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Meeting Name: Planning and Programming Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/14/2025 11:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012, 3rd Floor, Metro Board Room
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2025-0141 10.ProjectCONSIDER: A. APPROVING the proposed Metro Rail to River Active Transportation Corridor Segment B Project (Segment B) to be implemented in coordination with the Randolph Corridor Active Transportation (AT) Project being led by the City of Commerce; B. APPROVING the programming of $3.15 million from the Measure R Program for Segment B as an Initial Investment Priority identified in the Long Beach-East Los Angeles Corridor Mobility Investment Plan (LB-ELA CMIP) to local jurisdiction(s), including the City of Commerce and/or Bell; C. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee to enter into the necessary funding agreement and/or amend an existing funding agreement with local jurisdiction(s) to implement Segment B; and D. AUTHORIZING the CEO to file a Notice of Exemption (NOE) with the Los Angeles County Clerk and the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research to fulfill the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements for a Categorical Exemption (CE). AMENDMENT BY DUTRA, HAHN, MITCHELL, AND SOLIS: E. Seamless Transition from Segment A to Metro A Lin   Not available Not available
2025-0166 11.BudgetCONSIDER: A. APPROVING $11,937,350 in Measure M High Desert Multipurpose Corridor (HDMC) funds identified in the Expenditure Plan for Right-Of-Way (ROW) acquisition to be repurposed to the High Desert Corridor (HDC) Joint Powers Agency (JPA) for the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26) work program; and B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee to negotiate and execute all necessary funding agreements with the HDC JPA.   Not available Not available
2025-0167 12.PlanADOPT the First/Last Mile Plan for the North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project (Attachment A).   Not available Not available
2025-0244 13.ProgramCONSIDER: A. APPROVING programming of $2,709,031 within the capacity of Measure M Multi-Year Subregional Program (MSP) - Subregional Equity Program (Expenditure Line 68), as shown in Attachment A; and B. AUTHORIZING the CEO or their designee to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements and/or amendments for approved projects.   Not available Not available
2025-0324 14.ContractAUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to award a firm fixed price Contract No. PS122552000 to Vermont Slauson - LDC, Inc. for the administration of the Transit Oriented Communities Economic Development Program (EDP) Pilot Investment Fund (Fund) in the amount of $1,370,495 for the three-year base term, $310,740 for the first option year, and $253,745 for the second option year, for a total combined contract amount of $1,934,980, effective June 1, 2025, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.   Not available Not available
2025-0376 15.ProgramCONSIDER: A. REALLOCATING a Measure M Metro Active Transport, Transit and First/Last Mile (MAT) project funding award for the Western/Slauson project to a new project, Crenshaw Boulevard First/Last Mile Improvements, in the amount of $3,379,169.89; B. WAIVING program eligibility and competitive selection procedures specific to awarding funding to Crenshaw Boulevard First/Last Mile Improvements; and C. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), or their designee, to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements and/or amendments for approved projects.   Not available Not available
2025-0106 16.Informational ReportRECEIVE AND FILE status report on the Southeast Gateway Line Slauson/A Line to Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) Study.   Not available Not available
2025-0419 17.Motion / Motion ResponseAPPROVE Motion By Solis, Bass, Hahn and Yaroslavsky that the Board adopts a position supporting the City of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles in their efforts to establish an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (EIFD) along portions of the project’s alignment. WE FURTHER MOVE that the Board directs the CEO to: A. At the commencement of the environmental review for the project direct staff to: 1. Prioritize investigations for the LAUS segment that includes an underground alignment through downtown Los Angeles north of the 1-10 freeway; 2. Ensure that persons staying in the Skid Row area, and other housing-insecure residents living along the alignment, have access to housing and supportive services during project construction; B. Direct staff to coordinate with the City of Los Angeles and the County of Los Angeles in their efforts to establish an EIFD to: 1. Provide an additional funding source for the LAUS through Downtown Los Angeles segment, either as a repayment source for Metro’s financing or to offset project costs; and 2. Through a framework that is ce   Not available Not available
2025-0358  Informational ReportRECEIVE General Public Comment   Not available Not available