Metro - File #: 2022-0847

• File #: 2022-0847
• Type: Program
• Status: Passed
• File created: 12/8/2022
• In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• On agenda: 1/26/2023
• Final action: 1/26/2023
• Title: CONSIDER: A. RECEIVING AND FILING a report on Metro's upcoming applications for funding appropriated by Assembly Bill (AB) 180 to the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) for the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) Cycle 6 and High-Priority Grade Crossing Improvement and Separation Projects as prioritized in Attachment A; B. APPROVING the programming and expenditure of $8.5 million of Measure M High Desert Multipurpose Corridor (HDMC) funds identified in the Expenditure Plan to be repurposed as a local match for a TIRCP Cycle 6 grant application to be submitted by the High Desert Corridor Joint Powers Authority (HDCJPA) and to leverage other state and federal funds for advancing HDMC project needs; and C. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee to request from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) approval for entry into the Project Development Phase of the Capital Investment Grants (CIG) Program for the Locally Preferred Alternat...
• Indexes: Application, Automatic vehicle location, Board approved a Motion, Budgeting, California High Speed Rail, California State Transportation Agency, Capital Project, Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements Program, Construction, East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Project, Federal Transit Administration, Fernando Dutra, Funding plan, Glendale, Gold Line Eastside Transit Corridor Phase 2, Gold Line Foothill Extension 2B, Grade separations, Grant Aid, Guidelines, High Desert Corridor, Inglewood, Joint Powers Agreement, Light rail transit, Los Angeles To San Diego To San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles Union Station, Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency, Measure M, Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail K Line, Metro Rail L Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Metrolink Antelope Valley Line, Motion / Motion Response, National Environmental Policy Act Of 1969, New Starts Program, Plan, Program, Project, Project delivery, Rail transit, Safety, Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative, West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor, West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor (WSAB) Project

Date	Action By	Action	Result
1/26/2023	Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
1/18/2023	Planning and Programming Committee

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
JANUARY 18, 2023


Subject
SUBJECT: STATE OF CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY BILL 180 GRANT APPLICATIONS

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
CONSIDER:

A. RECEIVING AND FILING a report on Metro's upcoming applications for funding appropriated by Assembly Bill (AB) 180 to the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) for the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) Cycle 6 and High-Priority Grade Crossing Improvement and Separation Projects as prioritized in Attachment A;

B. APPROVING the programming and expenditure of $8.5 million of Measure M High Desert Multipurpose Corridor (HDMC) funds identified in the Expenditure Plan to be repurposed as a local match for a TIRCP Cycle 6 grant application to be submitted by the High Desert Corridor Joint Powers Authority (HDCJPA) and to leverage other state and federal funds for advancing HDMC project needs; and

C. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee to request from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) approval for entry into the Project Development Phase of the Capital Investment Grants (CIG) Program for the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) of the Metro L (Gold) Line Eastside Transit Corridor Phase 2 Project to meet CalSTA's TIRCP Cycle 6 eligibility requirement, pursuant to the December 2022 Board motion (File #2022-0830) to submit the project as a candidate for the TIRCP Project Development Reserve funding.

Issue
ISSUE

AB 180 authorized the allocation of surplus Fiscal Year 2023 General Fund dollars to create the 2023 TIRCP Cycle 6, which comprises three discretionary grant categories and a new program to improve or separate existing at-grade rail crossings. Staff recommendations for the main TIRCP grant category - "Existing TIRCP Projects" - were presented to and approved by the Board on December 1, 2022 (File #2022-0771), resulting in staff submitting an application for a prioritized ...