Transportation Business Advisory Council Meeting

133 Pages·2010·14.51 MB·English

Thursday, November 4, 2010 9:30 a.m.
Agenda
Transportation Business
One Gateway Plaza
Advisory Council Meeting Gateway Plaza Conference Room
3,d Floor
TBAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS I. Call to Order Lucia Tam
Lucia Tam, Chairperson
Ezekiel Patten, Jr., Vice-Chairperson I I. Roll Call Lucia Tam
Ken Wong, Financial Officer
Carlos E. Morgner, Parliamentarian Ill. Review/Approval of Minutes Lucia Tam
MEMBERS IV. Chair's Report Lucia Tam
American Indian Chamber of • Election Results
Commerce of California
Asian American Architects & V. TBAC Speakers
Engineers Association Constance D. Anderson
Director, Small Business Development Center
Asian Business Association
Robert Holmquist
Black Business Association Infi-astructure Practice Leader, Arup
Chinese American
Construction Professionals VI. Metro Contracting Opportunities Tashai Smith
A. Contract Look-Aheads
Greater Los Angeles African American
B. Current Solicitations
Chamber of Commerce
latin Business Association VII. TBAC Committee Reports
A. Legislative Affairs Ezekiel Patten, Jr .
latino Business Chamber of Greater Los
Angeles • Ad Hoc Committee Rod Garcia
National Association of Minority • Assessment Sub-Committee Elias Cortez
Contractors B. Commodities Ezekiel Patten, Jr.
C. Professional Services Carlos Morgner
National Association of Women
Business Owners -Los Angeles D. Construction Ken Wong
E. Membership Lynn Chen
Regional Hispanic Chamber of
F. Bylaws Sandy Sinicrope
Commerce
Society of Hispanic VIII. Old Business
Professional Engineers - Los
A. Action Items
Angeles Chapter
Women Construction Owners
IX. New Business
& Executives USA
Women's Transportation X. Public Comment
Coalition
Women's Transpo(tation XI. Adjournment
Seminar
los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Metro
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October 7, 2010
I. Call To Order
TBAC Meeting was called to order at 9:40 AM in the Gateway Plaza Conference Room located
on the 3" floor of METRO headquarters at One Gateway Plaza in Los Angeles, California.
II. Roll Call: QUORUM IS ESTABLISHED
T!!IAC Otficers Present (X)
Lucia Tam, Chairperson-Chinese American Construction Professionals X
Ezekiel Patten, Vice-Chairperson- Black Business Association Financial Officer X
Ken Wong, Asian American Architects & Engineers X
Carlos Morgner, Parliamentarian, Women's Transportation Seminar X
TBAC RepresentativeslAlternates Attendance (see sign in sheet)
American Indian Chamber of Commerce
Tracey S!anhoff
Allison Hicks X
Robert Weir X
Asian Business Association
Lynn Chen
Johnathan Hou X
Asian American Architects & Engineers Association
William Yang
Black Business Association
Earl "Skip" Cooper
Chinese American Construction Professionals
Fred Chen
Andy Liu
Greater Los Angeles African American Chamber of Commerce
Tamara Ashford
Mary Ann Seymour
Latin Business Association
Ruben Guerra X
Ernie Gutierrez
Larissa Ordaz
Latino Business Chamber of Greater Los Angeles
Jorge C. Corralejo
Patricia C. Lin
Daniel Schulist,
Frank Villalobos
National Association of Minority Contractors
Leon Brooks X
Bianca Vobecky
National Association of Women Business Owners
Laura Yamanaka
Regional Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Sandy Cajas
Roberto Delgado X
Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
Elias Cortez X
Rodrigo Garcia X
Juan M. Chavez X
Roberto C. Guzman X
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Women Construction Owners & Executives
Katee Sinicrope
Women Transportation Coalition
Lynda Bybee
Maria Solano
Women's Transportation Seminar
Carla Manzanilla
Lia Reyes
LA Minority Business council
Dorothy Randle
Linda Smith
Metro Staff Attendance (see sign in sheet)
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Linda Wright, Deputy Executive Officer, DEaD
Michelle Caldwell, Interim Chief Administrative Services Officer X
Keith Compton, Manager, DEaD X
Julie Ellis, ClientlVendor Service
Doug Failing, Executive Director, Highway Programs X
Bruce Feerer, Executive Officer, Procurement & Materials Management X
Elizabeth GarCia, Assistant Administrative Analyst, DEOD
Sherman Gay, Sr. Representative, Outreach, DEaD X
Chris Liban, Environmental Compliance X
Lonnie Mitchell, Executive Officer, Procurement
Ted Montoya, Inventory Management
Fred Origel, Procurement
Tashai Smith, Manager, Contract Compliance Unit X
Sonya Turner, DEaD X
Paul Taylor, Deputy CEO X
James Marcol, DEaD X
General Public Attendance (see sign in sheet)
Willie Roy Reed, R Industrial & Healthcare Supplies X
Jackie Nutting, ABC-LA/Ventura X
Barton Hacker, ABC-LA/Ventura X
Jose Valle, Valle & Associates X
Robert Holmquist, Arup X
Rosette Sunio, Bullock and Associates X
Roland Rothman, Rothman Engineers X
Lan Saadatnejadi, PB X
Linda Clark, Langford & Carmichael X
Roger Henry, Yang Management X
Terry Marcellus, KKCS X
Kathie Allen, Railpros X
Jason Gremillion, Trammell Crow X
Gene Anderson, Aurora Environmental Group X
Sam Sampat, Sampat and Associates X
Ali Altaha, C2PM X
Diana Ho, Diana Ho Consulting X
Roger Soneja, Simplex CM X
John Harris, Harris & Associates X
Polly Walton, Athalye Consulting X
Teresa Price, McKissack + McKissack X
Dale Harvey, Advantec X
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Amado Hernandez, GMT
Bart Reed, Traansit Coalition X
Andrew Duncan, Morgner & Co. X
Rubina Chaudhary, MARRS Services X
Natasha Debenon, Arcadis X
Richard Hernandez,Hernandez Koon & Associates X
B.C. Powell, Collins Powell X
Herberto Svidler, Piel Construction X
Milia Howard, Simmatec USA X
Aubrey Michi, Citadel Environmental X
Domingo Leon X
Mark Peabody, Kleinfelder X
Scott Fabel, Ghirardelli Associates X
Eric Christen, CFEC X
Armando Ramos, Ramos/CS X
Sheila Given, Stantec X
Fred Dean X
Archimedes C. Gomez, PTIC-LA X
Jeffrey A. Jackson, Apex Builder Supply X
III. Review and Approval of Meeting Minutes
Motion: Approval of July 1, 2010 Meeting Minutes
1s t_ Ezekiel Patten
2nd_Carlos Morgner
Motion Carried
IV. Chair's Report - Lucia Tam
Membership renewal is in process. Many have sent in completed membership application
packages. For those who have not, please submit the missing documents. Nominations from
members are due by Nov. 12. Ballots will be sent out on Nov. 15.
V. TBAC Speakers
Chris Liban. Metro Environmental Compliance Service Department Manager:
Department Mission:
• Remediation
• Environmental Compliance
• Environmental Liability Reduction
• Sustainability
Near-Term Contracting Opportunities:
Environmental remediation contract: Hazardous waste and material remediation. Current
contract is $10 Million but will end in winter 2011. RFI (Industry Review) being prepared, will
come out at the end of October. RFP to follow.
Environmental compliance contract: EIRIEIS efforts. Current contract ends summer 2011.
Industry review will come out in March 2011, to be followed by RFP.
Long-Term Contracting Opportunities: Major capital projects, water action plan, LEED existing
building operation and maintenance.
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Other potential opportunities: Energy efficiency and sub-metering projects, solarization of Metro
facilities and soundwalls, Red Line tunnel lighting retrofit, renewable (wind) energy study, electric
vehicle plug-in vehicle stations.
Department is open to innovative ideas, pilot projects, public-private partnerships
Historically the department awards contracts to single firms rather than benches, and will most
likely follow that pattern for the upcoming contracts. Remediation contract will most likely be
three years in duration with two one-year extensions. Encourages small businesses to team with
potential large primes. Incumbents: CH2M Hill (remediation), ICF International (compliance).
John Harris, Harris & Associates (presented by Legislative Affairs Committee). Harris &
Associates performed anecdotal studies under contract to BBC for inclusion in the current Joint
Disparity Study. Nearly all MBE/DBE firms interviewed by Harris stated their belief that the large
primes would not hire them for a contract unless there was a goal associated with it. This
sentiment was repeated by the large firms that were interviewed. These results were presented
to BBC but because they conflicted with the results of BBC's economic stUdies they were
dropped from the Report. Mr. Harris stated his belief that an expert peer review of the report is
necessary in order to successfully challenge it, either before the Metro Board or in court.
Suggested that TBAC fund such a peer review. He has given contact information for a potential
reviewer (MGT) to Ezekiel Patten.
Doug Failing. Executive Director. Metro Highway Program: Presented Metro Highway Program
and upcoming contract opportunities.
Highway Bench Program: Metro received 105 proposals. Recommendations will go to
the Planning Committee and be placed on the 10/28 Metro Board Agenda
High Desert Corridor: From Highway 14 to Highway 18 through Victorville, Apple Valley.
Caltrans is the lead agency for the environmental clearance phase.
SR 138 Enhancements: Palmdale to San Bernardino - opportunities in construction but
not in design.
1-5 from Highway 14 to the Kern County Line: Caltrans solicitation for construction
contract is expected within the next six months.
Soundwall Program: Design mostly completed. Metro to solicit CM and construction
contracts.
Arroyo Verdugo soundwalls, Las VirgeneslMalibu street improvements, South Bay street
improvements, particularly in the Carson/Torrance area. Many projects will be contracted
through local COG's.
HOV Lanes (through Caltrans): 1-5/SR-14, 1-5 between Highways 118 and 134, 1-5 South,
1-5 at Carmenita, 1-405 N, 1-10,
SR-60 improvements - nearly complete
SR-71 design suspended, Caltrans to perform Value Engineering
1-710 south: Three upcoming procurements:
• Utility Corridor Study (5. of 1-405)
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• Utility Corridor Study (N. of 1-405)
• Freight Corridor Study
1-710 Gap Closure Study: Metro to procure EIRIEIS study.
1-605 Hot Spots: Feasibility study is under contract and will begin in October 2010.
Hot Lanes: Three proposals have been received and are being evaluated, final
recommendations will be made in late 2010 or early 2011.
SBE Goals: for 1-605 Hot Spots the Metro SBE goal was 26%, and Metro has set a goal
of 25% for its contracts, but Caltrans is responsible for setting goals wherever they are
the lead authority. Metro is working with Caltrans at the Board level to assist with setting
goals.
Small business CM Bench: Metro will be shaping CM solicitation to encourage small
business participation but it may not be a Bench Program. Intent is to produce a set of
solicitations which will result in greater spreading of work than has historically been
achieved through Bench Contracts.
VI. METRO Contracting Opportunities - Tashai Smith
Presented contract look-a heads and current solicitations. There is no Award Tracker this
month. Encouraged members to check the Metro.net website on a daily basis since
many projects are coming soon.
Drew attention in particular to 1-710 Utility Study South (22% SBE goal), and Van Nuys
Corridor Alternatives Analysis Environmental Clearance and Conceptual Engineering
(25% SBE goal).
VII. Committee reports:
Legislative Affairs - Ezekiel Patten
Ezekiel Patten and Tashai Smith announced passage of SB 1341, which was sponsored by
Metro. Bill amends State public contracts provisions to give Metro the authority to apply existing
SBE program to state and locally-funded competitively-bid projects, which could not be done in
the past due to Prop 209. Also gives Metro the authority to grant up to 5% bidder's preference on
state and locally funded projects to bidders who are certified SBE's or who meet SBE goals. Bill
goes into effect 1/1/2011.
Among implementation measures that Metro is proposing to the Board is an increase in the SBE
owners' personal net worth ceiling from $250,000 to $1.3 million.
Commodities· Ezekiel Patten
Reported on meeting with Bruce Feerer regarding potential use of P-Card for small procurement
payments. Effort is continuing.
Professional Services· Carlos Morgner
Red Line Canopy Installation Program - $6 - $7million per station. CM contract for soundwalls is
coming in the near future.
Construction· Kenneth Wong
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Construction contract solicitation for soundwall projects is expected late December/early January.
Will inquire further with JK Murthy regarding funding and solicitation for Century Division.
Membership-Lucia Tam
Announced the following organizations had not completed their applications:
American Indian Chamber of Commerce -need bylaws and questionnaire
Black Business Association .. need entire package
LBCGLA .. need meeting minutes
NAWBO .. need entire package
WCOE - need bylaws, three sets of minutes, roster
New Applicants:
Arab American Association of Engineers and Architects
Conference of Minority Transportation Officials
ABC LANentura Chapter .. still need rosters
Nominations due to Sherman Gay due October 12 at 5 pm.
VIII. Old Business
DEOD Award Tracker: None submitted for last 3 months
Disparity Study comments: ad hoc committee to meet next week to discuss John Harris proposal
Meet the Primes: date changed to 1/27.
Keith Compton reported that currently there are no plans to invite ACS to the 2011 "Meet the
Primes" event because of complaints from small businesses.
Rod Garcia suggested that items from previous month's minutes which were referred for private
discussion be made into action items.
IX. New Business
None
X. Public Comments
Jackie Nutting, ABC LANentura: and Eric Christen, CFEC urged members to oppose the Project
Labor Agreement currently being negotiated for Exposition Light Rail Phase II.
Linda Wright gave assurances that all concerned parties would be given a voice in the
development of the PLA.
Matter referred to ad hoc committee.
Adjournment
Motion to adjourn at 12:07pm
1st_ Ezekiel Patten Jr.
2nd_Carlos Morgner
Meeting adjourned.
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TBAC ACTION ITEMS
ISSUE ACTION ITEM PERSON IN CHARGE DEADLINE
DATE
Bruce Feerer
APRIL 2009 Follow-Up P-Card Purchasing TBD
Ezekiel Patten Jr.
Schedule 2010 quarterly meetings with Richard
NOV 2009 Keith Compton As Scheduled
Katz: Confirmed dates: 3/18; 5/20, 7/15, 10/21
Schedule 2010 quarterly meetings with Art
NOV 2009 Keith Compton As Scheduled
Leahy: Confirmed dates: 3/4, 6/3, 9/2,12/2
Ezekiel Patten Jr.
MAR 2010 DEOD Award Tracker Report 2010 (monthly) As Scheduled
Tashai Smith
JUNE 2010 Pledge of Allegiance Carlos Morgner Tabled
JULY 2010 Membership Renewal Keith Compton Completed
SEPT 2010 Nomination of 2011/2012 TBAC Officers Executive Board Completed
SEPT 2010 "MEET THE PRIMES" Event Keith Compton January 27,2011
OCT 2010 Election Ballots for 2011/2012 TBAC Officers Executive Board November 4,2010
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TBAC Regular Meeting
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Gateway Conference Room, 3rd Floor
9:30 a.m. - 11 :00 a.m.
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6 Garcia, Lizette Diversity & Econ Oppty 213-922-2416
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8 Liban, Chris Environmental Compliance 213-922-2471
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9 Regional Hispanic Chamber ofC ommerce (RHCC)
Sandy Cajas RHCC 562-212-2889
Roberto Delgado Ghirardelli Associates 562-637-3261
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Robert C. Guzman SHPE-LA 323-724-9348
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Sandi Sinicrope ASF Interior Redesign, Inc. 626-308-1935
Katee Si n icrope ASF Interior Redesign, Inc. 626-308-1935
12 Women's Transportation Coalition (WTC)
Maria Molina-Solano WTC 213-247-6423
Lynda Bybee Metro 213-922-6340
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