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APPROVED Consent Calendar Items 10, 12
through 15, 17 through 19, 24 through 28, 32, 37, 38 NOTED Committee Authority
Items 7 through 9. |
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2. |
APPROVED Minutes of April 23, 1998,
Regular Board Meeting and May 13, 1998, Special Board Meeting. |
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3. |
RECEIVED Chief Executive Officers Report A.
Release of the FY 99 Budget document
B. Cost savings in Workers Compensation Program
C. Implementation of Agreement with Neoplan (Item 37 Molina motion)
D. Implementation Plan for the Restructuring Plan
D. Milestone meetings for transit alternative analysis |
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4. |
RECEIVED 2nd Vice Chairs Report |
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7. |
APPROVED UNDER OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AUTHORITY
(4-0):
- Rejection of all bids received on January 20, 1998 in response to IFB No. OP33400911 for
graffiti abatement services for transit facilities;
- Extension of Contract No. 6022 with Building Maintenance Specialists (BMS) on
a month-to-month basis with the current scope of work at a monthly rate of $17,500 for a
period of six months for a total amount not-to-exceed $105,000 in order to maintain
service during re-solicitation and award of a new contract with increased scope of work.
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8. |
APPROVED UNDER OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AUTHORITY
(4-0): Award of 27-month contracts to the lowest responsive, responsible bidders under Bid
No. 01-9829 covering procurement of engine oil at a total bid price of $1,374,340:
A.Poma Distributing Co., Items 1, 5 & 7 |
$153,563 |
B.Patten Energy Enterprises, Items 2, 8 & 9 |
339,365 |
C.Western Petroleum, Items 3 & 6 |
124,121 |
D.B & M Enterprises, Item 4 |
757,291 |
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9. |
APPROVED UNDER OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AUTHORITY
(4-0): Award of contract to Cummins Cal Pacific, Inc., Montebello, the only local service
center qualified to provide training on the Cummins CNG engines, covering provision of maintenance
training program for up to 100 Cummins L10G Phase II (natural gas) engines, at a cost
not to exceed $215,000. |
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10. |
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR sale of buses
through the use of an off-site auction for an estimated revenue of $40,000, less
approximately $7,000 in towing fees. |
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12. |
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR increase to the
Authorization for Expenditure for Contract CM001 with LKG-CMC, Inc., covering configuration
management services for Metro Red Line, North Hollywood Extension (Segment 3) in the
amount of $68,046 for a total revised AFE of $1,223,595. |
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APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR:
- rejection of all bids for Invitation for Bid (IFB) H0123 covering variable message
signs for the Metro Red Line, North Hollywood Extension, Segment 3; and
- issuance of RFP HO123 with a revised scope of work for the variable message signs.
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14. |
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR a five-year lease
agreement with the State of California, Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
effective July 1, 1998 covering approximately 42,239 square feet of land located at
Washington Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue at a lease rate of $4,224 per month or $253,440
for the five year term. |
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15. |
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR appointment of a
financial underwriter pool consisting of 15 firms selected pursuant to a
competitive procurement process under RFIQ No. PS-5210-0269 for a two year period. |
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PULLED BY STAFF declaring certain Metro real
properties as surplus properties and authorized the sale to the highest bidders
subject to review of item "A" by Metro Legal Department:
Location |
Highest Bidder |
Price |
- South side of Ceres Avenue North of 6th St., Los Angeles
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Ernest Doizaki |
$85,000 |
- West side of Hoover Street between 47th St & 48th
St, LA
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Lane Lowry |
$37,100 |
- Northeast corner of 54th St. & Arlington Av., Los
Angeles
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Jong Pyo Hong |
$34,000 |
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APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR extension of letter
of credit with the Industrial Bank of Japan covering taxable commercial paper program
for a period of one year from June 28, 1998 through June 27, 1999, for an approximate cost
of $180,000 for FY 99. |
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18. |
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR:
- all contractual issues involving payment to contractors and subcontractors that
are carried over, by necessity due to lack of quorum, to the next months agenda will
be placed at the beginning of the next months full Board Agenda and taken up as the first
order of business; furthermore,
- upon passage by the Board, Metro staff will then exercise the utmost due
diligence to ensure that all subcontractors are paid as quickly as possible.
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19. |
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR
the following positions on state legislative bills:
- AB 1368 (Villaraigosa) and SB 1857 (Brulte) - Co-joined bills which authorize the
creation of a grant program for the purchase of clean fuel vehicles and provide for State
General Fund monies to fund the program, SUPPORT
- AB 2077 (Gallegos) - Allows individual acts of vandalism with a common purpose
to be aggregated over a six-month period for purposes of determining the level of damage
committed and the appropriate charge to be filed, SUPPORT
- AB 2132 (Murray) - Allows the Metro to make expenditures of up to $2,500 without
soliciting three price quotes, SUPPORT
- SB 1388 (Knight) - Prohibits a public agency from offsetting costs associated
with acquiring sections of property through eminent domain, OPPOSE
APPROVED AS AMENDED BY DIRECTOR YAROSLAVSKY:
YAROSLAVSKY/BURKE MOTION:
We, therefore, move that staff develop a plan to implement the following
recommendations and report back to the Board within 60 days on the cost, available funding
(including grants and other external sources) and proposed completion schedule:
- Expand and improve the public education program for the Metro Blue Line;
- Install added safety elements, like striping and lighting, to increase pedestrian
awareness of incoming trains;
- Install new pedestrian crossing arms in high-traffic areas;
- Install new pedestrian gates in high-risk areas;
- Expand photo enforcement program to new intersections along the Blue Line;
- Expand photo enforcement program along Washington Boulevard, which has recently
experienced an increase in Blue Line and vehicle collisions;
- Work with state and local elected officials to implement legislation that would increase
the penalty for violating grade crossing and left turn prohibitions. Work with state and
local elected officials to implement legislation that would mandate community service for
grade crossing violators or make it mandatory for violators to attend traffic schools or
other public education programs.
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22. |
CLOSED SESSION - Conference with
Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation - G.C. 54956.9 (a): Louis Ross v. LACMetro, Los
Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC153410
PULLED BY STAFF
County Counsel Kelsey announced the addition of an existing litigation matter, Case
MC189760 Adams v. Metro and two personnel matters: Amelia Earnest.
NO REPORT WAS MADE |
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24. |
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR amendment to
Contract No. 07H001 with CH2M HILL to complete design work and provide construction
support services to Caltrans for Segment 1 of the Route 10 HOV lane project (Baldwin
Ave. to Route 605), in the amount of $3,073,743, which includes $2,794,312 for the
contract amendment and a 10% contingency of $279,431 for a cumulative amount of
$6,970,351. |
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25. |
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR:
- the revised Freeway HOV/TOS program of funded projects in accordance with the
schedules and budgets presented; and the one-time redistribution of programmed funds
previously approved, among Freeway TOS projects; and
- continuation of the policy of deobligating final project cost savings and
making such funds available in subsequent Call For Projects processes.
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26. |
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR Metros
financial commitments to the work program presented in SCRRAs FY 99
Preliminary Budget subject to an FY 99 subsidy cap of $24.8 million for Operations and
$7.7 million for Capital Maintenance. |
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27. |
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR funding deobligation
and reprogramming for specified projects in order to fully fund Los Angeles County 1998
STIP:
- Concur with the State of California, Department of Transportation (Caltrans) request to
deobligate $4.3 million in 1996 STIP funds previously programmed in Fiscal Year 1998-99
for Route 105/405 Interchange Hazardous Waste Investigation and Mitigation;
- Apply the $4.3 million in deobligated 1996 STIP funds from the route 105/405
Interchange Hazardous Waste Investigation and Mitigation Project to the Route 2 Roadway
Reconfiguration Project (Santa Monica Blvd. Transit Parkway) if there are not sufficient
funds provided through ISTEA II to meet project needs;
- Remove the $3.2 million Route 210 Soundwall project from the 1998 STIP
submittal, since the required Project Study Report is not complete, and reprogram the
funding towards the Route 405 Arbor Vitae Interchange (south half) which has a shortfall
of $7.3 million;
- Deobligate $10.1 million of a total of $12.3 million in Prop C funding for
Traffic Operation System (TOS) Projects 1-7 and 3-3 allocated to Caltrans in Metros FY
1993-4 and 1997 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Call For Projects; and reprogram
as indicated below:
- $4.1 million to the Route 405 Arbor Vitae Interchange (south half) which, along with
recommendation C above, will fully fund the shortfall for this project;
- $1.3 million to the Route 10 High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lane from Route 57 to the San
Bernardino County Line to fully fund the shortfall for this project;
- $1.5 million to Route 101 from Los Angeles to Center Streets Southbound Improvements to
fully fund the shortfall for this project;
- $3.2 million to the Route 210 Soundwall project to make up for removing this project
from the STIP;
- Reprogram the $2.2 million remaining from the TOS projects 1-7 and 3-3 to a shorter,
fully fundable segment of the TOS3-3 project, as determined by Caltrans; and
- Authorize staff to revise the Metros 1998 STIP submittal for the Route 2
Roadway Reconfiguration Project (Santa Monica Boulevard Transit Parkway), if necessary to
obtain California Transportation Commission (CTC) approval, such that the STIP will
contain three fully funded components of the project.
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28. |
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR actions concerning
projects programmed in previous Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Call for
Projects:
- Recertify $199.3 million in existing FY 1998-99 commitments from previous TIP Call for
Projects and authorize the expenditure of funds to meet these commitments;
- Deobligate $2.3 million of previously approved TIP Call for Projects funding;
- Authorize staff to reserve a total of $5.6 million in Board-authorized deobligations,
administrative deobligations and audited savings for reprogramming in the 1999 TIP Call
for Projects;
- authorize $12.9 million of Proposition C 25% funds, based on availability, to be
expended in FY 1998-99 for projects, one year in advance of when they were programmed
through the previous TIP Call for Projects process; and
- Authorize staff to administratively deobligate FY 1993-94 and FY 1994-95 TIP
Call for Projects funding commitments, at staffs discretion, if projects are not
proceeding as defined in Metros Lapsing Policy.
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29. |
APPROVED ON A ROLL CALL VOTE, authorized CEO to
execute a Joint Powers Agreement with the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA)
to extend Metros eminent domain authority to ACTA for the purpose of purchase,
lease, condemnation or any other appropriate means to acquire property to facilitate the
construction and/or operation of the Alameda Corridor. Ayes:
Bernson, Cragin, Knabe, Fasana, Legaspi, Oropeza, Yaroslavsky, Zarian
Noes: Antonovich
Abstain: None
Absent: Alatorre, Burke, Molina, Riordan |
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32. |
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR:
- Issuance of a Notice to Proceed to the B630 Contractor Powell/TPS, Joint Venture, for
the manufacture of the transformer rectifier units currently included in the base
contract; and
- Initiation of Change Notice for additional switchgear and associated equipment
to supplement the base contract.
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33. |
CARRIED OVER TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING:
- Revision No. 2 to Contract Work Order (CWO) No. 64 to Contract E0070 with
Engineering Management Consultant (EMC) for design support services during construction
for the Vermont/Hollywood Corridor (Segment2), in the amount of $3,440,000, increasing
the total CWO value to $6,436,533;
- Revision No. 2 to CWO No. 66 for Rail Activation/Start-up Services, in the amount of
$770,000, increasing the total CWO to $1,418,272;
- Revision No. 3 to CWO No. 67 for Project Management, Project Administration
and Project Control Services, in the amount of $1,220,000 increasing the total CWO to
$2,180,623;
- an increase to the Contract Authorization for Expenditure in the amount of
$5,408,992 for a revised total AFE of $101,201,130; and
- an increase in the Contract Budget and Project Budget in the amount of
$5,560,000.
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35. |
ADOPTED position of "Neutral" on State
Legislative Bill AB2189 (Cardenas) - Mandates the creation of a Transit Zone in the San
Fernando Valley. APPROVED DIRECTOR ANTONOVICH MOTION to agendize at the June Board
meeting a motion to support in concept the San Fernando Valley Transit Zone and to receive
the consultants report. |
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36. |
APPROVED AS AMENDED BY DIRECTOR BERNSON, ON A
ROLL CALL VOTE, to remove the word "INTERIM" from the organization title and
authorize Metros continued participation in the joint powers authority for one year,
with a second year extension at the option of the member agency representatives that serve
on the JPA:
- RECEIVED AND FILED the Southern California Intercity Rail Groups draft
"Analysis of the San Diegan Intercity Rail Corridor - SB 457 Study"; and
- AUTHORIZED Metro representatives on the
Interim Joint Powers
Board to encourage Caltrans to implement the study recommendation and seek a deferral of
the transfer of Southern California Intercity Rail Corridor responsibilities from Caltrans
to a Southern California Joint Powers Authority, at this time.
Roll Call Vote:
Ayes: Antonovich, Alatorre, Cragin, Fasana, Legaspi, Oropeza,
Yaroslavsky, Zarian
Noes: None
Abstain: Knabe
Absent: Burke, Molina, Riordan |
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37. |
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR withholding any
remaining payments to Neoplan Bus Manufacturing for any of the 300 buses in question until
Metro and Neoplan have reached agreement on a comprehensive plan to repair all technical
problems and on mitigation of damages. |
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38. |
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR ratification of the
extension to Contract 6349 with Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc., for security guard
services at Metro operating divisions and properties for the period of performance from
March 1, 1998 to May 31, 1998 at a cost not to exceed $175,000. |
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39. |
RECEIVED AND FILED Annual Activity Report,
January through December, 1997, from the Office of Inspector General. |
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40. |
RECEIVED AND FILED status report on corrective
action plan to address recommendations and action items in the Inspector Generals
Management Report on status of Internal Controls. |
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41. |
APPROVED a Memorandum of Understanding with the
California Transportation Commission regarding the 1998 County Transportation
Improvement Program. |
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42. |
RECEIVED update on status of Kaiser Portal
Agreement for MOS2 Hollywood and APPROVED DIRECTOR YAROSLAVSKY MOTION ON A ROLL CALL
VOTE, to amend the 1996 agreement with Kaiser: Authorized the CEO to amend the Kaiser
Entrance Agreement as follows:
- Delete Metros payment of $493,000 for property preparation. This item will be
covered by Kaiser;
- Include Kaisers contribution to the project in the amount of
$4,433,559;
- Add a provision detailing the responsibility for overruns which
provides:
- The project budgeted contingency ($827,777) will be used first for costs unrelated to
contaminated materials. Metro will be responsible for overruns on those costs;
- Any remaining contingency will be used for costs related to contaminated materials. If
there are insufficient remaining contingency funds, Metro and Kaiser will pay contaminated
materials overrun costs on a 50/50 basis;
- In addition, Kaiser remains fully responsible for all costs related to lead, asbestos
and underground facilities or structures containing hazardous substances;
- If Kaiser sells its property within 30 years after the entrance is
completed, Metro will receive an amortized return of its $7.9 million investment; and
- Kaiser must turn over easement areas by September 1, 1998 or pay the
Metro $7,500 per day to cover Metros delay costs.
Roll Call vote:
Ayes: Bernson, Cragin, Fasana, Knabe,
Legaspi, Oropeza, Yaroslavsky, Zarian
Noes: None
Abstain: Antonovich, Alatorre (Conflicts)
Absent: Burke, Molina, Riordan |
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43. |
FAILED TO PASS - State Legislative Bill SB 1847
(SCHIFF) - Mandates the creation of Joint Powers Authority for the construction of the
Pasadena Metro Blue Line. DIRECTOR FASANA MOTION:
- The Metro Board reaffirm: 1) its commitment to complete the Pasadena
Blue Line under the existing alignment and design, and 2) the previously adopted priority
ranking of rail construction projects, with the Pasadena Blue Line the next priority after
the completion of the Red Line North Hollywood Corridor;
- The Metro support SB 1847 and direct staff to continue to
work with the author to resolve all outstanding issues; and
- Staff work with the author to develop the common
principles and guidelines, to include but not limited to rail, that will provide the
framework for the JPA and the MOU between the members and report to the Board in 60 days
on the outcome of this effort.
DIRECTOR BERNSON SUBSTITUTE MOTION - to strongly support the JPA
but Oppose SB 1847 unless amended to deal with the remaining concerns of the Metro and
continue to work with the author, FAILED on the following Roll Call vote:
Ayes: Bernson, Cragin, Knabe, Yaroslavsky
Noes: Antonovich, Fasana, Oropeza, Zarian
Abstain: None
Absent: Alatorre, Burke, Legaspi, Molina, Riordan
DIRECTOR FASANA MOTION, AMENDED BY DIRECTOR ANTONOVICH, to
support in concept SB 1847 and direct staff to continue to work with the author, FAILED
on the following roll Call vote:
Ayes: Antonovich, Knabe, Fasana, Legaspi,
Oropeza, Zarian
Noes: Bernson, Cragin, Yaroslavsky
Abstain: None
Absent: Alatorre, Burke, Molina, Riordan |
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44. |
REFERRED TO EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE:
- approval of an amendment to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Non-Contract Employees Retirement Income Plan (Plan) to reduce the minimum age for
retirement from 55 to 50;
- approval of a reduction in the age requirement for the Sick Leave
Conversion benefit from 55 to 50 when an employee retires as follows:
Age 55
54
53
52
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Benefit 75% (current policy)
70% upon retirement
65% upon retirement
60% upon retirement
55% upon retirement
50% upon retirement |
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Received public comment.