File #: 2015-1290   
Type: Contract Status: Passed
File created: 8/13/2015 In control: System Safety, Security and Operations Committee
On agenda: 9/17/2015 Final action: 9/24/2015
Title: INCREASING the life of project budget for the Blue and Green Lines Transit Passenger Information System, capital project 212010, by $3,842,533, increasing the life of project from $5,987,180 to $9,829,713 and amend the FY16 annual budget by $3,842,533.
Sponsors: Ad Hoc Transit Policing Oversight Committee
Indexes: Budget, Budgeting, California Transit Assistance Fund, California Transit Security Grant Program, Capital Project, Capital Project Funds, Contracts, Equipment Acquisitions, Grant Aid, Graphics, Install Transit Passenger Information System (Tpis) (Project), Labor, Law enforcement, Light rail transit, Los Angeles Sheriffs Department, Metro Blue Line, Metro Gold Line, Metro Green Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail L Line, Metro Red Line, Passenger information systems, Project, Project management, Prop 1b - Highway and Port Safety and Air Quality Bond Act, Public service, Purchasing, Radio, Radio frequency, Safety, Safety and security, Security, System safety, Threats, Transit Passenger Information System, Transit System, Transportation Security Grant Program
Attachments: 1. Attachment A - Funding_Expenditure Plan, 2. Attachment B - Timeline for TPIS Installation
Related files: 2015-0884, 2015-1497, 2015-1513
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SYSTEM SAFETY, SECURITY, AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: INCREASE THE LIFE OF PROJECT BUDGET

ACTION: AUTHORIZATION FOR LIFE OF PROJECT BUDGET AND CONTRACT MODIFICATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
INCREASING the life of project budget for the Blue and Green Lines Transit Passenger Information System, capital project 212010, by $3,842,533, increasing the life of project from $5,987,180 to $9,829,713 and amend the FY16 annual budget by $3,842,533.

Issue
ISSUE

Staff is requesting an increase in Life-Of-Project for Capital Project (CP) 212010-Blue & Green Lines Transit Passenger Information System (TPIS) to adopt the reprogramming of Department of Homeland Security Grant funding. By adopting this funding, it will allow staff to purchase additional equipment for the Transit Passenger Information System.

In Fiscal Year (FY) 2015, the California Transit Security Grant Program-California Transit Assistance Fund (CTSGP-CTAF) Proposition 1B authorized Metro to reprogram available grant funding from completed capital projects to CP 212010- Blue & Green Lines Transit Passenger Information System in the amount of $3,042,533.

Metro now has the opportunity to further improve the Blue & Green Lines TPIS by using the reprogrammed $3,042,533 grant funding authorized by the Department of Homeland Security to purchase additional TPIS equipment. This funding is only available as a reprogram on existing project(s), therefore, we are requesting an increase in Life-Of-Project for CP 212010 for Metro to use this available funding.

Discussion
DISCUSSION

BACKGROUND

The Blue & Green Lines Transit Passenger Information System is a multi-phase Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funded project to provide information to passengers in the event of emergencies and educate the Metro ridership of potential hazards. CP212010 was authorized with a Life-Of-Project (LOP) in the amount of $5,987,180...

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