Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JANUARY 20, 2022
Subject
SUBJECT: EAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT
Action
ACTION: AUTHORIZE CONTRACT MODIFICATION TO UPDATE VARIOUS PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING DESIGN AND REPORTS TO COMPLETE THE CPUC APPLICATIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to execute Modification No. 27 to Contract No. AE58083E0129 with Gannett Fleming, Inc. for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Project, for the updates to the preliminary engineering design and reports, in the amount of $2,939,638, increasing the total Contract amount from $75,419,893 to $78,359,531.
Background
BACKGROUND
The Project is a light rail system that will extend north from the Van Nuys Metro G-Line, previously known as the Metro Orange Line station, to the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station, a total of 9.2 miles with 14 at-grade stations. The Board certified the Final Environmental Impact Report on December 3, 2020. The Project achieved Record of Decision on January 29, 2021.
Included in the Project environmental document was the initial operating segment (IOS) defined as the southern 6.7 miles of the Project alignment. The IOS is street running in the middle of Van Nuys Boulevard and includes 11 at-grade stations along with the maintenance facility. The remaining northern 2.5-mile environmentally cleared segment is going through additional analysis as directed by the Board in December 2020 and is not included in the IOS.
As the IOS was cleared and the design has advanced, the IOS portion of the Project is proceeding into the next phase of final design and construction to keep to the Measure M completion schedule. The IOS procurement process for a Contractor is anticipated to begin in early 2022 followed by groundbreaking later in the year
Final design for select, advanced utility relocations was approved by the Board in December and is currently being advanced. Authorization requested in this repo...
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