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, February 24, 2000
Called to order at 10:00 A.M.
Directors Present:
Yvonne Brathwaite
Burke, Chair
James Cragin, First Vice Chair
Richard Riordan, Second Vice Chair
Michael Antonovich
Hal Bernson
Jaime de la Vega
John Fasana
Don Knabe
Jose Legaspi
Gloria Molina
Jenny Oropeza
Frank Roberts
Zev Yaroslavsky
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, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24, ***25, 28,
29, 30, 31, 34,
45, 46, and 49
*** 2/3 VOTE REQUIRED BY THE FULL BOARD
COMMITTEE
AUTHORITY ITEMS: 18, 19,
and 22
2.
APPROVED Minutes of
Regular Board Meeting of January
27, 2000 and Special Board Meeting of
February 4, 2000.
3.
Chief Executive Officer’s Report - Received report.
4.
Chair’s Report - None
5.
CARRIED OVER TO MARCH BOARD MEETING report on Prop. A and
Prop. C audit from inception to 1998
from Russ Lesser, Chairman of Independent Citizens Advisory & Oversight
Committee.
6.
ADOPTED Tort Claims Ordinance.
7.
FAILED ON A ROLL CALL VOTE CRAGIN MOTION that the Board approve creation
of a Municipal Operator Bus Service improvement and expansion program
designed to improve service to the transit dependent countywide by reducing
overcrowding and expanding services; and
that the Board authorize the CEO or his designee to execute funding
agreements with the Municipal Operators; and
that those agreements provide a total for Municipal Operators, for
this program, of proposition C 40% funds of $5 million for FY2000;
a minimum of $10 million for FY 2001; and a minimum of $15 million each
for FY’s 2002, 2003 and 2004; Recognizing
that these sums are much less than the estimated fair share the municipal
operators should receive based on anticipated funding Metro will need;
That these allocations are in addition to the existing Proposition C 40%
funded programs.
Ayes:
Fasana, Molina, Cragin, Roberts
Noes:
Burke, Bernson, Yaroslavsky,
Absent:
Oropeza, Antonovich, Legaspi, Knabe, Riordan, de la Vega\
Abstain:
None
8.
CARRIED
OVER TO MARCH BOARD MEETING:
A.
Adoption of the following
motion: The Board finds by a two-thirds vote that there is only a single source
of procurement for the photo enforcement
cameras and that the purchase is for the sole purpose of duplicating the
cameras already in use. The Board
hereby authorizes the purchase of the cameras pursuant to PUC Section 130237;
and
B.
award of a firm fixed price contract to Lockheed Martin IMS of
Teaneck, New Jersey, for the purchase of six cameras for use on the Metro Blue Line, Photo Enforcement System,
at a total contract value of $284,046, including sales tax.
14.
CARRIED OVER TO MARCH ANTONOVICH MOTION - that
this Board direct the CEO to formally rename the Pasadena
Blue Line to the Pasadena Rose Line.
15.
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR:
A.
the findings of the Line 104 Public Hearing held January 18, 2000; and
B.
the transfer of Line 104 to Montebello Bus
effective Monday, April 3, 2000.
16. APPROVED
ON CONSENT CALENDAR:
A.
the establishment of a modified
route and service on Line 177 on an experimental basis; and
B.
the CEO to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the City of
Glendale for the operation of service over the portion of route between downtown
Glendale and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
17.
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR award of a unit rate contract to Accent Landscaping, Inc., Gardena,
the lowest responsive, responsible bidder to provide landscaping and irrigation maintenance services for Metro operational
and non-operational properties for a five year period, for an amount not to
exceed $3,073,158, inclusive of a 10% contingency for as-needed services.
18.
APPROVED UNDER OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AUTHORITY execution of six,
three-year, zero based contracts to: Brothers
Printing & Lithography, Dual Graphics, George Rice & Sons, Pacific
Graphics, Inc., Pacific Printing Industries, and Peaks Associates, the highest
rated proposers, to provide emergency,
specialty, overflow outside printing services, for a combined total for all
contracts of an amount not to exceed $450,000
19.
APPROVED UNDER OPERATIONS COMMITTEE AUTHORITY award of
a unit rate contract to Specialty Doors and Automation, Manhattan Beach,
the only responsive, responsible bidder to provide
maintenance, repair and installation services for all Metro industrial doors
at all bus and rail facilities, for a
five year period, for an amount not to exceed $609,465, inclusive of a 10%
contingency for as-needed work.
21. RECEIVED
report
from the Tunnel Advisory Panel on the
Santa Monica Mountain Consent Decree compliance relative to blasting and
groundwater impacts.
22. APPROVED
UNDER CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE AUTHORITY:
A.
execution of Change Order No. 20 to Contract H0648, Communications
Installation, with Steiny and Company, Inc.,
which incorporates Work Authorization Change Notice No. 21 for $200,000, to
increase Systems Testing Support for
the Metro Red Line, Segment 3, North Hollywood Extension, in the amount of
$1,210,345 increasing the total contract value from $6,528,596 to $7,738,941;
and
B.
an increase in the Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) to provide funding
to increase Systems Testing Support in the amount of $1,210,345, increasing the
current Metro Red Line, Segment 3, North Hollywood Extension AFE amount from
$7,061,579 to $8,271,924.
23. APPROVED
ON CONSENT CALENDAR execution of Change Order No. 12 to Contract B745, Air
Handling Equipment with Tutor-Saliba/Overland Mechanical, Joint Venture, to
delete Mid-City air handling equipment and installation work, for the Metro
Red Line, Segment 3, Mid-City Extension, in the credit amount of $474,125,
decreasing the total contract value from $3,718,910 to $3,244,785.
24. APPROVED
ON CONSENT CALENDAR an increase in the Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) to
Contract No. MC021 with Anil Verma & Associates to provide funding for pending changes that are within Board delegated
authority in the amount of $200,000, increasing the current Metro Green Line (D Line)
Project AFE from $22,558 to $222,558 and the total contract AFE from $1,201,010
to $1,401,010.
25. APPROVED
ON CONSENT CALENDAR BY A 2/3 VOTE :
A.
adoption of
the following motion: The
Board finds by a 2/3 vote that awarding a design/build
contract pursuant to Public Utilities Code Section 130242 (a) will achieve
private sector efficiencies in the integration of the design and construction of
the CNG Building Modifications at Division 1; and
B.
authorizing the CEO to solicit design/build
Contract C0640, CNG Building Modifications at Division 1, pursuant to Public
Utilities Code Section 130242 (a).
28.
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR a contract with Public Financial Management for
financial advisory services for a period of three years in an amount of
$250,000 retainer fee per year for each of the three contract years, plus
additional task order-based services and annual expenses in an amount not to
exceed $55,000 per year, for a total base contract amount of $750,000 and a not
to exceed total of $165,000 for expenses and additional services for a total
contract amount of $915,000.
29. APPROVED
ON CONSENT CALENDAR a fixed
rate contract with Cash Technologies, Inc., for the sale
of currency collected from farebox revenues in an amount not to exceed
$2,500,000 for a period of five years, inclusive of four one-year options.
30. APPROVED
ON CONSENT CALENDAR:
A.
ratification of expenditures in the amount of
$49,555 above the authorized contract amount to U.S. Data Source for photo
identification card production services rendered during fiscal year 1996;
B.
negotiation and execution of a change order with U.S. Data Source to
continue providing photo identification
card production services through April 2000, in an amount not to exceed
$45,000; for a total amount of $94,555, for a revised contract amount of
$557,555.
31. APPROVED
ON CONSENT CALENDAR increasing the contracting authority for the Programming Services Bench in the amount of $775,000 for a revised
cumulative total bench amount of $2,125,000.
33. APPROVED
AS NOTED positions on the following State
Legislation:
A.
AB1612 (Torlakson, Florez and Senator Karnette) - Creates the
Transportation Congestion Relief and Local Road Improvement Account in the State
Transportation Fund. WORK WITH
AUTHOR/RETURN TO BOARD.
B.
AB 1303 (Florez)
- Would reallocate
a portion of the statewide gas tax to specified accounts. OPPOSE. APPROVED AS
AMENDED TO “WORK WITH AUTHOR”
POSITION
C.
AB 1765 (Maddox)
- Significantly changes
procedures affecting only Metro benefit assessment districts. OPPOSE.
D.
AB 1776 (McClintock)
- Authorizes the governor to
declare a state of transportation gridlock emergency. NEUTRAL.
34.
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR adoption
of the proposed Metro Defeased Leasing
Policy.
37. CARRIED
OVER TO MARCH BOARD MEETING - CLOSED SESSION
A. Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation - G.C. 54956.9 (a):
1.
Velarde v. Metro - Case No. BC 185481
2.
Brown v. Metro - Case No. VC 027613
3.
Lee v Metro - Case No. KC 026562
4.
Song v. Metro - Case No. BC 184845
5.
Orta & Pollon v. Metro - Case No. EC 022220
B.
Personnel Matters -
G.C. 54957
1.
Public Employee Appointment - Ethics Officer
C.
Conference with Labor Negotiator
- G.C. 54956.8
Negotiator:
Tom Webb
Employee Organization:
AFSCME
40.
APPROVED de la Vega’s substitute motion to extend exclusive right
to negotiate with McCormack Baron for 45 days for a Phase Two Joint Development at the Metro Red Line Hollywood/Western
station and report back to the March Committee with additional information
regarding original appraisal and the proposal that’s being rejected.
42.
CARRIED OVER TO MARCH BOARD MEETING AS AMENDED TO INCLUDE de la Vega
motion that service not be cut on express bus lines
424/425, 522 and 418 since doing so would reduce options for transit
customers and significantly increase travel times between the San Fernando
Valley and downtown Los Angeles.
A.
approve the findings of the November 13, 1999 Public Hearing for FY 2000
Service Changes, consisting of: 1) Bus/Rail
Interface Plan for MOS-3 Metro Red Line to North Hollywood; 2) Other service
changes; and 3) Metro Rapid Bus Demonstration Project;
B.
adopting the Final Revisions for the FY 2000 service changes;
C.
adopting revised pages to the Official Route Descriptions; and
D.
approving a free fare on the Metro Red Line for the opening weekend
of MOS-3 Metro Red Line Extension to North Hollywood.
43.
CARRIED OVER TO MARCH BOARD MEETING the following
actions concerning cities with balances of STP-L funds subject to lapse
as of September 30, 1999:
A.
Deobligating a total of $247,849 in lapsing 1999 Surface
Transportation Program - Local (STP-L)
fund balances and reallocate these funds through the STP-L allocation
formula; and
B.
Allowing a six-month extension from April 1, 2000 to September 30,
2000 for all cities to obligate or trade a total STP-L lapsing funding balance
of $1,248,219.
44.
CARRIED OVER TO MARCH BOARD MEETING adoption of
Metro Rights-of-Way Preservation
Guidelines for use by Metro as guidance in the review and approval of requests
for interim uses of Metro rights-of-way and other vacant properties.
45.
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR $250,000 in deobligated highway funds to
begin work on a Major Capital Improvement Study (MCIS) to improve the interchanges
in the 1-710 Long Beach Freeway between Route 60 - Pomona Freeway and the
southern terminus in San Pedro as follows:
A.
Deobligate $250,000 from 1994 Call for Projects Highway Program
Management Services;
B.
Reprogram the $250,000 deobligated under ‘A’ above to conduct
the Major Capital Improvement Study of the interchanges on the 1-710 Long Beach
Freeway; and
C.
Commit an additional $250,000 from other deobligated highway
project funds in the Freeway Modal Category of the Call for Projects for a total
allocation to the MCIS of $500,000.
46.
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR Caltrans’
request for a Change Order in the amount of $665,000 to correct
an unsuitable soil condition for HOV
Lanes Project No. 363/4290, I-605 Freeway from Orange County Line to South
Street currently under construction using funds currently programmed for
contingencies work.
47.
APPROVED proposal to extend the pilot program for increasing the span of service on the Metro Rail System through the
end of September 2000, including service to North Hollywood AMENDED TO INCLUDE
de la Vega motion to develop FY2001
budget based on assumption of extended service hours throughout the fiscal year.
48.
APPROVED:
A.
the CEO to ratify the issuance of contract
MC055 to Sverdrup Civil Inc., a
single source Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) Contract for the period
beginning July 16, 1999 through October 31, 2000 to provide
the services of Mr. Dwight Chewning to assist the Metro in closing out Segment
2 and Segment 3 Claims and unresolved change orders in the amount not to exceed
$350,000; and
B.
a total Authorization for Expenditure (AFE)
in the total amount of $350,000.
49.
APPROVED ON CONSENT CALENDAR:
A.
execution of a sublease agreement with the County of Los Angeles
Community Development Commission,
for the sublease of approximately 17,978
square feet of office space and existing Metro-owned and controlled furniture at
707 Wilshire Boulevard, for a
flat, full-service-gross rental rate of $16,188 per month ($0.90 per square foot) over an approximate 22 ½
month sublease term (co-terminus with the Metro’s existing lease term)
anticipated to commence March 15, 2000; and
B.
extension of the exclusive
listing agreement with Daum Commercial Real Estate Services (“Daum”) for one
year to May 31, 2001, allowing Daum to continue to act as Metro’s exclusive
agent to market and lease Metro’s surplus office space at 707 Wilshire Boulevard
and 818 West Seventh Street under the terms and conditions of the existing
contract.
50. APPROVED
LEGASPI MOTION that:
A)
Staff expand future public outreach efforts related to service
changes by developing and implementing a statistically valid market
assessment survey to better analyze the impacts service changes will have on
affected customers.
B)
Staff report back to
Planning & Programming committee within 60 days with an implementation plan
for utilizing a market assessment survey to measure customer satisfaction
prior to any future service changes.
C)
Staff utilize a market assessment survey to measure customer
satisfaction 3 to 6 months after any service changes and report findings and any
recommended correction to the service changes to the board.
51.
APPROVED BURKE MOTION
that the Metro Board endorse the passage of Proposition
15 on the March 7th ballot.
52.
APPROVED negotiation and execution of a
change order to Contract PS-4320-0580 with Gruen Associates to initiate and
complete Phases II and III for the San
Fernando Valley Transit Corridor Study, which is the Environmental Impact
Statement/Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (EIS/SEIR) for an amount not
to exceed $1,245,490 for a revised contract amount of $1,807,440.
53. APPROVED
BURKE MOTION TO CARRY OVER TO MARCH EXPOSITION
CORRIDOR to seek further clarification regarding the following issues:
The impact of including consideration of the Exposition Corridor on any
potential amendments to be negotiated regarding the Full Funding Grant Agreement
for the Westside Mid-city corridor;
Identification of potential source(s) of funding for this corridor; and
Identification of potential ridership
sources through engineering and traffic study methodologies.
APPROVED ON ROLL CALL VOTES STAFF
RECOMMENDATION, AS AMENDED,
authorizing the CEO to proceed with work on Draft
Environmental Impact Statements/Reports for the following alternatives in
each corridor and consult with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) on any
issues related to these alternatives.
Eastside:
Light Rail Transit (LRT) from Union Station to Atlantic via First Street with the specific choice of tunneling through Boyle Heights
from 1st and Boyle to 1st and Lorena,
then transitioning
to Third Street and proceeding east via Third Street/Beverly Boulevard to
Atlantic, with the policy direction from the
Board that the preferred mode of transportation would be light rail.
Mid-City/Westside:
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) on Wilshire
Boulevard from Vermont Avenue to downtown
Santa Monica, with consideration of minimal operable segments to San Vicente
Boulevard (east of La Cienega), Santa Monica Boulevard and San Vicente Boulevard
(west of I-405), including a study of a busway route
San Fernando Valley
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) along
the Burbank-Chandler right-of-way from the North Hollywood Red Line Station to
Warner Center, with consideration
of a minimal operable segment between Woodman Avenue and Balboa Boulevard with
rapid bus connections at each end.
A.
Adopt the following preliminary capital funding plan:
|
Corridor |
Total
Cost in FY2004 dollars |
Federal
FFGA |
SB45 (See
Note 2) |
Local |
New
State |
|
East
Side |
$704 |
$352 |
$116 |
|
$236 |
|
Mid-City |
$590 |
$295 |
$44 |
|
$251 |
|
San
Fernando Valley |
$291 |
|
|
$146 |
$145 |
|
Total |
$1585 |
$647 |
$160 |
$146 |
$632 |
B.
Direct the CEO to seek New State funding of $632 million or more to fund
the three corridor projects.
C.
In the event at least the indicated amount of New State funding for each
of the respective corridors is not authorized by state legislation by the end of
the current fiscal year of the State, the CEO will return to the Board for
further consideration of funding alternatives for all corridor projects.
D.
Also in support of the foregoing capital projects, direct the CEO
to seek New State funding to cover additional operating expenses over the next
five years, on a phase-down basis, to assist the Metro in covering increased
operating costs while we are otherwise implementing economies and pursuing other
operating revenues, as follows:
FY 01
$ 50 million
FY 02
$ 45 million
FY 03
$ 40 million
FY 04
$ 35 million
FY 05
$ 30 million
$200
million
APPROVED BURKE MOTION ON A ROLL CALL
VOTE, AS AMENDED - that the Metro seek funding for all three proposed corridors
from the state; request that the state identify separate funding for each
proposed corridor and that all three corridors shall move forward together.
That in the event that one project moves more quickly than the other two
corridor projects, it will not jeopardize funding for any of the three projects.
If the State finds that it cannot fund
one or more of the three proposed Corridor Projects the Metro Board will re-assess
all three Projects.
That the Metro adopt the policy position that the Wilshire corridor
cannot be supplanted or replaced by the exposition corridor.
Ayes:
Oropeza, Fasana, Molina, Legaspi, Burke, Cragin, Riordan, Bernson,
Yaroslavsky, Roberts
Noes:
None
Abstain:
None
Absent:
Antonovich
54.
RATIFIED Amendment No. 1 to the City
of Los Angeles Financial Contribution Agreement for Metro Rail Red Line
Segment 3.
55. APPROVED
ANTONOVICH MOTION - I, THEREFORE, MOVE that
this Board send a letter to the President, Secretary of Transportation,
California Congressional delegation, the House and Senate leadership, members of
the Senate and House Transportation Committees, and the Federal Highway
Administration requesting legislation and/or regulations which will include
safety conditions as a criteria when reviewing and approving highway and freeway
improvement projects.
Prepared by:
Christina Lumba-Gamboa
Recording Secretary
Michele Jackson
Board Secretary