Metro - File #: 2021-0370

• File #: 2021-0370
• Type: Program
• Status: Consent Calendar
• File created: 5/21/2021
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 7/22/2021
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to: A. REPROGRAM $769,688 in project savings from Lone Hill to White (LHW) Preliminary Engineering to LHW Final Design and establish Life of Project Final Design budget of $8,269,688 inclusive of all third-party and design-related costs; B. AWARD and EXECUTE a firm fixed price Contract No. AE73891000 with Moffatt and Nichol, for engineering services for the LHW Final Design Plans, Specifications and Estimates (PS&E) project, in an amount of $6,498,899 subject to resolution of protest(s), if any; and C. ENTER INTO and EXECUTE all contracts, task orders and agreements within the Life of Project budget including third party agreements necessary to complete the LHW Final Design project.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Agreements, Budget, Budgeting, California Environmental Quality Act, Contracts, Double track, La Verne, Los Angeles Union Station, Measure R, Metro Rail A Line, Metrolink, Metrolink San Bernardino Line, Olympic games, Pomona, Procurement, Program, Project, Public administration, Quiet Zone, Railroad commuter service, Request For Proposal, San Dimas, San Gabriel, Small Business Enterprise, Subdivisions, Union Pacific Railroad

Date	Action By	Action	Result
7/22/2021	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
7/14/2021	Planning and Programming Committee

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JULY 14, 2021

Subject
SUBJECT: LONE HILL TO WHITE DOUBLE TRACK FINAL DESIGN, PLANS SPECIFICATIONS & ESTIMATES

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATIONS

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to:

A. REPROGRAM $769,688 in project savings from Lone Hill to White (LHW) Preliminary Engineering to LHW Final Design and establish Life of Project Final Design budget of $8,269,688 inclusive of all third-party and design-related costs;

B. AWARD and EXECUTE a firm fixed price Contract No. AE73891000 with Moffatt and Nichol, for engineering services for the LHW Final Design Plans, Specifications and Estimates (PS&E) project, in an amount of $6,498,899 subject to resolution of protest(s), if any; and

C. ENTER INTO and EXECUTE all contracts, task orders and agreements within the Life of Project budget including third party agreements necessary to complete the LHW Final Design project.

Issue
ISSUE

In December 2019, the Metro Board programmed funds for Lone Hill to White (LHW) Final Design (see Attachment A). Staff is returning to the Board to seek approval of the life of project budget for the LHW final design and award the engineering services final design plans, specifications and estimates to Moffat and Nichol. Additionally, the staff recommended actions includes reprogramming project savings from the LHW Preliminary Engineering phase to the Final Design phase.

Discussion
BACKGROUND

The LHW double track project consists of adding 4 miles of a second main line track along the Metro-owned San Gabriel subdivision located in the cities of San Dimas and La Verne that serves Metrolink San Bernardino Line (see Attachment B). Approximately 70% of the San Bernardino Line is single track. Single track limits capacity and makes it challenging for trains to recover from operational delays. LHW will ultimately add four miles of double track to provide more capacity and make it ea...