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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Subject/Action
SUBJECT: METRO LINE TO GOAL LINE TASK FORCE
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
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RECOMMENDATION
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RECEIVE AND FILE status report on the Metro Line to Goal Line Task Force (Motion 58 and 58.1) as directed by the Board at the January 28, 2016 meeting.
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ISSUE
At the January 28, 2016 meeting, the Board directed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to develop a "Metro Line to Goal Line" Task Force that is charged with identifying and addressing the variety of transit-related issues and opportunities associated with the imminent arrival of the Rams and potentially the Chargers to Los Angeles. The CEO was directed to return in February 2016 with an initial scope of work to address the interim location at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Coliseum) and ultimate location at the new stadium in Inglewood. The scope is to include, but not be limited to, the following issues: opportunities to implement "first/last mile" options to connect the public and active transit users to the stadium; developing a comprehensive marketing strategy; ensuring sufficient operational capacity to support the number of riders using public transit to the Coliseum beginning in Fall 2016 and to the new stadium in Inglewood beginning Fall 2019; facilitating a regional rail strategy in coordination with Metrolink; and expediting Metro joint development opportunities in the area surrounding the new stadium. Attachment A contains the Board directive.
This motion was amended at the meeting by Directors Butts, Ridley-Thomas, Knabe, Fasana, Antonovich and Kuehl to also instruct the CEO to expeditiously facilitate a Feasibility Study, followed by a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (SEIR/SEIS) as deemed appropriate, for the Measure R South Bay Transit Corridor Rail Project focusing on an alignment extending from Florence Avenue in Inglewood to the City of Torrance, potentially along...
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