Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
APRIL 17, 2019
Subject
SUBJECT: OVERVIEW OF PLANNING PROCESS FOR MAJOR TRANSIT AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE report on the overview of the planning process for major transit and active transportation investments.
Issue
ISSUE
Countywide Planning and Development (CPD) has previously committed to transparently updating the Board and the public about the status of projects and programs led by it. A key foundational element for promoting clarity and imparting an understanding of CPD's work program is providing context for how and why work is undertaken. Specifically, characterizing how Metro's rail, bus rapid transit and regionally-significant active transportation projects are "entitled" is foundational to the stewardship of advancing the planning, conceptual design and environmental process (planning process) for Measure M non-highway mobility corridor projects. The planning process is a vital precursor step to ultimate project delivery and involves the highest level of public and stakeholder engagement.
Background
DISCUSSION
An initial "Dashboard" of key projects and programs led by CPD was provided to the Planning and Programming Committee in January 2019 (Legistar #2018-0761). Staff noted in January that the Dashboard should be viewed as an interim deliverable, as capacity and improvements to it continue to be created. A quarterly update of the Dashboard is forthcoming in May 2019, which will align with the status update to be provided on the response to the direction given in February 2019 on Twenty-Eight by '28 and Reimagining LA County (Items 32 through 32.4). The planning process for mobility corridors (transit and regionally-significant active transportation projects), also described as the entitlements process, is a foundation for understanding the reporting in the Dashboard because it explains the...
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