File #: 2024-0813   
Type: Budget Status: Passed
File created: 9/4/2024 In control: Construction Committee
On agenda: 11/20/2024 Final action: 12/5/2024
Title: INCREASE the Life-of-Project (LOP) budget by $3,354,650, from $4,000,000 to $7,354,650 for the Chatsworth Station ADA Improvement Project.
Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
Indexes: Budget, Budgeting, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Construction, Construction management, Contract administration, Contracts, Funding plan, Labor, Outreach, Plan, Professional Services, Program Management, Project, Project management, Safety, San Fernando Valley subregion, South Bay Cities subregion, Strategic planning, Surveys
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Funding/Expenditure Plan, 2. Presentation
Related files: 2025-0032
Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Subject
SUBJECT: METRO CHATSWORTH STATION ADA IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
INCREASE the Life-of-Project (LOP) budget by $3,354,650, from $4,000,000 to $7,354,650 for the Chatsworth Station ADA Improvement Project.

Issue
ISSUE

The United States Department of Justice requires Metro to complete necessary Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) improvements to the Metrolink Chatsworth Station by August 2025. The next milestone in meeting the project completion date is awarding the construction contract using a design, bid, and build delivery method. Increasing the LOP budget for the Project is required to execute a construction contract and issue a construction notice to proceed by January 2025.

Background
BACKGROUND

The ADA is a civil rights law, passed in 1990, that prohibits discrimination based on disability. The Metrolink Chatsworth Station opened in 1992 and serves Amtrak trains along the Pacific Surfliner as well as Metrolink trains along the Ventura County Line. A compliance assessment initiated by the federal government found instances of existing conditions within the Metrolink Chatsworth Station that did not meet all requirements as codified in October 1, 2006 edition of the Code of Federal Regulation, which are based on the 1991 ADA Standards. As the majority owner of the Chatsworth Transportation Center (Center), Metro signed a settlement agreement with the federal government in 2021 to make the necessary improvements to benefit individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs.

Remediations within the station building interior fall outside of Metro's responsibilities and are excluded from the ADA improvement scope. All ADA remediations need to be completed by August 19, 2025, per the agreement. However, terms of the agreement required the remediation of accessible parking stalls striping and signage ...

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