Metro - File #: 2018-0360

• File #: 2018-0360
• Type: Project
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 6/1/2018
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 6/20/2018
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to enter into a funding agreement with the City of Los Angeles to undertake pre-design activities, prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and conduct public engagement for a potential Arts District/6th Street Station for an amount of $500,000.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Arts District, Arts District/6th Street Metro Station, Board approved a Motion, Budgeting, California Environmental Quality Act, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Division 20, Division 20 Portal Widening Turnback Facility Project, Downtown Los Angeles, Environmental Impact Report, Eric Garcetti, Long range planning, Long Range Transportation Plan, Maps, Metro Art, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Red Line, Motion / Motion Response, Project, Rail transit, Railroad commuter service, San Fernando Valley subregion, Sixth Street Viaduct, South Bay Cities subregion, West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor (WSAB) Project, Westside Cities subregion, Westside/Central Service Sector
• Related files: 2018-0442

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JUNE 20, 2018


Subject
SUBJECT: ARTS DISTRICT/6TH STREET STATION

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to enter into a funding agreement with the City of Los Angeles to undertake pre-design activities, prepare an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and conduct public engagement for a potential Arts District/6th Street Station for an amount of $500,000.

Issue
ISSUE

On May 15, 2018, the Los Angeles City Council Transportation Committee approved a motion (Attachment A) to authorize the transfer of $500,000 to Metro for "project expenditures associated with the environmental clearance and pre-design activities of the Arts District/6th Street Metro Station". A vicinity map of the Arts District/6th Street Station is in Attachment B. Final action on the City's proposed appropriation is tentatively scheduled for June 19 or 20, 2018.

To receive and administer these funds, Metro will need to enter into a funding agreement with City of Los Angeles prior to initiating pre-design study, the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and public engagement. Metro will be the lead agency, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). All costs, including additional costs, will be the responsibility of the City of Los Angeles. These additional costs may include, but are not limited to, advanced engineering design, additional work on technical studies, and responses to comments on the Draft EIR and public engagement direct costs.

The Arts District/6th Street Station is not in the financially constrained Long Range Transportation Plan. Conducting this work does not commit Metro to funding and delivering the Arts District/6th Street Station and extension of heavy rail transit to it.

Background
BACKGROUND

In January 2017 the Metro Board passed a motion directing staff to "initiate a holistic assessment of Metro's long-term needs at...