AGENDA

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE

 

Thursday, May 16, 2002 - 11:00 A.M.


Call to order:

Directors:

John Fasana, Chair

James Hahn, Vice Chair

Yvonne Burke

Frank Roberts

Zev Yaroslavsky

Robert Sassaman, Ex Officio

 

         

18.          RECEIVE report of the Chief Executive Officer.


 

19.          RECEIVE quarterly update on Public Outreach Activities.

 

 

 

20.          RECEIVE oral monthly status report on the Booz-Allen Management Audit.

 

 

 

21.     RECEIVE AND FILE monthly report of Management Audit Services.



 

 

22.            APPROVE funding strategies to ensure the timely completion of the Pasadena Gold Line by:

 

A.         committing to provide funding for the project’s unfunded Project Reserve line item up to $27,600,000, if and when needed, on a reimbursement basis;

 

B.        relieving the Pasadena authority from its obligation to reimburse the Metro for pre-revenue start up activities in the amount of $4.5 million and other minor items; and

 

C.        authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute agreement(s) and/or amendment(s) to existing agreements, which implement the actions.

 

 

 

23.    ADOPT the following positions on state legislation:

 

A.    AB 2098 (Bates) – a federal statute requires states to adopt four penalties for repeat drunk driving violations.  California meets two of these four requirements and is subject to mandatory transfer of federal transportation funds to certain safety programs: 1) AB 2098 would impose an ignition interlock requirement, and; 2) allow currently transferred highway funds to flow through the STIP.  SUPPORT, SEEK AMENDMENTS.

 

B.    AB 2189 (Koretz) – would impose a 60-day employee retention requirement when a contractor for a public transit service is terminated.  OPPOSE UNLESS AMENDED.

 

C.    AB 2333 (Nakano) – would require Caltrans to give priority to projects that promote airport development and access, only if the county is compatible with the aviation element of the RTP under SCAG’s guidelines and authorize Southern California Regional Aviation Authority to review county master plans for compliance with RTP.  OPPOSE

 

    

 24.            CLOSED SESSION: 

 

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

 

1.                 Alvarez v. Metro, Case No. PC026760

2.                 Lee v. Metro, Case No. BC237857

3.                 Burbank v. Metro, Case No. PC035498

 

B. Public Employee Performance Evaluation - G.C. 54957:

1.          Chief Executive Officer

2.                Chief Ethics Officer/Manager

 
 

          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

 

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