File #: 2024-0437   
Type: Motion / Motion Response Status: Passed
File created: 6/10/2024 In control: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
On agenda: 7/25/2024 Final action: 7/25/2024
Title: CONSIDER: A. RECEIVING AND FILING an update on strategies to improve safety for Metro riders and employees, including costs and implementation timelines, in response to Motion 34.1; B. ESTABLISHING a Life-of-Project (LOP) budget in an amount not-to-exceed $65.1 million for the implementation of Enhanced Access Control strategies, to include: 1. Expansion of the TAP-to-Exit pilot from one end-of-line station to all 10 end-of-line stations; 2. Expansion of the Elevator Open-Door pilot from 21 elevators to 57 elevators; 3. Expansion of the Smart Restroom pilot from 10 stations to 64 stations and transit centers; 4. A new pilot of taller fare gates at up to three rail stations; and 5. A new pilot of two weapons detection technologies at two transit hubs on the rail system, which may include Dual-lane metal detector and Millimeter-Wave radar detection systems C. AMENDING the FY25 budget by an amount not-to-exceed $15.4 million for TAP-to-Exit at 10 end-of-line stations with gate telepho...
Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
Indexes: 7th Street/Metro Center Station, Access control (Transportation), Accessibility, Accuracy, Airport Metro Connector (AMC) Station Project, Americans With Disabilities Act, APU/Citrus College Station, Ara Najarian, Artificial intelligence, Assembly Bill 468, Bias-Free Policing Policy, Bicycling, Board approved a Motion, Budget, Budgeting, Bus rapid transit, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Cleaning, Cleanliness (Graffiti Abatement), El Monte, Elevators, Expo/Bundy Station, Expo/Sepulveda Station, Fare Evasion, Governance, Hilda Solis, Housing, Hubs, Information management, Inglewood, Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker, James Butts, Janice Hahn, Kathryn Barger, Law enforcement, LAX/Metro Transit Center Station, Light rail transit, Lindsey Horvath, Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles Union Station, Low-Income Fare is Easy (LIFE), Macarthur Park, Maintenance, Metro Busway J Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail D Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail K Line, Metrolink, Motion / Motion Response, North Hollywood, North Hollywood Station, Paul Krekorian, Persons with disabilities, Pilot studies, Police, Procurement, Program, Public policy, Public Safety Advisory Committee, Public Safety Analytics Policy, Radio waves, Rail transit, Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project, Research, Research management, Safety, Safety and security, Santa Monica, Security, System safety, Testing, Third rail, Threats, Transit centers, Transit safety, Transit System, Video, Weapons, Westlake/Macarthur Park Station, Westside Cities subregion, Westside/Central Service Sector
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Board Motion 34.1, 2. Attachment B - Types of Weapons Detections Systems, 3. Attachment C - Metro Bias-Free Policing Policy and Data Analytics Policy, 4. Attachment D – Comp w/the Bias-Free Policing & Public Safety Analytics Policy, 5. Attachment E – White House Blueprint on AI Bill of Rights, 6. Presentation
Related files: 2024-0937
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REVISED
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
JULY 25, 2024

Subject
SUBJECT: IMPROVING ACCESS CONTROL: RESPONSE TO MOTION 34.1 IMPROVING SAFETY FOR METRO RIDERS AND EMPLOYEES

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

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RECOMMENDATION

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CONSIDER:

A. RECEIVING AND FILING an update on strategies to improve safety for Metro riders and employees, including costs and implementation timelines, in response to Motion 34.1;

B. ESTABLISHING a Life-of-Project (LOP) budget in an amount not-to-exceed $65.1 million for the implementation of Enhanced Access Control strategies, to include:

1. Expansion of the TAP-to-Exit pilot from one end-of-line station to all 10 end-of-line stations;
2. Expansion of the Elevator Open-Door pilot from 21 elevators to 57 elevators;
3. Expansion of the Smart Restroom pilot from 10 stations to 64 stations and transit centers;
4. A new pilot of taller fare gates at up to three rail stations; and
5. A new pilot of two weapons detection technologies at two transit hubs on the rail system, which may include Dual-lane metal detector and Millimeter-Wave radar detection systems

C. AMENDING the FY25 budget by an amount not-to-exceed $15.4 million for TAP-to-Exit at 10 end-of-line stations with gate telephone (GTEL) installations, adding TAP and barcode readers to exit side of gates, and to pilot test upgraded new faregates from different vendors at up to three rail stations; and

D. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer, or their designee, to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements and contract modifications associated with the Enhanced Access Control LOP.

HORVATH, HAHN, DUPONT-WALKER, AND SANDOVAL AMENDMENT: WE MOVE that the Board direct the CEO to report back to the Board on the feasibility of bringing the custodial services for the Throne Restroom Pilot in-house, including but not limited to opportunities to expand Metro's Room-to-Work Program and the use of Room-to-Work employees to perform these custodial functions.

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