Metro - File #: 2019-0426

• File #: 2019-0426
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 5/14/2019
• In control: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• On agenda: 6/19/2019
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE the: A. FY 2016-2018 Triennial Performance Review of Los Angeles County Transit Operators and Metro Operations; and B. FY 2016-2018 Triennial Performance Review of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) as the Regional Transportation Agency (RTPA).
• Sponsors: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• Indexes: Budgeting, Burbank, City of Los Angeles, Claremont, Commerce, Construction, Culver City, Glendale, Informational Report, Long Range Transportation Plan, Metro Vision 2028 Plan, Public private partnerships, Redondo Beach, Regional Transportation Planning Agency, Ridership, Santa Monica, Strategic planning, Transit authorities, Transit buses, Transit operators, Transportation Development Act - Article 4, Transportation Development Act of 1971

Meeting_Body
FINANCE, BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
JUNE 19, 2019

Subject
SUBJECT: FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2016-2018 TRIENNIAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW REPORT

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the:

A. FY 2016-2018 Triennial Performance Review of Los Angeles County Transit Operators and Metro Operations; and

B. FY 2016-2018 Triennial Performance Review of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) as the Regional Transportation Agency (RTPA).

Issue
ISSUE

The Transportation Development Act (TDA) requires Triennial Performance Reviews of Transit Operators and RTPAs. The FY 2016-2018 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 Metro 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 Metro must send a Certificate of Completion to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), so that Metro may receive and allocate TDA and State Transit Assistance (STA) funds for Los Angeles County.

Under contract to Metro, the firm of BCA Watson Rice, LLP independently conducted the FY 2016-2018 Performance Review of the Transit Operators, Metro Operations and Metro as the RTPA for Los Angeles County. The following summarizes the scope of the review:

A. REVIEW OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY TRANSIT OPERATORS AND METRO OPERATIONS

The following Los Angeles County transit operators were included in this review:

* Antelope Valley Transit Authority (AVTA)
* ...