At its Dec. 1 Regular Meeting, the Beverly Hills City Council voted to amend the settlement agreement with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) over the Purple Line Extension Project, adjusting the work hours to account for the COVID-19 Emergency Order. The settlement, which the Council approved at its Nov. 10 Regular Meeting, outlines the terms of how the City and Metro will share the cost and work for a second subway portal at Wilshire Boulevard and Rodeo Drive. The vote on the amended work hours split the same as the Nov. 10 vote on the settlement, with Councilmember John Mirisch casting the lone dissenting vote.
Councilmember Julian Gold said that the vote highlighted the City’s flexibility in dealing with Metro. “All I’d really like to do is to highlight the fact that yet again, this is a time where we’re saying yes [to Metro],” Gold said. “And if, perhaps, in the future, there’s a time where, for whatever reason, we say no, that we have a little bit of credit in the bank.”
