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Meeting Name: Planning and Programming Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 2/15/2017 2:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012, 3rd Floor, Metro Board Room
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2017-0018 12.PolicyRECEIVE AND FILE report on Potential Change in CEQA Transportation Impact Metrics.   Not available Audio Audio
2017-0048 13.Informational ReportRECEIVE oral report on the Long Range Transportation Planning Process   Not available Audio Audio
2016-0903 14.ProjectADOPT the Development Guidelines for the joint development of 1.56 acres of Metro-owned property at Cesar E. Chavez Avenue and Fickett Street.   Not available Audio Audio
2016-0994 15.BudgetESTABLISH the Life of Project (LOP) budget for Bike Share TAP Step 3A Integration in the amount of $1.65 million   Not available Audio Audio
2016-0995 16.BudgetAUTHORIZE augmenting the life of project budget for Union Station Metro Bike Hub from $1.32 million to $2.47 million, to accommodate a more accessible and higher visibility bike hub facility for users and the community.   Not available Audio Audio
2017-0007 17.ProjectAUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to extend the existing nine-month Short Term Exclusive Negotiation Agreement and Planning Document (Short Term ENA) with Trammell Crow Company and Greenland USA (together, Developer) for an additional 90 days, to conduct community outreach and refine the project scope for a mixed-use real estate development (Project) on the Metro-owned property at the North Hollywood Red Line Station (Site).   Not available Audio Audio
2016-0958 35.ContractCONSIDER: A. APPROVING the recommended Alternative 1 with six Regional Rail run-through tracks and four High Speed Rail run-through tracks (also referred to as “6+4 Run Through Tracks” Alternative) to be carried forward in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Draft Environment Impact Statement (EIS) and continue to evaluate Alternatives 2, 3 and 4 as reasonable alternatives in the Draft EIR/EIS; B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to execute Modification No. 4 to Contract No. PS2415-3172, with HDR Engineering, Inc., for Link Union Station (Link US) to provide environmental and preliminary engineering services for the expansion of Link US to connect the Link US project with Patsaouras Transit Plaza to the east and the historic Union Station to the west, increasing the total contract value by $13,761,273, from $48,279,357 to a not to exceed amount of $62,040,630; C. AUTHORIZING the CEO to increase Contract Modification Authority (CMA) in the amount of $1,376,127, incr   Not available Audio Audio
2017-0091 37.Motion / Motion ResponseAPPROVE Motion by Garcetti, Hahn, Garcia and Dupont-Walker that the MTA Board direct the CEO to: A. evaluate and implement short-term Blue Line and Expo Line improvements, especially service reliability and schedule adherence improvements on at-grade sections of Washington Boulevard, Flower Street, and the downtown wye, including but not limited to signal optimization, signal priority, signal preemption, and consideration of street closures; B. study long-term Blue Line improvements, including but not limited to: 1. creating Blue Line Express service between Long Beach and Downtown Los Angeles during peak hours, including: a. provide information on current freight usage along the right-of-way, b. provide a preliminary estimate on upgrading the right-of-way to light trail transit standards, c. provide an operations plan to accommodate express service, d. quantify travel time savings for peak hour trains; 2. optimizing the Washington Boulevard wye by grade separating the Blue Line on Washington Boulevard and the Expo Line on Flower Street, including a full grade   Not available Audio Audio
2017-0093 38.Motion / Motion ResponseAPPROVE Motion by Hahn, Garcetti and Bowen that the Board direct the CEO to work with Caltrans, Los Angeles County, and the City of Norwalk to enhance first-last mile access to Norwalk Station and identify first-last mile eligible funding that could be used towards a Metro contribution of up to 25% of the project cost, which is estimated to be up to a total of $673,000.   Not available Audio Audio