Metro - File #: 2020-0045

• File #: 2020-0045
• Type: Agreement
• Status: Consent Calendar
• File created: 1/2/2020
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 1/23/2020
• Title: Direct the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to: A. Enter into a no-fee lease agreement with the City of Los Angeles (COLA) with a term ending August 15, 2023 for temporary bridge housing on a portion of the Van Nuys Orange Line Station parking lot; B. Re-inventory Metro-owned properties to identify other opportunities for the City of Los Angeles's A Bridge Home Program (ABH) facilities and report back to the March 2020 Executive Management Committee; C. Conclude the project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code Sections 21080.27 and 21080, Subdivision (b)(4), and CEQA Guidelines Section 15269, Subdivision (c); and D. Authorize Metro staff to file a Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Aerial Structure, Alignment 1104, Alignment 1108, Alignment 1110, Bids, Budgeting, California Environmental Quality Act, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Construction, Contractors, Cost-of-living Allowance, Guidelines, Homeless Outreach, Housing, Joint development, Metro Busway G Line, Metro Equity Platform, Metro Orange Line, North Hollywood, Parking Enterprise (Project), Program, Program management, Project, Project management, Property Agreement, Ramps (Interchanges), San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, Security, South Bay Cities subregion, Station 1109, Station 1109B, Subdivisions, Van Nuys, Vans, Westside Cities subregion, Zoning

Date	Action By	Action	Result
1/23/2020	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
1/16/2020	Executive Management Committee

Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
JANUARY 16, 2020

Subject
SUBJECT: BRIDGE HOUSING AT VAN NUYS STATION

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
Direct the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to:

A. Enter into a no-fee lease agreement with the City of Los Angeles (COLA) with a term ending August 15, 2023 for temporary bridge housing on a portion of the Van Nuys Orange Line Station parking lot;

B. Re-inventory Metro-owned properties to identify other opportunities for the City of Los Angeles's A Bridge Home Program (ABH) facilities and report back to the March 2020 Executive Management Committee;

C. Conclude the project is statutorily exempt from CEQA pursuant to Public Resources Code Sections 21080.27 and 21080, Subdivision (b)(4), and CEQA Guidelines Section 15269, Subdivision (c); and

D. Authorize Metro staff to file a Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk.

Issue
ISSUE

In April 2018, the Los Angeles Mayor and City Council declared a shelter crisis in the City of Los Angeles. According to the 2019 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Point-in-Time Count released by Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), 36,300 homeless individuals reside in the City of Los Angeles, 27,221 of who are unsheltered.

In May 2018, Metro prepared an inventory of Metro-owned property that may be suitable for temporary homeless housing. Among other properties, Metro's assessment identified a portion of the Metro parking lot at the Van Nuys Orange Line Station on 14333 Aetna Street (Site) as viable.

Board action is required to authorize the CEO to enter into a no-fee lease with the City of Los Angeles for an ABH facility on the Site.
Background
BACKGROUND

A Bridge Home
To respond to the homeless crisis and the immediate need for shelter, the Mayor and Los Angeles City Council allocated $39 million in their Fiscal Year 2018-19 and 2019-20 budgets to establish temporary crisis and bridge housing facilities, with the goal of addin...