Metro - File #: 2022-0171

• File #: 2022-0171
• Type: Project
• Status: Filed
• File created: 3/16/2022
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 4/28/2022
• Final action: 4/28/2022
• Title: CONSIDER: A. APPROVING $1,236,500 for Fiscal Year 2023 to complete the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental document for the High Desert Corridor (HDC) Rail Project and other related activities as further described in Attachment A; B. APPROVING an increase of $500,000 in Life-of-Project (LOP) budget for the High Desert Intercity Rail Corridor Service Development Plan for a new total LOP budget of $5,125,000; C. REPURPOSING $1,736,500 of Measure M High Desert Multipurpose Corridor (HDMC) funds identified in the Expenditure Plan for Right-of-Way acquisition for the High Desert Corridor High Speed Rail Project and the Service Development Plan to fund the above two recommendations; and D. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute all necessary funding agreements with HDC JPA.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Agreements, Alignment, Board approved Life-of-Project Budget, Budget, Budgeting, California Environmental Quality Act, California High Speed Rail, California High Speed Rail Authority, California State Transportation Agency, Environmental Impact Report, Environmental impact statements, Funding plan, Grant Aid, High Desert Corridor, High speed rail, Joint Powers Agreement, Lancaster, Los Angeles Union Station, Measure M, Metro Rail A Line, Metrolink Antelope Valley Line, National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969, North Los Angeles County subregion, Palmdale, Partnerships, Plan, Project, Rail transit, Record Of Decision, Safety, Strategic planning

Date	Action By	Action	Result
4/28/2022	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
4/20/2022	Planning and Programming Committee

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
APRIL 20, 2022

Subject
SUBJECT: HIGH DESERT CORRIDOR RAIL PROJECT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. APPROVING $1,236,500 for Fiscal Year 2023 to complete the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) environmental document for the High Desert Corridor (HDC) Rail Project and other related activities as further described in Attachment A;

B. APPROVING an increase of $500,000 in Life-of-Project (LOP) budget for the High Desert Intercity Rail Corridor Service Development Plan for a new total LOP budget of $5,125,000;

C. REPURPOSING $1,736,500 of Measure M High Desert Multipurpose Corridor (HDMC) funds identified in the Expenditure Plan for Right-of-Way acquisition for the High Desert Corridor High Speed Rail Project and the Service Development Plan to fund the above two recommendations; and

D. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute all necessary funding agreements with HDC JPA.

Issue
ISSUE

The HDC Rail Project requires additional funds to complete the CEQA/NEPA environmental document, Surface Transportation Board process, other HDC JPA related work and the HDC Service Development Plan.

Background
BACKGROUND

The High Desert Corridor Rail Project will provide a critical link to connecting the cities of Las Vegas and Los Angeles by way of a new high-speed intercity passenger rail service along a 54-mile east-west rail alignment from the future Brightline West Station in Victor Valley in San Bernardino County to the future Palmdale Multi-Modal High Speed Rail Station in Palmdale in Los Angeles County with rail transit connection to Los Angeles Union Station via Metrolink Antelope Valley Line, Antelope Valley Transit Authority Bus and future California High Speed Rail (HSR). A new intercity passenger HSR is needed between Las Vegas and Los Angeles to enhance regional, intercity an...