AGENDA
PLANNING & PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
Wednesday, September 18, 2002 - 1:00 P.M.
Call to order:
Directors:
John Fasana, Chair
Michael Antonovich, Vice Chair
Hal Bernson
Yvonne Burke
Beatrice Proo
Doug
Failing, Ex Officio
5. RECEIVE report of the Executive Officer.
6. RECEIVE AND FILE annual report on the Metro Policy for Programming Cost Changes for STIP and Federal/Local Funded State highway Projects.
7. RECEIVE AND FILE September progress report on the development of the Short Range Transportation Plan for FY 04-09.
8. CONSIDER
A.
receiving and
filing the final report of the HOV Performance
Program Evaluation Report; and
B. adopting the HOV Guiding Principles to guide the operation and development of the countywide freeway High Occupancy Vehicle lanes.
9. APPROVE:
A.
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; and
B.
deferring
exercise of any contract options for design of
below-ground segments pending separate review and approval by the Board.
(Carried over from August Board Meeting)
10. CONSIDER:
A. adopting the Metro Rapid Five-Year
Implementation Plan report findings and accelerated, phased countywide
expansion plan;
B. setting aside $92.3 million of future regional funds to complete
the Metro Rapid Five-Year Implementation Plan;
C. amending the FY 2003 Special Revenue budget to include
$3.8 million for Phase II station construction, (funds are included in the FY
2002 Regional TIP); and
D. authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute agreements with the local jurisdictions in each corridor so as to expedite deployment of the Five-Year Implementation Plan.
11. CONSIDER:
A. receiving and filing the Capacity
Enhancement/System Preservation Needs Assessment Report;
B. continuing to focus Metro’s highway and arterial expenditures on
Capacity Enhancement projects due to the large unmet funding need for these
types of projects;
C. in recognition of the significant need for system preservation
(reconstruction, rehabilitation and resurfacing):
1. continuing to allow a system preservation component for capacity enhancing arterial projects funded through the Call for Projects;
2. reducing the Call for Projects Regional Surface Transportation Improvement modal category local match requirement from 35% to 20% making it consistent with the other Call for Projects modal categories;
3. advocating increased federal and state funding for system preservation;
4. providing increased training and assistance to local jurisdictions in accessing funds eligible for both capacity enhancement and system preservation;
5. continuing to work with local jurisdictions to determine ways to assist cities with using Surface Transportation Program-Local funds including potentially developing a brokering program;
6. adding $5 million in previously reserved Call for Projects funding to the Regional Surface Transportation Improvement modal category in the 2003 Call for Projects; and
7. continuing to work with local jurisdictions to gain a better understanding of the relationship of the effects of deferred system preservation on backlog cost;
D. amending Metro’s Proposition C 10%, 20% and
25% Administrative Guidelines to include the same Maintenance of Effort
requirement in the State of California Highway Code, Section 2182.1; and
E. working with the Study’s Steering Committee to identify the feasibility and cost of developing a standardized Los Angeles County Pavement Management System to provide a regional Pavement Condition Index which will allow the region to strongly advocate for additional federal and state funds to address the system preservation funding shortfall.
12. AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the Southern California Regional Rail Authority to design and construct, on behalf of the Metro, 140 replacement parking spaces for the Chatsworth Intermodal Transportation Center Park-and-Ride Expansion Project.
13. APPROVE the establishment of Capital Reserve Accounts for the Cities of Pomona and San Gabriel for Proposition C Local Return funds, so that funding may be used to finance listed projects.
14. FIND the City of Industry in nonconformance with the Congestion Management Program for Los Angeles County.
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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