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Meeting Name: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/25/2024 10:00 AM Minutes status: Draft  
Meeting location: One Gateway Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90012, 3rd Floor, Metro Board Room
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2024-0042 3.Oral Report / PresentationRECEIVE remarks by the Chair.   Not available Not available
2024-0043 4.Oral Report / PresentationRECEIVE report by the Chief Executive Officer.   Not available Not available
2023-0728 7.Informational ReportRECEIVE AND FILE The Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Budget Development Process.   Not available Not available
2023-0769 24.Informational ReportRECEIVE AND FILE January 2024 State and Federal Legislative Report.   Not available Not available
2023-0669 33.Informational ReportRECEIVE AND FILE an update on the Implementation Plan for the establishment of a Transit Community Public Safety Department (TCPSD).   Not available Not available
2024-0045 2.MinutesAPPROVE Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting held November 30, 2023.   Not available Not available
2023-0701 9.ContractAUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to execute a five-year, firm-fixed-price Contract No. PS104041-2000 to SP Plus Corporation for parking enforcement services in the amount of $6,446,435, subject to resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.   Not available Not available
2023-0484 10.ProgramCONSIDER: A. APPROVING $23,898,269 in additional programming within the capacity of Measure R Multimodal Highway Subregional Programs and funding changes via the updated project list shown in Attachment A, projects within this Measure R Multimodal Highway Subregional Program are inclusive of traffic signal, pedestrian, bicycle, transit, and roadway improvements. B. APPROVING the deobligation of $1,200,000 in previously approved Measure R Multimodal Highway Subregional Program funds for re-allocation to other existing Board-approved Measure R projects as shown in Attachment A; and C. DELEGATING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee the authority to administratively extend funding agreement lapse dates for the Measure R I-5 North Mitigation Projects Funding Agreements to meet environmental, design, right-of-way, and construction time frames; and D. AUTHORIZING the CEO or their designee to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements for Board-approved projects.   Not available Not available
2023-0734 11.ProgramCONSIDER: A. REPROGRAMMING of project previously approved to meet environmental, design, right-of-way, and construction time frames in Measure M Multi-Year Subregional Program (MSP) Active Transportation, Transit, and Tech Program, as shown in Attachment A; B. APPROVING programming of an additional $11,500,000 within the capacity of Measure M MSP Highway Efficiency Program, as shown in Attachment B; and C. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or their designee to negotiate and execute all necessary agreements and/or amendments for approved projects.   Not available Not available
2023-0450 12.ProgramCONSIDER: A. AWARDING $5 million to the Open and Slow Streets Grants Program Cycle Five to fund 16 events scheduled through December 2025 (Attachment A); and B. REPROGRAMMING Cycle Four funds not expended by December 31, 2023, up to the amount of $500,000, towards Cycle Five (Attachment A), increasing the total available funding amount for Cycle Five to $5.5 million.   Not available Not available
2024-0031 22.Motion / Motion ResponseAPPROVE Motion by Directors Hahn, Solis, Horvath, Barger, Dutra and Sandoval that the Board direct the Chief Executive Officer to coordinate with the LA County Department of Mental Health, as well as applicable local jurisdictions, such as the City of Long Beach, in order to: A. Provide appropriate mental health training to frontline Metro staff and contractors, including resources, situational awareness information, and referral materials; and, B. Develop a way for Metro personnel to access intensive mental health outreach, engagement, and treatment and/or alternative crisis response services when indicated for persons on the Metro bus and rail system. We further direct the CEO to report back to the Board on the above items in 90 days.   Not available Not available
2024-0030 23.Motion / Motion ResponseAPPROVE Motion by Directors Hahn, Solis, and Dutra that the Board direct the Chief Executive Officer to plan for transportation and access for the future SELA Cultural Center, including: A. First-/last-mile efforts to be included in future plans for Gardendale Station, including any unique funding opportunities linked to transit and the arts; and, B. Multi-jurisdictional coordination to address future access to the SELA Cultural Center, including Metro, LA County Public Works, the California State Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and applicable local jurisdictions. We further direct the CEO to report back on the above directives in 120 days.   Not available Not available
2023-0737 26.ContractAuthorize the Chief Executive Officer to award a five-year, firm fixed unit rate Contract No. PS106951000 to Fusion Media, the lowest cost responsive, responsible bidder for non-inventory paper products, in the not-to-exceed amount of $3,500,000 inclusive of sales tax, effective February 1, 2024, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s).   Not available Not available
2023-0702 27.ContractAUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a firm fixed unit rate Contract No. OP496040008370 to Thrifty Tree Service, Inc., the lowest responsive and responsible bidder, to provide tree trimming maintenance services along the Metro G Line (Orange), in the not-to-exceed (NTE) amount of $1,415,000 for the three-year base period, and $914,500 for the one, two-year option, for a total combined NTE amount of $2,329,500, effective February 29, 2024, subject to the resolution of any properly submitted protest(s), if any.   Not available Not available
2023-0460 28.ContractAUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to execute Contract Modification No. 17 to BYD Coach & Bus, LLC, to perform the procurement and installation of four (4) 360kW depot chargers at Division 9 (D9) and the installation of four (4) 450kW Opportunity chargers at the El Monte Transit Center (EMTC) at a firm fixed price of $6,470,605, including tax and delivery.   Not available Not available
2023-0729 31.Fare / Tariff / Service ChangeAUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. IMPLEMENT the approved base fare of $2.50 for Metro’s MicroTransit program, Metro Micro; B. INTEGRATE transfers with bus and rail services into the MicroTransit service; and C. INCORPORATE the Low Income Fare is Easy (LIFE) program and other Metro discount programs into the Metro Micro fare structure.   Not available Not available
2023-0738 35.ContractAUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. AWARD Contract No. HR5000-2023 to the Hyundai Rotem Company for the manufacturing and delivery of 182 heavy rail vehicles (HRVs), in the amount of $663,688,303 for the base contract buy, exclusive of one (1) contract option for an additional 50 HRVs, totaling 232 HRVs, subject to resolution of the protest submitted to Metro; B. APPROVE a combined Life of Project (LOP) budget of $730,057,133, which includes the cost of the vehicle contract of $663,688,303 and Contract Modification Authority of $66,368,830; and C. NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE future contract modifications to the Contract up to $1,000,000.   Not available Not available
2024-0044  Informational ReportRECEIVE General Public Comment   Not available Not available