Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
AUGUST 17, 2022
Subject
SUBJECT: MEASURE M 3% LOCAL CONTRIBUTION GUIDELINES REVISIONS
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
APPROVE the release of the draft revised Measure M 3% Local Contribution Guidelines (Attachment A).
Issue
ISSUE
In April 2022 the Board approved Motion 35 (Attachment B), authored by Directors Hahn, Garcetti, Butts, and Dutra titled 3% Contribution, which in part directed Staff to revise the Measure M Guidelines, Section VIII. - 3% Local Contribution to Major Transit Projects. Staff reported back to the Construction Committee in June 2022 on the response to the motion (2022-0331) and committed to requesting Board approval to release for public review revised Guidelines in August 2022.
Background
BACKGROUND
The Measure M Ordinance (Ordinance) requires that local jurisdictions pay three percent (3%) of the total project cost of new major rail projects. In advance of Metro notifying jurisdictions of their local contribution obligations for several rail capital projects, the Board requested that Staff revise the Guidelines to be consistent with the Ordinance, confirm several aspects of the calculation, and clarify and provide additional flexibility on sources available to jurisdictions to satisfy the 3% contribution. This action is required because making draft Guidelines revisions available for public comment is consistent with Metro's past practice (e.g. 2021-0008) and may generate constructive input from jurisdictions and other stakeholders to be affected by the proposed changes.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Staff has revised the Guidelines in response to direction from Motion 35. The revisions reflect a change in the cost allocation approach, the exclusion from the total project cost of the First/Last Mile (FLM) expenses incurred by jurisdictions, and the availability of FLM credit in situations when Metro is withholding local return funds in align...
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