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Meeting date/time:
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4/25/2024
10:00 AM
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Minutes status:
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Draft
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Meeting location:
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One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012,
3rd Floor, Metro Board Room
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To give written or live public comment, please see the top of page 4
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2024-0262
| 3. | Oral Report / Presentation | RECEIVE remarks by the Chair. | | |
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2024-0263
| 4. | Oral Report / Presentation | RECEIVE report by the Chief Executive Officer. | | |
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2024-0216
| 13. | Policy | ADOPT Scenario 1 with accelerated non-capital components to 2030 as Metro’s VMT Reduction Targets and use Scenario 3 results as a County-wide Call to Climate Action for 2045 (Attachment A).
YAROSLAVSKY AND SOLIS AMENDMENT:
A. Report back to the Planning and Programming Committee on identifying a detailed framework for a regional working group to pursue funding, policy, and projects that help us to accomplish the necessary collaboration in order to achieve Scenario 3;
B. Provide a plan that identifies how to capture and track these VMT reductions in Metro’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) and to provide a 5-year update of the CAAP to include VMT reduction targets and to include the County of Los Angeles; and
C. Require that board reports include a new standard section that analyzes the VMT impacts of that item beginning in December 2024. | | |
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2023-0760
| 21. | Program | APPROVE an extension of the GoPass Pilot Program through FY25. | | |
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2024-0258
| 22. | Motion / Motion Response | APPROVE Motion by Directors Bass, Butts, Dutra, Dupont-Walker, Mitchell, and Solis that the Board direct the Chief Executive Officer to:
A. Make the GoPass Fareless Pilot Program permanent and provide a report back to the Board annually at the September Board Meeting, beginning September 2024, on program implementation, including but not limited to:
1. An analysis reflecting the prior 12 months of data;
2. Identifying additional funding sources to help offset the program’s cost to the Agency, including philanthropic and commercial partnerships;
3. Identifying barriers to cost sharing that educational institutions, particularly those in or serving Equity-Focused Communities, face in implementing the program;
4. The Program’s impact on Metro ridership and other outcomes for students; and
5. Report on the feasibility of enhancements to the program.
B. Report back by June 2024 on opportunities to expand the Low-Income-Fare-is-Easy program enrollment and utilization, including but not limited to:
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2023-0766
| 31. | Informational Report | RECEIVE AND FILE status report on the Zero-Emission Bus (ZEB) Program. | | |
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2024-0275
| 31.1 | Motion / Motion Response | APPROVE Motion by Yaroslavsky, Bass, Krekorian, Dupont-Walker, and Solis that the Board direct the Chief Executive Officer to:
A. Report back to the September Operations Committee on a more detailed and updated plan to deliver a 100% Zero Emissions bus fleet as soon as is possible and fiscally responsible; with interim milestones and metrics for both rolling stock and electric vehicle infrastructure installation that reflect an ambitious and actionable schedule; The report back should include a timeline for the submission of relevant service requests to Southern California Edison and Los Angeles Department of Water & Power. The ZEB conversion schedule should ensure Metro’s ability to continue providing reliable bus service, including availability of operations and maintenance funding to support the full 7 million annualized revenue service hours as planned through the NextGen Bus Plan.
B. Provide quarterly reports beginning in January 2025 to the Operations Committee on progress towards accomplishing that plan, including status of grant applications;
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2024-0274
| 34. | Contract | CONSIDER:
A. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer, or their designee, approval authority for procurements to support the emergency condition due to the sudden, unexpected increased severity of assaults on operators, in accordance with Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Acquisition Policy and Procedure Manual, Acquisition Procedures ACQ2, Chapter 11, Section 11.8 “Emergency Procurements,” Public Utilities Code 130234 and Public Contracting Code 20233 (Attachment A), that cannot be met through normal procurement methods through December 31, 2024;
(REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE FULL BOARD)
B. APPROVING a Life-of-Project (LOP) budget of $3,000,000 for bus operator retrofit barriers for Metro’s Bus fleet; and
C. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer, or their designee, to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements for the bus operator retrofit barriers. | | |
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2024-0261
| 2. | Minutes | APPROVE Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting held March 28, 2024, and the Special Board Budget Workshop held March 29, 2024. | | |
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2024-0012
| 5. | Program | AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and purchase All Risk Property and Boiler and Machinery insurance policies for all Metro properties at a not-to-exceed premium of $10.2 million for the 12-month period of May 10, 2024, through May 10, 2025. | | |
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2024-0183
| 6. | Program | AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee, to execute a Petition to Renew Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (LACMTA) participation in the North Hollywood Transit Property-Based Business Improvement District (BID) for a period of six (6) years commencing January 1, 2025, for a total estimated amount not to exceed $1,130,228.16 over the term of the BID renewal. | | |
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2024-0028
| 7. | Resolution | APPROVE the Resolution in Attachment A that:
A. AUTHORIZES the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee to claim a total of $54,230,499 in California Cap-and-Trade proceeds accumulated in State Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-24 disbursed through LCTOP and to use $50,941,838 for one year of E Line operations, as enhanced by the opening of Regional Connector, and $3,288,661 for the Division 8 Charging Infrastructure and En Route Charging for North San Fernando Valley (NSFV) Transit Corridor;
B. CERTIFIES that Metro will comply with LCTOP certification and assurances and the authorized agent requirements; and
C. AUTHORIZES the CEO or their designee to execute all required documents and any amendments with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). | | |
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2024-0038
| 9. | Plan | ADOPT the First/Last Mile (FLM) Plan for the Southeast Gateway Line (Attachment A). | | |
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2024-0104
| 10. | Project | CONSIDER:
A. APPROVING the board-identified Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) as the Southeast Gateway Line (formerly West Santa Ana Branch) Light Rail Transit (LRT) Project (Project), which is a 14.5- miles LRT line with nine (9) stations and includes a new C Line infill station at the I-105 Freeway. The Project extends from its northern LPA terminus at the Slauson/A Line Station located in the City of Los Angeles/Florence-Firestone unincorporated area of Los Angeles (LA) County to its southern terminus at the Pioneer Station located in the City of Artesia and includes a new C Line infill station at the I-105 Freeway. Approval of the Project also provides for the inclusion of five (5) parking facilities, ancillary facilities and a Maintenance and Storage Facility (MSF) in the City of Bellflower;
B. CERTIFYING in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR), which includes the design option that would close 186th Street but keep 187th Street open in the City of Artesia.
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2023-0594
| 11. | Plan | ADOPT the Long Beach-East Los Angeles Corridor Mobility Investment Plan (CMIP) and its recommendations for funding programs and projects, as found in Attachments A and B. | | |
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2024-0066
| 14. | Policy | APPROVE the Pilot VMT Mitigation Program (Attachment A). | | |
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2024-0176
| 17. | Policy | AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Los Angeles Department of Public Works-Bureau of Street Lighting (BSL) to design and construct bus stop security lighting under the Metro Enhanced Bus Stop Lighting Project (Project) totaling $1,590,000. | | |
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2020-0056
| 26. | Contract | AWARD a cost plus fixed fee contract to Hatch Associates Consultants, Inc to provide technical and project management support for Metro’s solicitation of a Transit Vehicle Manufacturer for the procurement of P3030 new Light Rail Vehicles (LRV) and replacement of the existing fifty-two (52) Siemens LRVs in the Not-To-Exceed (NTE) contract amount of $1,254,209.82 for a period of twelve (12) months after the issuance of Notice to Proceed, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protests, if any. | | |
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2024-0027
| 27. | Contract | AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a five-year, firm fixed unit rate Contract No. PS49398000 to The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company for the lease and maintenance of tires for the Metro-operated bus fleet and servicing of non-revenue vehicle tires in an amount not to exceed $48,996,516, effective July 1, 2024, subject to resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any. | | |
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2024-0260
| | Informational Report | RECEIVE General Public Comment | | |
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