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Meeting Name: Planning and Programming Committee Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/18/2023 1:00 PM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012, 3rd Floor, Metro Board Room
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2023-0168 11.ProgramCONSIDER: A. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to transition the Adopt-A-Bike mini-grant program from a pilot to a permanent program; and B. APPROVING the administration of the Adopt-A-Bike mini-grant program for a second, two-year term, and award grants of $30,000 each to five selected community-based organizations for a total of $150,000 starting November 1, 2023 through October 31, 2025.   Not available Not available
2023-0394 12.ContractAUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to: A. AWARD 26 bench Contracts, Nos. PS95050000 through PS95050025 under the Countywide Planning & Development Bench for professional services with the contractors recommended below for a three-year base period in the funding amount of $30 million, and two, one-year options, in the funding amount of $10 million for each option year, for a not-to-exceed cumulative total funding amount of $50 million, subject to resolution of any properly submitted protest(s) if any: 1. Discipline 1 - Transportation Planning: 1.1. AECOM Technical Services, Inc. 1.2. Cambridge Systematics, Inc. 1.3. CR Associates (SBE) 1.4. HNTB Corporation 1.5. Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 1.6. Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc. 1.7. Michael Baker International 1.8. Mott MacDonald Group, LLC 1.9. Parsons Transportation Group Inc. 1.10. Steer Davies & Gleaves, Inc. 1.11. STV Incorporated 1.12. TransLink Consulting, LLC (SBE and DBE) 1.13. WSP USA 2. Discipline 2 - Environmental Planning: 2.1 Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. 2.2 HNTB Corporation 2.3 Impact Sc   Not available Not available
2023-0445 13.ProgramCONSIDER: A. APPROVING programming an additional $2,137,325 within the capacity of Measure M Multi-Year Subregional Program (MSP) - Active Transportation 1st/Last Mile Connections Program (Expenditure Line 51), as shown in Attachment A; and B. AUTHORIZING the CEO or their designee to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements for approved projects.   Not available Not available
2023-0544 14.AgreementCONSIDER: A. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer, or designee, to amend an existing ground lease with Taylor Yard Senior Housing, L.P. (“TYSH”) to extend the 68-year term of the existing ground lease up to seven (7) additional years for a total term of up to 75 years to meet the lending requirements of the State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (“HCD”). B. FINDING that the recommended amendment to the ground lease is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3); and C. AUTHORIZING the CEO or her designee to file a Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk and the State Clearinghouse.   Not available Not available
2023-0449 15.Informational ReportRECEIVE AND FILE Countywide Planning & Development Major Projects Status Report.   Not available Not available
2023-0558 16.ProgramCONSIDER: A. DETERMINING the Measure R projects San Fernando Valley North-South Rapidways (Canoga Corridor) and I-5 Capacity Enhancement from SR-134 to SR-170 are complete with surplus Measure R funds remaining in the amount of $231,417,000; (REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE FULL BOARD) B. PROGRAMMING $231,417,000 of surplus Measure R funds and $201,312,900 of related Proposition C replacement credits to the San Fernando Valley East Light Rail Transit project; and C. PROGRAMMING $128,549,218 of non-federal funds in the Long Range Transportation Plan in the third decade of Measure R for uses within the Arroyo Verdugo subregion.   Not available Not available
2023-0490 17.ProgramAPPROVE the following actions for Round 3 of the Metro ExpressLanes Net Toll Revenue Reinvestment Grant Program, in the amount of $124,800,000: A. A total of $14,510,000 to Caltrans for improvements to the I-10 and I-110 freeway corridors (list of improvements provided in Attachment A); B. The I-10 recommended projects and funding awards totaling $28,674,440 and program $1,266,035 which includes $920,475 from Round 2, in reserve for the corridor as shown in Attachment B; C. The I-110 recommended projects and funding awards totaling $36,284,255 and program $8,328,355 which includes $1,082,560 deobligated from Round 1, in reserve for the corridor as shown in in Attachment C; D. A total of $6,000,000 to be deposited into Reserve Accounts - $2,400,000 for the I-10 and $3,600,000 for the I-110 to address unforeseeable operational issues; E. A total of $31,740,000 for continued incremental Transit Service improvements (see Attachment D); F. ADMINISTER the grant awards and Transit funding with the requirement that funding recipients bear all responsibility for any cost increases; G   Not available Not available
2023-0658 18.Motion / Motion ResponseAPPROVE Motion by Directors Horvath, Bass, Yaroslavsky, Butts, and Najarian that the Metro Board instruct the Chief Executive Officer to: A. Work with the PDA teams to publish reports of their community stakeholder meetings on a dedicated website or platform accessible to the public no later than December 1, 2023, to ensure that the information shared in the PDA teams’ meetings is available to all interested parties, recognizing that because Metro has not completed an environmental review, the information contained does not constitute or evidence an approval by Metro of, or commitment of Metro to, any action for which prior environmental review is required; B. Report to the Board in January 2024 with an accounting of the amount of funds that have been budgeted and expended for both the Sepulveda Corridor Transit Corridor Project and the I-405 Express Lane Project; and C. Upon completion of the PDA process, report with an evaluation of the efficacy of the PDA model compared to other tried and tested project delivery methods as well as the development of a lessons learned assessm   Not available Not available
2023-0644  Informational ReportRECEIVE General Public Comment   Not available Not available