metro. Those various steps and requests for additional support are outlined here in.
Discussion
DISCUSSION

Lease Agreement Division 6
Metro's Real Estate Department is working with the City of Los Angeles to enter a no fee lease agreement for the former Division 6 site for temporary bridge housing.

Metro's Ongoing Efforts to Address Homeless and Funding Constraints and Opportunities

Ongoing Efforts
In spring 2016 at the direction of Metro's CEO, Metro developed the Homeless Task Force comprised of various stakeholders tasked to identify ways to address homelessness on Metro system and properties. In 2017, Metro...