Opinion ID: 2181533
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Fifth Interim Capital Contributions Agreement

Text: In 1992, WMATA entered into the Fifth Interim Capital Contributions Agreement (hereinafter the ICCA 5) with the Washington Suburban Transit District and numerous political subdivisions around the District of Columbia. [6] The Agreement provides that WMATA's funding for [the] accomplishment of the construction program and related activities of the Metrorail System comes from contributions from the political subdivisions as well as grants made by the Federal Transit Administration. In addition to the funding provisions, the ICCA 5 states that WMATA will proceed with all practical dispatch to accomplish the construction program and related activities.... Under the terms of the ICCA 5, the construction of the Metrorail System includes the construction of four new line segments, one of which is Branch Avenue. The ICCA 5 allows the political subdivisions certain control over the management of the construction projects. For example, WMATA annually must submit a proposed rail construction budget to the political subdivisions, and a political subdivision may recommend a change in station facilities (i.e. the size of a parking lot or structure or the size of a rail station bus facility or kiss-and-ride lot) within that [political subdivision] so long as the recommended change does not change the adopted regional alignment. Furthermore, the ICCA 5 provides remedies for the political subdivisions should the construction of the Metro not occur according to the agreed schedule: In the event that the Federal Transit Administration does not approve a real estate, design, or construction project... or a project is significantly delayed for reasons beyond the control of any [political subdivision] and cannot be initiated in the year in which its commencement is scheduled in Exhibit 1, then the funds allocated for such project may be reassigned to any other project within the affected revenue producing line; alternatively, upon approval of the [WMATA] Board of Directors, funds may be advanced on an interim basis for [other projects] to other [political subdivisions] on such terms as the affected [political subdivision] may agree.... Similarly, WMATA has certain rights under the ICCA 5 if any political subdivision does not provide the promised funding for a project. In particular, WMATA may suspend or terminate any project or activity if a political subdivision does not commit funds for that project or if the political subdivision does not perform its obligation under its [Local Funding Agreement]. WMATA enters into such Local Funding Agreements with political subdivisions to establish arrangements for their commitment to pay local contributions to WMATA construction projects. Exhibit 1 of the ICCA 5 is entitled Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Rail Construction Program. That Exhibit provides for the construction of the F Route of the Metrorail System (Branch Avenue) in Prince George's County, the part of the Metrorail System that Rodrigues-Novo was working on when he was injured. [7]