AGENDA
PLANNING
& PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
Thursday,
May 16, 2002 - 1:00 P.M.
Call to order:
Directors:
Beatrice
Proo, Chair
Allison
Yoh, Vice Chair
Michael
Antonovich
Gloria
Molina
Pam
O’Connor
Robert
Sassaman, Ex Officio
25.
RECEIVE report of the Executive Officer.
26.
RECEIVE AND FILE Metro’s evaluation committee’s recommendation
regarding joint development proposals for the
Metro Red Line Wilshire/Vermont Station.
27. RECEIVE AND FILE report on the progress
towards completing the North County Combined Highway
Corridor Study, Part I, which includes the I-5 Golden State and SR-14
Antelope Valley Freeways between their respective interchange and Kern County.
28.
CONSIDER:
A.
receiving Caltrans’ approved Project Study Report/Project
Development Support (PSR/PDS) for the State Route 2
Freeway Terminus Improvements project; and
B.
authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to proceed with the next
phase of project development, the preparation of the Project
Approval/Environmental Document, and include in the environmental scoping
process the four candidate alternatives identified in the PSR/PDS and the
alternative proposed by the Echo Park Community Action Committee.
29. APPROVE the FY 2002-03 Southern
California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) Preliminary
Budget; Metro’s financial contributions to that Budget totaling
$37,592,549; and an additional $20,000 for promotional train programs not
included in the SCRRA budget.
30. AWARD three separate nine-month,
firm fixed-price contracts to perform preliminary engineering services through
the preparation of Noise Barrier Scope Summary Reports
(NBSSR), Environmental Documents, and Noise Study Reports for the Post 1989 Metro
Retrofit Soundwalls, Phase I, Priority 2
projects. Each of the following
firms will independently perform preliminary engineering services for discrete
freeway corridors:
A.
Washington Infrastructure Services,
Inc. (Contract
No.PS-4340-1237) for the amount of $1,850,000 for packages
1 and 3;
B.
Tetra Tech, Inc. (Contract No. PS-4340-1238) for the amount of
$735,000 for project package 2; and
C.
Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc. (Contract
No. PS-4340-1239) for the amount of $485,000 for project
package 4.
31. APPROVE seven new Subregional
Paratransit projects for implementation beginning in FY03 in the total
amount of $700,000.
32. APPROVE the Regional
Improvement Program (RIP) changes for inclusion in the Final 2002 State
Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) for Los Angeles County as follows:
A.
re-assign funding to four projects totaling $43.0 million from RIP
funds to Regional Surface Transportation Program funds, thereby permitting
nineteen (19) projects to be advanced;
B.
re-program $42.5 million in RIP funds freed up by Recommendation A
and $5.0 million in RIP reserves to the Interstate 5 High Occupancy Vehicle Lane
project between Routes 134 and 170 in FY 2007 and seek accelerated construction
phase funding for this project from the State through the 2003 Call for Projects
and 2004 STIP processes; and
C.
re-program $500,000 in RIP funds freed up by Recommend-ation A, to
Route 101/Van Nuys Off-Ramp project, to meet one-half of the $1 million match
that the California Transportation Commission requires before granting $8
million of Interregional TIP funds and secure the remaining $500,000 needed from
the City of Los Angeles by redirecting some of their existing Call for Projects
funding or providing some other non-Metro funding source.
33.
APPROVE:
A.
increasing funding limit for Rideshare Program from $4,367,270 to
$4,667,270 to close out the Memorandum of Understanding with SCAG for FY 02; and
B. transition
to an Metro-operated Rideshare Program that integrates rideshare offerings with
transit pass programs that will create a complete line of alternative
transportation services for employers, schools and communities.
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.
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