Metro - File #: 2022-0320

• File #: 2022-0320
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Filed
• File created: 5/4/2022
• In control: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• On agenda: 8/17/2022
• Final action: 8/17/2022
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE: A. the fiscal year (FY) 2019-2021 Triennial Performance Review of Los Angeles County Transit Operators and Metro Operations; and B. the FY 2019-2021 Triennial Performance Review of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) as the Regional Transportation Planning Agency (RTPA).
• Sponsors: Finance, Budget and Audit Committee
• Indexes: Air Quality Management Plan, Budgeting, Burbank, City of Los Angeles, Claremont, Commerce, Culver City, Glendale, Informational Report, Redondo Beach, Regional Transportation Planning Agency, Santa Monica, Strategic planning, Subsidies, Transit authorities, Transit buses, Transit operators, Transportation Development Act - Article 4, Transportation Development Act of 1971

Date	Action By	Action	Result
8/17/2022	Finance, Budget and Audit Committee

Meeting_Body
FINANCE, BUDGET, AND AUDIT COMMITTEE
AUGUST 17, 2022


Subject
SUBJECT: FISCAL YEAR 2019-2021 TRIENNIAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW REPORTS

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATIONS

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE:

A. the fiscal year (FY) 2019-2021 Triennial Performance Review of Los Angeles County Transit Operators and Metro Operations; and

B. the FY 2019-2021 Triennial Performance Review of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) as the Regional Transportation Planning Agency (RTPA).

Issue
ISSUE

The Transportation Development Act (TDA) requires Triennial Performance Reviews of Transit Operators and Regional Transportation Planning Agencies (RTPAs). The FY 2019-2021 Triennial Performance Review Report is complete and this 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 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 2019-2021 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 T...