5.                     RECEIVE report of the Executive Officer.

6.                     Receive oral presentation from SCAG on Operations Jumpstart.

7.                     Receive and file report on the initiation of a 2005 Long Range Transportation Plan for Los Angeles County.

8.                     Approve for release Metro comments on the Southern California Association of Governments’ (SCAG) Draft 2004 Regional Transportation Plan. 

9.                     Approve the Capital Reserve Account of $2,000,000 Proposition A and $3,000,000 Proposition C Local Return funds for the City of Arcadia, so that funding may be used to finance the project as described.

10.                CONSIDER:

a.         approving recommended projects and funding amounts totaling $1,901,074 in federal funds for the 2003 Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) Competitive Grants as proposed;

B.         submitting a JARC grant application to the Federal Transit Administration as a pass-through agency for the proposed projects; and

C.         negotiation and execution of JARC pass-through funding agreements with the various project sponsors after the FTA awards a grant.

11.       consider finding that 88 jurisdictions are in conformance with the Congestion Management Program (CMP) for Los Angeles County, and determine that the City of Industry remains in non-conformance.

12.       CONSIDER:

A.         approving and certifying the Addendum/Modified Initial Study to the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the San Fernando Valley East-West Transit Corridor to construct the proposed Warner Center Park-and-Ride facility;

B.                 authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to file a Notice of Determination of the Addendum/Modified Initial Study with the Los Angeles County Clerk;

C.                 approving the development of a surface park-and-ride at the Boeing property located along the Metro right-of-way, extension of the Rapidway concept to serve the park-and-ride, and the acquisition of the Boeing site subject to Board approval of final terms; and

D.                authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to direct the development of design/build contract documents for the preferred park-and-ride option.

13.       Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to proceed with the freight and passenger movement work plan that includes conducting a goods movement study, using a combination of Metro staff and consultant expertise.

14.       Adopt the Fixed Guideway System Plan Priorities.

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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