Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, December 06, 2016
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND THE CITY OF CARSON FOR PROJECT 919: WILMINGTON AVENUE INTERCHANGE MODIFICATION AT THE I-405 FREEWAY (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
The Carson Successor Agency and the City Council, are undertaking Project No. 919: Wilmington Avenue Interchange Modification at the I-405 Freeway (Exhibit No. 1). The project includes the construction of a new northbound on-ramp, widening Wilmington Avenue from 223rd Street to 220th Street, modifying the existing southbound on-ramp, and the construction of a right-turn lane from Wilmington Avenue northbound to 223rd Street eastbound by widening the existing bridge over the Dominguez Channel (Exhibit No. 2).
The project is partially funded by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), under the 2007 Call for Projects (CFP) program, Proposition C grant. To maintain MTA funding of the project, the fund's lapsing date needs to be extended. An extension of the fund's lapsing date through February 28, 2018 was authorized on August 15, 2016 by the MTA Board of Directors. The MTA Board of Directors has requested an Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of Carson (City) and MTA to memorialize the extension of the fund's lapsing date. As of the finalization of this report, the City is in receipt from MTA of a (draft) Amendment No. 5 to the MOU which will extend the fund's lapsing date through February 28, 2018 (Exhibit No. 3).
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. APPROVE Amendment No. 5 to the Memorandum of Understanding between Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the City of Carson for Project No. 919: Wilmington Avenue Interchange Modification at the I-405 Freeway, in a form substantial similar to the...
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