Meeting_Body
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
JUNE 28, 2018
Subject
SUBJECT: WEST SANTA ANA BRANCH TRANSIT CORRIDOR
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute:
A. Modification No. 2 to Contract No. AE5999300 with WSP USA Inc. for technical services for the evaluation of the two northern alignments in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report in the amount of $2,760,752, increasing the total contract value to $12,405,244; and
B. Modification No. 1 to Contract No. PS2492300 with Arellano Associates for outreach support for the augmented Community Participation Program as part of the evaluation of the two northern alignments in the Draft EIS/EIR in the amount of $429,310, increasing the total contract value to $922,203.
Issue
ISSUE
Board action is requested in order to execute the contract modifications for technical services and outreach support to proceed with the environmental analysis and remain on schedule per the Measure M groundbreaking date of Fiscal Year (FY) 2022.
Background
BACKGROUND
The WSAB Project is a proposed light rail transit (LRT) line that would extend approximately 20 miles from downtown Los Angeles through southeast Los Angeles County (LA County). South of downtown Los Angeles, a single alignment has been identified following existing right-of-way parallel to the Blue Line owned by Union Pacific, then along Randolph Avenue in the City of Huntington Park using Metro owned right-of-way (ROW), then following the San Pedro Subdivision Branch (owned by Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach), to the eight-mile, Metro-owned, abandoned Pacific Electric ROW to the southern terminus in the City of Artesia. The WSAB Project would traverse a highly populated area, with high numbers of low-income and heavily transit-dependent residents. A primary goal of the Project is to improve mobility by connecting the communities of southeast LA Cou...
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