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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MAY 18, 2016
Subject/Action
SUBJECT: UPDATE ON MOTIONS 14.2 AND 39: METROLINK STATIONS EL MONTE, NORTHRIDGE, AND THE NEW RIO HONDO STATION
ACTION: PROGRAM FUNDS FOR STATION LOCATION STUDIES
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RECOMMENDATION
Title
PROGRAM $600,000 in Measure R 3% Funds in the FY 17 budget for Metrolink Station Location Studies for the El Monte, Northridge and Rio Hondo Stations.
Issue
ISSUE
In October 2015, Directors Solis, Antonovich, Najarian and Krekorian approved Motion 14.2 to examine the feasibility of relocating the El Monte Metrolink station near the Metro Transit Center and align it with Metro's Transit Oriented Community program.
Subsequently, Directors Solis, Najarian, Krekorian, Antonovich and DuBois approved Motion 39 in March 2016 to assess the feasibility for creating a new Metrolink station on the Metrolink Riverside Line at the base of Rio Hondo College and examine the potential for a multi-modal transit hub including evaluating the benefits and /or impacts to increasing transit ridership and reducing vehicular traffic on local streets, arterials and highways. Directors Garcetti, Krekorian, Dupont-Walker, Kuehl and Antonovich amended Motion 39 in March 2016 to include examining the feasibility of relocating the existing Northridge Metrolink Station at Wilbur Avenue to Reseda Boulevard to improve connectivity of Metro and local buses and other transit modes to the California State University Northridge.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
In response to the Board Motions, staff gathered information, prepared preliminary conceptual studies and identified several challenges. Further planning and engineering studies are needed to ascertain the feasibility, benefits, constraints, costs, and potential alternative funding sources associated with these new proposed locations of the Metrolink stations. This Board action will allow staff to hire a consultant to provide three separate in-depth feasibility studies. S...
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