File #: 2015-1157   
Type: Budget Status: Passed
File created: 7/21/2015 In control: System Safety, Security and Operations Committee
On agenda: 1/21/2016 Final action: 1/28/2016
Title: CONSIDER: A. APPROVING a $19.9 million multi-year life-of-project budget for Union Station Capital Improvements project for Fire-Life-Safety (FLS) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance to acquire and install a back-up generator, to integrate safety, security and emergency lighting upgrades, to complete ADA retrofitting of Union Station West; and B. ADOPTING a Life-of-Project (LOP) budget for Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) FLS/ADA compliance capital program improvements of $19.9 million for the following: 1. Emergency back-up generator and fire alarm system for $10.3M 2. Safety, security and emergency energy efficient lighting system for $3.8M 3. ADA compliance - ADA access retrofitting the historic Union Station for $5.8M.
Sponsors: System Safety, Security and Operations Committee
Indexes: Accessibility, Americans With Disabilities Act, Assembly Bill 468, Budget, Budgeting, Capital Improvement Program, Capital Project, Construction, Deferred maintenance, Fire detection systems, Hubs, Location 199, Los Angeles Union Station, Metro Rail A Line, Persons with disabilities, Plan, Power loss, Professional Services, Project, Retrofitting, Safety, Safety and security, Security, State Of Good Repair, System safety, Threats, Union Station Master Plan
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SYSTEM SAFETY, SECURITY AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
JANUARY 21, 2016

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: UNION STATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM

ACTION: APPROVE A $19.9 MILLION LIFE OF PROJECT (LOP) BUDGET FOR UNION STATION FIRE LIFE SAFETY AND ADA PROGRAM

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CONSIDER:

A. APPROVING a $19.9 million multi-year life-of-project budget for Union Station Capital Improvements project for Fire-Life-Safety (FLS) and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance to acquire and install a back-up generator, to integrate safety, security and emergency lighting upgrades, to complete ADA retrofitting of Union Station West; and

B. ADOPTING a Life-of-Project (LOP) budget for Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) FLS/ADA compliance capital program improvements of $19.9 million for the following:

1. Emergency back-up generator and fire alarm system for $10.3M

2. Safety, security and emergency energy efficient lighting system for $3.8M

3. ADA compliance - ADA access retrofitting the historic Union Station for $5.8M.

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ISSUE

The existing Los Angeles Union Station building is over seventy six years (76 years) old. Preventive maintenance and structural enhancement had been neglected by the previous owner. The FLS system, the lighting systems, and the architectural building system components have experienced a great deal of deferred maintenance requiring repairs, retrofitting, refurbishment, and/or replacement to keep the iconic station in a state of good repair. The facility also requires significant repairs and retrofitting in order to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Currently Union Station does not have an Emergency Back-Up Generator (BUG), and the existing FLS alarm system is well beyond its useful life span per Metro risk threat assessments (e.g., Union Station Power Outage Drill October 4, 2014 After-Action Report/Corrective Action Plan, October 7, 2014) and Metro's safety standards...

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