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38. SUBJECT: FEDERAL LEGISLATION ADOPT staff recommended positions: A. House Resolution 7389 (Pressley) - A bill to institute a federal grant program to support efforts to provide fare-free transit service. SUPPORT

41. SUBJECT: RESPONSE TO BOARD MOTION REGARDING CEO CALL TO ACTION TO CONTROL COSTS RECEIVE AND FILE the response to Board Motion Item 34.2 (Attachment A) at the May 28, 2020 Board Meeting (Directors Hahn, Garcetti, Butts, Solis) related to Cost Control Pertaining to COVID-19 Board Box.

43. SUBJECT: ADVERTISING, COMMERCIAL SPONSORSHIPS, AND OTHER REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES RECEIVE AND FILE staff update on commercial sponsorship efforts and expanded advertising options for the purpose of generating additional revenues. This is intended to be informational and will not require a Board Action. However, staff are seeking feedback in order to present actionable items for the Board at a later date.

45. SUBJECT: REPORT ON MOTION TO "UPLIFT THE HUMAN SPIRIT THROUGH METRO ART" RECEIVE AND FILE a report and approach to "Uplift the Human Spirit Through Metro Art" in response to the June 2020 Board motion (Attachment A).

47. SUBJECT: COUNTYWIDE CALL FOR PROJECTS CONSIDER: A. RECERTIFYING $137.2 million in existing Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21 commitments from previously approved Countywide Call for Projects (Call) and AUTHORIZING the expenditure of funds to meet these commitments as shown in Attachment A; B. DEOBLIGATING $4.1 million of previously approved Call funding, as shown in Attachment B, and hold in RESERVE; C. REALLOCATING: 1. $1.67 million of Call funds originally programmed to the City of Los Angeles: 1) Westlake MacArthur Park Pedestrian Improvement - partial (#F3631), 2) Last Mile Folding Bike Incentive Program (#F7707), and 3) Building Connectivity with Bicycle Friendly Business Districts (#F9803), to the City of Los Angeles: 1) Exposition-West Bikeway-Northvale Project (#F3514) and 2) L.A. River Bike Path, Headwaters Section (#F5518); 2. $13.39 million of Call funds originally programmed to the City of Los Angeles: 1) Alameda Street Downtown LA: Goods Movement, Phase I (#F5207) and 2) Alameda Street Widening - North Olympic Boulevard to I-10 Freeway (#F9207), to the Metro's Rail to Rail Project; 1. $3.85 million of Call funds remaining in the City of Los Angeles Victory Boulevard Widening from Topanga Canyon Boulevard to De Soto Avenue, Phase II (#F1141), to the City of Los Angeles: 1) Widening San Fernando Road at Balboa Road (#F1129), 2) Olympic Boulevard and Mateo Street Goods Movement Improvement Phase II (#F1205), and 3) Burbank Boulevard Widening from Lankershim Boulevard to Cleon Avenue (#8046); 2. $456,144 of Call funds originally programmed to the County of Los Angeles Willowbrook Area Bikeway Improvements (#F3521), to Metro's Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station Improvement Project, to complete the planned bikeway improvements; and 3. $582,739 of Call funds originally programmed to the City of Long Beach Park or Ride (#F9808), to the City of Long Beach San Gabriel River Bike Path Gap Closure at Willow Street (#F1528); D. AUTHORIZING the CEO to: 1. Negotiate and execute all necessary agreements and/or amendments for previously awarded projects; and 2. Amend the FY 2020-21 budget, as necessary, to include the 2020 Countywide Call Recertification and Extension funding in the Subsidies budget; E. APPROVING changes to the scope of work for: 1. City of El Monte - El Monte Regional Bicycle Commuter Access Improvements (#F7520); 2. City of Los Angeles - Westlake MacArthur Park Pedestrian Improvement Project (#F3631); 3. City of Los Angeles - Magnolia Boulevard Widening (North Side) - Cahuenga Boulevard to Vineland (#F7123); 4. City of Los Angeles - Walk Pico! A Catalyst for Community Vitality & Connectivity (#F7624); and 5. City of Santa Clarita - 13th Street/Dockweiler Drive Extension (#F7105); F. RECEIVING AND FILING: 1. Time extensions for 62 projects shown in Attachment D; 2. Reprogramming for one project shown in Attachment E; and 3. Update on future countywide Call considerations

3. SUBJECT: REMARKS BY THE CHAIR RECEIVE remarks by the Chair.

4. SUBJECT: REPORT BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER RECEIVE report by the Chief Executive Officer.

11. SUBJECT: REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL SERVICES BENCH CONSIDER authorizing the Chief Executive Officer to: A. APPROVE the establishment of 19 contract agreements for professional services under the Real Estate Appraisal Services Bench, with the contractors recommended in Attachment A-1 for a five-year base period in the amount of $34,500,000, with two, one-year options, for $3,500,000 and $2,064,500, respectively, with a funding amount not to exceed cumulative total of $40,064,500, subject to resolution of protest(s) if any. B. AWARD Task Orders within the approved not-to-exceed cumulative total value of $34,500,000.

15. SUBJECT: SEPULVEDA TRANSIT CORRIDOR AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to: A. AWARD AND EXECUTE a 50-month, firm fixed price Contract No. AE67085000 to HTA Partners, a joint venture between HNTB Corporation, Terry A. Hayes Associates Inc. and AECOM Technical Services, Inc., for environmental analysis and advanced conceptual engineering (ACE) design services on the Sepulveda Transit Corridor in the amount of $48,304,067 (inclusive of two optional tasks: Task 11 for an additional alternative in the amount of $6,778,040 and Task 12 for Westside-LAX environmental clearance in the amount of $7,544,627), subject to resolution of protest(s), if any; the amount of $3,394,472 has been requested in the FY21 budget in Project 460305 (Sepulveda Transit Corridor) in Cost Center 4360 to support environmental clearance, Advanced Conceptual Engineering, and associated community outreach; upon approval of this action, staff will ensure necessary funds are allocated to the project in coherence with the Continuing Resolution until the FY21 budget is adopted in September; and B. APPROVE Contract Modification Authority in the amount of 25% of the contract award value and authorize the CEO to execute individual Contract Modifications within the Board-approved Contract Modification Authority.

16. SUBJECT: CRENSHAW NORTHERN EXTENSION CONSIDER: A. RECEIVING AND FILING the Crenshaw Northern Extension Advanced Alternatives Screening Study; and B. AUTHORIZING the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to award and execute a 30-month, firm fixed price Contract No. AE64930000 to Connect Los Angeles Partners, a joint venture between WSP USA, Inc. and AECOM Technical Services, Inc., for environmental analysis (CEQA) and advanced conceptual engineering (ACE) in the amount of $50,367,851, subject to resolution of protests, if any. However, only the amount of $2.19M is requested in the FY21 budget for Professional Services in Cost Center 4350 (Special Projects), Project 475558 (Crenshaw Northern Extension). Upon approval of this action, staff will ensure necessary funds are allocated to the project in coherence with the Continuing Resolution until the FY21 budget is adopted in September.

25. SUBJECT: FY21 REVENUE SERVICE HOURS RECEIVE oral report on FY21 Revenue Service Hours.

30. SUBJECT: EXECUTE CONTRACT MODIFICATION FOR EIGHT (8) DEPOT CHARGERS FOR ORANGE LINE ELECTRIC BUS CHARGING STATIONS, INCREASE CONTRACT MODIFICATION AUTHORITY AND STAFF DELEGATION AUTHORITY AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: A. EXECUTE Modification No. 14 to Contract No. OP28367-001, Part D, awarded to New Flyer of America, to add eight (8) additional Depot Chargers for the Metro Orange Line buses and charging infrastructure at Firm Fixed price of $1,138,133, increasing the Contract Value from $73,289,973 to $74,428,108. B. INCREASE the Contract Modification Authority (CMA) from 10% to 15% of the total base and option contract values to $10,113,208 for Contract No. OP28367-001 Part D with New Flyer of America, Inc. C. INCREASE the Contract Modification Authority amount from 10% to 15% of the total base and option of contract values to $11,795,724 for Contract OP28367-002, Part C, with BYD Coach & Bus, LLC. D. INCREASE staff delegation authority with El Dorado National (California), Inc. ("ENC") for future contract modifications for Contract No. OP28367-000, Part A, to a not to exceed amount of $1,000,000 for each contract modification action. E. INCREASE staff delegation authority with New Flyer of America for future contract modifications for Contract No. OP28367-003, Part B, to a not to exceed amount of $1,000,000 for each contract modification action. F. INCREASE staff delegation authority with BYD Coach & Bus, LLC for future contract modifications for Contract No. OP28367-002, Part C, to a not to exceed amount of $1,000,000 for each contract modification action.

40. SUBJECT: EQUITY AND RACE PROGRAM UPDATE RECEIVE AND FILE status report on the Equity and Race Program.

44. SUBJECT: VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PROGRAM AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to implement a Voluntary Separation Incentive Program (VSIP) that offers an enhanced additional benefit that provides cash payments of up to $7,500, and an additional two years of retirement service credit, to eligible Non-Contract, AFSCME and Teamsters represented employees who voluntarily agree to separate or retire from Metro within a pre-designated retirement period. Metro Board approval is required in order to provide any additional or enhanced benefit to employees.

45.1. SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO REPORT ON MOTION TO "UPLIFT THE HUMAN SPIRIT THROUGH METRO ART" APPROVE Amending Motion by Directors Butts, Garcetti, and Garcia that the Board direct the CEO to initiate the following policy directives: 1. Instruct staff to return to this Board with a specific set-aside percentage of interior space on both rail and busses to accommodate the placement of Metro Art posters as we have done in the past; and 2. Include in the FY 21 Budget $400,000 dollars to accomplish the goals outlined above. Staff will reprioritize available resources and work cross-departmentally to identify internal and external funding opportunities to support the projects.