MINUTES/PROCEEDINGS
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Metro Headquarters - 3rd Floor, Board Room
One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles
May 24, 1999
Call to order at 1:30 p.m.
Directors Present:
Richard Riordan, Chair
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, First Vice Chair
James Cragin, Second Vice Chair
Richard Alatorre
Michael Antonovich
John Fasana
Don Knabe
Jose Legaspi
Gloria Molina
Frank Roberts
Zev Yaroslavsky
Chief Executive Officer - Julian Burke
Interim Board Secretary - Michele Jackson
Inspector General - Arthur Sinai
General Counsel - County Counsel
NOTE: Members voting are reflected on the attached "RECAP OF PROCEEDINGS" matrix | |
Closed Session - Recessed at 1:37 p.m. returning at 2:55 p.m. | |
1. | Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing
Litigation - G.C. 54956.9 (a): Labor Community Strategy Center, et al v. Metro, Case No. CV 94-5936 TJH(MCx) APPROVED directing the CEO to seek review by the United States District Court, and, if necessary, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals of the most recent rulings of the Special Master regarding Consent Decree requirements, including a request that the Court allow the Metro to continue to implement its own remediation plan for a period of time sufficient to demonstrate that the plan will achieve complete compliance with the Consent Decree goals. |
Open Session | |
2. | ADOPTED:
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3. | Public Comment - Received |
PREPARED BY: Rhodona Enright
Recording Secretary
Michele Jackson
Interim Board Secretary