To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: ANDREW WINJE, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
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APPROVE A FREEWAY MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CALTRANS) FOR THE INGLEWOOD AVENUE AND MARINE AVENUE UNDERPASSES BENEATH INTERSTATE 405
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The maintenance responsibilities for areas where City streets traverse through the Interstate 405 (I-405) right-of-way (ROW) are defined by a Freeway Maintenance Agreement (FMA) between the City and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). The current FMA addresses the underpasses on Marine Avenue and Inglewood Avenue and was first executed on November 16, 1959. Caltrans is in the preliminary planning stage to widen portions of the I-405 bridges over these streets. The anticipated project work has prompted Caltrans to modernize and standardize the existing Agreement with the City. Whether or not the projects are actually built, staff has determined that modernizing the FMA at this time is in the best interest of the City.
BACKGROUND
The purpose of a FMA is to define maintenance standards and responsibilities between the local agency and Caltrans where local streets, overcrossings, and undercrossings intersect State ROW. The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority and Caltrans are pursuing a project to widen I-405 within City limits to provide additional auxiliary lanes for vehicular merging and exiting near on/off-ramps (auxiliary lanes). The proposed project would increase the width of the freeway within the State's ROW. Additional state ROW is not required for the project, but the width of the underpass will increase if the project is built. This would modestly increase the limits of the City's maintenance responsibility (length of underpass), which triggers the need to reevaluate the current FMA. Funding for the project is not yet secured, but its consideration has driven Caltrans to review their maintenance agreements with local age...
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