Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
APRIL 11, 2018
Subject
SUBJECT: STATE ROUTE 138 STATE TRANSPORTATION
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (STIP) PROJECTS
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. APPROVING the pursuit of a State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Amendment, pursuant to Assembly Bill (AB) 3090 provisions, to advance local funding for delivery of the State Route 138 highway widening projects described in Attachment A;
B. PROGRAMMING up to $44.7 million in federal Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STBGP) funds for the identified projects; and
C. AUTHORIZING the CEO to negotiate and enter into an agreement for the future repayment of state funds with Caltrans.
Issue
ISSUE
In November 2017, the Board adopted the 2018 Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP) for Los Angeles County, which included programming for three widening projects on State Route (SR) 138. On March 21, 2018, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) adopted the 2018 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The 2018 STIP includes the total RTIP funding requested by Metro for the SR 138 segments, but defers the programming of these STIP funds from Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 to FY 2020, and from FY 2020 to FY 2021 due to STIP funding capacity constraints in FY 2019 and FY 2020 (Attachment B). To avoid project delays and potential cost increases, Staff proposes to initiate what is known as the AB 3090 STIP Amendment process to reclassify the three SR 138 STIP projects as AB 3090 repayments through a STIP Amendment. This process would allow (A) Caltrans to initiate the projects with Metro-controlled federal Surface Transportation Block Grant Program (STBGP) funds and (B) permit Metro to secure the repayment of state funds within the five-year 2018 STIP period.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
The 2018 STIP is a five-year capital improvement program that covers FY 2019 through FY 2023. In August 2017 t...
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