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, October 28, 1999
Called to order at 9:55 A.M.
Directors Present:
Yvonne
Brathwaite Burke, Chair
James Cragin, First Vice Chair
Richard Riordan, Second Vice Chair
Michael Antonovich
Hal Bernson
John Fasana
Don Knabe
Gloria Molina
Jenny Oropeza
Frank Roberts
Jaime de la Vega
Zev Yaroslavsky
Tony V. Harris, Ex Officio
Chief Executive Officer - Julian Burke
Board Secretary - Michele Jackson
Inspector General - Arthur Sinai
General Counsel - County Counsel
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1. | APPROVED CONSENT
CALENDAR Items 2, 9, 12, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35,
37, 40, 42*, 43, 44, 45* * - Items pulled from the Consent Calendar for discussion |
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NON-CONSENT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3. | Chief Executive
Officers Report NO REPORT |
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4. | Chairs Report RECEIVED |
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5. | REFERRED to the Pension Committee for review with a report back on providing Chief Sharon Papa with an additional severance benefit by crediting her with 3 years and 4 months service in the Metros Non-Contract Employees Pension Plan thereby bringing her total credited service to 20 years INCLUDING a review of the pension for former employee Joshua Torres. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
6. | AUTHORIZED ON A ROLL CALL
VOTE the Chief Executive Officer to execute a License Agreement
("Agreement") with Omni Outdoor/STI ("OMNI/STI") for the installation,
operation and maintenance of up to ten (10) Automated Public Toilets (APTs) at
specific Metro locations, and the installation, operation and maintenance of up to 54
outdoor advertising structures at other Metro owned properties subject to FTA concurrence
for a ten year term. Ayes: Alatorre, Antonovich, Burke,
Cragin, Fasana, Knabe, Legaspi, Oropeza, Yaroslavsky, Roberts |
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8. | APPROVED ON A ROLL CALL
VOTE FASANA MOTION: That the CEO be directed to:
Ayes: Alatorre, Bernson, Cragin, Fasana, Knabe, Legaspi, Molina, Yaroslavsky, Roberts |
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14. | RECEIVED & FILED update to Bernson motion regarding the Y2K compliance of critical vendors. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24. | APPROVED nomination of Richard Riordan as Second Vice Chairman. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32. | APPROVED:
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36. | APPROVED, AS AMENDED:
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38. | CARRIED OVER TO JULY transferring of the ATTB Program to the Fuel Cell Buyers Consortium. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39. | WITHDRAWN BY STAFF:
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41. | RECEIVED AND FILED Legislative matrix and Supplemental Report on SB 1276. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CLOSED SESSION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
46. | Conference with Legal
Counsel - Existing Litigation - G.C. 54956.9 (a):
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47. | Personnel Matters - G.C.
54957 Public Employee Performance Evaluation - LAPD Officer NO REPORT MADE |
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CONSENT CALENDAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2. | APPROVED Minutes of Regular Board Meeting held on May 27 and Special Board Meetings Held May 10, 1999. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9. | APPROVED award of a 27-month firm fixed price contract to Valley Detroit Diesel Allison Corp., City of Industry, the lowest responsive, responsible bidder under Bid No. 01-9906 to provide up to 384 0.1 engine emission control kits for a total bid price of $6,562,032. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12. | APPROVED:
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17. | APPROVED declaring Metro
real property as surplus and authorized sale to AMD Construction Group, Inc. (aka
Firouz Ali Navi) for $62,000: Metro Parcel No. SO106 - Williams Canyon (Orange County) 20 Acres |
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18. | APPROVED declaring certain
Metro real property as surplus and authorized sale to the City of Pasadena:
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19. | APPROVED negotiation and
execution of contract amendments covering computer hardware maintenance and related
software license and maintenance for a two-year period for an aggregate amount not to
exceed $6,500,000 as follows:
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20. | APPROVED amending existing Board Resolution #36, dated June 28, 1995, adding workers compensation to the types of claims authorized for settlement and include a separate Claims Committee, established for workers compensation claims. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21. | AUTHORIZED the CEO or his designee to negotiate and award an Excess Liability Insurance Program for Metro liability exposures, other than at construction sites, for a 12-month period beginning August 1, 1999 through July 31, 2000, at a cost not to exceed $1.4 million. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22. | APPROVED allocations of FY 00 Proposition C 5% Security funds to Transit Operators and Metro Operations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23. | AUTHORIZED the CEO to
execute the annual transit policing contract amendment with:
the City of Los Angeles for Police Department (LAPD-Contract OP2610LAPD) service for FY 00 in an amount not to exceed $28,582, |
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26. | APPROVED ADOPTION OF:
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27. | APPROVED appeals from
cities with Surface Transportation Program-Local (STP-L) fund balances subject to lapse
for FY 1998 and authorize staff to:
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29. | APPROVED an increase to the Authorization for Expenditure to Contract B271 with Kiewit-Shea, JV to provide funding for pending changes to be negotiated and executed under Board-delegated staff authority, in the amount of $818,291, increasing the AFE to $47,364,525. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30. | AUTHORIZED:
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31. | APPROVED:
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33. | APPROVED contract amendment to Contract AF009 with Anne Marie Karlsen, artist, covering work on the Metro Red Line, North Hollywood Corridor, Segment 3, North Hollywood Station, in the amount of $2,880 for a contract value of $252,820, which is within the originally approved AFE of $270,000. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34. | AUTHORIZED:
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35. | AUTHORIZED:
the CEO to negotiate and execute Change Orders for Consultant Change Notice 45.00 for additional CM services on Segment 3 and CCN 46.00 for temporary staff support on Segment 2, in amounts not to exceed $264,911 and $80,288, respectively; and approval |
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37. | APPROVED negotiation and execution of a Change Order to Contract No. SS002 with U.S. Guards, Inc. to provide additional security services through July 31, 1999 in the amount of $72,000, increasing the total contract value to $10,807,411. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40. | AUTHORIZED the CEO and/or
his designee to negotiate and execute the following agreements, subject to approval of
County Counsel and final design of the new terminal in accordance with Metro operating
needs, regarding Metro owned property located at 4646 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles
("Terminal 40"):
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42. | APPROVED ON A ROLL CALL
VOTE SUBSTITUTE MOTION committing to contribute a maximum of 17 percent ($162 million)
of the total $950 million Alameda Corridor East (ACE) program funding requirement. Metro
funds will be allocated annually to match any fully funded portion of the ACE project.
Included in the $162 million allocation is the $20 million awarded in the 1997 Call for
Projects and any awards ($17.4 million anticipated) approved for the 1999 Call for
Projects. The maximum contribution of $162 million is fixed and the Metro will not
participate in any project cost increases or overruns. ALSO APPROVED stating
Metros strong support for the Alameda Corridor East (ACE) project as part of a
regional solution and directed staff to work with Alameda Corridor East to resolve funding
issues and Metro staff to review the list of funding sources to determine from where the
money will come. Ayes: Bernson, Burke, Cragin, Legaspi,
Molina, Yaroslavsky, Riordan |
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43. | APPROVED execution of a one
month extension for seven Metro Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) towing contracts with
five contractors for an aggregate total not to exceed $300,000:
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44. | APPROVED:
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45. | APPROVED UNDER
RECONSIDERATION ON A ROLL CALL VOTE:
Ayes: Alatorre, Cragin, Fasana, Knabe, Legaspi, Oropeza, Roberts |
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NOTED ITEMS APPROVED UNDER COMMITTEE AUTHORITY (Items 10 & 11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10. | APPROVED UNDER OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AUTHORITY (4-0) AWARD of a firm fixed price contract to Cummins Cal Pacific, Inc., Montebello, the only responsive, responsible bidder UNDER Bid No. 04-9922 covering 65 new L10 Cummins Diesel Engines for a total bid price of $1,330,203. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11. | APPROVED UNDER OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AUTHORITY (4-0) APPROVE execution of the second year of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the LACMetro and the SCRRA on Metrolink Right-of-Way (ROW) security for FY 00 for an amount not-to-exceed $1,240,000. |
RECEIVED public comment.
ADJOURNED
PREPARED BY: Rhodona Enright
Recording Secretary
Michele Jackson
Interim Board Secretary