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Type:
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Motion / Motion Response
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Status:
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Passed
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On agenda:
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2/22/2024
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Final action:
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2/22/2024
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Title:
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APPROVE Motion by Directors Solis, Bass, Dupont-Walker, Horvath, and Sandoval that the Board approve Item 12's staff recommendations (A) through (D) subject to the following conditions of approval, which shall be satisfied before Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit (LAART or Project) construction. The conditions of approval are as follows:
A. Zero Emissions Transit or its affiliates (hereinafter, "ZET") satisfies the following conditions:
1. ZET fully and in perpetuity indemnify, release from liability, and hold harmless Metro and all other relevant public entities, including but not limited to the County of Los Angeles (County), City of Los Angeles (City), California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and California Department of Parks and Recreation (State Parks), against any and all loss, cost, or damage of any kind arising out of, in full or in part, the negligence or willful misconduct of ZET in the design, planning, permitting, construction, operating, maintenance, dissolu...
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Indexes:
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Agreements, Angels Flight, Board approved a Motion, Bus rapid transit, Business Interruption Fund, California Environmental Quality Act, Central Los Angeles subregion, Chinatown, City of Los Angeles, Community Transportation, Construction, Dodger Stadium, Dodger Stadium Express, East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Project, Elysian Park, Eminent domain, Environmental Impact Report, Funding plan, Hilda Solis, Holly J. Mitchell, Housing, I-101, I-110, Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, James Butts, Karen Bass, L.A. Live, Labor, Lindsey Horvath, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles River, Los Angeles Union Station, Market value, Metro Bike Hub, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Mitigation, Motion / Motion Response, Park and ride, Pedestrians, Plan, Policy, Pollution, Privacy, Procurement, Program, Project, Property Agreement, Property values, Quality of life, Safety, Safety and security, Safety equipment, San Fernando Valley subregion, South Bay Cities subregion, Southern California Highways, SR-170, STAPLES Center, Tim Sandoval, Transfers, Transit buses, Transportation system management, Twenty-eight by '28 Initiative, Unsolicited Proposal Policy, Westside Cities subregion, Westside/Central Service Sector, Zero Emissions
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Attachments:
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1. Attachment A - LAART Project Update Board Report (FIle ID 2019-0169), 2. Attachment B - Where You Stand - Chinatown 1880 to 1939, 3. Attachment C - El Chavez Ravine, 4. Attachment D - Motion by Solis, Kuehl, Mitchell, Butts, Sandoval, and Garcetti, 5. Attachment E - Response to Director Solis's Motion, 6. Attachment F - BRT Vision and Principles Study
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Meeting_Body REGULAR BOARD MEETING FEBRUARY 22, 2024 Preamble Motion by: DIRECTORS SOLIS, BASS, DUPONT- WALKER, HORVATH, and SANDOVAL Motion Related to Item 12: Empowering Community Through an Inclusive Community Benefits Agreement In April 2018, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) received an Unsolicited Proposal from Aerial Rapid Transit Technologies LLC (ARTT), a private entity, to fund/finance, design, construct, operate, and maintain the Los Angeles Aerial Rapid Transit (LAART or Project), a gondola connecting Union Station and the Dodger Stadium. The following year, Metro and LAART executed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for Metro to be the Lead Agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and for LAART to reimburse Metro for all related expenses (Attachment A). ARTT later transferred the Project to Zero Emissions Transit (ZET), a subsidiary of the climate advocacy non-profit Climate Resolve. As the authority over all public mass transit guideway systems in Los Angeles County, Metro is principally responsible for determining whether to approve the LAART project or not (Cal. Code Regs. tit. 14, ? 15367; Cal. Pub, Util. Code ? 130252). Metro released the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the Project in December. This came after the release of the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for a 90-day public comment period from October 2022 to January 2023, and numerous virtual and in-person community meetings featuring multilingual translation and materials. Now, the Metro Board is being asked to consider approving the Project and certifying the FEIR. While the Project will still require approval and permits from the City of Los Angeles, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and California Department of Parks and Recreation (State Parks) and will return to the Metro Board to approve a lease of property at Union Station, this action, the first time the Metro Board has weighed in, represents a major ... Click here for full text
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