1 David Yakobson
From: Dustin Shahan <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2024 9:29 PM
To: councilmtgitems; Council Mailbox; Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre Subject: Support 16E for Sepulveda transit cooridor
EXTERNAL
Good evening,
Please support 16E to endorse the on campus station and seamless link to the purple line. Although not within Santa Monica's border, this project will provide an enormous benefit to the entire region.
Thanks
Dustin Shahan
90401
Item 16-E
August 27, 2024
Item 16-E
August 27, 2024
2 David Yakobson
From: Jacob Wasserman <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2024 9:11 PM
To: Council Mailbox; Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems
Subject: Item 16.E: In Support
EXTERNAL
Dear Santa Monica City Council,
I am glad to see Item 16.E and am personally in support, as a Santa Monica resident who works in Westwood. Having a direct rail station on UCLA's campus is a regional issue and an issue for Santa Monica residents and workers. To take a route without an on-campus stop would be one of the biggest transportation missed opportunities I could imagine.
Jacob Wasserman
11th and Washington
90403
Item 16-E
August 27, 2024
Item 16-E
August 27, 2024
1 David Yakobson
From: GIRARD_DONALD <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2024 9:23 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Cc: Kathryn Jeffery; BONVENUTO_CHRIS
Subject: Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project – Item 16-E (August 27, 2024 Meeting)
EXTERNAL
RE: Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project – Item 16-E (August 27, 2024 Meeting) Dear Santa Monica City Council,
I am writing on behalf of Santa Monica College to express strong support for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project and for the inclusion of an on-campus UCLA metro station in the proposed transit expansion. Santa Monica, as a neighboring community, stands to benefit significantly from this addition.
A UCLA station would substantially reduce traffic congestion on the 405 freeway and surrounding streets, easing the daily commute for Santa Monica residents who work, study, or seek medical care at UCLA. This station would directly connect Santa Monica to one of the largest employers in Los Angeles County, providing over 40,000 employees and 44,000 students with a more efficient and sustainable commuting option. Such a connection would promote equity, particularly for those who cannot afford the high cost of car ownership or the expensive housing near UCLA.
For your information, four of the five remaining alternatives under study for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project include an on-campus UCLA station. Alternative 1 does not, Alternative 2 has been eliminated, Alternative 3 is an automated monorail with an on-campus UCLA station with connections at the Wilshire D Line and a terminus at the Sepulveda E Line station, Alternative 4 is automated heavy rail with an on-campus UCLA station with connections at the Wilshire D Line and a terminus at the Sepulveda E Line station, Alternative 5 is similar to Alternative 4 but entirely underground, and Alternative 6 is driver-operated heavy rail with an on-campus UCLA station with connections at the Wilshire D Line and a terminus at the Bundy E Line station.
Both the City of Santa Monica and Santa Monica College have written letters to Metro in the past supporting the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project with a southern terminus at the Bundy E Line Station.
Santa Monica College joined the Sepulveda Transit Corridor for All (STCAll) coalition in April of 2022. We encourage the City of Santa Monica to consider an affirmative vote on its decision to join this important grassroots coalition.
Sincerely,
Donald Girard
Senior Director, Government Relations and Institutional Communications Santa Monica College
1900 Pico Boulevard
Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 434-4287 work
Item 16-E
August 27, 2024
Item 16-E
August 27, 2024
2 David Yakobson
From: Ed Costello <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, August 26, 2024 7:42 AM
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Big BLUE Buses
EXTERNAL
Please fund and support our terrific bus system and its connectivity to Metro and other communities.
Thank you.
Edward J. Costello
"In our nation's 247 year history,
there has never been an individual
who is greater threat to our republic
than Donald Trump."
Dick Cheney, Sep. 7, 2023
Item 16-E
August 27, 2024
Item 16-E
August 27, 2024
3 David Yakobson
From: Jacob Wasserman <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, August 23, 2024 11:47 AM
To: Council Mailbox; Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Jesse Zwick; Caroline Torosis; Oscar de la Torre; councilmtgitems
Subject: Item 16.E, in Support: For Reference: North Westwood Neighborhood Council Statement on a Sepulveda Transit Corridor Station on UCLA's Campus Attachments: CIS_UCLA Station on Sepulveda Transit Corridor.pdf
EXTERNAL
Santa Monica City Council,
The following is sent in my personal capacity, regarding Item 16.E on the City Council agenda for Tuesday, August 27:
For your reference, the North Westwood Neighborhood Council (the most local level of elected Los Angeles city government)—representing tens of thousands of stakeholders, many of whom are residents of Santa Monica with work, business, or school in Westwood—passed the statement attached, below, and linked here, expressing support for a station on UCLA's campus on the future Sepulveda Transit Corridor.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Jacob Wasserman
11th and Washington
90403
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- COMMUNITY IMPACT STATEMENT -
Council File: 19-0002-S145
Title: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) / Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project / Transit Feasibility Study
Item 16-E
August 27, 2024
Item 16-E
August 27, 2024
4 Position: For
Summary:
The North Westwood Neighborhood Council strongly echoes the sentiments expressed by numerous elected officials, neighborhood organizations, community groups, business associations, and many local citizens who urge that Metro must include a station located directly on the UCLA campus as part of this pivotal transportation corridor project—specifically a one-seat ride from the San Fernando Valley directly to UCLA, hewing to Metro’s original proposal which suggested a 16-minute travel time for that segment, the fastest connection between the Valley and Westside and one that directly links people to where they want to go. This would be one of the most heavily trafficked Metro stops in the state and would be the busiest non-transfer station in Metro’s system.
The Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project is part of the Measure M expenditure plan, with approximately $5.7 billion for new transit service to connect the San Fernando Valley and the Westside, scheduled to open by 2033-35. Approximately $3.8 billion is allocated to extend that service from the Westside to LAX with a 2057-59 opening date.
Metro is making strides to improve travel between the San Fernando Valley, the Westside and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The natural barrier created by the Santa Monica Mountains means that most people traveling between these areas are funneled primarily onto the I-405 Freeway, already ranked as one of the most heavily congested urban highways in the nation. More than 400,000 people travel through this area every day to commute to work, school, and other destinations along the freeway and beyond.
Having a Metro Station located directly on the UCLA campus would also help transport the tens of thousands of individuals who travel to UCLA on a daily basis, including: UCLA students, staff, faculty, medical personnel, patients, and campus visitors.
Not having a Metro Station on the UCLA campus would be a sorely missed opportunity, and have significant negative impacts on the West L.A. region and regional traffic congestion for decades to come. An on-campus UCLA Station also presents the opportunity to connect the Sepulveda Transit Corridor project to the Metro Purple Line subway station extension, which will have a Westwood/UCLA Station located at Wilshire and Westwood Boulevards. Additionally, without a one-seat ride to the Valley, ridership would be significantly hindered, thereby negatively impacting Metro’s farebox recovery needs.
To provide this essential connectivity between transit lines in the San Fernando Valley and the City, to provide the critical “first mile, last mile” link between the Wilshire Purple Line subway and the UCLA campus, and to build a robust transportation system that will serve transit riders for many decades to come, we also urge the Metro Board to ensure that the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project also connect directly from the on-campus UCLA Station to the Westwood/UCLA Purple Line Subway Station at Wilshire Boulevard, to connect these two major north-south and east-west transit corridors.
Item 16-E
August 27, 2024
Item 16-E
August 27, 2024