Metro - File #: 2019-0823

• File #: 2019-0823
• Type: Contract
• Status: Consent Calendar
• File created: 11/6/2019
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 1/23/2020
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to award and execute a 42-month, firm fixed price Contract No. AE63445000 with STV Incorporated (STV), in the amount of $32,555,439 to provide environmental, advanced conceptual engineering (ACE) design, and optional preliminary engineering (PE) services on the Green Line Extension to Torrance Project for work in support of the environmental clearance study and design services, subject to resolution of protest(s), if any.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Alameda Corridor East, Alignment, Alternatives analysis, Budgeting, C Line (Green) Extension to Torrance, California Environmental Quality Act, Construction, Contracts, Environmental Impact Report, Environmental impact statements, Environmental justice, Grn Lin Ext Rdondo Bch-S. Bay (Project), Hawthorne, Light rail transit, Los Angeles International Airport, Measure M, Measure R, Metro Equity Platform, Metro Green Line, Metro Rail C Line, Minorities, Procurement, Project, South Bay Cities subregion, Torrance, Torrance Transit Park and Ride Regional Terminal, Travel time

Date	Action By	Action	Result
1/23/2020	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
1/15/2020	Planning and Programming Committee

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JANUARY 15, 2020

Subject
SUBJECT: GREEN LINE EXTENSION TO TORRANCE

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to award and execute a 42-month, firm fixed price Contract No. AE63445000 with STV Incorporated (STV), in the amount of $32,555,439 to provide environmental, advanced conceptual engineering (ACE) design, and optional preliminary engineering (PE) services on the Green Line Extension to Torrance Project for work in support of the environmental clearance study and design services, subject to resolution of protest(s), if any.

Issue
ISSUE

Measure M and Measure R allocate $619 million and $272 million respectively to the Green Line Extension to Torrance Project (Project). The project has been selected as one of the four Pillar Projects. In September 2018, the Metro Board received the Supplemental Alternatives Analysis Study and approved carrying two alternatives forward into environmental clearance. An environmental study is needed to identify and environmentally clear a Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

Board approval is needed for Contract No. AE63445000 to initiate the environmental study, select the LPA, and initiate PE design services. Completing these tasks now will support early project delivery strategies to potentially move the project into construction prior to the Measure M groundbreaking date of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026.

Background
BACKGROUND

Measure M Project Description
The project is identified in Measure M as an extension of the existing Metro Green Line light rail transit (LRT) to Crenshaw Boulevard in Torrance. The exact project description of all projects set forth in the Measure M ordinance are to be defined by the environmental process, which includes features such as termini, alignment, and stations. Per Measure M and Metro's 2009 Long Range ...