REVISED
AGENDA
EXECUTIVE
MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
Thursday,
March 20, 2003 – 10:30 A.M.
Call to order:
Directors:
Hal
Bernson, Chair
Zev
Yaroslavsky, Vice Chair
Yvonne
Burke
James
Hahn
Frank
Roberts
Doug
Failing, Ex Officio
19.
RECEIVE report of the Chief Executive Officer.
20.
RECEIVE oral monthly report on the Gold Line.
21.
BERNSON MOTION - that Metro staff study the feasibility of a parking
lot observer program, based on WMATA's
program that assigns individuals who are on workers' compensation to be
observers at Metro parking facilities to monitor suspicious parking lot activity.
22. ADOPT the following positions on state legislation:
A. ACR 40 (Dymally) - Would create the Compton Planning and Transportation Task Force. WORK WITH AUTHOR
B. AB 557 (Lowenthal) – Would grant a right-of-way to a transit bus under specified conditions. Expand this program statewide and establish the right-of-way as a permanent provision in State Law. SUPPORT
C. AB 1500 (Diaz and Pavley) - Would create the Petroleum Pollution Cleanup and Prevention Act. The bill would levy a $1 charge on each barrel of petroleum delivered to a refinery in California and would dedicate those funds to various petroleum pollution remediation programs and to public transit. SUPPORT
D. AB 1652 (Nakano) - Would add two City Selection Committee members to the Metro Board. Require the City Selection Committee to define the six sectors from which the new members would be selected. OPPOSE
E. SB 504 (Kuehl) - Would create the Santa Monica Metro Line construction Authority and transfer authority for construction of a light rail line along the Exposition Right-of-Way to the new Authority. OPPOSE, WORK WITH AUTHOR
F. SB 541 (Torlakson) – Would provide for increases to the State Gas Tax based on inflation and would require and additional increase to the Traffic Congestion Relief Program under specified conditions. SUPPORT
G. SB 760 (Scott) - Would delete the sunset provision of January 1, 2004 thereby making the sales tax exemption permanent. SUPPORT
H. SB 795 (Karnette) – Clarify that the Freeway Service Patrol program (FSP) is an eligible use of excess funds. Clarify the ability of local agencies to place Call Boxes on county roads. SUPPORT
I.
SB 981 (Soto and Romero) - Would
create the Petroleum Pollution Cleanup and Prevention Act similar to AB 1500.
SUPPORT
23.
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to fund the third year of:
A.
Contract No.
PS-2020-1051 with Dr. Eisenstein for geotechnical and
tunneling consulting as a member of the Tunnel Advisory Panel for an
amount not to exceed $193,965 effective May 1, 2003; and
B.
Contract No.
PS-2020-1055 with Dr. Martin for geotechnical and tunneling consulting as a
member of the Tunnel Advisory Panel for an amount not to exceed $39,600
effective May 1, 2003.
24.
APPROVE revisions to the Metro Procurement Policy
Manual relating to awarding a contract.
25.
CLOSED SESSION:
A.
Conference
with Legal Counsel–Existing Litigation – G.C. 54956.9 (a):
1.
Morales v. Metro BC263505
2.
Carrington v. Metro VC035729
3.
Livingston v. Metro BC276025
4.
Jacobs v. Metro BC262200
5.
Torres v. Metro VC033955
6.
Moore v. Metro BC277037
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