Metro - File #: 2018-0556

• File #: 2018-0556
• Type: Contract
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 8/20/2018
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 9/20/2018
• Title: AUTHORIZE Amendment No. 1 for the Funding Agreement between the Foothill Gold Line Extension Construction Authority ("Authority") and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("Metro") to reflect award of Cap & Trade Funding in the amount of $290,200,000 and to increase the Measure M 3% Local Funding Commitment estimate from $33,000,000 to $36,161,067.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Alignment, Board approved Life-of-Project Budget, Budget, Budgeting, California State Transportation Agency, Cap-and-Trade, Claremont, Construction, Contracts, Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project, Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority, Gold Line Foothill Ext. Phase (Project), Gold Line Foothill Extension 2A, Gold Line Foothill Extension 2B, Grant Aid, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, Long range planning, Long Range Transportation Plan, Measure M, Measure R, Metro Crenshaw Line, Metro Exposition Line, Metro Gold Line, Metro Green Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail K Line, Metro Rail L Line, Metrolink, Procurement, Project, Project management, Rail transit, Strategic planning
• Related files: 2018-0673

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Subject
SUBJECT: FOOTHILL GOLD LINE EXTENSION PHASE 2B

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE Amendment No. 1 for the Funding Agreement between the Foothill Gold Line Extension Construction Authority ("Authority") and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority ("Metro") to reflect award of Cap & Trade Funding in the amount of $290,200,000 and to increase the Measure M 3% Local Funding Commitment estimate from $33,000,000 to $36,161,067.

Issue
ISSUE

The Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority is responsible for the design and construction of the Gold Line Foothill Extension Phase 2B Project. Funding for the project is provided by Metro along with responsibility for assuring the project is designed and constructed in accordance with the Metro Rail Design Criteria. Upon completion of the project, the Construction Authority is to turn the project back to Metro to operate and maintain. Responsibilities and guidelines for allocation of the funds and the specific commitments by the two agencies are established by a Funding Agreement and a Master Cooperative Agreement (MCA) between the two agencies.

With the award of the primary Mainline Design-Build Contract scheduled to be released by December 2018, an amendment to the Funding Agreement is needed to document the Cap & Trade award and to update the local contribution from each City along the alignment.

BACKGROUND

The Project includes stations and parking facilities in each of the six cities along the alignment and shares right of way with Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) freight line. A portion of the project extends approximately 1.5 miles into San Bernardino County terminating at the Montclair Station.

At its June 2017 meeting, the Metro Board approved a Life of Project (LOP) Budget in the amount of $1,...