LA Metro Construction Committee · Feb 18, 2026
Construction Committee on 1:00 PM, Wednesday49 min1 official identified1 public speaker10 agenda itemsVideo: Granicus
The longest item after routine business: Program management project status, 20 min of this 49 min meeting.
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- 2:25VERMONT TRANSIT CORRIDOR BRT PROJECT- CONSTRUCTION MANAGER/GENERAL CONTRACTOR AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. AWARD Contract No. PS135255000 to Griffith Company, for the Vermont Transit Corridor Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project (Project) Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) Phase 1, in the amount of $4,792,452 for Preconstruction Services, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any; B. ESTABLISH a Preconstruction Budget for the Project in an amount of $198,460,000; and C. NEGOTIATE and EXECUTE all project-related agreements and modifications within the authorized Preconstruction Budget.
- 6:43Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker was called to speakImelda Padilla was called to speakFernando Dutra was called to speakJacquelyn Dupont-Walker was called to speakFernando Dutra was called to speakFernando Dutra was called to speakJacquelyn Dupont-Walker was called to speakPublic Speaker was called to speak
- 12:14VERMONT TRANSIT CORRIDOR BRT PROJECT- CONSTRUCTION MANAGER/GENERAL CONTRACTOR AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. AWARD Contract No. PS135255000 to Griffith Company, for the Vermont Transit Corridor Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project (Project) Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) Phase 1, in the amount of $4,792,452 for Preconstruction Services, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any; B. ESTABLISH a Preconstruction Budget for the Project in an amount of $198,460,000; and C. NEGOTIATE and EXECUTE all project-related agreements and modifications within the authorized Preconstruction Budget. Moved by 0, no second required.
- 12:24VERMONT TRANSIT CORRIDOR BRT PROJECT- CONSTRUCTION MANAGER/GENERAL CONTRACTOR AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. AWARD Contract No. PS135255000 to Griffith Company, for the Vermont Transit Corridor Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project (Project) Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) Phase 1, in the amount of $4,792,452 for Preconstruction Services, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any; B. ESTABLISH a Preconstruction Budget for the Project in an amount of $198,460,000; and C. NEGOTIATE and EXECUTE all project-related agreements and modifications within the authorized Preconstruction Budget. (Approved)
- 12:26LINK UNION STATION PROJECT PRECONSTRUCTION BUDGET AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. AMEND the Preconstruction Budget for the Link Union Station Phase A Project (Project) by $210.06 million, from $297.82 million to $507.88 million, to fund early work, third party agreements, real estate acquisitions, and related support costs; and B. NEGOTIATE and EXECUTE all project-related agreements and modifications to existing contracts within the authorized Preconstruction Budget.
- 13:03Roll Call: 6 members present, 1 members absent, 0 members excused.
- 27:15LINK UNION STATION PROJECT PRECONSTRUCTION BUDGET AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. AMEND the Preconstruction Budget for the Link Union Station Phase A Project (Project) by $210.06 million, from $297.82 million to $507.88 million, to fund early work, third party agreements, real estate acquisitions, and related support costs; and B. NEGOTIATE and EXECUTE all project-related agreements and modifications to existing contracts within the authorized Preconstruction Budget. Moved by 0, no second required.
- 27:22LINK UNION STATION PROJECT PRECONSTRUCTION BUDGET AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. AMEND the Preconstruction Budget for the Link Union Station Phase A Project (Project) by $210.06 million, from $297.82 million to $507.88 million, to fund early work, third party agreements, real estate acquisitions, and related support costs; and B. NEGOTIATE and EXECUTE all project-related agreements and modifications to existing contracts within the authorized Preconstruction Budget. (Approved)
- 27:28PROGRAM MANAGEMENT PROJECT STATUS RECEIVE AND FILE this Program Management Project Status Report that summarizes capital program performance through November 2025.
- 47:49GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT RECEIVE General Public Comment
What happened
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- The committee took up item 8, the Vermont Transit Corridor BRT Project, and staff presented the recommendation to award a Construction Manager General Contractor Phase 1 contract to Griffith Company.2:23
- For item 9, staff presented a proposed $210 million amendment to the Link Union Station pre-construction budget, bringing it to $508 million.12:32
- Item 9 was announced as “deemed approved unanimously by the committee” after no public comments were made on it.27:16
- Staff presented item 10, the program management project status report, covering projects including Purple Line Extension, I-5 North, 105 Express Lanes and Vermont.27:43
- After no public comments on item 10, the report was announced as a receive and file.47:40
Who spoke
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- James ButtsChair · Committee · 0.3 minFirst speaks at 47:24
Public comment: 1 speaker.
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Hamlet, “LA Metro Construction Committee, Feb 18, 2026: Los Angeles.” https://cities.myhamlet.com/la/metro-construction/meetings/2026-02-18. Data as of Oct 9, 2026 (version d14b03c); meeting of Feb 18, 2026.