File #: 2022-0464   
Type: Project Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 7/8/2022 In control: Planning and Programming Committee
On agenda: 9/14/2022 Final action: 9/22/2022
Title: CONSIDER: A. AUTHORIZING AND DELEGATING authority to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements between Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and the Gateway Cities Council of Governments (Gateway Cities COG) to fund the Gateway Cities Consultant to support the WSAB City Manager TAC efforts for a one-year term; and B. RECEIVING AND FILING the project update on the West Santa Ana Branch (WSAB) Transit Corridor Project.
Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
Indexes: Agreements, Alignment, Annual Program Evaluation, Artesia, Bell, Bellflower, Board approved a Motion, Board approved Locally Preferred Alternative, California Environmental Quality Act, Cerritos, Construction, Council Of Governments, Cudahy, Downey, Downtown Los Angeles, Environmental Impact Report, Environmental impact statements, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Huntington Park, I-105, Intersections, Light rail transit, Long Beach, Los Angeles Union Station, Memorandum Of Understanding, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail C Line, Mitigation, Motion / Motion Response, National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969, New Starts Program, Paramount, Partnerships, Procurement, Project, Project delivery, Public private partnerships, Record Of Decision, South Gate, Technical Advisory Committee, Traffic noise, Union Pacific Railroad, Vibration, West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor, West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor (WSAB) Project
Attachments: 1. Presentation
Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Subject
SUBJECT: WEST SANTA ANA BRANCH TRANSIT CORRIDOR PROJECT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. AUTHORIZING AND DELEGATING authority to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements between Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and the Gateway Cities Council of Governments (Gateway Cities COG) to fund the Gateway Cities Consultant to support the WSAB City Manager TAC efforts for a one-year term; and

B. RECEIVING AND FILING the project update on the West Santa Ana Branch (WSAB) Transit Corridor Project.

Issue
ISSUE

This item provides an update on the roadmap to delivering the WSAB Project, including the status of the Slauson/A Line to LAUS Study and Slauson/A Line to Artesia (14.8-mile Initial Segment) environmental analysis, Advanced Preliminary Engineering (APE) works, initial assessment of funding plan, and project delivery method.

Background
BACKGROUND

At the January 27, 2022, meeting, the Board received the Draft EIS/EIR for the WSAB Project, approved Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) as the northern terminus, and 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. During the meeting, the Board directed staff to conduct an additional technical analysis to identify a cost-effective alignment for the segment between Slauson/A Line to LAUS, and to identify interim bus connections to connect Slauson/A Line to LAUS.

At the January 2022 meeting, the Board approved Motion 10 by Directors Hahn, Solis, Garcetti, Mitchell, and Dutra, for the Board to 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 Los Angeles Union Stati...

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