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, March 28, 2002 – 9:30 a.m.

Call to order:

Directors:

John Fasana, Chair
James Hahn, 1st Vice Chair
Zev Yaroslavsky, 2^nd 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, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17,   23, 24, 25, 27, 33 and 34

 

CONSENT CALENDAR:

2.      APPROVE Minutes of Regular Board Meeting held February 28, 2002.

9.      OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (3-0) award of a 24-month, fixed-price contract under Bid No. 12-0120 to Asbury Environmental Services, the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, to provide recycled coolant for the bus and automobile fleets, and dispose of used coolant for an amount not to exceed $641,513, inclusive of sales tax.

10.    OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (3-0) award of a firm, fixed-price contract under Bid No. 10-0131 to Los Angeles Freightliner, the lowest responsive, responsible bidder for the purchase of three Heavy Duty Bus Transport and Tractor Trailers for a total bid amount of $496,738 inclusive of sales tax.

11.    OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (3-0) award of a firm, fixed-price contract under Bid No. 01-0229 to Computer Power Solutions, the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, for the purchase of eighteen Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) Units for Segments 2 and 3 of the Metro Red Line Subway System, for an amount not to exceed $1,154,188 inclusive of sales tax.

12.    OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (3-0) AS CORRECTED, award of a one-year firm fixed price competitive contract, Contract No. PS-4140-1062 PS-4140-1153 to CDSNet, Incorporated to provide supervisory and technical services in collecting and processing ridership and running time data on Metro bus and rail lines in the amount of $349,996, effective April 15, 2002.   

13.    OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (3-0) execution of Amendment No. 1 to existing Contract No. PS009210234 with Giro, Inc., for the implementation of HASTUS (Horaires et Assignations pour Systeme de Transport Urbain et Semi-urbain) System (Horaires et Assignations pour Systeme de Transport Urbain et Semi-urbain) System Version 5.12 and the additional modules of HASTOP (HASTUS STOP information), Analyses Temps Parcours (ATP), and RIDER, for a total additional contract value not to exceed $561,000.

15.    FINANCE & BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (4-0) award of a five-year, unit rate Contract No. PS-5210-1135 to Bank of America for general and specific banking services, for an amount not to exceed $1,545,474 inclusive of two one-year options, effective June 1, 2002.

16.    FINANCE & BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (4-0):

A.                 adoption of a resolution extending the expiration of the taxable  commercial paper program by an additional six years until June 30, 2009; and

B.                 award of a three-year unit rate Contract No. PS-5210-008 to Landesbank Hessen-Thurigen (Helaba) to provide a $150 million direct pay letter of credit, for an amount not to exceed $1,700,000, including legal fees and other related expenses.

17.    FINANCE & BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (4-0):

A.    authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate the terms of, and execute the documents necessary to complete a like-kind-exchange defeased-lease transaction with FBS Investments, Inc., a subsidiary of Textron Corporation, as the equity investor, for Metro property generally referred to as the Patsaouras Transit Plaza, including the transit parking (the “Property”);

B.    authorizing payment of fees and transaction expenses not to exceed $1,202,500; and

C.    adoption of a resolution authorizing the like-kind-exchange defeased-lease transaction for the Property.

23.    EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT & AUDIT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED  (5-0) the following positions on state legislation:

A.    SB 1262 (Torlakson) – would require county transportation commissions to develop reward programs whereby 10% of the Regional Transportation Improvement Program funds would be allocated to local jurisdictions based on their promotion of projects to reduce traffic congestion and improve jobs/housing balance located closer to schools and businesses.  OPPOSE, UNLESS AMENDED – WORK WITH AUTHOR

        B.    AB 1912 (Kehoe) – would delete the condition that funds could flow to transit operators only if they are not precluded from utilizing part-time drivers or contracting for services.  WORK WITH AUTHOR

        C.    AB 2184 (Cohn) – would authorize Board of Directors of transit agencies to adopt ordinances prohibiting loitering on or in transit properties.  SUPPORT

24.    EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT & AUDIT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED  (5-0) revisions to the Metro Procurement Policies and Procedures Manual to comply with changes in California law and 49 CFR Part 26. 

25.    EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT & AUDIT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED  (5-0) revisions to the Alcohol and Drug-Free Work Environment Policy (#HR 4-2).

27.    EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT & AUDIT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED  (3-0-2):

A.              award of fifteen fully burdened unit labor rate multiple award contracts for the CPA audit pool to:

to provide audit services for a period of five years, inclusive of two one-year options, effective April 2, 2002; and

B.      execution of Task Orders under these contracts for audit services for the first year of the contracts, in a total amount not to exceed $5,156,000.

33.    PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED       (3-0-1) award of a nineteen-month, cost plus fixed-fee contract to Parsons Transportation Group, Contract No. PS 4330-1068, for professional consultant services for the North County Combined Highway Corridor Study – Part II in the amount of $1,842,815 inclusive of a 10% contingency.

34.     PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (4-0) approval of MOLINA MOTION that the Board of Directors direct staff to investigate cost effective bus stop information displays and develop an accelerated program for installing bus information displays at every Metro bus stop and report back to the Board within 60 days.  Each bus stop shall display basic route and schedule information and Metro’s help line number.   Where space is available, the display shall include a route map for each route and detailed bus arrival information.

NON-CONSENT:

3.      Chief Executive Officer’s Report

4.                     Chair’s Report

7.      OPERATIONS COMMITTEE FORWARDED TO THE FULL BOARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION:

A.      five-year, unit rate, multiple award agreements to provide Workers’ Compensation Investigation Services, inclusive of two one-year options, effective April 1, 2002 with a total contract amount not to exceed $5,000,000, with the following firms:        

          Frasco Investigative Services               PS 5310-1145A

         MJM Investigations, Inc.                     PS 5310-1145B

         Luchay and Associates                       PS 5310-1145C

         Facticon, Inc.                                      PS 5310-1145D

         Phillip J. Burruel and Associates      PS 5310-1145E

         Page Investigations                             PS 5310-1145F

         Nelson and Nelson Investigations      PS 5310-1145G

         Fu-Gen Investigations, Inc.                 PS 5310-1145H

B.                 execution of Task Orders under these contracts for the investigation firms’ services for a total amount not to exceed $5,000,000.

18.     FINANCE & BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (4-0) negotiation and award of All Risk Property insurance policy and Boiler & Machinery insurance policy for all Metro property for a cost not to exceed $5.5 million for a 12-month period effective May 10, 2002 to   May 10, 2003.

26.    EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE FORWARDED TO THE FULL BOARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION authorization of the Chief Executive Officer to fund the second year of:

A.                  Contract No. PS-2020-1051 with Dr. Eisenstein for geotechnical and tunneling consulting as a member of the Tunnel Advisory Panel for an amount not to exceed $192,865 effective May 1, 2002; and

B.                 Contract No. PS-2020-1055 with Dr. Martin for geotechnical and tunneling consulting as a member of the Tunnel Advisory Panel for an amount not to exceed $39,600 effective May 1, 2002.

28.     CLOSED SESSION:

A.      Conference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation G.C. 54956.9(a):

1.       Lopez v. Metro, Case No. VC031574.
2.       Labor/Community Strategy Center v. Metro, Case No. 94-936
3.       Burbank v. Metro, Case No. KC035498

B.      Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation:

1. GC 54956.9(b) One case
          2. GC 54956.9(c) One case

C.      Conference with Labor Negotiator – G.C. § 54957.6:

Agency Negotiators:            Roger Snoble and Brenda Diederichs

         Employee Organizations:         AFSCME, ATU and Engineers and
                                                 Architects Association

35.           35.      RECEIVE AND FILE report outlining the Metro plans for continuing to comply

                    with the provisions of the Consent Decree.

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.

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