AGENDA
OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
Thursday, October 16, 2003 - 1:00 P.M.
Call to order:
Directors:
John Fasana, Chair
Tom LaBonge, Vice Chair
Michael Antonovich
Martin Ludlow
Beatrice Proo
Doug Failing, Ex Officio
19. RECEIVE report of the Deputy Chief Executive Officer.
·
Metro Operations Performance
Report
20. RECEIVE oral update on
Service Sectors.
21. RECEIVE oral update on the Taft High School Incident.
22. RECEIVE oral update on the Metro Clean Program.
23. RECEIVE AND
FILE the Safety’s
First Program and Workers’ Compensation status report for the period
covering April 2003 through June 2003.
24. HAHN MOTION
that the Board direct MTA staff to report back in 60 days on the feasibility of
the inclusion of sustainable building practices into the design of Division 6,
and for subsequent MTA developments of this magnitude, including, but not
limited to such measures as:
Ø
LEED certification for the
design of the main building structure at the site.
Ø
The installation of
photovoltaic (solar) panels for future energy savings.
§
Consider their use as
mechanisms to provide shade for parked buses and/or employee vehicles.
§
Determine how much DWP
rebates would be able to offset the installation costs.
Ø
The implementation of
Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) in order to reduce the amount of,
and improve the quality of, runoff into the City storm drain system, which
drains into Ballona Creek, and subsequently to the Santa Monica Bay.
§
Consider options for on-site
water retention and reuse.
25. REJECT all bids submitted under IFB No.
PS64601394 for
the provision of Non-Inventory Paper Supplies in accordance with Public
Utility Code 130232.
26. APPROVE:
A.
life of project budget in the
amount of $8.7 million for installation
of four Gold Line Traction Power Substations; and
B.
execution of a Betterment
Agreement No. PCO 194 between the
Los
Angeles to Pasadena Metro Blue Line Construction Authority (PBLCA) and the Los
Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) for the procurement
and delivery
of four traction power substations in the amount of $4,733,190.
27. CONSIDER:
A. finding that there is only a single source
for procurement
of Thyristors and that the purchase is for the sole purpose of
replenishing the MTA’s existing supply.
The Board hereby authorizes the procurement pursuant to Public Utilities
Code 130237; and
B.
awarding a single source,
firm fixed-price contract to Bombardier Transportation to purchase 125
Thyristors to support the Metro Blue Line fleet for an amount not to exceed
$355,872 including sales tax.
(REQUIRES 2/3 VOTE OF BOARD)
28. APPROVE
execution of 9 three-year Metro Freeway
Service Patrol (FSP) contracts for a total amount not to exceed
$11,572,088 to the following contractors:
|
Beat |
Contractor |
Amount |
Contract Period |
|
3 |
Hollywood Independent Towing, Los Angeles |
$1,429,201 |
01/01/04-12/31/06 |
|
4 |
Tow Masters, Los Angeles |
$1,725,545 |
01/01/04-12/31/06 |
|
6 |
LA’s Bestway, Los Angeles |
$1,087,238 |
02/01/04-01/31/07 |
|
8 |
Al’s Towing, Alhambra |
$1,171,035 |
02/01/04-01/31/07 |
|
10 |
Mid Valley Towing, North Hollywood |
$1,390,351 |
02/01/04-01/31/07 |
|
22 |
Girard & Peterson, Burbank |
$1,159,897 |
02/01/04-01/31/07 |
|
35 |
Girard & Peterson, Burbank |
$913,863 |
03/01/04-02/28/07 |
|
39 |
LA’s Bestway, Los Angeles |
$1,166,792 |
03/01/04-02/28/07 |
|
40 |
J&M Towing, Alhambra |
$1,528,166 |
03/01/04-02/28/07 |
|
|
Total |
$11,572,088 |
|
CONSENT
CALENDAR Items 29 through 31
29. AWARD a firm
fixed-price contract under Bid No. 03-0021, to Burch Ford, the lowest
responsive and responsible bidder for 12 full size
passenger vans in the amount of $262,671 inclusive of sales tax.
30. AWARD a thirty-month firm fixed-price
Contract No. OP33204010, to First Transit, Inc. (FT) for bus inspection
services of 30 forty-five foot transit buses for an amount not to
exceed $337,587 inclusive of an option for additional inspection of 70
forty-five foot transit buses effective November 1, 2003.
31. AWARD a five-year, firm fixed price Contract
No. PS64301429, to Bielski Window & Masonry Cleaning for window cleaning
services for the Union Station Gateway Headquarters building for an
amount not to exceed $252,129, inclusive of two, one-year option(s), effective
December 1, 2003.
Consideration of items not
on the posted agenda, including: items to be presented and (if requested)
referred to staff; items to be placed on the agenda for action at a future
meeting of the Committee or Board; and/or items requiring immediate action
because of an emergency situation or where the need to take immediate action
came to the attention of the Committee subsequent to the posting of the agenda.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST WITHIN COMMITTEE’S
SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION
ADJOURNMENT