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, August 15, 2002 – 10:00 a.m.
Call to order:
Directors:
Hal
Bernson, Chair
Zev
Yaroslavsky, 1st Vice Chair
Frank
Roberts, 2nd Vice Chair
Michael
Antonovich
Yvonne
Brathwaite Burke
John
Fasana
James
Hahn
Paul
Hudson
Don
Knabe
Gloria
Molina
Pam
O’Connor
Beatrice
Proo
Allison
Yoh
Doug
Failing, Ex Officio
Chief
Executive Officer – Roger Snoble
Board
Secretary - Michele Jackson
Ethics
Officer - Karen Gorman
Interim
Inspector General – William Waters
General Counsel - County
Counsel
1.
APPROVE Consent Calendar Items: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17 and 18
2.
Chief Executive Officer’s Report
♦ Present
Resolutions to:
Robert Rodriguez and Tu Phan who won top honors in APTA’s
Rail Roadeo competition for FY 02.
3.
Chair’s Report
CONSENT
CALENDAR
4.
APPROVE Minutes
of Regular Board Meeting held July 25, 2002.
5.
RECEIVE AND FILE quarterly report on activities of the
6.
RECEIVE AND FILE status report on Safety’s First Program and
Workers’ Compensation for the period April 2002 through June 2002.
7.
APPROVE execution of a second amendment to Contract No. OP35600906A with
Nationwide Environmental Services to provide power
sweeping services for Metro bus facilities and the street running sections of
the Metro Blue Line for an amount not to exceed $100,000, to extend the
term of the contract for a period of four months, increasing the total contract
value from $1,266,335 to $1,366,335.
8.
APPROVE execution of an amendment to Contract No. OP33443130 with
Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc. Elevator/Escalator Division, to
increase the Board authorized contingency for as needed maintenance change
orders and to add funds for upgrade and
modernization capital projects for an amount not to exceed $2,325,000 over the
remaining 41 months in the term of the contract, increasing the total contract
value from $10,144,660 to $12,469,660.
9. APPROVE execution of Change Order No. 6.00 to Contract No. C0652, Division
Network Construction Project, with Network Infrastructures Corporation for
additional work at South Bay Service Sector, Division 18, in the amount of
$155,342 increasing the total contract value from $2,060,198 to $2,215,540.
10.
APPROVE
execution of amendment No. 2 to Contract No. PS-3150-1283 with Innovative
Resources Consultant Group, Inc. to provide team building and organizational
assessment services in the amount
of $200,000 increasing the total contract value from $161,832 to an amount not
to exceed $361,832.
11. CONSIDER:
A.
authorizing
the Chief Executive Officer to renew policies for the non-contract Group
Insurance Plan, including medical, dental, life, accidental death and
dismemberment and long-term disability coverages for a one-year period beginning
January 1, 2003; and
B.
establishing
a straight 90/10, employer/employee, cost-sharing ratio for each plan choice.
12.
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate a three-year unit rate
Contract No. PS-5210-1278 to provide a $350 million
direct pay letter of credit (LOC) in support of the tax‑exempt
commercial paper (TECP) program with:
A.
The bank
team consisting of Bayerische Landesbanke,
Westdeutsche
Landesbank Girozentrale and Landesbanke
Baden-Wurttemberg, the
top ranked proposer, for an amount
not to exceed
$3,734,750 including legal fees and other
related expenses, or;
B.
If Metro has
not made significant progress in reaching an
agreement satisfactory to both parties by October 25, 2002,
the Metro may pursue
negotiations with the second ranked
proposer, the bank
team consisting of Landesbank Hessen-
Thuringen (Helaba),
JPMorgan Chase Bank, Bank of America,
BNP Paribas and the
Bank of New York, for an amount not to
exceed $4,512,500
including legal fees and other related
expenses, and;
C.
execution
of the contract and related documentation upon
completion of
negotiations.
13.
CONSIDER:
A.
authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to create the position of Chief
of Transit Police with sworn peace officer status pursuant to Public
Utilities Code Section 30504 and California Penal Code Section 830.33; and
B.
adopting a resolution to subject the Chief of Transit Police position to
the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST)
program, agreeing to adhere to Sections 13510 and 13512 of the Penal Code.
A.
authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to execute
Betterment Agreement No. PCO 130 between the Los
Angeles to Pasadena Metro Blue Line Construction Authority (PBLCA) and the Metro
for an amount not to exceed $3,111,020;
1. to purchase the 30 carborne Automatic Train Protection (ATP) units from
Prime Contractor, Kiewit/Washington’s subcontractor GE Transportation Systems
Global Signaling (GETS GS);
2. to
purchase the installation of 26 carborne ATP units on the Metro’s P2000 Light
Rail Vehicles (LRV) by Siemens Transportation Systems (STS), and
3. to
purchase the installation of 52 carborne Train to Wayside Communication (TWC)
units, previously procured, on the P2000 LRVs by STS.
B.
authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to cancel the Metro’s Request For
Proposals No. H0250 for the design, delivery, and installation of ATP/TWC
equipment.
(Requires
2/3 vote of the Board)
15.
CONSIDER:
A.
authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to:
1.
modify contract OP63301054 with Motorola Corporation to upgrade radio
systems for the ATMS program and consolidate
Freeway Service patrol’s radio system with the Metro’s, for an additional cost
not to exceed $12 million;
2.
exercise a contract option to provide for the installation of Automatic
Voice Annunciators for an additional cost of $13,490,321; and
3.
negotiate and execute change orders for an amount not to exceed $2.5
million, for a revised project contingency amount not to exceed $3.7 million.
The
proposed changes in the amount of $29,190,321 will increase the total contract
value from $70,485,691 to an amount not to exceed $99,676,012.
B.
negotiate and execute third party license and co-channel user agreements
in an amount not to exceed $6 million.
16.
APPROVE negotiation and execution of a change order with Korve
Engineering Inc. to initiate and complete the Mid-City/Exposition Transit Corridor Final Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for an amount not to exceed
$900,000, plus a 10% contingency.
17.
APPROVE negotiation and execution of a Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee (CPFF)
contract with DMJM+Harris for the Mid-City/Exposition
Light Rail Transit (LRT) Project Preliminary Engineering Design Services
for an amount not to exceed $16,241,078.
18.
CONSIDER:
A.
certifying
the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for
the Mid-City/Westside Transit Corridor, Wilshire BRT
Project;
B. adopting the Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding
Considerations and the Mitigation Monitoring
Plan;
C. authorizing staff to file a Notice of Determination; and
D.
authorizing a demonstration and testing program for a dedicated
transit lane, subject to the approval
of local jurisdictions.
19.
CLOSED
SESSION:
A.
Public Employee Performance Evaluation - G.C. 54957:
Chief Executive Officer
B.
Conference
with Labor Negotiator – G.C. 54957.6:
Agency Negotiators:
Roger Snoble and Brenda
Diederichs
Employee Organizations:
AFSCME, ATU and Engineers and
Architects Association
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