Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
APRIL 18, 2019
Subject
SUBJECT: LOS ANGELES AERIAL RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT UPDATE
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE status report on the Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit Project.
Issue
ISSUE
After evaluating the Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit Project (Project) under the unsolicited proposal process, Metro is negotiating with Aerial Rapid Transit Technologies LLC (ARTT) to be the CEQA lead agency for ARTT's aerial tram project between Union Station and Dodger Stadium. The Project will be completely funded by ARTT, including Metro staff time.
Background
BACKGROUND
ARTT, a private developer, submitted an Unsolicited Proposal to Metro in April 2018 to fund/finance, design, construct, operate, and maintain the Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit gondola connecting Union Station and the Dodger Stadium. After reviewing the Phase 1 submittal, Metro requested a Phase II of ARTT's Unsolicited Proposal for the Project. In December 2018, Metro formally concluded the Unsolicited Proposal process and began exclusive negotiations with ARTT.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Metro as CEQA Lead Agency
ARTT has requested that Metro be the CEQA lead agency for the Project. California PUC 130252 states that "All plans proposed for the design, construction and implementation of public mass transit systems or projects, including exclusive public mass transit guideway systems or projects, and federal-aid and state highway projects, shall be submitted to the commission [Metro] for approval." Lead agency, as defined under CEQA, is the public agency which has the principal responsibility for carrying out or approving a project which may have a significant effect upon the environment. Cities and counties are the CEQA lead agencies for private real estate developments, but this is the first time Metro is proposing to be a CEQA lead agency for a private transit developer. As lead agency,...
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