foothill gold line update briefing

Foothill Gold Line Update Briefing

October 29, 2014

A Century in the Making

Pasadena - Red Car

Pasadena – Gold Line

Pacific Electric Railway (1901-1960)

LA County Rail System Map (2010)

Projects partially funded by Measure R

Locally Funded Rail System Expansion

MONTCLAIR

Construction Authority was created by state legislation to plan, design and build the Gold Line from Union Station to Montclair

Part of the County’s Growing Network Part of the County’s Growing NetworkPart of the County’s Growing Network

MONTCLAIR

Gold Line Project Phases

• Pasadena to Azusa Extension – On-Time, On-Budget/Funded by Measure R – 11.5 Miles, 5 Cities, 6 Stations/Construction Completion Anticipated - September 2015

Pasadena-Azusa Azusa-Montclair

• Azusa to Montclair Extension – Undergoing Advanced Engineering – 12.3 Miles, 6 Stations/Estimated Funding Needed is $1.18 Billion

Los Angeles-Pasadena

• Los Angeles to Pasadena Extension - Delivered On-Time, Under Budget – 13.7 Miles, 3 Cities, 13 Stations

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• Passenger rail cars operate on steel tracks • Trains are electrically-powered by overhead wire • Vehicles may operate in single-car or multi-car trains/stations are planned to handle three-car trains • Top speeds - 55 miles per hour • Three-car trains hold up to 200 passengers per car (sitting and standing)

Metrolink

Metro Gold Line - Light Rail Vehicle

Light Rail

Community Consensus at All Levels

Connections

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Regional Destinations

Santa Anita Racetrack

LA County Fairplex

City of Hope National Medical Center

LA/Ontario International Airport

Higher Education

Tens of thousands of students and faculty/staff within a half mile radius of station areas

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Historic Downtowns and Hospitals

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Pasadena to Azusa Project Update

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• Fully funded by Measure R • Three design-build contracts, totaling more than $550 million • Broke ground June 2010; Now more than 80% Complete • Turn over to LA County Metro in September 2015 for testing and pre-revenue

service • Metro determines when line opens for passenger service

Pasadena-Azusa

Pasadena to Azusa: On Time; On Budget

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Pasadena to Azusa Major Milestones • DB1: Gold Line Bridge Complete – December 2012

• DB2: Alignment Contract – On Schedule/On Budget > 80% Complete

Freight track realignment complete All at-grade street crossings complete All bridge structures complete Drainage – 100% complete Retaining walls – 100% complete Soundwalls – 100% complete OCS Installation – > 70% complete Light rail track installation - Complete Design – All design packages are AFC

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• DB3/Parking: Construction underway on Arcadia, Monrovia Irwindale and Azusa Structures

Duarte/City of HopeMonroviaArcadia

APU/Citrus CollegeAzusa DowntownIrwindale

Six New Stations Under Construction

Station construction to be completed in Spring 2015

All 24 Bridge Structures Now Complete

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All At-Grade Crossings Complete

Arcadia Monrovia Duarte

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Azusa

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Wall Installation

OCS Installation

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Construction – Operations Campus

• 24-acre, $265 million maintenance and operations facility; • On schedule to be turned over to Metro in Spring 2015

Project Completion Curve

Alignment Contract Cost to Date

Project Status – Risk Areas

• Submittals/RFIs – Very low risk; submittals/RFIs have been responded to in a

timely fashion since beginning of project

• Grade crossings– Very low risk; Authority has been coordinating with CPUC since

planning phase and crossing construction complete

• Hazardous Materials/Archeological & Paleontological findings/ Differing Site Conditions – Very low risk; mass quantities of dirt have already been moved

• Safety – Low risk; job has been safe thus far

Project Status – Risk Areas• Real Estate

– Very low risk; right to build on all properties

• Third Parties – Low risk; design approved, permits issued, and vast majority of

work in third party ROW complete

• Utilities – Very low risk; utilities at grade crossings potential risk

• Bridges – All bridge structures complete

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Project Status – Risk Areas• Material procurements

– Low risk; all critical long lead items delivered or scheduled to be delivered

• Metro Procurements – TVMs and SAVs: Low/medium risk

– Metro supplied Light Rail Vehicles: High risk

– Metro supplied Traction power supply substations (TPSS): High risk

– Light rail supervisory control and data acquisition system: Low/medium risk

– Rail operations control (ROC) facility: Low/medium risk

– Fiber optic cable connection between SMV station and ROC: Low/medium risk

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Azusa to Montclair

Project Readiness

Alternatives Analysis Complete Locally Preferred Alternative Selected

• Alignment • Station and Parking Locations

Environmentally Cleared (CEQA) Right of Way Purchased Station Artists/Concepts Selected Political and Community Support for LPA Advanced Conceptual Engineering/Design Funding

Approved • Contract Awarded to Support Construction Authority

Approved Locally Preferred Alternative Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension — Azusa to Montclair

Future Glendora Station

Future San Dimas Station

Future Claremont Station

Future Montclair StationFuture Pomona Station

Future La Verne Station

Approved by Construction Authority Board of Directors – March 2013

Workplan Milestones5-Year Look Ahead

Substantial Completion Mid-20232014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4

ACE Plan Set Developed 30% ACE Plan Set Complete

DB1 Design Commences ▲

Major Design Elements Complete

ACE Report to Board

Launch DB 1

Launch DB 2

▲ To be funded by residual Measure R Allocation of $33 million

Funding Azusa to Montclair

• Approved Funding Agreement with Metro includes $36 million for advanced conceptual engineering/NEPA work

• Construction ROM = $1.18 billion (currently unfunded) • Metro contemplating new tax measure or extension of

Measure R in Nov 2016 election – Azusa to Claremont is first priority project for new funds

• SANBAG is prepared to pay its proportional share of the cost to design and build the Foothill Extension from Claremont to Montclair

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Ontario Extension – Next Steps

Develop Route

Possibilities

SANBAG, SCAG & Gold Line Partnership

Establish Advisory

Committee

Strategic Planning

Study

Secure Alt. Analysis

Funding *

Alternatives Analysis

Funding and Final

Design

Environmental Certification Construction

* Next Step: Alternatives Analysis - awaiting funding commitments

Creating Jobs/Economic Stimulus

Initial Spending

$490 million

Output $930 million

Employment 6,900 jobs

Earnings $308 million

Tax Revenue $39 million

Economic Impact

Project Spending by Category

73% 12%

6%

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Construction

Real Estate

Architectural & Engineering ServicesInsurance

Legal Services

Administrative Services

Fees & Permits

• Azusa to Montclair extension will create additional construction impacts

• Upon project completion, the fully operational Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension will likely lead to further development and economic activity for many years

• Efficient transit and appropriate zoning has served as a catalyst for investment and long term economic development around stations in other cities

– A similar pattern of densification and transit-oriented development around the Gold Line stations can be expected and will have an additional significant economic impact

Long Term Impact

The 24-mile corridor can absorb significant infill development potential:

1,200 acres of opportunity sites

Roughly equivalent to the size of…

Downtown Los Angeles

Decades of Change Ahead

Station Area Development Opportunities • 17,000 DU • 3 million SF retail • 7.5 million SF office

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Wrap Up

Wrap Up

Pasadena to Azusa: • On-time, on-budget for construction completion/turn over

to Metro – Sept. 2015 • Metro determines when trains start operating passenger

service

Azusa to Montclair: • Advanced conceptual engineering is now underway• Project will be “shovel ready” for design-build

procurement in 2017 and take 5 years to complete • Seeking $1.18 billion construction funding

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