Metro - File #: 2019-0191

• File #: 2019-0191
• Type: Motion / Motion Response
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 3/27/2019
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 5/15/2019
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE report on potential changes in the California High Speed Rail system.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Acton, Amtrak, Ara Najarian, Arroyo Verdugo subregion, Burbank, California High Speed Rail, California High Speed Rail Authority, California State Transportation Agency, Capital Project, Double track, Glendale, Grade separations, High speed rail, Kathryn Barger, Lancaster, Link Union Station, Los Angeles Union Station, Metro Gold Line, Metro Purple Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Rail L Line, Metro Red Line, Metrolink, Metrolink Antelope Valley Line, Metrolink Ventura County Line, Motion / Motion Response, North Los Angeles County subregion, North Los Angeles County Transportation Coalition, Operating speed, Palmdale, Partnerships, Paul Krekorian, Plan, Positive train control, Proposition 1a, Railroad commuter service, Regional development, Safety, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, Santa Clarita, Southern California Association Of Governments, Strategic planning, Travel time
• Related files: 2019-0106, 2019-0454

Meeting_Body
REVISED
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MAY 15, 2019

Subject
SUBJECT: READINESS IN RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL HIGH SPEED RAIL CHANGES

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE report on potential changes in the California High Speed Rail system.

Issue
ISSUE

On February 28, 2019, Directors Barger, Najarian and Krekorian directed the Chief Executive Officer to:

A. Acknowledge the importance of connectivity through a Palmdale station to maximize regional integrated operations, and the importance of working towards the advancement of funding for critical projects in the Los Angeles region;

B. Engage with the offices of Governor Newsom, the California High Speed Rail Authority (CAHSR), and the State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), to explore how the Governor's proposed changes to the HSR project might affect the Palmdale to Burbank, Burbank to Union Station, and Union Station to Anaheim segments, and identify what opportunities might be available to advance critical regional improvements, and;

C. Engage Metrolink, CalSTA, and the CAHSR to begin coordinating efforts to identify specific projects to propose for advancement, taking into consideration the State Rail Plan, Metrolink's SCORE program, SCAG's ongoing RTP effort, the forthcoming Antelope Valley Line study, and the countywide Freight & Goods Movement Strategic Plan.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

Background
The CAHSR 2018 Business Plan dated June 1, 2018 identifies the Palmdale to Burbank, Burbank to Union Station, and Union Station to Anaheim segments as critical to supporting the Southern California economy. Since then, a high-speed rail audit by the State Auditor was released on November 15, 2018 faulting the CAHSR for cost overruns and delays and identified a number of areas of improvement. The CAHSR responded to the State Auditor and stressed commitment to its mission to deliver high-speed rail to California, while also being good steward...