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MINUTES/PROCEEDINGS

LOS ANGELES COUNTY
SERVICE AUTHORITY FOR FREEWAY EMERGENCIES
(SAFE)

REGULAR BOARD MEETING

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Metro Headquarters
3rd Floor - Board Room
One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles

Thursday, March 25, 1999

Called to order 1:30 P.M.

Directors Present:

Richard Riordan, Chair
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, First Vice Chair
James Cragin, Second Vice Chair
Richard Alatorre
Michael Antonovich
Hal Bernson
John Fasana
Don Knabe
Jose Legaspi
Gloria Molina
Jenny Oropeza
Zev Yaroslavsky
Larry Zarian
Tony V. Harris, Ex Officio

 

1. AWARDED a fixed price contract to Maneri Sign Co., Inc. Gardena, the lowest responsive, responsible bidder to install TTY signage on 4,500 call boxes in the amount of $126,000.
2. APPROVED BY A 2/3 VOTE an amendment to Contract No. LAT-053-96 with Comarco Wireless Technologies, Inc. Irvine, to refurbish call boxes in Los Angeles County Kenneth Hahn Call Box System, for an amount not to exceed $585,000. Due to the proprietary nature of the call box components, an amendment to Comarco Wireless Technologies, Inc., the manufacturer of the call box, is recommended. The total amended value of the contract shall be $4,924,339.
3. Closed Session - Conference with Legal Counsel - Existing Litigation - G.C. 54956.9 (a):
  1. Thalheimer, et al v. Los Angeles County Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies, et al, Case No. BC 113690

AUTHORIZED settlement agreement which provided for various actions to make freeway call boxes handicapped accessible up to certain limits, including a contract for Assessment of physical accessibility of the call boxes. Authorized seeking funding for the settlement by cross actions against co-defendants, CalTrans and CHP, and, in addition, funding for the physical accessibility portion out of freeway funds in the Call for Projects.

Prepared by: Christina Lumba-Gamboa
Recording Secretary

Michele Jackson
Interim Board Secretary

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