Metro - File #: 2017-0338

• File #: 2017-0338
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Passed
• File created: 5/11/2017
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 6/15/2017
• Final action: 6/22/2017
• Title: CONSIDER: A. APPROVING a Life of Project Budget for the Foothill Gold Line Extension Phase 2B Light Rail Project in the amount of $1,406,870,758. B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to enter into a Project Funding Agreement (Attachment A) with the Foothill Gold Line Extension Construction Authority including provisions to apply for $249.2 million in Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program funds as a Metro priority. C. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to enter into a Master Cooperative Agreement (Attachment B) with the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Budget, Budgeting, Construction, Contracts, Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project, Funding plan, Gold Line Foothill Extension 2B, Guidelines, Informational Report, Labor, Long Range Transportation Plan, Measure R, Metro Crenshaw Line, Metro Exposition Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail L Line, Plan, Policy, Program, Project, Proposition C, Safety

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/15/2017	Construction Committee

Meeting_Body
REVISED
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JUNE 15, 2017


Subject
SUBJECT: FOOTHILL GOLD LINE EXTENSION PHASE 2B

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS


Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. APPROVING a Life of Project Budget for the Foothill Gold Line Extension Phase 2B Light Rail Project in the amount of $1,406,870,758.

B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to enter into a Project Funding Agreement (Attachment A) with the Foothill Gold Line Extension Construction Authority including provisions to apply for $249.2 million in Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program funds as a Metro priority.

C. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to enter into a Master Cooperative Agreement (Attachment B) with the Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority.

Issue
ISSUE

Foothill Gold Line Extension Phase 2B has advanced Preliminary Engineering based on their Certified Final Environmental Impact Report for the 12.3 mile alignment from Glendora to Claremont. The Project includes stations and parking facilities in each of the six cities along the alignment and shares right of way with Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) freight line.
The original cost estimates identified in the Measure M expenditure plan for this project were completed based on the environmental document and preliminary planning concepts. As preliminary engineering has advanced, the project alignment, station and parking facilities, grade crossing improvements as well as adjusting track alignments associated with the freight and Metrolink lines have added scope and schedule to the project.
Award of the first of two Design-Build Contracts for advanced utility relocation for the Project is scheduled to be released in October - November 2017 with the primary Mainline Design-Build Contract for the Project scheduled to be released about a year later in December 2018. In order for the Design-Build Cont...