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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, May 23, 2002 – 9:30 a.m.

Call to order:

 

Directors:

 

John Fasana, Chair

James Hahn, 1st Vice Chair

Zev Yaroslavsky, 2nd 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**, 23, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36


** - Requires 2/3 vote of the Board

NOTE COMMITTEE AUTHORITY ITEMS: 11, 12 and 14

CONSENT CALENDAR:

2.           APPROVE Minutes of Regular Board Meeting held April 25, 2002 and Special Board Meeting held on May 13, 2002.

 

9.      OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (4-0):

 

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)

 

 

 

 23.    EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT & AUDIT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (4-0), adopting 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

D.       SB 1918 (TORLAKSON) - sponsored by the developers and manufacturers of the Segway Human Transporter vehicle.  The bill defines the Segway as an electric personal assistive mobility device (EPAD), with amendments consistent with those requested by the League of California Cities.  SUPPORT, WITH AMENDMENTS

 

 

 

29.    PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED   (4-0) approval of 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.    PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED   (3-0-1) award of 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.    PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED   (4-0) approval of seven new Subregional Paratransit projects for implementation beginning in FY03 in the total amount of $700,000.

 

 

                                                                                                                  

32.    PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED   (5-0) approval of 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.    PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED  (5-0):

 

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.      transitioning 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.

 

 

 

34.    EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (4-0) authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute Amendment No.1 to Contract No. OP2610LASD with the County of Los Angeles for Sheriff’s Department (LASD) transit policing service for a period of five months beginning July 1, 2002, for an amount not to exceed $8,750,000, for a total contract value not to exceed $103,650,000.


35.    OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (4-0) award of a firm, fixed-price contracts under Bid 02-0219 to the lowest responsive, responsible bidders for Heavy Duty Tow Trucks and Field Equipment Trucks for a firm fixed price of $2,538,529 inclusive of sales tax:

 

A.    Boerner Truck Center, for 14 Heavy Duty Tow Trucks for a total contract value of $2,270,340 inclusive of sales tax, and;

B.    West Covina Motors Inc., for 5 Field Equipment Trucks for a total contract value of $268,189 inclusive of sales tax.

 

 

36.         PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (5-0) communicating the following findings to Access Services, Inc. (ASI)

A.          that Metro endorses the inclusion of some “lifeline” service for individuals requiring same day unscheduled trips in ASI’s planned mix of services.

B.           that the funding for this “lifeline” service should be part of the previously approved $58.6 million;

 

C.          that the Metro, in its role as regional planner and programmer, will work with ASI staff to recommend financial and organizational modifications for funding the “lifeline” service.

 

 

 

 

APPROVED UNDER COMMITTEE AUTHORITY - (Items 11, 12 and 14)

11.    APPROVED UNDER OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AUTHORITY (4-0) 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.

 

        

12.    APPROVED UNDER OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AUTHORITY (4-0) award of 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.

                                                                                     

 

14.    APPROVED UNDER CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE AUTHORITY (5-0), AS CORRECTED:

 

A.    execution of Work Authorization Change Notice (WACN) No. 45.04 to Contract No. P2000, Los Angeles Standard Light Rail Vehicle, with Siemens Transportation Systems Inc., to design, build and install between car barriers on the 52 light rail vehicles currently on order under the contract, increasing the amount of the WACN from $200,000 to $500,000, and increasing the total contract value from $214,890,246 $214,552,446 to $215,190,246  $214,852,446; and

 

        B.    negotiation and execution of the subsequent contract change order, providing that                   the negotiated value is less than or equal to the current proposed value of

                $1,165,893, which includes the above $500,000 increased WACN value.

 

 

NON-CONSENT:



3.                Chief Executive Officer’s Report


4.                Chair’s Report 

 

5.      ADOPT the Joint Development Policies and Procedures to replace the Metro’s previously adopted joint development policy document.

 

 

 

16.     FINANCE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE FORWARDED TO THE FULL BOARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION AS AMENDED BY BURKE adoption of:

 

A.      the Fiscal Year 2002-2003 Budget; and

 

B.      the Reimbursement Resolution to authorize the expenditure of funds for capital construction and acquisition activities prior to issuance of debt for specific activities.

 

BURKE AMENDMENT:  that the Metro Board approve the Metro Budget with the condition that those items containing money for the Pasadena Gold Line (PGL) are approved contingent upon this Board’s further review and receiving a full report discussing the issues and containing answers to the following questions:

 

A.       What are the “real” total costs to Metro for all aspects of Pasadena Line opening on the proposed schedule?

 

B.       What  are the terms contained in the Master Cooperative Agreement as it pertains to Reimbursement for costs expended by the Metro?

 

C.       Identify what costs are proposed to be the sole responsibility of the Metro and why they are the Metro’s responsibility  in the context of the “Turnkey” project’s definitions.

 

D.       What sources of funds are being proposed to be used?  What is being deferred or what other regional projects are not being funded due to the use of these funds for the PGL project?  What were these funds programmed for before any such PGL proposal?

 

E.    If Bonds are sold (as indicated on pg 6-20 in Appendix 4) to provide funds for this project, what revenue sources are being bonded against and what are the primary uses for these revenues if not used for bonding on this project?

 

 

 

17.    FINANCE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL (4-0-1) OF REVISED FASANA MOTION that Propositions A & C revenues should be taken off the top for the administration of Propositions A & C programs.  Furthermore, Propositions A & C and operational expenditures should be expended from appropriate eligible Propositions A & C allocations.

        

A.       that funds taken off the top for the administration of Propositions A & C programs should not be expended for regional programs that are operations related;

 

B.       that funds taken off the top for the administration of Propositions A & C programs should not be expended for Metro operations related activities;

 

C.       that the Board direct the CEO to report back to the Board within 30 days on the impact of the implementation of these clarifications to the financial standards and to recommend modifications to the FY03 budget as appropriate; and

 

D.      that the Board direct the CEO to provide a detailed listing in future annual budgets and comprehensive annual financial reports of programs using Propositions A & C administrative funds.

 

 

28.    PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED   (5-0) APPROVAL AS AMENDED BY MOLINA:

 

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.

 

 

          MOLINA AMENDMENT:

 

A.           that the environmental phase consist of a full environmental impact report (EIR/EIS);

 

B.           that the environmental phase include an analysis of the community’s alternative and that it be analyzed to the same level that the other four alternatives were studied in the PSR;

 

C.          that the environmental document include a new and expanded traffic study that sets the study area to be the I-5/SR-2 interchange at the north and the Berkly/Alvarado/Glendale Blvd. intersection to the south.  The traffic study must include a validation of the existing capacity on Glendale Blvd. without assuming any additional enhancements other than those associated with the LA City project.  Furthermore, the study should be based upon the projected traffic volumes in 2025 given the particular constraints in the corridor, rather than the projected demand; and

 

D.          that the environmental phase include additional pedestrian safety enhancements and possible traffic calming techniques beyond those that are currently included in the alternatives.

 

 

 

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

4.      Tutor-Saliba-Perini v. Metro. No. BC123559

5.      Mangrove Estate v. Metro, BC271206

 

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 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

 

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