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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JULY 15, 2015
Subject/Action
SUBJECT: UNIFIED COST MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND POLICY
REVISIONS FOR MEASURE R HIGHWAY PROJECTS
ACTION: APPROVE REVISIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
WITHDRAWN: REVISE the Board's Unified Cost Management Process and Policy to add a new Section 12 and a new Attachment A, directing that if cost increases to the specified Measure R highway projects cannot be mitigated, that 50 percent of cost increases will be addressed from the countywide program and 50 percent of the cost increases are subject to the corridor and subregional cost containment portions of the existing policy.
Issue
ISSUE
At its January 22, 2015 meeting, the Board approved Item 24 which amended the Board's Unified Cost Management Process and Policy to adjust subregional boundaries, create a Regional Facilities Planning Area (major ports, airports, and Los Angeles Union Station), and modify the Unified Cost Management Process and Policy to ensure that cost increases for Measure R funded projects located in the Regional Facilities Planning Area are not the responsibility of subregional areas.
At that meeting, the Board approved Motion 24.1 (Attachment B) directing staff to analyze whether other projects should be added to the Regional Facilities Planning category, and if such projects are highways, propose a cost sharing methodology to address any cost increases.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
In the 2001 Long Range Transportation Plan, subregional planning areas were established for plan analysis purposes. At the direction of the Board, staff presented Item 24 at the January 22, 2015 Board Meeting to update subregional planning area boundaries in proximity to the South Bay Cities Subregional Planning Area and to establish a new Regional Facilities Planning Area. Staff recommended that the Regional Facilities Planning Area include major Los Angeles County airports, seaports, and L...
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