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CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 19, 2020
Subject
SUBJECT: FY20 TRANSIT SECURITY GRANT PROGRAM AWARD FOR FACILITIES HARDENING, VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM/SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AND CYBER-SECURITY
Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS
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RECOMMENDATION
Title
ESTABLISH the Life-of-Project for the following capital projects:
A. INCREASE the Life-of-Project for Facilities Hardening by $2,168,027.80 to $3,298,827.80. The project was awarded FY20 Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) funds of $3,500,000, and $1,331,972.20 (38%) was aligned with the Metro Center Street Project LOP approved in October 2020.
B. APPROVE the Life-of-Project for Video Management System/Security Intelligence for $632,189.40. The project was awarded Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) funds of $5,268,245, and $4,636,055.60 (88%) was aligned with the Metro Center Street Project LOP approved in October 2020.
C. APPROVE the Life-of-Project for Cyber Security Architecture Assessments for $2,079,807.80. The project was awarded Transit Security Grant Program (TSGP) funds of $3,411,780, and $1,331,972.20 (39%) was aligned with the Metro Center Street Project LOP approved in October 2020.
D. Amend the FY21 Budget to include the FY20 TSGP grant award of $4,880,025.00.
Issue
ISSUE
Metro's Transit System consists of a myriad of transit infrastructures, transit assets, operations, services, and multiple support functions committed to providing safe, secure, courteous, professional, dependable, clean, and efficient transit services to all customers. Our transit environment has unique challenges related to threats, risks, and vulnerabilities that must be addressed systemically to maintain and enhance physical security standards, a modernized closed-circuit television (CCTV) system to provide business intelligence and situational awareness to improve the customer experience and investments in our cybersecurity efforts to protect our agency against advanced...
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