Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Subject
SUBJECT: CITY OF LOS ANGELES MASTER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute the Master Cooperative Agreement between the City of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority for a term of ten years (Attachment A).
Issue
ISSUE
The Master Cooperative Agreement (MCA) is intended to establish the Parties' obligations, roles and responsibilities, and processes and procedures to support the efficient, timely and safe delivery of LACMTA's transportation projects, including with respect to the design and construction of the rearrangements of City facilities arising from those transportation projects. In accordance with Cal. Pub. Util. Code ? 30633 and as an agency of the state regulating transportation matters of state-wide concern, LACMTA is immune from local regulation unless the state legislature has expressly made LACMTA subject to specific local ordinances, or compliance with such ordinances is mandated by the California Constitution. LACMTA has an unrestricted and equal right to use the right of way "to the same extent...granted to municipalities within the state." Given that LACMTA has a right to approve its own projects and use the public right of way "to the same extent" as the City, the City has no right or obligation under California law to review LACMTA's design of Transportation Projects - such rights arise only under the MCA that is the subject of this board action.
Background
BACKGROUND
The design, construction and maintenance of some transportation projects undertaken by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) traverse portions of the City of Los Angeles (City) and require the removal, replacement, restoration, alteration, reconstruction and relocation of all or a portion of City facilities. The approval of Measure...
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