AGENDA
EXECUTIVE
MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
Thursday,
April 18, 2002 - 11:00 A.M.
Call to order:
Directors:
John
Fasana, Chair
James
Hahn, Vice Chair
Yvonne
Burke
Frank
Roberts
Zev
Yaroslavsky
Robert
Sassaman, Ex Officio
23.
RECEIVE report of the Chief Executive Officer.
24.
RECEIVE
oral monthly report on the Gold Line.
25.
RECEIVE
oral monthly status report on the Booz-Allen Management Audit.
26.
RECEIVE AND FILE monthly report of Management
Audit Services.
27.
RECEIVE AND FILE status of implementation of the FY 1998-00 Triennial
Performance Audit recommendations for Metro Operations, Los Angeles County
transit operators, and Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
as the Regional Transit Planning Entity for Los Angeles.
28.
ADOPT the following positions on state
legislation:
A.
SCA 11 (Murray) Would require that
loans from the State Highway Account and Public Transportation Account be repaid
with interest when those accounts lend funds to other state accounts.
SUPPORT
B.
AB 2788 (Longville) Would enact the
Passenger Rail Improvement, Safety and Modernization Bond Act of 2002 to provide
for general obligation bonds in the amount of $500 million and require a 50%
match by local agencies based on passenger miles, annual trips and track miles.
SUPPORT
C.
SB 1853 (Murray) Would enact the
Transportation Noise Reduction, Safety Enhancement and Congestion Relief Bond of
2002 to authorize general obligation bonds in the amount of
$1 billion for financing soundwall construction. SUPPORT
D.
AB 2751 (Pavley) To evaluate the
feasibility of using rice straw for soundwall construction.
SUPPORT
E.
SB 1927 (Soto) Would require transit
fueling stations to assess the long-term environmental and public health impact
of stations located by residential communities.
NEUTRAL, SEEK AMENDMENTS
F.
SB 1858 (Burton) Would create a TEA
fund in the State Treasury and authorize Caltrans to administer the TEA program.
WORK WITH AUTHOR
G.
AB 2582 (Chu) Would allow
paratransit vehicles to utilize the HOV lanes with less than required occupancy.
NEUTRAL, SEEK AMENDMENTS
H.
SB 1740 (Murray) Develop record
retention program for the SAFE program throughout the state.
SUPPORT/SPONSOR
29.
APPROVE the Use of Metro Property for Commercial
Activities policy as guidance in the use of Metro transit facilities for
commercial activities.
30.
APPROVE a revision to the Metro Procurement Policies and Procedures
Manual to require contractors to certify requests for payment.
31.
CLOSED SESSION
A.
Conference with Legal Counsel Existing Litigation G.C.
54956.9(a):
1.
Bill Schnee Studios, Inc. v. Metro, Case No. BC241283
2.
Alvarez v. Metro, Case No. PC026760
B.
Personnel
Matters G.C. 54957:
1. Public Employee Release
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 Committee or 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 Committee subsequent to the
posting of the agenda.
COMMENTS
FROM THE PUBLIC ON ITEMS OF PUBLIC INTEREST WITHIN COMMITTEES SUBJECT MATTER
JURISDICTION
ADJOURNMENT