*2/3 vote of the full Board

Noted Items Approved Under Committee Authority: Items 11 through 14, 22, and 52.

• Introduced Richard Brumbaugh, Chief Financial Officer
• Reported on sale of Revenue Bonds

• Reported on trip to Brazil

1. Ratification of Revision No. 1 to CWO No. 71 for Preliminary Design Services for the Metro Red Line North Hollywood Corridor, Universal City Station, in the amount of $171,484, which increases the authorized amount to $256,480;

2. Execution of Revision No. 2 to CWO No. 71 for Final Design Services for the Metro Red Line North Hollywood Corridor, Universal City Station, in the amount of $609,993 $559,096 which increases the currently authorized amount to $866,473 $815,576; and

3. An increase to the Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) for the North Hollywood Corridor, in the amount of $896,473 $845,776 which increases the total AFE to $92,769,463 $91,923,887.

Concerted efforts to improve regional mobility through compatible fare technology, reciprocal fare media and a regional pass.

Develop a pilot project to divest up to ten Metro intra-community routes to municipal operators.

Development of a countywide transit public information and marketing program.

Improvements in the schedule and service integration process, using the various transit restructuring study findings as a starting point.

Additional areas of improvement as proposed by the municipal operators.

All discussions should address both the financial and operational feasibility of potential improvements and provide an implementation plan for items deemed feasible.

1. Awarding a five year, single source contract to Unique Manufacturing Corporation (UMC), Anaheim, for repair and maintenance of bus revenue collection equipment, for a total contract value not to exceed $2,625,000, inclusive of four one-year options;

2. Finding that the purchase of these services may include the purchase of proprietary material and parts to effect the repair and upgrade of revenue collection equipment, and that such purchase is for the sole purpose of replacing supplies, equipment, or materials already in use, thereby requiring a two-thirds vote for the purchase of material on a single source basis under PUC Section 130237.

1. Increasing and Executing Work Authorization Change Notice (WACN) 36.00 to Contract C1610 with Herzog Contracting Corp., from $195,000 to $500,000 to core drill preparatory holes required for the supplemental formation grouting through the C0311 tunnels, in an amount not to exceed $500,000, increasing the total contract value from $21,343,985 to $21,844,985;

2. Negotiation and Execution of Change Order No. 15.00, if it is within the NTE amount approved for this WACN; and

3. Increasing the Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) in the amount of $500,000, increasing the AFE from $22,436,743 to $22,936,743.

1. Negotiation and Execution of subsequent Change Order No. 117 to Contract No. B252 with Kiewit-Shea, JV., on the Metro Red Line, Vermont/Hollywood Corridor, Segment 2, for Settlement of Claim No. 5, Contaminated Soils at the Vermont/Santa Monica Station, for an amount not-to-exceed (NTE) $570,600 which increases the Total Contract Value from $56,085,295 to $56,655,895, subject to verification of soil quantity by Management Audit Services;

2. An increase in the Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) by $570,600 from $57,470,794 to $58,041,394.

1. Change Order No. B281T-CO-101.00 under Contract No. B281T with Kajima/Ray Wilson, a JV, on the Metro Red Line, Vermont/Hollywood Corridor, Segment 2, for Miscellaneous Street Restoration on Hollywood Boulevard in the amount of $479,409 (incorporating WACN No. 98 for $455,000 which was previously approved by the Board), increasing the Total Contract Value from $49,716,010 to $50,195,419; and

2. An increase in the Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) of $24,409 from $51,511,670 to $51,536,079.

 

1. Negotiation and execution of Change Order No. 46 to Contract B641 with Amelco Electric to provide and install trainborne voice radios plus spare parts and ancillary equipment for forty-one (41) married pairs of vehicles for an amount not to exceed $1,125,747, increasing the Segment 2 portion of the contract from $11,501,193 to $12,626,940; and

2. An increase in the Segment 2 portion of the Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) in the amount of $1,458,631 to $13,014,139.

1. Steiny and Company, Inc. v. Metro, Case No BC174072
   
   APPROVED settlement for the total amount of $850,000, less $200,000 retention
   
2. Labor Community Strategy Center v. Metro, Case No. CV94-5936TJH
   
   Instructed CEO and Attorney for the Metro regarding proposal to the Special Master on the five year plan.
   
3. Fourth Main Ass. V. Metro, Case No. BC178294
   
   APPROVED statutory settlement amount
   
4. Sanders v. Metro, Case No. BC175338
   
   APPROVED settlement of $317,292
   
5. Metro v. Sumitomo Corporation, Case No. BC136375
   
   APPROVED settlement

Morrison-Knudsen - APPROVED settlement of $950,000

Regional Water Quality Control Board - APPROVED settlement

1. acquire the services of outside vendors to meet identified project plan requirements;

2. acquire the services of either existing State or County contracts that were competitively bid, if this would expedite the process;

3. allow the Y2K project team the latitude to acquire resources, programming services, software, hardware and consultants to streamline and to deal with the many tasks required to be successful;

4. make Y2K compliance a priority in every division of the Metro; and

5. develop contingency plans to sustain critical services as backup course of action, in the event computer systems, control equipment or other unanticipated events impact their ability to function on and after January 1, 2000.

1. Adoption of revised Metro Investment Policy;

2. Delegation of authority to invest Metro funds for a one year period to the Metro Treasurer pursuant to California Government Code Section 53607.

1. Scheduling a public hearing for Saturday, March 6, 1999 at 10:00 a.m. to receive public comment on service changes implemented as part of the Consent Decree Pilot Program, and service modifications proposed for MOS-2B of the Metro Red Line Interface Plan;

2. publication of the legal notice; and

3. Designation of the CEO, or his appointee, as the Public Hearing Officer.

1. conveying title of one Metro owned Parcel 5544-21-902 to the CRA at current fair market value in return for a promissory note secured by a letter of credit with the following terms:
   1. Current fair market value of the property is $193,000;
   2. Metro will consider the note paid if the CRA expends an equivalent level of public funds on Phase Two of the project;
   3. Payment will be due in full, with interest of six percent per annum, if a Phase Two joint development agreement and/or ground lease has not been negotiated within six months from the date the property transfers and the Board does not extend the negotiating period;
2. entering into an Exclusive Negotiation Agreement, if mutually agreeable terms can be reached, with McCormack Baron (Developer) for a six-month period to negotiate a Phase Two joint development project at the Hollywood/Western site, with the date of the negotiating period commencing at the date of the Phase One property conveyance from the Metro to the CRA; and

3. providing a report back to the committee at the conclusion of negotiations on Phase 2 or in July, 1999, whichever comes first.

1. Reinstating 17 of the 26 Freeway Service Patrol Midday Routes: Beat #’s: 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 29, 31, 40, and 43;

2. Executing contract amendments to provide funding for this reinstatement through the term of their contracts at an aggregate amount of $1,317,694.

1. the issuance of Work Authorization Change Notice (WACN) No. 89.02 to Contract No. B620 with Alstom Signaling Inc. Automatic Train Control, on the Metro Red Line, Wilshire and Vermont/Hollywood (Segment 2), to cover extended overhead cost until a Change Order can be negotiated and executed, in an amount not-to-exceed $550,000, increasing the Segment 2 portion of the contract value from $19,677,578 to $20,227,578;

2. an increase in the Segment 2 portion of the Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) in the amount of $550,000 from $20,357,298 to $20,907,298.

1. execution of Contract Work Order (CWO) 62 to Contract E0070 with the Engineering Management Consultant (EMC) for Final Design Services for the Metro Red Line North Hollywood Corridor, in the amount of $458,580, $410,433 ($336,909 on CO390 and $73,524, negotiated amount on CO352) incorporating the previously authorized amount of $200,000, which increases that amount by $258,580 $210,433; and

2. an increase to the Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) to Contract E0070 for the North Hollywood Corridor, in the amount of $458,580 $410,433.

1. execute Contract Work Order (CWO) 63 to Contract E0070 with the Engineering Management Consultant (EMC) for Rail Activation/Systems Start-up Services for the Metro Red Line North Hollywood Corridor, in the amount of $1,790,916 $1,777,749 incorporating the previously authorized amount of $95,000, which increases that amount by $1,695,916 $1,682,749; and

2. increase to the Authorization for Expenditure (AFE) to Contract E0070 for the North Hollywood Corridor, in the amount of $1,790,916 $1,777,749.

PREPARED BY: Rhodona Enright - Recording Secretary

Georgia Hamilton
Board Secretary