Meeting_Body
SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
APRIL 15, 2026
Subject
SUBJECT: PUBLIC HEARING ON RESOLUTION OF NECESSITY FOR WESTSIDE PURPLE LINE EXTENSION SECTION 1 PROJECT
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
ADOPT the Resolution of Necessity authorizing the commencement of an eminent domain action to acquire a permanent subsurface easement ("Property Interest") from the property known as 3839 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010 APN: 5503-031-018 identified in Attachment A ("Property").
(REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE FULL BOARD)
Issue
ISSUE
Acquisition of the Property Interest is required to allow certain infrastructure, which was used in the construction of the Westside Purple Line Extension Section 1 Project ("Project"), to remain in place. After consideration of the evidence submitted by staff (Attachment A) and after testimony and evidence has been received from all interested parties at the hearing, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("LACMTA"), by a vote of two-thirds of its Board of Directors ("Board"), must make a determination as to whether to adopt the proposed Resolution of Necessity (Attachment B) to acquire the Property Interest by eminent domain.
Background
BACKGROUND
Previously, LACMTA acquired a 10-year temporary construction easement (TCE) on the Property for the construction of the Project. Specifically, the Property was used as a construction laydown area and as the site of an access shaft that was constructed for the removal of the tunnel boring machine. Prior to the expiration of the TCE, the Project removed portions of the shaft and related infrastructure, including everything within eight (8) feet of the surface, but needs to leave some of the support of excavation for the shaft in place underground. Accordingly, LACMTA is seeking to acquire the Property Interest containing approximately 479 square feet in size, in the location of the shaft infrastructure that is bein...
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