Metro - File #: 2016-0571

• File #: 2016-0571
• Type: Contract
• Status: Passed
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 9/14/2016
• Final action: 9/22/2016
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to: A. AWARD AND EXECUTE a four-year firm fixed price Contract No. AE5999300 to Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc., inclusive of all options, in the amount of up to $12,189,477 to complete the environmental clearance study for the West Santa Ana Branch (WSAB) Transit Corridor. B. APPROVE contract modification authority specific to Contract No. AE5999300 in the amount of $1,828,422 (15%) due to the complexity of the environmental clearance study; C. AWARD AND EXECUTE a four-year firm fixed price Contract No. PS2492300 to Arellano Associates, LLC, inclusive of all options, in the amount of up to $861,067 to perform the environmental clearance study community outreach for the WSAB Transit Corridor; and D. APPROVE entering into a four-year Funding Agreement (FA) with the Gateway Cities Council of Governments (COG), to be led by the Eco-Rapid Transit Joint Powers Authority (JPA) for WSAB Transit Corridor Third Party Administration to work with the 1...
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Alternatives analysis, Artesia, Budget, Budgeting, Bus rapid transit, California Environmental Quality Act, Contracts, Council Of Governments, Earmark, Environmental Impact Report, Environmental impact statements, Firm Fixed Price Contract, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Housing, Joint Powers Agreement, Light rail transit, Long Range Transportation Plan, Los Angeles Union Station, Maps, Measure M, Measure R, Metro Rail A Line, National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969, Outreach, Paramount, Procurement, Southern California Association Of Governments, Transit Oriented Community, West Santa Ana Branch Corridor - Administration (Project), West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor, West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor (WSAB) Project

Date	Action By	Action	Result
9/22/2016	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
9/14/2016	Planning and Programming Committee

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: WEST SANTA ANA BRANCH TRANSIT CORRIDOR

ACTION: AWARD PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACTS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to:

A. AWARD AND EXECUTE a four-year firm fixed price Contract No. AE5999300 to Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc., inclusive of all options, in the amount of up to $12,189,477 to complete the environmental clearance study for the West Santa Ana Branch (WSAB) Transit Corridor.

B. APPROVE contract modification authority specific to Contract No. AE5999300 in the amount of $1,828,422 (15%) due to the complexity of the environmental clearance study;

C. AWARD AND EXECUTE a four-year firm fixed price Contract No. PS2492300 to Arellano Associates, LLC, inclusive of all options, in the amount of up to $861,067 to perform the environmental clearance study community outreach for the WSAB Transit Corridor; and

D. APPROVE entering into a four-year Funding Agreement (FA) with the Gateway Cities Council of Governments (COG), to be led by the Eco-Rapid Transit Joint Powers Authority (JPA) for WSAB Transit Corridor Third Party Administration to work with the 13 cities along the corridor for participation in the environmental clearance study, in an amount not-to-exceed $700,000.

Issue
ISSUE

In February 2013, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) approved the WSAB Alternative Analysis (AA) Study for the 40-mile corridor from the City of Santa Ana in Orange County to Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS). The approved SCAG AA Study eliminated from further consideration Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Streetcar and low-speed MagLev, leaving Light Rail Transit (LRT) as the recommended mode. In September 2015, the Metro Board received the WSAB Transit Corridor Technical Refinement Study that focused on five specific challenges identified by the SCAG AA. The Los Angeles County portion of the WSAB Transit Corridor extend...