AGENDA
OPERATIONS COMMITTEE


Wednesday, May 15, 2002 - 1:00 P.M.



Call to order:

Directors:

Hal Bernson, Chair

Michael Antonovich, Vice Chair

John Fasana

Beatrice Proo

Zev Yaroslavsky

Robert Sassaman, Ex Officio


 

 6.     RECEIVE report of the Deputy Chief Executive Officer.

 

 

 

 

 7.     RECEIVE AND FILE Safety’s First Program and Workers’ Compensation status report for the period covering January 2002 through March 2002.

 

 

 

 

 8.     RECEIVE AND FILE quarterly report on activities of the County’s Mental Evaluation Team (MET) in support of regional transit operations.

 

 

 

 

 9.     CONSIDER:

 

A.          a finding that procurement under Public Utilities Code § 130232 does not constitute a procurement method adequate to meet Metro’s needs and that the procurement of the buses qualifies under Public Contracts Code (PCC) § 20217 for procurement by competitive negotiation; 

B.          authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to solicit proposals for up to seventy-two (72) CNG-electric or CNG-hybrid  60-foot articulated transit buses as a competitive negotiation pursuant to PCC § 20217 and Metro’s Procurement Policies and Procedures for use on the San Fernando Valley Bus Rapid Transit (BRT); and 

 

C.         authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to solicit proposals for up to 200 advanced design, high performance 60-foot articulated CNG transit buses as a competitive negotiation pursuant to PCC § 20217 and Metro’s Procurement Policies and Procedures for use on existing Metro bus routes.  

 

(Requires two-thirds vote of the Board)

 

 

10.    AWARD a five-year firm, fixed-price revenue contract to Viacom Outdoor Group Incorporated, for a total contract amount of $70,000,000, effective January 1, 2003, for the right to sell and display:

A.        standard exterior and interior advertising on the Metro Bus fleet for a firm, fixed revenue price of $57,900,000, inclusive of three one-year options; and

B.       wrapped advertising on not more than 100 buses in the Metro Bus fleet for a firm, fixed revenue price of $12,100,000, inclusive of three one-year options.

 

 

CONSENT CALENDAR (Items 11 and 12)


11.    APPROVE execution of an agreement with the California Highway Patrol to provide field officer and dispatch support to the Metro Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) during FY03 for a total amount not to exceed $405,000.

 

         COMMITTEE AUTHORITY, 4/5 vote

 

 

 

12.    AWARD a firm, fixed-price contract under Bid No. 01-0224 to the following lowest responsive and responsible bidders for pick-up trucks for the total amount of $410,965, inclusive of sales tax:

 

A.    Burch Ford for line item #1 for 15 each compact pick-up trucks for the amount of $191,510 inclusive of sales tax; and

 

B.   Ford West for line item #2 for 10 each full-size pick-up trucks for the amount of $219,455 inclusive of sales tax.

         COMMITTEE AUTHORITY, 4/5 vote

 

 

 

          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

 

Return to Meeting Schedule]