AGENDA
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
METROPOLITAN
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Metro Headquarters
3rd
Floor - Board Room
Onea
Gateway Plaza, Los
Angeles
Thursday, May 22, 2003 – 9:30 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
Inspector
General – William Waters
General
Counsel - County Counsel
1. APPROVE Consent Calendar Items: 2, 9, 10, 16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 25, 29, 30, 31, and 33
NOTE
COMMITTEE AUTHORITY ITEMS: 7 and 8
CONSENT
CALENDAR
2.
APPROVE Minutes of Regular
Board Meeting held April 24, 2003.
9.
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (4-0) approval of:
A.
the FY 2003-04 Southern California Regional Rail Authority
(SCRRA)
preliminary budget; Metro’s financial contributions to that Budget totaling
$37,517,162; and an additional $20,000 for promotional train programs not
included in the SCRRA Budget; and
B.
reprogramming of $3,514,800 in FY 2001-02 SCRRA operations,
rehabilitation and renovation funding to new capital projects.
10.
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (5-0):
A.
receiving and filing the San Fernando Valley North-South Transit
Corridor Regionally Significant Transportation Investment Study;
B.
identifying as the corridor project, a series of improvements to multiple
corridors to be included in the Metro’s Long Range Plan and to be implemented in
phases as funding is identified; and
C.
directing the Chief Executive Officer to proceed with implementation of
Phase I and Phase II, or portions thereof, that are within the funding levels to
be adopted in the Short Range Transportation Plan.
16. FINANCE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (5-0) adoption of:
A. the Fiscal Year 2004 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.
17. FINANCE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (5-0):
A. authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to execute the appropriate documents to restructure the Amended and Restated Development Agreement, Construction Management Agreement, and other ancillary documents by and between Catellus Development Corporation (“Catellus”) and Metro; and
B. accepting the combination of cash, real property and improvements totaling $12.2 million as final payment in lieu of an indebtedness of $16,689,901 as of December 31, 2002 consisting of the following:
1) Metro accepts a cash payment of $5.6 million;
2) Metro accepts title to the Triangle Parcel located at the corner of Vignes and Ramirez;
3) Catellus obligated to construct the Ramirez Flyover at an estimated cost of $3 million which includes authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate resolution of this payment if the Flyover is not constructed within a five year period; and
4) Catellus waives payment of $1.88 million that Metro owes to Catellus.
18.
FINANCE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (5-0) authorizing
the Chief Executive Officer to execute an amendment to the Exclusive Parking
Facilities Management Agreement between Metro and Catellus Development
Corporation to permit Catellus to be responsible for coordinating and
facilitating the planning, performance of repair, restoration, alteration and
refurbishment of the Gateway Parking Garage, the Patsouras Transit Plaza, the
East Portal and other areas designated as Gateway Plaza.
19.
FINANCE
AND BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (5-0) authorizing
the Chief Executive Officer to join with the County of Los Angeles in a
participating agreement with SBC for telecommunications carrier services
for a five year requirements contract, inclusive of three one-year options.
23.
EXECUTIVE
MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (5-0) adopting
the Metro Vanpool Program.
25.
EXECUTIVE
MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (5-0) adopting a position on H.R.
1148 (Rep. Juanita Millender-McDonald and Rep. Mike Ferguson) to direct the
Secretary of Homeland Security to carry out activities to assess and reduce
the vulnerabilities of public transportation systems.
SUPPORT WITH AMENDMENT
29.
OPERATIONS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (3-0), SUBJECT TO RESOLUTION OF PROTEST,
award of a firm, fixed price contract No. OP31201325, to First Ann Arbor
Corporation for one Bus Operator Simulation Training System in the amount
of $441,672 effective June 10, 2003.
30. PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (5-0) approval of MOLINA MOTION that the Metro Board direct the Chief Executive Officer to suspend execution of the agreement with the City of Los Angeles to reimburse the City for construction of the El Pueblo Transportation Museum until such time as these outstanding impacts to the adjacent businesses are resolved, and
that the Metro Board urge the City of Los Angeles to consider relocation of the proposed entrance to the museum and other alternatives that will insure that the existing Puestos and the existing businesses continue in their current locations.
31. PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (4-0) approval of REVISED MOLINA MOTION that the Metro staff express their preference for Alternative B, the TSM/TDM alternative, to the I-710 Corridor Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and the Oversight Policy Committee (OPC) and work with the various entities to develop a hybrid alternative using elements from Alternative C, D, and E that results in meaningful improvements to the corridor without impacting residences and businesses.
Furthermore, I move that staff urge the TAC and OPC to remove from consideration the design elements of Alternatives C, D, and E that result in the acquisition of business and residential parcels.
Additionally, staff should continue working with the TAC, OPC, and Gateway Cities COG to identify improvements to the I-710 freeway that do not rely solely on cost and that explore non-standard design methods.
33. FINANCE AND BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (5-0) ratification of the work completed by Aon under Contract No.PS 5310-0655 Insurance Brokerage Services for additional costs incurred in providing temporary worker’s compensation technical/ professional personnel to meet statutory and contractual reporting requirements during the period of January 2003 through March 2003 in the amount of $176,198 increasing the total contract value from $720,000 to $896,198.
APPROVED
UNDER COMMITTEE AUTHORITY
7. PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECEIVED
AND FILED report on the provision of park-and-ride spaces
at the Metro
Gold Line Lake Avenue Station through a shared parking arrangement and a paid
permit parking system.
8.
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECEIVED AND FILED report discussing
the Mid-City/Exposition Transit Corridor environmental and preliminary
engineering studies.
NON-CONSENT:
3.
Chair’s
Report
4.
Chief Executive Officer’s Report
6.
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (4-0):
A.
receiving and filing the report on the Draft Short Range
Transportation Plan for Los Angeles County; and
B.
approval of ROBERTS MOTION that the Draft Short Range Transportation Plan
be referred back to Planning and Programming Committee with
instructions to seek and incorporate more input from the subregions and the
various local jurisdictions, and extend the final comment date to July 3, 2003,
or until such time that all comments are included in the final recommendations.
14. CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE FORWARDED TO THE FULL BOARD WITHOUT RECOMMENDATION:
A. negotiation and execution of a labor-hour contract No. MC067 with Carter & Burgess for Construction Management Support Services Consultant (CMSSC) for the San Fernando Valley Metro Rapidway, Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension and other major capital projects, as required; and
B. authorizing the Chief Executive Officer, upon successful completion of negotiations, to execute Contract Work Order (CWO) No. 1 for an amount not to exceed four million ($4.0M) for the San Fernando Valley Metro Rapidway.
32. CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED (5-0) approval of MOLINA MOTION that Metro rename the following stations along the Pasadena and Eastside Gold Line:
· Avenue 26 Station shall be changed to Lincoln Heights/Cypress Park Station;
· French Avenue Station shall be changed to Heritage Square/The Arroyo Station;
· Avenue 57 Station shall be changed to Historic Highland Park Station;
· Alameda Station shall be changed to Little Tokyo/Arts District;
· Utah Station shall be changed to Pico/Aliso Station;
· Boyle Station shall be changed to Mariachi Plaza Station;
· Ford Station shall be changed to Maravilla Station;
· Mednik Station shall be changed to East L.A. Civic Center Station; and
that Metro staff work with the Eastside Review Advisory Committee and the Cities of Pasadena and South Pasadena to rename the remaining stations should those entities wish to do so.
34. CONSIDER:
A. receiving and filing comments from the public hearing conducted by the Board of Directors on Saturday, April 12, 2003; and
B. adopting a fare restructuring effective January 1, 2004
(Requires 2/3 vote of the Board)
35. Adopt position on state legislation AB199 (Oropeza) – which would create the Public Transit Employer-Employee Relations Act to give supervisory employees of the Metro specified rights to form, join and participate in the activities of an employee organization. OPPOSE
36. AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer and/or his designee to enter into a Ground Lease with Wilshire Vermont Development LLC (WV Development) covering 3.24 acres of Metro-owned property at the Wilshire/Vermont Metro Red Line Station site for development of a mixed-use, apartment/retail complex.
37. AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to enter into a three-month Exclusive Negotiation Agreement with RAD Jefferson, LLC (Developer) for a land exchange of Metro's 3.13 acre Venice Division 6 site for a 4.66 acre site in West Los Angeles.
38. DISMISS the Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC290857 filed against Errol and Marilyn D. Segal Living Trust dba Active Recycling Company, Inc., to condemn the property located at 14300 Bessemer Street, Los Angeles.
39. CONSIDER approval of the Gateway Cities Services Sector Governance Council nominees:
1. Bonnie Lowenthal, Councilmember City of Long Beach
2. Larry Nelson, Councilmember City of Artesia
3. Samuel Pena, Mayor Pro Tem City of Maywood
4. Joann Ero-Delgado, South Whittier Unincorporated Area, Mass Transit Consumer
5. Jacqueline Rynerson, Lakewood, Community Activist, Mass Transit Consumer
6. Wally Shidler, Walnut Park Unincorporated Area, Mass Transit Consumer
7. Cynde Soto, Long Beach, Mass Transit Consumer
26. CLOSED SESSION:
A.
Conference with
Legal Counsel–Existing Litigation – G.C. 54956.9 (a):
Lucia
B. Laso v Metro BC 276495
B. Conference
with Labor Negotiator – G.C. 54957.6:
Agency Negotiators: Roger Snoble and Brenda Diederichs
Employee Organizations: ATU, TCU, UTU 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.
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