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Meeting Name: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/27/2022 10:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
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2022-0745 3.Oral Report / PresentationRECEIVE remarks by the Chair.   Not available Not available
2022-0746 4.Oral Report / PresentationRECEIVE report by the Chief Executive Officer.   Not available Not available
2022-0750 10.1Motion / Motion ResponseAPPROVE Motion by Director Dutra and Hahn that the following are included as possible funding sources for the Rail to River Active Transportation Corridor, Segment B: “Reconnecting Communities/Highway to Boulevards Program” at the state level, and “Reconnecting Communities Program” and “Neighborhood Access and Equity Grant Program” at the federal level. Report back in April 2023 with more details on the eligible uses of these funds; agency responsible for managing the funding source next funding cycle including due date for grant applications; evaluation criteria used; and examples of local projects that have been funded by the source.   Not available Not available
2022-0734 20.Motion / Motion ResponseAPPROVE Motion by Directors Hahn, Najarian, Solis, Barger, Dutra, and Krekorian that the Chief Executive Officer: A. Evaluate Metro’s end of the line policy and its impacts on communities that have a station that is the end of a Metro rail line; B. Conduct a thorough evaluation of the unhoused populations exiting trains at night and boarding trains in the morning at the ends of rail lines, to better understand the impact of the end of line policy and to inform future resource deployment; C. Coordinate with the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) for its annual Point-In-Time Count, to determine the numbers of unhoused riders on Metro’s bus and rail system; and D. Report back on the above three directives no later than January 2023 with recommendations for what we can do differently.   Not available Not available
2022-0679 22.Informational ReportRECEIVE AND FILE status updates on Fareless System Initiative (FSI) and Low-Income Fare Is Easy (LIFE) Programs.   Not available Not available
2022-0689 23.Informational ReportRECEIVE AND FILE October 2022 State and Federal Legislative Report.   Not available Not available
2022-0747 2.MinutesAPPROVE Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting held September 22, 2022.   Not available Not available
2022-0265 5.PlanCONSIDER: A. RECEIVING AND FILING First/Last Mile (FLM) Project Prioritization Methodology (Attachment B); and B. ADOPTING Prioritized Project Lists (Attachment A) for previously adopted FLM plans for the following plans: 1. Aviation/96th Street Station, adopted June 27, 2019 (File #2019-0170) 2. East San Fernando Valley, adopted December 3, 2020 (File #2019-0431) 3. Gold Line Foothill Extension 2B, adopted June 27, 2019 (File #2019-0170) 4. Purple Line Extension Sections 2 & 3, adopted May 28, 2020 (File #2020-0111)   Not available Not available
2022-0465 6.ContractAUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute a five-year firm fixed price Contract No. PS88917000 to UrbanTrans Consultants, Inc., to develop a new regional Transportation Demand Management Master Plan and Program in the amount of $1,463,580, subject to resolution of all properly submitted protest(s) if any.   Not available Not available
2022-0574 7.ContractAUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute an amendment to the Exclusive Negotiation Agreement and Planning Document (ENA) with East Los Angeles Community Corporation (Developer or ELACC) to extend the term for one year, with an option to extend the term for an additional year, for the joint development of Metro-owned property at Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights with up to 60 units of affordable housing, ancillary ground floor community space and a community garden (Project).   Not available Not available
2022-0633 8.ProgramCONSIDER: A. APPROVING programming an additional $966,589 within the capacity of Measure M Multi-Year Subregional Program (MSP) - Active Transportation 1st/Last Mile Connections Program (Expenditure Line 51), as shown in Attachment A; B. DELEGATING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee the authority to: 1. Amend Measure M MSP funding agreements to modify the scope of work of projects and project development phases consistent with eligibility requirements; 2. Administratively extend funding agreement lapse dates for Measure M MSP funding agreements to meet environmental, design, right-of-way, and construction time frames; and C. AUTHORIZING the CEO or their designee to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements for approved projects.   Not available Not available
2022-0646 9.PolicyAPPROVE the ATP?Point Assignment Method Planning Supplement,?as described?in Attachment A.   Not available Not available
2022-0688 12.AppointmentAPPROVE Paul Rajmaira, the recommended nominee for the Measure M Independent Taxpayer Oversight Committee for area of expertise E, management of large-scale construction projects.   Not available Not available
2022-0641 13.ContractAUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. AWARD eight (8) task order-based bench Contract Nos. PS86611000 through PS86611007, for Audit Support Services to the firms listed below, for a total not-to-exceed amount of $7,142,240 for the initial three-year base term, plus $2,476,605 for the first, one-year option and $2,526,140 for the second, one-year option for a total not-to-exceed cumulative amount of $12,144,985, effective January 1, 2023, subject to resolution of protest(s), if any; and Discipline 1: Staff Augmentation 1. BCA Watson Rice, LLP 2. Qiu Accountancy Corporation 3. Simpson and Simpson, LLP 4. TAP Financials, LLP 5. The Lopez Group, LLP Discipline 2: Subject Matter Expertise 1. BCA Watson Rice, LLP 2. Qiu Accountancy Corporation 3. Simpson and Simpson, LLP 4. Talson Solutions, LLC 5. TAP International, Inc. 6. The Lopez Group, LLP 7. Vasquez & Company, LLP B. EXECUTE or DELEGATE the execution of Task Orders under these contracts within the approved not-to-exceed cumulative value of $12,144,985.   Not available Not available
2022-0667 15.Informational ReportAPPROVE the Resolution in Attachment A to: A. AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or designee to claim $36,485,158 in fiscal year (FY) 2022-23 State of Good Repair Program (SGR) grant funds as the Regional Entity for Los Angeles County for this program; B. APPROVE the regional SGR Project List for FY22-23 (Attachment B); and C. CERTIFY that Metro will comply with all conditions and requirements set forth in the SGR Certification and Assurances document and applicable statutes, regulations, and guidelines.   Not available Not available
2022-0614 17.ContractAUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to continue to utilize the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) cooperative purchase program to purchase computer and network equipment, peripherals, and related software and services, at an increase of $30,000,000 in total expenditure limit, increasing the total expenditure limit from $30M to $60M through January 2025. This request is not for a budget increase but is a request for an increase to the cooperative agreement expenditure limit.   Not available Not available
2022-0535 18.Informational ReportADOPT Metro Tree Policy (Attachment A).   Not available Not available
2022-0529 25.ContractAUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to: A. AWARD AND EXECUTE Contract No. AE82658000 to Anser Advisory Management, LLC for Program Management/Pre-Development Agreement (PDA) Oversight Services for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project in the amount of $26,221,895 for the four-year base term, and $14,440,545 for the two-year option term, for a total contract value of $40,662,440, subject to resolution of protest(s), if any; and B. APPROVE Contract Modification Authority in the amount of 10% of the contract award value and authorize the CEO to execute individual Contract Modifications within the Board-approved Contract Modification Authority.   Not available Not available
2022-0423 30.ContractAUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a firm fixed price contract under IFB No. OP87524 with Elite Auto Network Corporation, the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for thirty-three hybrid Metro Transit Security SUVs for a firm fixed price of $2,340,195.31, inclusive of sales tax.   Not available Not available
2022-0543 31.ContractAUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a one-year Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract No. MA89960000 to Peacock Systems, the lowest responsive and responsible bidder for Ethernet Switches in the total contract amount of $2,868,135.69, inclusive of sales tax, subject to resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.   Not available Not available
2022-0638 32.ContractAUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Modification No. 6 to Contract No. OP55097000 with Axxera Inc. for the Electric Vehicle Charging Stations and Services contract to extend the Period of Performance by 24 months through December 1, 2024, and increase the Not-to-Exceed Total Contract Price by $250,000, from $699,718.72 to $949,718.72.   Not available Not available
2022-0680 40.ProgramAPPROVE the updated Metro Bike Share (MBS) operational model of Privately-Owned and Publicly Managed to improve overall performance and support a more sustainable regional bike share program (Attachment A).   Not available Not available
2022-0748 42.ResolutionCONSIDER making the following findings: Pursuant to AB 361, the Metro Board, on behalf of itself and other bodies created by the Board and subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act, including Metro’s standing Board committees, advisory bodies, and councils, finds: The Metro Board has reconsidered the circumstances of the state of emergency, and that: A. The state of emergency continues to directly impact the ability of the members to meet safely in person, and B. State or local officials continue to impose or recommend measures to promote social distancing. Therefore, all such bodies will continue to meet via teleconference subject to the requirements of AB 361.   Not available Not available
2022-0749  Informational ReportRECEIVE General Public Comment   Not available Not available