Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
MARCH 17, 2021
Subject
SUBJECT: ALAMEDA CORRIDOR-EAST GRADE SEPARATIONS PHASE II PROGRAM
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
CONSIDER:
A. REPROGRAMMING of Measure R funds for the Alameda Corridor-East (ACE) Grade Separations Phase II Program to reflect the program schedule change; and
B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or his designee to negotiate and execute project addenda consistent with the Board-approved ACE Grade Separations Phase II Funding Program.
Issue
ISSUE
In May 2013 the Metro Board approved Measure R funds for the Alameda Corridor-East (ACE) Phase II Project and authorized the CEO to execute a Master Agreement with the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (SGVCOG) to support the delivery of the ACE Phase II Project. The Master Agreement set forth the ACE Phase II Project expenditure plan which identified the authorized (but not yet allocated) Measure R funds in the amount of $358,000,000 to be programmed over six fiscal years (FY2012-13 through FY2017-18).
The project addendum 1 (signed on June 14, 2013) programmed $93,000,000 of Measure R funds over three fiscal years, FY2012-13 through FY2014-15. The project addendum 2 (signed on November 27, 2017) programmed an additional $159,000,000 of Measure R funds over the next three fiscal years, FY2014-15 through FY2016-17. Per the Master Agreement, $106,000,000 of Measure R funds remains yet to be programmed to support the completion of the ACE Project.
Various factors affecting the project delivery schedule have shifted the overall schedule several years beyond what was initially envisioned. The current project schedule will require: (1) Metro to reprogram the remaining Measure R funds in later years than the Master Agreement outlined, and (2) the CEO to issue project addenda such that the cumulative expenditures of ACE funds will be less than or equal to the cumulative expenditure...
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