Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JULY 19, 2023
Subject
SUBJECT: LONG BEACH-EAST LA CORRIDOR MOBILITY INVESTMENT PLAN
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Modification No. 31 to Contract No. PS4340-1939, for the I-710 South Corridor Project EIR/EIS, with URS Corporation (an AECOM Entity) to fund the Long Beach-East LA (LB-ELA) Corridor Task Force (Task Force) effort in the not-to-exceed (NTE) amount of $3,857,895, increasing the total contract value from $64,924,460 to $68,782,355 and extend the term of the agreement through March 31, 2024.
Issue
ISSUE
Funding in the amount of $3,857,895 is needed for additional scope and an increase in the level of effort necessary to complete the Task Force process and create the Long Beach-East LA Corridor Investment Plan (Investment Plan) and Comprehensive Multimodal Corridor Plan (CMCP). The Vision, Goals, and Guiding Principles-which are fundamental to the development of the Investment Plan-required additional deliberation among the Task Force and the various committees that inform it, resulting in an increased level of effort from the Project Team.
Background
BACKGROUND
Metro commissioned the Task Force in partnership with Caltrans in response to the Board actions in May 2021 (Attachment A) that suspended all work related to the original I-710 South Corridor Project EIR/EIS, including advancing "Early Action Projects" and the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) 5C that included a form of an I-710 South Corridor Clean Truck Program as a programmatic element as prescribed within the overall environmental document.?
Since the Task Force commenced in September 2021, Metro has convened and worked with impacted communities and stakeholders in a collaborative, equity-focused manner to develop a multimodal, community-supportive, and regionally significant Investment Plan. The Investment Plan seeks to enhance local ...
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