MINUTES/PROCEEDINGS
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Metro Headquarters
3rd Floor - Board Room
One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles
Thursday, August 26, 1999
Called to order at 9:55 A.M.
Directors Present:
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, Chair
James Cragin, First Vice Chair
Michael Antonovich
John Fasana
Don Knabe
Jose Legaspi
Gloria Molina
Jenny Oropeza
Frank Roberts
Tony V. Harris, Ex Officio
Chief Executive Officer - Julian Burke
Board Secretary - Michele Jackson
Inspector General - Arthur Sinai
General Counsel - County Counsel
NOTE: Members voting are reflected on the attached "RECAP OF PROCEEDINGS" matrix. | ||||
1. | APPROVED
CONSENT CALENDAR Items 2, 13, 25, 26, and 32. ITEMS #30 AND #36 PULLED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR. NOTED COMMITTEE AUTHORITY ITEM: 11 |
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CONSENT CALENDAR | ||||
2. | APPROVED Minutes of Regular Board Meeting held on July 29, 1999. | |||
13. | APPROVED: | |||
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25. | APPROVED: | |||
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26. | APPROVED award of a Cost Plus Fixed Fee type contract to Harris & Associates to provide construction inspection support services for the construction of four HOV segments along Routes 405, 605, and 10 in an amount not to exceed $11,528,964 commencing August, 1999 through July, 2003. | |||
32. | APPROVED
execution of funding agreements and/or Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with Specialized
Transportation Service Providers, for a maximum period of five years. Future year
funding of these programs will be subject to the availability of funds and approval of the
Board of Directors through the budget. The funding proposed for the specialized
transportation service providers (grantees) in FY 99-00 is as follows:
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APPROVED UNDER COMMITTEE AUTHORITY Item 11 | ||||
11. | APPROVED UNDER OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AUTHORITY award of firm fixed price contract to Valley Detroit Diesel Allison, City of Industry, the lowest responsive, responsible bidder to purchase up to 20 Allison B400R transmissions with W-Tech III electronics for the Neoplan CNG bus fleet for an amount not to exceed $297,654 inclusive of sales tax. | |||
NON-CONSENT | ||||
3. | RECEIVED Chief
Executive Officer's Report.
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4. | Chair's Report - NO REPORT. | |||
5. | CARRIED OVER to
October Board meeting: that no change be made to the formula for allocation of Federal Section 5307 Capital funds or in the way these funds are allocated for two years; that Proposition C 40% funds be allocated for FY 1999-00 and FY2000-2001 to the included and eligible municipal operators pursuant to the formula allocation procedure. This allocation is based on the Consent Decree funding allocated to Metro Operations up to an amount not to exceed $15 million per year. These allocations are in addition to the existing Proposition C 40% funded programs. |
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6. | APPROVED AS
AMENDED BY BURKE MOTION - THAT STAFF TO RETURN TO THIS BOARD IN 60 DAYS WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS AND WRITTEN PROCEDURES ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE DBE (AND SBE) VENDOR
PRACTICES. A. Revising the Metro's current Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program to include:
B. Approving continuation with 23% as the DBE Annual Goal. |
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10. | APPROVED
REVISED BURKE MOTION authorizing the CEO to negotiate and execute documents which allow
FCBC to use ATTB project resources to further develop and test a Fuel Cell power system on
the ATTB and also investigate the potential commercialization of the ATTB and the Fuel
Cell Propulsion system. Coordinate with the Federal Transit Administration to ensure Metro
compliance with the FTA Grant Management Guidelines and the Full Funding Cooperative
Agreement related to FTA funding of the ATTB Program. Transfer all unencumbered fund balances that have been allocated to the ATTB program to the Fuel Cell Buyers consortium. Instruct Fuel Cell Buyers Consortium to return to the Operation Committee within six months with a status report on the ATTB. |
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14. | APPROVED execution of Change Order 154 to Contract C0321 with Tutor-Saliba/Perini, JV, for the close-out of Line Item No. 01010.12, Safety Awareness on the Metro Red Line, North Hollywood Corridor, Segment 3, in the credit amount of $500,000, decreasing the total contract value to $60,419,152. | |||
16. | APPROVED
Antonovich motion to report back with the following information regarding the San
Fernando Valley Trust Fund.
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19. | APPROVED funding for the existing service contracts for Medical, Dental, Life and Long Term Disability benefits for the third year of a three-year contract with the following vendors, effective January 1, 2000 for a total estimated annual premium of $11,732,000 for calendar year of 2000. | |||
Provider |
Benefit |
Premium |
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A. | Blue Cross of California, LA | Medical | $3,319,000 | |
B. | California Care Health Plans, LA | Medical | 1,386,000 | |
C. | Kaiser Permanente, Glendale | Medical | 3,073,000 | |
D. | Vision Service Plan, Long Beach | Medical | 146,000 | |
E. | Value Options, Long Beach | Medical | 101,000 | |
F. | Delta Dental, Cerritos | Dental | 798,000 | |
G. | Safeguard Health Plans, Laguna Hills | Dental | 117,000 | |
H. | Dental Health Services, Long Beach | Dental | 106,000 | |
I. | Standard Ins. Co., Sherman Oaks | Life | 1,810,000 | |
J. | Chubb Group of Ins. Cos., Long Beach | AD&D | 130,000 | |
K. | UNUM Life Ins. Co., Glendale | LTD | 746,000 | |
$11,732,000 | ||||
29. | APPROVED Bernson motion- that the LACMetro staff identify $82,000 from an alternative funding source, including CMAQ funds, to keep the Chatsworth Depot Bike Stop and Intermodal Transit Center project operating and that this information be transmitted to my office. | |||
30. | CARRIED OVER:
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33. | FAILED on a
roll call vote Fasana/Yaroslavsky motion: That the board postpone consideration of any fare increase, or adjustment, until such a time that the results of the fare policy study can be considered. Ayes: Oropeza, Molina, Legaspi, Knabe, Burke
FAILED on a roll call vote Antonovich substitute motion to move forward with the fare increase. Ayes: Antonovich, Cragin, Roberts |
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35. | APPROVED an increase in the Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) for Contract No. C0301, with Tutor Saliba-Perini, JV, on the Hollywood/Highland Station and tunnels on the Metro Red Line, North Hollywood Extension (Segment 3) , in the amount of $2,300,000 which consists of $1,550,000 for pending changes executed under staff authority, and $750,000 for Change Notices 21.03 and 21.04 previously authorized by the Board in November 1995 without AFE. The total revised AFE amount will be increased from $76,716,440 to $79,016,440. | |||
36. | APPROVED amending
the Fiscal Year 1999 Budget:
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20. | CLOSED SESSION | |||
A. Personnel
Matters - G.C. 54957
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B. Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation - G.C. 54956.9 (a):
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C. Conference with Labor Negotiator - G.C. 54956.8 | ||||
Negotiator: Tom
Webb Employee Organization: AFSCME NO REPORT. |
RECEIVED public comment.
Meeting adjourned at 12:30 P.M.
Prepared by: Christina Lumba-Gamboa
Recording Secretary
Michele Jackson
Board Secretary