Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JULY 18, 2018
Subject
SUBJECT: LOS ANGELES UNION STATION FORECOURT
AND ESPLANADE IMPROVEMENTS
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
APPROVE an Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report for the Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) Forecourt and Esplanade Improvements (Attachment A).
Issue
ISSUE
The Metro Board of Directors certified the LAUS Forecourt and Esplanade Improvements (Project) Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) on March 1, 2018. Since then, staff has initiated design, stakeholder engagement and interagency coordination with the City of Los Angeles. The project team has identified project-related clarifications and/or additions that are documented and evaluated in an Addendum to the Final Environmental Impact Report. As a result of the analysis undertaken in Addendum No. 1 to the EIR, the proposed refinements will not result in new or substantially more adverse impacts than those previously documented.
Background
BACKGROUND
The Project will reconfigure the public right-of-way in front of Union Station and the LAUS forecourt to expand pedestrian and bike facilities on Alameda and Los Angeles Street and create a civic plaza in front of the station (Attachment B, Project Map). Staff has secured approximately $20M in grant and matching funds (Attachment C, Funding Table) to design and implement all of the Project improvements with the exception of construction funds for the forecourt.
The Project elements include:
* Alameda Esplanade: Roadway configuration on Alameda Street between Arcadia Street and Cesar E. Chavez Avenue to narrow the roadway and widen pedestrian and bicyclist facilities.
* Los Angeles Crossing: Consolidated raised intersectional crossing at Alameda and Los Angeles Street, closure of a portion of Los Angeles Street north of the raised median (while maintaining two-way travel on Los Angeles Street in the portion south of the med...
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