Metro - File #: 2018-0222

• File #: 2018-0222
• Type: Project
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 4/19/2018
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 6/21/2018
• Title: CONSIDER: A. APPROVING project definition changes, and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Addendum (Attachment A) for the Westside Purple Line Extension Project (the Project); and B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to file a Notice of Determination (Attachment B) on the Addendum pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the Project.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Alignment, Board certification of Final EIS / EIR, California Environmental Quality Act, Century City, City of Los Angeles, Construction, Crossovers, Easements, Environmental Impact Report, Environmental impact statements, I-405, Metro Purple Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail D Line, Notice Of Determination, Pedestrians, Project, Safety, Westside Cities subregion, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 1, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2, Westside/Central Service Sector, Westwood
• Related files: 2018-0442

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
JUNE 21, 2018

Subject
SUBJECT: WESTSIDE PURPLE LINE EXTENSION
PROJECT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
ADDENDUM

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. APPROVING project definition changes, and Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Addendum (Attachment A) for the Westside Purple Line Extension Project (the Project); and

B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to file a Notice of Determination (Attachment B) on the Addendum pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the Project.

Issue
ISSUE

On May 24, 2012, the Metro Board certified the joint Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (FEIS/FEIR) (State Clearinghouse No. 2009031083) for the Project and approved the Project Definition, Findings of Fact and a Statement of Overriding Considerations under CEQA. Since then, Metro has completed Advanced Preliminary Engineering for the Project and conducted additional stakeholder outreach and coordination for the portion of the Project that extends from Century City to the Westwood/Veterans Affairs (VA) Campus (referred to as Section 3 of the Project). These efforts have introduced a limited number of refinements to project features and construction methods that improve long-term operational efficiency and minimize previously identified impacts.

Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15164, Metro has analyzed potential environmental impacts of the refinements and concluded that an Addendum is appropriate. The Addendum finds that none of the changes associated with the refinements represent substantial changes to the Project, generate new significant impacts, or result in previously identified significant effects becoming substantially more severe than shown in the FEIS/FEIR. This includes consideration of potential long-term (operational), short-term (construction), and cumulative impacts.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

The principal projec...