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OPERATIONS, SAFETY AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
MARCH 17, 2022
Subject
SUBJECT: PUBLIC SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FACILITATOR SERVICES
Action
ACTION: APPROVE CONTRACT MODIFICATION
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Modification No. 1 to Contract No. PS72932000 with Estolano Advisors, for an amount not to exceed $160,563, increasing the contract price from $210,459 to $371,022.
Issue
ISSUE
Metro staff established a Public Safety Advisory Committee (PSAC) to re-envision transit safety and explore community-based approaches to policing leading up to and as part of the 2022 renewal of the multiagency police contract approved in 2017. In April 2021, PSAC meetings commenced with the support of a contracted facilitator from Estolano Advisors. PSAC meeting frequency has increased with the formation of several PSAC Ad hoc meetings, requiring additional contract authority.
Background
BACKGROUND
During the planning stages of PSAC, Staff identified the need to procure facilitator services to aid in the public safety discussions between PSAC and Metro. Considering PSAC would work to review, comment, and provide input on how Metro can re-imagine public safety, Staff sought a qualified subject matter expert to facilitate and help guide PSAC toward clearly defined recommendations.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
PSAC kicked off its meetings in April 2021 with two general meetings per month. With the introduction of Motion 26.2 in late March 2021, staff realized the PSAC needed to meet more often than twice a month to achieve its goals set forth by the Board. It was then decided that ad-hoc subcommittees would be formed to address priority topics such as the law enforcement contracts. In June and July, four (4) ad-hoc subcommittees were created to address the following priorities: Public Safety Survey, Infrastructure Protection Services, Policing Contracts, and Non-Law Enforcement Alternatives. The Public ...
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