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LOS ANGELES COUNTY
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Metro Headquarters
3rd Floor - Board Room
One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles

January 14, 1998 - 1:30 p.m.

Called to order at 1:53 p.m.

Directors Present:

Richard Riordan, Chair
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, First Vice Chair
James Cragin, Second Vice Chair
Richard Alatorre
Michael Antonovich
Hal Bernson
John Fasana
Don Knabe
Jose Legaspi
Gloria Molina
Jenny Oropeza
Zev Yaroslavsky
Larry Zarian
Tony V. Harris, Ex Officio

Interim Chief Executive Officer - Julian Burke
Board Secretary - Georgia Hamilton
Inspector General - Arthur Sinai
General Counsel - County Counsel

Item as Agendized

1.	AUTHORIZE the CEO to SUSPEND:
	A)	the East Side Extension of the Metro Red Line Project and Implement the Demobilization Plan.
	B)	the Pasadena Blue Line Project and Implement 
		the Demobilization Plan.
	C)	the Mid-City Extension of the Metro Red Line 
		Project and Implement the Demobilization Plan.
RESOLUTION APPROVED:

Whereas, the Board underscores its continuing directive to complete the East Side and Mid-City Extensions of the Metro Red Line Project and the Pasadena Blue Line Project;

Whereas, Los Angeles Country has expended tremendous efforts to secure funding at the federal and state level for the rail program;

Whereas, the Board strongly desires that every effort be made to preserve funding for the affected projects;

Now, therefore the Board hereby resolves that:

  1. The CEO is authorized to suspend for at least six months the East Side Extension of the Metro Red Line Project and implement the Demobilization Plan.
  2. The CEO is authorized to suspend for at least six months the Pasadena Blue Line Project and implement the Demobilization Plan.
  3. The CEO is authorized to suspend for at least six months the Mid-City Extension of the Metro Red Line Project and implement the Demobilization Plan.
  4. The Board directs the CEO to report on a monthly basis regarding the unfolding ability to preserve the federal and state programmed fundings and on all developments bearing on the ability and timing of restarting one or more of these projects, including any third party proposals to support such efforts.
  5. Board members will, to an appropriate extent, support and engage in the ongoing effort to preserve the federal and state fundings programmed for these projects.
  6. The CEO will return to the Board in six months or less with a report of any feasible funding options for the remobilization of any of the subject projects.
 
Item as Agendized:
2.  	ADOPT the 1998 County Transportation Improvement 
	Program (SB 45) as follows:
		Deobligate $12.0 million of previously 
		approved Transportation Improvement Program 
		(TIP) Call for Projects and 1996 State TIP 
		commitments due to project savings, 
		cancellations, and lapsing, and reprogram 
		the funds to projects in the 1998 County 
		TIP;
		Reserve $3.7 million for Metro administrative 
		expenses related to the 1998 County TIP 
		projects;
		Adopt the Regional Transportation 
		Improvement Program of Projects totaling 
		$746.5 million for the 1998 County 
		Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) 
		with the following stipulations:
			Complete the Metro Rail Red Line North 
			Hollywood Extension by committing $207.1 
			million to the project;
			Reserve $48.4 million for programming to 
			Transportation Enhancements Activities 
			(TEA) as required by the California 
			Transportation Commission (CTC).  Reserve 
			half of these funds ($24.2 million) for 
			future programming;
			Eliminate the 1997 TIP Call for Projects 
			Shortfall by committing $474.4 million to 
			projects.  Of this amount, $24.2 million 
			will be TEA funds from the reserve 
			required by the CTC;
			Resolve the 1997 Call for Projects 
			Eligibility Issue by committing $3.3 
			million to the projects;
			Commit to funding $11.7 million in 1996 
			State TIP Underfunded projects; and
			Allocate the remaining $25.8 million in 
			available County TIP funds to Carpool 
			Lane Soundwalls ($8.1 million) and 
			Regional Ridesharing ($17.7 million).
ADOPTED motion by Director Antonovich as follows:

I, therefore move that this Board adopt the 1998 County Transportation Improvement Program (SB45) with the following condition: that the CEO be directed to identify funds, other than State money, if possible, to complete the North Hollywood Metro Rail Project, and return to the Board on January 29 with CEO recommendations.

AMENDED to include the proviso that the Board not be obligated with respect to the use of funds so identified.

 

APPROVED motion presented by Director Zarian directing the CEO to:
  1. Work cooperatively with Caltrans District #7 to develop a joint list of interregional road projects in Los Angeles County for the CTC’s consideration during the 1998 STIP process; and
  2. Work cooperatively with Caltrans to consider the project eligibility of the Burbank-Glendale Mobility & Safety improvements and other Metro projects for incorporation into the proposed ITIP and report back to the Board as to the status of this cooperative process envisioned by CTC.

 

APPROVED motion by Director Zarian that CEO direct staff to work with local agencies to analyze the concept of a local return or other funding component in future Transportation Improvement Program cycles and return to the Board within 90 days with a recommended policy for funding beginning with the 2000 CTIP.

 

CARRIED OVER to January 29 Board Meeting, motion introduced by Director Fasana that CEO fully fund the Metro Carpool Lane Soundwall list described in Attachment G of the staff report by reducing the funding for the North Hollywood Red Line shortfall by a like amount; and this action be contingent upon the state funding the 1989 Soundwall Retrofit Projects off the top of the State Highway Account. If the state refuses to do this, the Retrofit Soundwall Projects and the Metro Carpool Lane Soundwall Projects shall return to the Board for funding priority reconsideration.

 

APPROVED motion by Director Yaroslavsky, to set aside any funds from deobligated highway projects on the 1996 or 1998 STIP list to help fund the Santa Monica Boulevard Transit project, subject to Board approval. 
Item as Agendized:
3.	FASANA/OROPEZA MOTION - to direct the CEO to 
	return to the Board within 90 days with an 
	implementation plan to divest Metro bus service 
	into subregionally-governed bus service 
	providers, or zones.  The CEO is directed to 
	work with the City of Los Angeles, entities 
	studying a San Fernando Valley zone, San Gabriel 
	Valley Council of Governments (COG), Foothill 
	Transit Zone, Gateway COG, South Bay COG, Arroyo 
	Verdugo cities and other subregional agencies to 
	develop alternative bus service delivery 
	structures based upon the Transit Zone concept.

 

APPROVED revised FASANA/OROPEZA/BURKE motion:

We move that the CEO to return to the Board within 90 days with an implementation plan to divest Metro bus service into subregionally-governed bus service providers, or zones. The CEO is directed to work with the City of Los Angeles, entities studying a San Fernando Valley zone, San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (COG), Foothill Transit Zone, Gateway COG, South Bay COG, Arroyo Verdugo cities and other subregional agencies to develop alternative bus service delivery structures based upon the Transit Zone concept.

  • Impact on existing municipal operators and their options to provide service in the sub-regions
  • Impact on the Metro as the regional planning agency for Los Angeles County
  • Equity/fairness to disadvantaged communities such as Inner City areas
  • Cost/savings of such actions
  • Amount of funds/assets to be transferred with each line
  • Fleet replacement issues
  • Analysis of regional formula funding issues and mitigation, if necessary
  • Divestiture of lines that cross multiple municipal operator service areas
  • Impact on Metro labor agreements
  • Consent Decree ramifications
  • Interagency transfer and fare agreements
  • Divestiture of Metro Operating assets
 
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.
COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST WITHIN 
THE BOARD’S SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION
Meeting adjourned at 5:22 p.m.