Meeting_Body
OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 21, 2019
Subject
SUBJECT: MEMBERSHIP ON METRO SAN GABRIEL VALLEY SERVICE COUNCIL
Action
ACTION: APPROVE NOMINATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
APPROVE Leonard Pieroni for membership on Metro’s San Gabriel Valley Service Council.
Issue
ISSUE
A member of the San Gabriel Valley Service Council submitted his resignation effective September 23, 2019. The term of the now-vacant seat is July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2020.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Metro seeks to appoint Service Council members reflective of the demographics of each respective region. The 2016 American Community Survey demographics of each of the Service Council regions are as follows:
|
Region |
Hispanic |
White |
Asian |
Black |
Other |
Total |
|
Gateway Cities |
65.2% |
15.2% |
9.0% |
8.3% |
2.3% |
100.0% |
|
San Fernando Valley |
41.7% |
40.9% |
11.0% |
3.5% |
3.0% |
100.0% |
|
San Gabriel Valley |
49.9% |
18.3% |
26.2% |
3.3% |
2.3% |
100.0% |
|
South Bay Cities |
43.7% |
22.8% |
12.3% |
17.2% |
4.0% |
100.0% |
|
Westside Central |
43.2% |
31.0% |
13.3% |
9.3% |
3.1% |
100.0% |
|
Metro Service Area Total |
48.9% |
25.8% |
14.6% |
7.8% |
2.9% |
100.0% |
The following individual has been nominated to serve by the City of La Cañada Flintridge and approved by the Cities of Pasadena and Sierra Madre, all of whom serve as the appointing authorities for this vacant seat. If approved by the Board, this appointment will serve the remainder of the seat’s three-year term. A brief listing of qualifications and the nomination letter are provided.
San Gabriel Valley
A. Leonard Pieroni, San Gabriel Valley Service Council, New Appointment
Nominated by: Cities of La Cañada Flintridge, Pasadena, and Sierra Madre
Term Ending: June 30, 2020
The demographic makeup of the San Gabriel Valley Service Council with the appointment of this nominee will consist of three (3) Hispanic members, five (5) White members, and one (1) Asian member as self-identified by the members in terms of racial/ethnic identity. The gender breakdown of the Council will be seven (7) men and two (2) women.
Determination_of_Safety_Impact
DETERMINATION OF SAFETY IMPACT
Maintaining the full complement of representatives on each Service Council to represent each service area is important. As each representative is to be a regular user of public transit, and each Council is composed of people from diverse areas and backgrounds, this enables each Council to better understand the needs of transit consumers including the need for safe operation of transit service and safe location of bus stops.
Implementation_of_Strategic_Plan_Goals
IMPLEMENTATION OF STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS
Approval of this recommendation supports the following Metro Strategic Plan Goal: 30 Enhance communities and lives through mobility and access to opportunity.
Alternatives_Considered
ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED
The alternative to approving this appointment would be for this nominee to not be approved for appointment. To do so would result in reduced effectiveness of the Service Council, as it would increase the difficulty of obtaining the quorum necessary to allow the Service Council to formulate and submit their recommendations to the Board. It would also result in the Service Council having less diverse representation of their respective service area.
Next_Steps
NEXT STEPS
Staff will continue to monitor the major contributors to the quality of bus service from the customer’s perspective, and share that information with the Service Councils for use in their work to plan and to implement and improve bus service in their areas and the customer experience using our bus service.
Attachments
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A - Nominee’s Listing of Qualifications
Attachment B - Nomination Letter
Prepared_by
Prepared by: Conan Cheung, Sr. Executive Officer, Service Development, Scheduling
and Analysis, (213) 418-3034
Dolores Ramos, Chief Administrative Analyst, Regional Service Councils,
(213) 922-1210
Reviewed_By
Reviewed by: James T. Gallagher, Chief Operations Officer, (213) 418-3108
