File #: 2022-0023   
Type: Motion / Motion Response Status: Passed
File created: 1/14/2022 In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
On agenda: 1/27/2022 Final action: 1/27/2022
Title: APPROVE Motion by Directors Hahn, Solis, Garcetti, Mitchell, and Dutra that the Board adopt as policy that the full West Santa Ana Branch project will be declared complete once it provides a single-seat ride connecting the City of Artesia (Pioneer Boulevard) to Los Angeles Union Station via rail. In order to ensure this full completion of the West Santa Ana Branch, WE FURTHER MOVE that the Board direct the CEO to: A. Identify and pursue accelerated construction of individual project components and accelerated funding for the locally preferred alternative including as part of the Transit Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) Cycle 5, in order to complete it sooner than FY33; B. Advance Value Capture and Public-Private Partnership work, including a Project Development Agreement opportunity, to accelerate and complete the line into Downtown LA; C. To mitigate impacts of a Slauson Ave forced transfer on the existing light rail system with the initial operating segment's northern termi...
Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
Indexes: Alignment, Artesia, Blue Line Initial Segment, Bus rapid transit, City of Los Angeles, Construction, Downtown Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, Fernando Dutra, Gateway Cities (Southeast LA County) Service Sector, Gateway Cities subregion, Hilda Solis, Holly J. Mitchell, Janice Hahn, Little Tokyo, Little Tokyo/Arts District Station, Los Angeles Union Station, Measure M, Metro Rail A Line, Motion / Motion Response, Olympic games, Policy, Project, Slauson Station, Transit buses, Vernon, West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor (WSAB) Project
Related files: 2022-0109
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PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JANUARY 19, 2022

Preamble
Motion by:

DIRECTORS HAHN, SOLIS, GARCETTI, MITCHELL, AND DUTRA

West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor Project Motion

The West Santa Ana Branch is the next major Measure M transit construction project set to advance to engineering and construction, with completion of the final environmental document anticipated in early 2023.

Once fully completed, this 19-mile light-rail line will provide a one-seat ride connecting the City of Artesia with Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles, traversing a dozen more cities along the way. Nearly the entire alignment runs through Metro-defined Equity-Focused Communities and the CalEnviroScreen's SB 535-defined "Disadvantaged Communities."

One of the Board of Directors' four "Pillar Projects" (February 2019), the West Santa Ana Branch has had an aspirational completion date no later than the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. With those games set to take place six years from now, that completion date appears unlikely; but of the four pillar projects, the acceleration of this one would benefit the most underserved communities.

Metro staff's recommended approach, while advancing the West Santa Ana Branch toward funding and construction, also commits to a timeline that should be further accelerated. The project needs to do more for future riders of the initial operating segment as well as those on other Metro services that would be affected by this new line.

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SUBJECT: WEST SANTA ANA BRANCH TRANSIT CORRIDOR PROJECT MOTION

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APPROVE Motion by Directors Hahn, Solis, Garcetti, Mitchell, and Dutra that the Board adopt as policy that the full West Santa Ana Branch project will be declared complete once it provides a single-seat ride connecting the City of Artesia (Pioneer Boulevard) to Los Angeles Union Station via rail.

In order to ensure this full completion of the West Santa Ana Branch, WE FURTHER MOVE that the...

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