Metro - File #: 2016-0308

• File #: 2016-0308
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Filed
• File created: 4/4/2016
• In control: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• On agenda: 6/15/2016
• Final action: 6/15/2016
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE the: A. Fiscal Year (FY) 2013-2015 Triennial Performance Review of Los Angeles County Transit Operators and Metro Operations, summarized in Attachment A; and B. FY 2013-2015 Triennial Performance Review of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) as the Regional Transportation Agency (RTPA), summarized in Attachment B.
• Sponsors: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• Indexes: Arcadia, Audit, Budgeting, Burbank, Central Los Angeles subregion, City of Los Angeles, Claremont, Commerce, Complete streets, Culver City, Gardena, Glendale, Informational Report, La Mirada, Long Beach, Los Angeles Union Station, Metro ExpressLanes, Metro Rail A Line, Montebello, Norwalk, Pasadena, Redondo Beach, Regional Transportation Planning Agency, San Fernando Valley subregion, Santa Clarita, Santa Monica, South Bay Cities subregion, Torrance, Transit operators, Transportation Development Act - Article 4, Transportation Development Act of 1971, Westside Cities subregion

Date	Action By	Action	Result
6/15/2016	Finance, Budget and Audit Committee

Meeting_Body
FINANCE, BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
JUNE 15, 2016

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: FISCAL YEAR 2013-2015 TRIENNIAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW REPORT
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE FISCAL YEAR 2013-2015 TRIENNIAL REVIEW REPORT

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the:

A. Fiscal Year (FY) 2013-2015 Triennial Performance Review of Los Angeles County Transit Operators and Metro Operations, summarized in Attachment A; and

B. FY 2013-2015 Triennial Performance Review of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) as the Regional Transportation Agency (RTPA), summarized in Attachment B.

Issue
ISSUE
The Transportation Development Act (TDA) requires Triennial Performance Reviews of Transit Operators and RTPAs and a certification of completion to be submitted to the State by June 30, 2016. The FY 2013-2015 Triennial Performance Review Report is completed and the report presents the results of the review.

Discussion
DISCUSSION
The California Public Utilities Code (PUC) Section 99246, included in the Transportation Development Act (TDA), requires LACMTA to conduct an independent performance review of all Los Angeles County Transit Operators receiving TDA Article 4 funds, as well as operators receiving Proposition A funds in lieu of TDA funds. The TDA also requires that regional transportation planning agencies (RTPAs) undergo an independent performance review, focusing particularly on the planning roles. The review is conducted every three years, and the LACMTA must send a Certificate of Completion to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), so that the LACMTA may receive and allocate TDA and State Transit Assistance (STA) funds for Los Angeles County.

Under contract to the LACMTA, the firm of Lin Ma & Associates, Inc. independently conducted the FY 2013-2015 Performance Review of the Transit Operators, Metro Operations and the LACMTA, as the RTPA for Los Angeles County. The following Section1, describes the sc...