AGENDA
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
METROPOLITAN
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Metro Headquarters
3rd
Floor - Board Room
One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles
Thursday, January 24, 2002 – 9:30 A.M.
Call to order:
Directors:
John
Fasana, Chair
James
Hahn, First Vice Chair
Zev Yaroslavsky, Second Vice Chair
Michael Antonovich
Hal Bernson
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
Paul Hudson
Don Knabe
Gloria Molina
Pam O’Connor
Beatrice Proo
Frank Roberts
Allison Yoh
Robert Sassaman, Ex Officio
Chief
Executive Officer – Roger Snoble
Board Secretary - Michele Jackson
Ethics Officer - Karen Gorman
Inspector General - Arthur Sinai
General Counsel - County Counsel
1. APPROVE Consent Calendar Items 2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 20, 21, 22, 28, 29, 30, 37, 38, and 39
COMMITTEE AUTHORITY ITEMS: 15 through 17
CONSENT CALENDAR:
2.
APPROVE
Minutes of Regular Board Meeting held November
29, 2001 and Special Board meeting held January 9, 2002.
10. OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (3-0) rejection of the single bid submitted by Siemens Transportation Systems, under Bid 05-0108 for a static inverter in accordance with Metro Procurement Policies and Procedures, Section 731.
11. OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (3-0-1):
A. award of a firm fixed-price contract to North American Bus Industries, the highest ranked proposer under RFP No. OP33200705, for 30 lightweight, low floor, high capacity Compressed Natural Gas buses, spare parts, diagnostic equipment, training aids and spare fuel cylinders in the amount of $12,671,221 inclusive of sales tax; and
B. authorizing the CEO to execute change orders, for this procurement only, in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 for a total contract value not to exceed $13,671,221.
12. OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (3-0) acquisition of real property located at 1680 East
Imperial Highway, Willowbrook, from the California Department of Transportation (CALTRANS)
for a total purchase price of $231,000.
13.
OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED (3-0) award of a firm fixed-price contract to Powerware Global Service, the
lowest responsive, responsible bidder under Bid No. 12-0113 for the purchase and installation of Uninterruptible Power
Supply (UPS) batteries for three Metro Red Line Stations, including removal and
disposal of existing batteries, in an amount not to exceed $426,855, inclusive of sales
tax and option to replace the UPS battery systems at four additional Metro Red Line
Stations.
20. FINANCE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (5-0) adopting the Financial Institutions Resolution authorizing financial institutions to honor the signatures of Metro Officials.
21. FINANCE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (5-0) award of a five-year unit rate contract to Metavante Corporation to provide Photo Identification Card Production Services for the Metro’s Reduced Fare Program in an amount not to exceed $1,225,807, inclusive of two one-year options.
22. FINANCE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (5-0):
A. execution of five-year multiple award agreements with the following four firms: Completion Corporation, APR Consulting, Inc., PI Technology and Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Inc. to provide information systems technical services to assist in various computer Programming and Database related services, with a cumulative total not to exceed $3,000,000; and
B. execution of Task Orders under these agreements for computer programming and database related services.
28. EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED (3-0) adopting the revised
proposed 2001-2002 Legislative Program –
Second Session.
29. EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (3-0) adoption of the following positions with the revised recommendation on Item C:
A.
Proposition
42 (Dutra) – would permanently dedicate the sales tax on gasoline to transportation
purposes. SUPPORT
B. AB 629 (Oropeza) – would require two-way communication devices on specified public transit vehicles. SUPPORT – WORK WITH AUTHOR.
C.
SB
18 (Alarcon)– would 1) extend the statute by which the Metro transfers TDA
funds to the county; 2) restructure the Metro Board; and, 1) require a study of the membership
and governance structure of the Metro and 2) require transit agencies in California to adopt
a Bus Transit Riders Bill of Rights.
OPPOSE NEUTRAL
30. EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (3-0):
A. adopting the updated Metro Investment Policy; and
B.
delegating
to the Metro Treasurer or his/her designees, the authority to invest Metro funds for a
one-year period, pursuant to California Government Code Section 53607.
37. PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (4-0) working with the cities of Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs and the Los Angeles Department of World Airports to institute a direct bus connection between the Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Metrolink Station and the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) prior to initiating a planning process for a Metro Green Line (D Line) eastern extension.
38. PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED (4-0) inclusion of the Canoga
Avenue Right-of-Way as an initial alternative to be evaluated in the San Fernando
Valley North/South Transit Corridor Major Investment Study.
39. PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (4-0) approving the findings of the Public Hearing conducted on November 10, 2001 and ADOPTING the revised FY 2002 Service Change Program.
APPROVED UNDER COMMITTEE AUTHORITY - (Items 15
through 17)
15. APPROVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE AUTHORITY (4-0):
A. negotiation and execution of Change Order No. 27 to Contract Work Order (CWO) No. 1 for Contract No. MC047, with Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., Hatch Mott MacDonald, Inc., ACG Environments, a Joint Venture (JMA), to provide continued Construction Management Services to Metro Red Line, Segment 3, North Hollywood Extension for Contract Nos. C0326 and C2327, in an amount not to exceed $700,000, and AUTHORIZATION to extend the total contract period of performance from April 30, 2002 to August 31, 2002;
B. negotiation and execution of contract, as part of Change Order No. 27 to CWO No. 1 for Contract MC047 for Construction Management Services to Metro Red Line, Segment 3, North Hollywood Extension, Contract No. C0322, for an amount not to exceed $1,200,000 and extending the total contract period of performance from August 31, 2002 to April 30, 2004;
C. negotiation and execution as part of Change Order No. 27 to CWO No. 1 for Contract MC047, to provide an increase in the Other Direct Cost allowance in an amount not to exceed $200,000 for replacement insurance costs associated with the end of the Metro Owner Controlled Insurance Program; and
D. based upon the changes to Contract No. MC047 with Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., Hatch Mott MacDonald, Inc., ACG Environments, a joint venture (JMA), identified in paragraphs A, B & C above, increasing the total contract value in an amount not to exceed $2,100,000 from $66,469,836 to $68,569,836 and an increase in the Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) to Contract No. MC047 in an amount not to exceed $2,100,000, increasing the current contract AFE from $66,939,688 to $69,039,688.
16. APPROVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE AUTHORITY (4-0) an increase in the Authorization for Expenditure to Contract No. E0112, Design and Engineering Services During Construction, with INCA Engineers, Inc., to provide funding for pending changes that are within the Board-delegated authority in the amount of $250,000, increasing the current Segment 3 AFE amount from $1,154,325 to $1,404,325.
17. APPROVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE AUTHORITY (4-0) execution of Amendment No. 6 to Contract No. EN068 with Harding ESE, to provide anticipated Environmental Engineering Services for a period of one year in an amount not to exceed $2,000,000 increasing the total contract value from $3,637,493 to $5,637,493.
NON-CONSENT
ITEMS
3. Chief Executive
Officer’s Report
4. Chair’s Report
Ø
Presentation
of Resolutions to departing Chief Operating Officer, Allan Lipsky and Executive Officer of
Construction,
Charles Stark.
5. DIRECT the Chief Executive Officer to end negotiations with the MacLeod Partnership consistent with the terms of the Exclusive Negotiation Agreement (ENA).
6. AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to enter into a six-month Exclusive Negotiation Agreement (ENA) with the team headed by Legacy/Olson for the development of approximately 12.41 acres of Metro-owned properties located at the North Hollywood Metro Red Line Station, subject to the following provisions:
A. Legacy/Olson shall submit, within 90 days from the date of the ENA execution, a proposal to include an expanded retail/commercial component; and
B. Legacy/Olson shall participate in a coordinated planning effort with the City of Los Angeles and adjacent developers to maximize project compatibility and connectivity with those developments.
18. CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE FORWARDED TO THE FULL BOARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION utilization of Contract No. E0111, General Engineering Consultant Multiple Award Agreement, for Design Support During Construction Services on Contract No. C0322, Universal City Station Pedestrian Underpass on the Metro Red Line, Segment 3, North Hollywood Extension, in an amount not to exceed $700,000 to be funded by the Segment 3, North Hollywood Extension project.
31. CLOSED SESSION:
A.
Conference with Legal Counsel –
Existing Litigation – G.C. 54956.9 (a):
Gillespie v. Metro PC 020418
B. Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation G. C. 54956.9(c):
Two Cases
C. Personnel Matters – G.C. 54957:
Direct Report Performance Evaluations - Consider evaluations of Metro Officers reporting directly to the Board of Directors.
D.
Conference with Labor Negotiator – G.C. § 54957.6:
Agency Negotiators:
Roger
Snoble and Brenda
Diederichs
Employee Organizations: AFSCME
and Engineers and
Architects
Association
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
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 Board subsequent to the
posting of the agenda.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON
ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST WITHIN BOARD’S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION
ADJOURNMENT