1. Closed Session
A. Conference with Real Property Negotiator concerning
price and/or terms of payment G.C. 54956.81.
1. Metro Red Line, Segment 3, East Side Extension
Parcel ED-134
John R. & Patricia Forsman
123 and 125 Bailey Street
Los Angeles
2. Metro Red Line, Segment 3, East Side Extension
Parcel EE-220
Fortuna Investments, a partnership
Mr. Minoru Inadomi
323 Mathews Street
Los Angeles
3. Metro Red Line, Segment 3, East Side Extension
Parcel EE-282
Michael and Janet Elizabeth Miranda
335 North Fickett Street
Los Angeles
4. Metro Red Line, Segment 3, Parcel B3-235
Farid Sapir, Vahid Sapir, and
This is Hollywood, Inc.
Hollywood Boulevard between Highland and
Orchard Avenues
Los Angeles
B. Conference with legal counsel - Existing
Litigation G.C. 54956.9(a)
1. Wiltern Associates v. Metro, LASC
Case No. BC113523
2. Labor Community Strategy Center v. Metro
Case No. USDC945930TJH
2. Flag Salute
3. Public Comment
4. Chair’s Remarks
A. Presentation of Resolution to retiring Ex
Officio Director Ken Steele.
B. Ballard fuel-cell powered bus.
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C. Status report on Organizational Assessment.
5. Chief Executive Officer’s Report
A. Upcoming issues and activities.
6. Director Special Items
A. Burke Motion that the Metro Board:
1. Reaffirm its commitment to affirmative action
by opposing the California Civil Rights
Initiative scheduled to appear on the ballot
for the November General Election; and
2. Direct the Chief Executive Officer to inform
all Metro contracting organizations of the
Board’s official opposition to the California
Civil Rights Initiative.
B. Wilson:
1. Receive and file report detailing the
status of CNG buses.
2. Receive and file report on status of
ethanol fleet.
3. Receive and file report on the
estimated resources required to reduce
system-wide Metro loading standards and
purchase new buses.
7. Consider approval of:
A. Minutes of:
1. Regular Metro Board meeting held August 28, 1996;
2. CAC Meeting held July 24, and August 28, 1996;
B. Consent Calendar ITEMS 14, 17-22, 24-30,33-34,
36-37, 39 and 42
PUBLIC HEARINGS
8. Consider the Chief Executive Officer's report containing a
recommendation to hold a Public Hearing and adopt a
Resolution of Necessity for acquisition of that certain
property located at 101 S. Boyle Avenue in the City of
Los Angeles, Metro Parcel No. ED-124, owned by Sam
Danielian and Boris & Polina Olshansky.
9. Consider Chief Executive Officer's report containing
a recommendation to hold a Public Hearing and adopt a
Resolution of Necessity for the acquisition of that
certain property located at 117 S Boyle Avenue, in the
City of Los Angeles, Metro Parcel No. ED-125, owned by The
Royal Group, A General Partnership.
10. Consider Chief Executive Officer's report containing
a recommendation to hold a Public Hearing and approve
Resolution of Necessity for the acquisition of that
certain property located at 1718 Pleasant Avenue in the
City of Los Angeles, Metro Parcel No. ED-130, owned by
Yuen and Fanny Ng.
11. Consider Chief Executive Officer's report containing
a recommendation to hold a Public Hearing and adopt
Resolution of Necessity for the acquisition of certain
properties located at 323 Mathews Street, owners:
Fortuna Investments, Metro Parcel EE-220; 2432 Cesar
Chavez Avenue, Owners: John & Sons, Inc., Metro Parcel EE-
274; and 342 Mathews Street, Owners: John & Sons, Inc.,
Metro Parcel EE-276, in the City of Los Angeles.
12. Consider Chief Executive Officer's report containing
a recommendation to hold a Public Hearing and adopt a
Resolution of Necessity for the acquisition of that
certain property located at 2420 Cesar Chavez Avenue in
the City of Los Angeles, Metro Parcel EE-273, owned by
Yogash Kumar Patel.
13. Consider Chief Executive Officer's report containing
a recommendation to hold a Public Hearing and adopt a
Resolution of Necessity for the acquisition of that
certain real property and fixtures and equipment located
at 3401 East First Street and 116 North Lorena Street in
the City of Los Angeles, Metro Parcel EG-409, owned by
Taylor Family Trust.
FINANCE & BUDGET COMMITTEE
14. Consider the Chief Executive Officer's report containing
a recommendation to approve:
A. The following adjustments to the adopted FY 97
budget that increase total FY97 expenditures by
$15,876,000 from $2,830,843,000 to $2,846,719,000
with an equivalent increase in total FY97 revenues
(funding):
Bus Windows and Seats Replacement $13,500,000
Foothill Transit Metro LiTE Contract 1,190,000
DBE Imaging Project 100,000
DBE/MBE/WBE Technical Support 312,000
SCRRA Administrative Support 774,000
TOTAL $15,876,000
15. Consider the Chief Executive Officer's report containing
a recommendation to:
A. Authorize a Japanese Leveraged Lease (cross-border
lease) financing of up to 98 new Neoplan buses
including other required services such as U.S. tax
counsel, foreign tax counsel, asset appraiser,
currency swaps and/or hedges, defeasance investment
agreements;
B. Appoint Fuji Bank, Limited to perform as lease
arranger in structuring the Japanese Leveraged
Lease (JLL);
C. Appoint Nossaman, Gunther, Knox & Elliott to
perform as Metro’s counsel for the JLL.
AMENDMENT: Transfer the $970,000 of savings, if
achieved, to the special bus system improvement
fund previously established by the Metro Board and
report back within 60 days with recommendations
for programming the funds to achieve additional
bus system improvements.
16. WITHDRAWN BY STAFF Consider the Chief Executive Officer's report
containing a recommendation to approve the proposed
amendments to the Segment 3 Financial Contribution
Agreement and Side Letter of Agreement with the City of
Los Angeles as adopted by the City Council at its August
20, 1996 meeting.
17. Consider the Chief Executive Officer's report containing
a recommendation to approve:
A. The selection of Public Resources Advisory Group,
Charles A. Bell Securities Corp., and P.G. Corbin &
Co. as the Metro’s joint financial advisors at the
following levels of participation and compensation:
Public Resources Advisory Group 70%
Charles A. Bell Securities Corp. 20%
P.G. Corbin & Co. 10%
100%
B. Negotiation of terms and fees with the selected
financial advisors in an amount not to exceed
$450,000 per year for a contract period of two (2)
years with an option for one additional year.
OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
18. Consider the Chief Executive Officer's report containing
a recommendation to:
A. Reject the non-responsive bid submitted by Big O
Enterprises, Inc., Northridge, for non-compliance
with DBE requirements; and
B. Award a contract to Rokni Electric Co., Inc.,
Glendale, for the Yard Lighting Upgrade at Division
8, for a fixed price of $119,499.
19. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report containing
a recommendation to approve:
A. amendment of the contract with the Los Angeles
County Probation Department (LACPD) covering
graffiti removal by juvenile offender work crews,
extending the period of performance through June
1997 for a total contract cost not to exceed
$555,000;
B. Subject to the approval and availability of
funding, authorize extension of this contract for
up to three additional one year periods at an
estimated annual cost not to exceed $740,000.
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
20. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report containing
a recommendation to:
A. Appoint six persons to the Access Advisory
Committee; and
B. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to appoint
members to the Access Advisory Committee when
vacancies occur.
21. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report containing
a recommendation to approve negotiation of a Memorandum
of Understanding (MOU) in a not-to-exceed amount of
$452,448 with APT Senior Ride, Inc. for the operation of
the Crenshaw Flexible Destination Shuttle.
22. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report containing
a recommendation to approve two-year demonstrations of
the following new services:
A. Redondo/Hermosa WAVE, a General Public Dial-a-Ride,
to operate Saturday, Sunday and Holiday service
from 6 AM to 9 PM in the area of low-productivity
service west of the South Bay Galleria;
B. City Nightline to operate a new flexible
destination service seven nights a week from
midnight to 4:30 AM along Avalon Blvd. South of the
Carson Galleria Mall to San Pedro in an area of
very low productivity service; and
C. Pending successful completion of negotiations with
Ryder/ATE Management & Service Co., Inc., initiate
a new flexible destination and fixed route service
combining resources of Line 220, which demonstrates
very low productivity, and the Metro Green Line (D Line)
Aviation Station Feeder Line 625, which is
currently operated by ATE/Ryder.
COST CONTAINMENT, CONTRACTS & EFFICIENCY COMMITTEE
23. WITHDRAWN BY STAFF Chief Executive Officer’s report containing
a recommendation to approve an award fee of $214,739 for
Contract No. FM014 with Fluor Daniel, Inc., for Project
Management Assistance Services on the Metro Rail
Projects for the period January 1995 through June 1995.
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
24. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report containing
a recommendation to exercise the first of two one-year
renewal options with A. Foster Higgins & Co. Inc.
(Foster Higgins) effective November 1, 1996 for employee
benefit consulting services in an amount not to exceed
$165,000.
25. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report containing
a recommendation to approve continued services covering
Medical, Dental, Life and Disability benefits with the
following vendors, effective January 1, 1997 for a total
estimated annual cost of $13,283,000.
Estimated
Provider Location Benefit Premium
Blue Cross Los Angeles Medical $ 3,754,000
CaliforniaCare Los Angeles Medical 1,809,000
Kaiser Permanente Glendale Medical 3,546,000
Value Behavioral Long Beach Medical 139,000
Vision Service Long Beach Medical 188,000
Cigna Glendale Dental 683,000
Safeguard Anaheim Dental 165,000
Dental Health Long Beach Dental 173,000
Standard Insurance Sherman Oaks Life 1,736,000
Commercial Life Long Beach Life 187,000
UNUM Life Glendale Disability 903,000
TOTAL $13,283,000
26. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report containing
a recommendation to approve:
A. A modification to firm, fixed-price Contract No.
LST-137-96 with Padilla & Associates, covering
Labor Compliance and Equal Employment
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Monitoring and
administration services, to allow the use of
Contract Work Orders for changes to the work and
increases to the Contract Price, for a total amount
not to exceed the approved AFE;
B. An increase to the Authorization for Expenditure
(AFE) in the amount of $130,637 for a revised total
AFE of $2,003,131 from $1,872,494; and
C. A not-to-exceed amount of $169,799 for changes that
staff will implement by Contract Work Order upon
completion of final negotiations and approvals.
27. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report containing
a recommendation to approve the negotiation of a one-
year Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with two one-year
options with Management Education Associates for the
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) for the
continuance of the Transportation Leadership and
Management Training Program (TLAMP) for a not-to-exceed
first year cost of $603,594.
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
28. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report containing
a recommendation to approve:
A. Work Authorization Change Notice (WACN) No. 58 to
Contract No. C0311 with Traylor Bros./Frontier
Kemper Joint Venture for a not-to-exceed amount of
$5,600,000; and
B. A time extension of 56 calendar days for additional
grouting to protect the seasonal springs; and
C. An increase to the Authorization for Expenditure
(AFE) in the amount of $5,600,000, which is
included in the cumulative increase in AFE of
$7,400,000 for WACN’s 58 and 72 for a total revised
AFE amount from $136,863,000 to $144,263,000.
29. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report containing
a recommendation to approve:
A. Work Authorization Change Notice No. 72 to Contract
No. C0311 for Tunnel Line Section to Universal City
with Traylor Bros./Frontier Kemper Joint Venture
for a not-to-exceed amount of $1,800,000 for the
mechanical excavation of Cross Passages Nos. 50 to
56; and
B. An increase to the Authorization for Expenditure
(AFE) of $1,800,000 which is included in the
cumulative increase in AFE of $7,400,000 for WACN’s
58 and 72 for a total revised AFE of $144,263,000.
30. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report containing
a recommendation to approve:
A. The award of Contract Work Order No. 41 to Contract
No. E0070 with the Engineering Management
Consultant (EMC) for continuation of final design
services on the Pasadena Blue Line (PBL) in the
not-to-exceed amount of $6.9 million; and
B. An increase to the Authorization for Expenditure
(AFE) in the amount $6,900,000 for a revised total
AFE of $100,591,714.
31. WITHDRAWN BY STAFF Consider the Chief Executive Officer's report
containing a recommendation to:
A. Contract Work Order No. 5 to Contract No. MC022
with Kabler Construction covering Construction
Management Services on the Maintenance of Way
facilities of the Metro Red Line in the amount of
$423,316;
B. An increase to the AFE in the amount of $423,316
for a revised total AFE of $675,987.
32. WITHDRAWN BY STAFF Consider the Chief Executive Officer's report
containing a recommendation to:
A. Award Contract No. C0362 to S.J. Amoroso covering
construction of Maintenance-of-Way Facilities,
Metro Red Line Yard & Shop Site in the amount of
$4,443,000;
B. Approve Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) in the
amount of $4,887,300.
33. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report containing
a recommendation to approve Amendment No. 14 to Contract
Work Order (CWO) No. 0003 to incorporate Consultant
Change Notice (CCN) Nos. 488.00 and 492.00 to Contract
No. E0070 with Engineering Management Consultant (EMC)
for Design Services/Support during construction of the
Metro Red Line, Wilshire and Vermont/Hollywood
Corridors, in the amount of $146,574, increasing the
total contract value to $87,993,885.
34. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report containing
a recommendation to approve:
A. Deductive Work Authorization change Notice (WACN)
No. B271-CN-51.00 to Contract No. B271 with
Kiewit/Shea, J.V., for Metal Ceiling System Design
Criteria changes at the Hollywood/Western Station
of the Metro Red Line, Hollywood Corridor, for an
estimated ($338,000), which decreases the total
contract value to $41,033,790; and
B. A decrease to the Authorization for Expenditure
(AFE) of ($338,000) for a revised AFE amount of
$42,504,800.
35. CARRIED OVER to October Committee the Chief Executive
Officer’s report containing a recommendation to approve:
A. Award of Contract No. SP007 to High-Point Rendel
covering Pre-Construction Survey Services, where
the contract price will be established by the
cumulative total of Contract Work Orders issued for
the Metro Red Line, East Side Extension;
B. A total Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) of
$2,000,000.
36. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report containing a
recommendation to approve:
A. Contract Work Order No. 44 to Contract No. E0070
with Engineering Management Consultant for Grade
Crossing Safety Improvements for the Metro Blue Line in the amount of $844,228; and
B. An Increase to the Authorization for Expenditure
(AFE) in the amount of $894,228.
37. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report containing a
recommendation to approve:
A. Change Order No. B241T-CO-10.00 for Contract No.
B241T with Tutor/Saliba-Perini, Joint Venture, for
completion of leak sealings in the B251 Vermont/
Hollywood Tunnel Sections of the Metro Red Line,
Vermont/Hollywood Corridor for the not-to-exceed
amount of $700,000, increasing the total contract
value to $16,743,652; and
B. An increase of $724,000 to the AFE for a revised
total AFE of $17,110,000.
38. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report containing
a recommendation to approve an increase to the
Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) for Contract No.
B215, with Tutor-Saliba Corporation, to fund in-process
merited change orders covering concrete quantity
adjustment, time extensions and other miscellaneous
changes for the Metro Red Line, Wilshire/Vermont
Stations, Stage II, in the amount of $2,107,317,
$500,000 for a revised total AFE of $33,318,180
$31,710,863.
39. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report containing
a recommendation to approve Work Authorization Change
Notice (WACN) No. 86.01 to Contract No. C0301 with
Tutor-Saliba/Perini, JV, covering an increase to the
temporary decking quantity along Hollywood Boulevard and
McCadden Place, for a not-to-exceed amount of $524,314
for a total contract value of $72,226,540.
40. WITHDRAWN BY STAFF Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report
containing a recommendation to approve Change Order No.
188 for Contract B221 with Tutor/Saliba-Perini, Joint
Venture, covering night work restrictions at the box
structure at the Wilshire/Normandie Station on the Metro
Red Line, in the amount of $1,509,805, increasing the
total contract value to $94,603,829.
41. Consider items not on the posted agenda, including:
A. Items to be presented and (if requested) referred to
staff;
B. Items to be placed on the agenda for action at a
future meeting of the Board;
C. 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.
Director Special Item
Consider Chief Executive Officer’s report
containing a recommendation to:
A. Plan possible implementation of SB 457,
approve the Joint Exercise of powers Agreement
to establish the Interim Joint Powers Board
for the planning of intercity passenger
services for Southern California; and
B. Approve $10,000 Metro matching contribution to
provide initial administrative and consultant
support services for the Interim Joint Powers
Board work program.
42. Consider the Chief Executive Officer’s report
containing a recommendation to approve restructuring of
the Proposition A Series 1989 bonds and Proposition C
Series 1993-A bonds through a negotiated underwriting
process with Smith Barney and Samuel A. Ramirez & Co.,
as co-senior managing underwriters, and authorize
procurement and negotiation of fees for other required
services including, but not limited to, bond counsel,
printer, credit enhancement and trustee fees.
ADJOURNED