Metro - File #: 2016-0326

• File #: 2016-0326
• Type: Agreement
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/8/2016
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 5/19/2016
• Final action: 5/26/2016
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Amendment No. 1 to the existing Memorandum of Understanding between Metro and the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, including the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, for the preservation and storage of paleontological and archaeological resources associated with the Westside Purple Line Extension Section 1 Project.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Board approved Life-of-Project Budget, Budgeting, Construction management, Environmental Impact Report, Environmental impact statements, Long range planning, Long Range Transportation Plan, Memorandum Of Understanding, Metro Purple Line, Metro Rail D Line, Project, Project management, Tar, Westside Subway Ext (Project), Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 1, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2

Date	Action By	Action	Result
5/26/2016	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
5/19/2016	Construction Committee

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
MAY 19, 2016

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: WESTSIDE PURPLE LINE EXTENSION SECTION 1 PROJECT

ACTION: AUTHORIZE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO AN EXISTING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Amendment No. 1 to the existing Memorandum of Understanding between Metro and the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, including the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits, for the preservation and storage of paleontological and archaeological resources associated with the Westside Purple Line Extension Section 1 Project.

Issue
ISSUE

Metro executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History (NHM) for the Westside Purple Line Extension Project (WPLE) in November 2011. The MOU stipulates the roles and responsibilities for encountering, protecting, recovering, preserving, transporting and curating paleontological and archeological resources. The MOU did not include roles and responsibilities for the final permanent storage of paleontological resources that were recovered as part of the WPLE. Amendment 1 of the MOU stipulates the roles and responsibilities for the final permanent storage of paleontological resources.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

The Wilshire/Fairfax Station for the WPLE is located in the vicinity of the La Brea Tar Pits. The La Brea Tar Pits contain one of the world's largest collections of Ice Age fossils, which are located in soil deposits beneath the ground surface. Metro and the NHM executed a MOU in November 2011 to protect, recover, preserve, transport and curate any paleontological and archeological resources that might be discovered while performing work in the vicinity of the La Brea Tar Pits. This MOU was developed in parallel with the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (Final EIS/EIR) for the project, which was approved by the ...