Metro - File #: 2023-0294

• File #: 2023-0294
• Type: Program
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/25/2023
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 6/14/2023
• Final action: 6/22/2023
• Title: CONSIDER: A. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to program up to $3 million of the Board authorized $50 million seed funding programmed for the LB-ELA Corridor ZET Program as Metro's contribution to leverage federal and regional funds contingent upon the demonstration of full project funding; and B. RECEIVING AND FILING the report on updates for the Long Beach-East Los Angeles (LB-ELA) Corridor Zero Emission Truck (ZET) Program.
• Sponsors: Program Management (Department), Maria Luk
• Indexes: Air Quality Management District, Alignment, Board approved a Motion, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Cleaning, Congestion Mitigation And Air Quality Improvement Program, East Los Angeles, Fernando Dutra, Fuels, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Government funding, Grant Aid, I-710, Janice Hahn, Job opportunities, Karen Bass, Logistics, Long Beach, Long Beach-East LA Corridor, Long Beach-East LA Corridor Mobility Investment Plan, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Motion / Motion Response, Partnerships, Port of Long Beach, Port of Los Angeles, Program, Project, Rolling stock, Safety, San Fernando Valley subregion, South Bay Cities subregion, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Strategic planning, Travel patterns, Trucking, Westside Cities subregion, Westside/Central Service Sector, Zero Emissions, Zero-Emission Truck Collaborative
• Related files: 2023-0411, 2023-0467

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/22/2023	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JUNE 14, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: LONG BEACH-EAST LOS ANGELES CORRIDOR ZERO EMISSION TRUCK (ZET) PROGRAM STATUS UPDATE

Actions
ACTIONS: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to program up to $3 million of the Board authorized $50 million seed funding programmed for the LB-ELA Corridor ZET Program as Metro's contribution to leverage federal and regional funds contingent upon the demonstration of full project funding; and

B. RECEIVING AND FILING the report on updates for the Long Beach-East Los Angeles (LB-ELA) Corridor Zero Emission Truck (ZET) Program.

Issue
ISSUE

At the March 16, 2022, Metro Board meeting, staff presented a status update on the LB-ELA Corridor (formerly the I-710 South Corridor) ZET Program, including the formation of the ZET working group, its membership, and information shared and input received since the commencement of the working group to inform the scope of the ZET Program.

The working group meets regularly to provide guidance on the ZET Program to support an accelerated transition of heavy-duty trucks operating in the LB-ELA Corridor from diesel to ZE technology.

Through its discussions and coordination with the LB-ELA Corridor Plan Task Force, the Community Leadership Council (CLC) and Equity Working Group (EWG), the ZET working group developed the LB-ELA Corridor ZET Program Principles to provide the operating framework for staff to identify existing and develop new projects and programs consistent with the Board-approved Task Force Vision, Goals, and Guiding Principles adopted in September 2022 (File #2022-0330).

Staff has identified an opportunity to leverage a portion of the $50 million (up to $3 million) in seed funding for a $15 million ZET charging facility identified by the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), funded initially with a $1.5 million Community Project Funding award secured R...