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Meeting date/time:
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2/27/2025
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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2025-0143
| 3. | Oral Report / Presentation | RECEIVE remarks by the Chair. | | |
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2025-0145
| 4. | Oral Report / Presentation | RECEIVE report by the Chief Executive Officer. | | |
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2025-0149
| 14. | Motion / Motion Response | APPROVE Motion by Directors Dutra, Najarian, Barger, and Butts to direct the CEO to incorporate a standardized cost-benefit analysis, using USDOT analysis or a comparable methodology, for all Metro capital projects to help inform the agency’s data-driven and transparent decision-making process for projects Metro advances. This analysis should also include national economic impact data. An update on this analysis shall be presented as part of the Annual Program Evaluation brought to the Board in 2025. | | |
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2024-0193
| 29. | Contract | AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a firm fixed unit rate, Contract No. OP125246000 to Clean Energy, for the Operation and Maintenance (O&M) services of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling stations at Divisions 2, 8, 9, and 15, for a Not-To-Exceed (NTE) amount of $6,150,097 for the three-year base period, and $2,036,432 for the first one-year option term and $2,036,432 for the second one-year option term, for a combined NTE amount of $10,222,962, effective March 1, 2025, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any. | | |
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2024-1143
| 31. | Contract | AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a 48-month firm fixed price Contract No. OP125304000 to Jamaica Bearings, the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, in the amount of $1,691,769.20 for the purchase of Ball Bearing Slewing Ring Assemblies in support of the P3010 Light Rail Vehicle (LRV) fleet, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any. | | |
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2024-1129
| 32. | Contract | AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a 48-month, firm-fixed-price Contract No. AE52227000 to Jacobs Project Management Co. for Construction Management Support Services (CMSS) for the Interstate 710 Integrated Corridor Management (I-710 ICM) Project in the amount of $5,521,039, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any. | | |
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2024-1126
| 33. | Budget | AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:
A. ESTABLISH a Life-of-Project (LOP) budget for an amount not-to-exceed $15.3 million for the implementation of taller faregates at 11 additional stations to provide safety, and security, and enhance access control;
B. AMEND the FY25 budget to add three (3) Non-Contract Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) positions to manage the gating analyses and implementation of taller gates across the 11 additional stations and expansion of taller gates across the Metro Rail system and new stations from new rail lines and transition into operations and maintenance; and
C. AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer, or their designee, to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements, contracts, and contract modifications associated with the increased LOP budget. | | |
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2024-1124
| 38. | Motion / Motion Response | RECEIVE AND FILE the Weapons Detection System Proof-of-Concept Pilot Findings. | | |
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2025-0164
| 39. | Motion / Motion Response | APPROVE Motion by Directors Hahn, Barger, Solis, Bass, Dutra and Butts to direct the Chief Executive Officer to:
A. Extend and expand the deployment of the “pillar-type” weapons detection system pilot for 12 months to additional key high-traffic transit stations to gather additional data on effectiveness, false positives, staffing needs, and any impacts to passenger experience;
B. Conduct a 12-month pilot of weapons detection technology aboard a minimum of (2) Metro buses;
C. Provide a quarterly report on the requirements, feasibility, and timeline for upgrading Metro’s video and camera system, to include the integration of brandished firearm detection analytics. This report should outline the infrastructure needs, estimated costs, and privacy considerations to ensure alignment with the agency’s broader safety and security goals; and
D. Report back to the Board in June 2025, and on an as-needed basis, with findings and recommendations from the continued pilots. | | |
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2025-0059
| 40. | Program | AUTHORIZE the Board of Directors for the Public Transportation Services Corporation to amend the contract with the California Public Employee’s Retirement System (CalPERS) to implement a Safety Police Pension Plan for sworn officers hired for the new Transit Community Public Safety Department (TCPSD) (Attachment A). | | |
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2025-0146
| 2. | Minutes | APPROVE Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting held January 23, 2025. | | |
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2024-1085
| 7. | Contract | AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:
A. EXECUTE Modification No. 1 to Project Identification No. MM500201 with the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (SGVCOG) for the SR-57/60 Interchange Improvement Project (Project) in the amount of $13,344,233.05, increasing the contract value from $29,525,000 to $42,869,233.05 construction management services;
B. EXECUTE Modification No. 5 to Contract No. AE51890001 with WKE, Inc. for the Project in the amount of $3,037,366, increasing the contract value from $29,213,933 to $32,251,299 for design services during construction and extend the period of performance from December 31, 2026 to December 31, 2029; and
C. APPROVE a reduction in the retention amount withheld in the Funding Agreement with SGVCOG from 10% to 5% to be consistent with other grantees awarded similar funding amounts and at this stage of construction. | | |
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2024-1140
| 8. | Program | APPROVE the amendments to the Regional Transportation Improvement Program as shown in Attachment A. | | |
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2024-1162
| 9. | Program | CONSIDER:
A. APPROVING:
1. programming an additional $8,904,127 of Measure M Multi-Year Subregional Program (MSP) Active Transportation, Transit, and Tech Program, including inter-program borrowing of $4,531,812 from the Measure M MSP Highway Efficiency Program, shown in Attachment A;
2. programming an additional $15,221,093 within the capacity of Measure M MSP Highway Efficiency Program, as shown in Attachment B; and
B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements and/or amendments for approved projects. | | |
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2024-1100
| 10. | Project | AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:
A. INCREASE the Board approved Preconstruction Budget for the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project (Project) by $608,095,000 from $879,731,000 to $1,487,826,000; and
B. NEGOTIATE and EXECUTE all project-related agreements and modifications to existing contracts within the authorized Preconstruction Budget. | | |
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2025-0007
| 11. | Informational Report | AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:
A. AWARD Contract No. PS119518000 to Flatiron-Herzog, a SGL Joint Venture, for the Southeast Gateway Line Light Rail Transit (LRT) Project (Project) Advanced Works Construction Manager/General Contractor (CM/GC) Phase 1 in the amount of $10,543,240 for Preconstruction Services, subject to the resolution of properly submitted protest(s), if any;
B. ESTABLISH a Preconstruction Budget for the Project in an amount of $997,750,195; and
C. NEGOTIATE and EXECUTE all project-related agreements and modifications within the authorized Preconstruction Budget. | | |
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2024-1083
| 17. | Contract | AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a firm fixed price Contract No. PS126876000 to Marsh USA LLC for insurance brokerage services in the amount of $1,503,513 for the five-year base term, and $601,405 for each of the two, two-year options, for a total amount of $2,706,323, effective March 1, 2025, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any. | | |
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2024-1074
| 23. | Informational Report | AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to solicit competitive negotiations Request for Proposals (RFPs), pursuant to Public Utilities Code (PUC) §130242 and Metro’s procurement policies and procedures for operations and maintenance of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations.
(REQUIRES TWO-THIRDS VOTE OF THE FULL BOARD) | | |
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2025-0005
| 24. | Informational Report | ADOPT Metro Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Policy (Attachment A). | | |
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2025-0132
| 25. | Motion / Motion Response | APPROVE Motion by Hahn, Sandoval and Dupont-Walker that the Board direct the Chief Executive Officer to report back in 90 days on how Metro is addressing, promoting and/or improving the following initiatives which were received as community feedback at the telephone town hall:
A. Increased lighting throughout the system;
B. Cleanliness on buses and trains;
C. Timely elevator maintenance;
D. Promotion of DBE/SBE workshops Expansion of and interaction with small businesses and disadvantaged enterprises, including outreach to small businesses and disadvantaged businesses enterprises;
E. Metro’s Bike Share program; and
F. Metro’s Free and Reduced programs. | | |
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2025-0147
| | Informational Report | RECEIVE General Public Comment | | |
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