Metro - File #: 2020-0861

• File #: 2020-0861
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Filed
• File created: 12/15/2020
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 2/17/2021
• Final action: 2/17/2021
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE the response to Board Motion 10.1 (Attachment A, Legistar File 2020-0024 Najarian, Kuehl) on the December 2020 Board report for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor (ESFVTC) Final Environmental Impact Report (Legistar File 2020-0780). The Final EIS/EIR is available on the Project website at: www.metro.net/projects/east-sfv.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Alignment, Ara Najarian, Budgeting, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Project, East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor, Environmental Impact Report, Environmental impact statements, Grant Aid, Informational Report, Intersections, Light rail transit, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Metrolink, Motion / Motion Response, Pedestrians, Plan, Project, Rail transit, Safety, San Fernando, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, Shelia Kuehl, South Bay Cities subregion, Strategic planning, Sylmar, Task analysis, Traffic safety, Travel time, Union Pacific Railroad, Westside Cities subregion
• Related files: 2020-0024, 2020-0780

Date	Action By	Action	Result
2/17/2021	Planning and Programming Committee

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Subject
SUBJECT: EAST SAN FERNANDO VALLEY TRANSIT CORRIDOR: SUPPLEMENTAL STUDY OF THE SAN FERNANDO SHARED RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY IN SYLMAR, PACOIMA AND THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the response to Board Motion 10.1 (Attachment A, Legistar File 2020-0024 Najarian, Kuehl) on the December 2020 Board report for the East San Fernando Valley Transit Corridor (ESFVTC) Final Environmental Impact Report (Legistar File 2020-0780). The Final EIS/EIR is available on the Project website at: www.metro.net/projects/east-sfv.

Issue
ISSUE

The December staff report had recommended further study of the 2.5-mile shared railroad right-of-way along San Fernando Road. The motion additionally directed that
"the CEO direct staff to develop a plan to complete the necessary studies as expeditiously as possible. The plan should include an analysis of data and a path forward for all parties, including Metrolink, with mitigative options, which may or may not include grade separations, be brought back to the Planning and Programming Committee in February 2021".

Background
BACKGROUND

At its December 3, 2020 meeting the Board certified in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) the Project's Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), which included an option to construct the Project in phases. At that meeting the Board was informed of concerns received from the Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA or Metrolink) and the City of San Fernando related to the shared railroad right-of-way portion of the ESFVTC alignment. The SCRRA and City of San Fernando pointed out that the FEIR assumed one shared Metrolink/Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) set of tracks and two sets of light rail transit (LRT) tracks would cross five signalized intersections in the cities of Los Angeles and San Fernando. They po...