Metro - File #: 2022-0509

• File #: 2022-0509
• Type: Budget
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/26/2022
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 4/20/2023
• Final action: 4/27/2023
• Title: AMEND the Life-of-Project (LOP) Budget by $10,000,000 for the Crenshaw/LAX Close Out Project (Project), increasing it from $47,000,000 to $57,000,000.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Airport Metro Connector (AMC) Station Project, Alignment, Aviation/Century Station, Bids, Board approved Life-of-Project Budget, Budget, Budgeting, Construction, Contract administration, Contracts, Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project, Design build, Division 16, El Segundo, Funding plan, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Light rail transit, Los Angeles International Airport, Measure R and Measure M Unified Cost Management Policy, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail K Line, Plan, Policy analysis, Procurement, Professional Services, Project, Project management, Revenue Service, South Bay Cities subregion

Date	Action By	Action	Result
4/27/2023	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
APRIL 20, 2023

Subject
SUBJECT: CRENSHAW/LAX CLOSE OUT PROJECT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AMEND the Life-of-Project (LOP) Budget by $10,000,000 for the Crenshaw/LAX Close Out Project (Project), increasing it from $47,000,000 to $57,000,000.

Issue
ISSUE

The Crenshaw/LAX Close-Out Project LOP budget requires an increase of $10,000,000 to fund higher than anticipated costs for Catch-All Contract No. 2, newly identified scope of work for Catch-All Contract No. 2, additional legal and claim support due to the five (5) month hearing delay, and additional professional service contracts to support claim preparation and continue management and oversight of the Project necessary for project completion.

Background
BACKGROUND

The Crenshaw/LAX (C/LAX) Transit Project is a north/south light rail line that serves the cities of Los Angeles, Inglewood, Hawthorne and El Segundo as well as portions of unincorporated Los Angeles County. The alignment extends 8.5 miles, from the Metro E (Expo) Line at Crenshaw and Exposition Boulevards to a connection with the Metro C (Green) Line south of the Aviation/Century Station. The project provides major connections with the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), as well as links to the C Line, E Line, and countywide bus network.
The alignment is comprised of a double-tracked rail line consisting of at-grade in-street, at-grade within railroad right-of-way, aerial, and below-grade guideway sections, eight new stations, park and ride facilities, utilities, landscaping, roadway improvements required by the project, and a maintenance & storage facility (Division 16 - Southwestern Yard).
As the project neared completion, staff requested a Close Out Project to provide funding for work that could commence after substantial completion of the C/LAX Design-Build Project. Funding and timing for the Close Out Project are separate from the C/LAX Design-...