Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JULY 17, 2024
Subject
SUBJECT: NEW SR-710 NORTH MOBILITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. APPROVING the list of new eligible SR-710 North Mobility Improvement Projects (MIP) recommended for Board approval in Attachment A;
B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer or their designee to:
1. REALLOCATE funds from MIPs withdrawn by Alhambra and Los Angeles (LA City) shown in Attachment B (Proposed Updated MIP List) to fund new eligible projects recommended for Board approval in Attachment A;
2. TRANSFER the project sponsorship and implementation of the Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center Mobility Improvements (Valley Boulevard Multimodal Improvements) MIP to LA City; and
3. ALLOCATE and program local funds to the new LA City MIP recommended for Board approval in Attachment A.
Issue
ISSUE
At the February 2022 meeting, the Board approved Motion 35 by Directors Solis, Sandoval, Barger, Bonin, Garcetti, and Butts, expanding the definition of mobility improvements eligible for MIP funds (Attachment C). The Motion allows recipients of MIP Measure R funds the opportunity to submit new or substitute projects for Board approval and to revise scopes of work in consideration of eligible uses for Measure R MIP funds as clarified by the motion.
MIP sponsors submitted three new projects for funding, two in LA City and one in Alhambra, to replace existing MIPs that the cities propose to modify or withdraw. Staff evaluated the three new projects and seek Board approval for two projects deemed eligible in Alhambra and LA City, as shown in Attachment A.
Background
BACKGROUND
Upon completion of the SR-710 Gap Closure Project environmental process and adoption of the Transportation System Management/Transportation Demand Management (TSM/TDM) as the Preferred Alternative, at its May 2017 meeting, the Board approved Motion 29.1 by Di...
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