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1. APPROVE Consent Calendar Items: 2, 6, 7, 7.1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 32, and 33. Consent Calendar items are approved by one motion unless held by a Director for discussion and/or separate action.

2. SUBJECT: MINUTES APPROVE Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting held May 28, 2020.

6. SUBJECT: CHAVEZ AND FICKETT JOINT DEVELOPMENT ENA EXTENSION AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute an amendment to the Exclusive Negotiations and Planning Agreement with Abode Communities to extend the term for one year, plus an option to extend the term for an additional year, for the joint development of Metro-owned property at Cesar E. Chavez Avenue and Fickett Street in Boyle Heights.

7. SUBJECT: MEASURE R AMENDMENT LANGUAGE CONSIDER: A. APPROVING the Measure R Ordinance Proposed Amendment Language (Attachment A); and, B. ADOPTING the Resolution Notifying the State Legislature of the Amendment (Attachment C).

7.1.SUBJECT: MEASURE R AMENDMENT LANGUAGE MOTION APPROVE Amending Motion by Directors Butts, Hahn, Ridley-Thomas, Barger, and Solis that the Board direct the Chief Executive Officer to adopt the Measure R Amendment language and include in the Footnote Section of the Expenditure Plan as Footnote "n" for proposed line 17a the projects listed above. The South Bay Transit Projects listed above and identified in Footnote "n," depending on readiness, could be included with South Bay Highway projects submitted to Metro in the FY21-22 Metro Budget Request development process by Oct. 31, 2020. Anticipated available funding could then be accessed as early as July 2021.

8. SUBJECT: MODERNIZING THE METRO HIGHWAY PROGRAM APPROVE Motion by Directors Butts, Bonin, Garcia, Garcetti, and Fasana that the Board direct the Chief Executive Officer to: A. Circulate the recommendations in this report for stakeholder input, including the Policy Advisory Council (PAC), the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC), and Councils of Governments (COGs). B. Initiate amendment processes for the Measure R Highway Program Eligibility Criteria and the Measure M Guidelines to clarify eligibility for transit, active transportation, and complete streets improvements, as described in Attachments A and B, and gather stakeholder input on proposed amendments concurrent with A, above; and C. Report back to the Planning & Programming Committee in 90 days with a summary of stakeholder input, Metro staff responses to recommendations, and proposed criteria/guideline amendments for the Board's consideration.

9. SUBJECT: WORKERS' COMPENSATION MANAGED CARE SERVICES AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to award a four-year base term, with three, two-year options, incentive-based contract, Contract No. PS161339000, to Anthem Workers' Compensation, LLC to establish, maintain and provide a workers' compensation managed care service program, including access to the Anthem network, effective July 1, 2020.

10. SUBJECT: EXCESS LIABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and purchase Public Entity excess liability policies with up to $300 million in limits at a cost not to exceed $14.5 million for the 12-month period effective August 1, 2020 to August 1, 2021.

11. SUBJECT: MAJOR CONSTRUCTION UMBRELLA INSURANCE PROGRAM AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and purchase additional construction project umbrella liability insurance policies (also known as a super excess general liability insurance program) for construction of the Metro Westside Purple Line Extension Section 3 Project (Project) with up to $200 million in additional limits at a cost not to exceed $6.5 million for the period effective July 1, 2020 to July 1, 2027 (and products/completed operations coverage to July 1, 2037).

12. SUBJECT: TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT (TDA) ARTICLE 8 FUND PROGRAM ADOPT: A. Transportation Development Act (TDA) Article 8, findings and recommended actions (Attachment A) for fiscal year (FY) 2020-21, as follows: 1. In the City of Avalon there are no unmet transit needs that are reasonable to meet, therefore TDA Article 8 funds once approved by the Board through the budget process, may be used for street and road projects, or transit projects, as described in Attachment A; 2. In the Cities of Lancaster and Palmdale, there are no unmet transit needs that are reasonable to meet; in the Cities of Lancaster and Palmdale and the unincorporated portions of North County transit needs can be met through using other existing funding sources. Therefore, the TDA Article 8 funds once approved by the Board through the budget process may be used for street and road purposes and/or transit, as long as their transit needs continue to be met; 3. In the City of Santa Clarita, there are no unmet transit needs that are reasonable to meet; in the City of Santa Clarita, and the unincorporated portions of the Santa Clarita Valley, existing transit needs can be met through the recommended actions using other funding sources. Therefore, the TDA Article 8 funds once approved by the Board through the budget process for the City of Santa Clarita may be used for street and road and/or transit, as long as their transit needs continue to be met; 4. In the Los Angeles County Unincorporated areas of North County, the areas encompassing both the Antelope Valley and the Santa Clarita Valley, transit needs are met with other funding sources, such as Proposition A and Proposition C Local Return Therefore, the TDA Article 8 funds once approved by the Board through the budget process may be used for street and road purposes and/or transit, as long as their transit needs continue to be met; and B. A resolution (Attachment B) making a determination of unmet public transportation needs in the areas of Los Angeles County outside the Metro service area.

13. SUBJECT: SALE OF PROPERTY TO LOS ANGELES WORLD AIRPORT FOR LANDSIDE ACCESS MODERNIZATION PROGRAM CONSIDER: A. DECLARING that a portion of 5601 Century Boulevard (shown in Exhibit D as the "Fee Interest Property") is not necessary for use by LACMTA and is "exempt surplus land" as defined in Section 54221(f)(1) of the California Surplus Land Act (the "Act"). B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") to execute documents to sell the Fee Interest Property and a street easement and storm drain easement in a portion of the Aviation Boulevard railroad right of way (shown in Exhibit D as the "Easement Property") to the City of Los Angeles, Department of Airports, known as the Los Angeles World Airports ("LAWA") for the amount of One Million, Seven Hundred Thirteen Thousand, and Forty Dollars ($1,713,040.00).

16. SUBJECT: MEMBERSHIP ON METRO'S REGIONAL SERVICE COUNCILS APPROVE nominees for membership on Metro's Gateway Cities, San Fernando Valley, San Gabriel Valley, South Bay Cities and Westside Central Service Councils

17. SUBJECT: FIRE-LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS TESTING AND CERTIFICATION SERVICES AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to execute Modification No. 6 to Contract No. OP5766200 with Link-Nilsen Corporation, for Fire-Life Safety Systems Testing and Certification services to exercise option year two in an amount not to exceed $836,474, increasing the total contract value from $3,462,243 to $4,298,717 and extending the contract term from September 15, 2020 to September 15, 2021.

20. SUBJECT: I-5 NORTH CAPACITY ENHANCEMENTS FROM SR- 118 TO SR-134; SEGMENT 3 AUTHORIZE Contract Modification No. 280 (CCO 280) by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for the construction contract for Segment 3 (Empire) of I-5 North Capacity Enhancements Project between SR-134 and SR-118 (Project) in the amount $631,246.57 under Funding Agreement No. MOU.P0008355/8501A/A9 within the current LOP budget.

24. SUBJECT: REPORT ON FREE STUDENT FARES FEASIBILITY STUDY AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: 1. APPROVE working with Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD) and other districts to implement the K-12 U-Pass Program for Homeless Student Support Services 2. APPROVE working with Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD), University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Graduate Student Association (GSA) and other schools and districts to implement the transportation fees approved through the student referendums under the existing U-Pass program 3. APPROVE working with LA County schools and districts to conduct student surveys and other collect other data needed to implement additional student pass programs