Meeting Minutes for May 24, 2010
The meeting of the Board of Directors of the Alameda
Corridor-East Construction Authority was called to order at 2:01 at the Irwindale
Council Chambers, 5050 Irwindale, California.
| I. | In attendance were:
Tim Spohn, Industry Tom King, SGVCOG David Gutierrez, San Gabriel Stephen Atchley, Pomona Michael Antonovich, LA County Board of Supervisors Staff Rick Richmond, Chief Executive Officer Joe Silvey, Legal Counsel Deanna Stanley Paul Hubler Cecilia Cardenas Guest Jeanne Hawin, Jacobs Engineering Duncan Lestina, Harris & Associates Joan McGrath, Dragados USA |
| II. | Pledge of Allegiance
Member David Gutierrez led the pledge of allegiance. |
| III. | Approval of Minutes of April 26, 2010
The Board was distributed a revised minutes. A motion was made to approve the revised minutes of April 26, 2010. M/S/C/Gutierrez/King/Unanimous |
| IV. | Public comments
There were no public comments. |
| V. | Chairman's Report
Chairman Spohn indicated the Board would be considering the performance of the Chief Executive Officer at the June meeting and material regarding this matter would be sent to each member. |
| VI. | Chief Executive Officer’s Report
Mr. Richmond reported staff has been involved in discussions regarding drafting senate legislation for reauthorization of the SAFETEA-LU. There has not been a bill from the senate. The House bill was reviewed and staff was able to propose changes which we feel would be beneficial to ACE and staff will continue to follow up. Mr. Richmond indicated a draft of the Phase I1 study was circulated to the Board and would be available on the ACE website for download. |
| VII. | Approval of Acceptance and Close Out of Design Contract with AECOM,
USA, Inc. for the Ramona Blvd. Grade Separation Project Mr. Richmond indicated the completion of the final audit now permitted the closeout of the Ramona Blvd grade separation. He reported the DBE subcontracting goal for the project was 20% and closed out at 19.7%. He reminded the Board that approval of this item has budget impact. A motion was made to accept the design contract with AECOM (Formerly DMJM+Harris) for the Ramona Blvd. grade separation project as being satisfactorily complete. M/S/C/King/Atchley/Unanimous |
| VIII. | Approval of Contract Amendment for Design Services for AECOM, USA, Snc.
for the Nogales Street Grade Separation Project Mr. Richmond indicated that based on various community concerns the design for the Nogales Street grade separation required additional effort which would address the most significant issues. Based on discussions with property owners the detour had rather significant perceived hardships which could be satisfied by a number of design changes. He reported that these changes would positively affect the costs associated with land acquisition. Staff has negotiated with the designer the amount to perform such changes in an amount of $218,694. A motion was made to authorize the Chief Executive Officer to amend the design services contract with AECOM, USA, Inc for the Nogales Street grade separation (LA subdivision) to add $218,694 for a new contract value of $3,727,101. M/S/C/Atchley/King/Unanimous |
| IX. | Approval of FY 2011 Budget
Mr. Richmond reviewed the status of the goals and accomplishments of the 2010 fiscal year budget at length. He reviewed the goals proposed for the fiscal year 2011. Carlos Monroy reviewed the budget expenditures of fiscal year 2010 and proposed budget for fiscal year 2011. The proposed budget for fiscal 2011 was discussed at length. Member Antonovich indicated he had concerns with the Authority proposing a merit pool for salary increases in light of today's economic climate. After discussion a motion was made by Member King to approve the Fiscal Year 20100 budget as submitted with the exception of the line item for merit increases. The CEO was directed to return this item to the Board with additional information for discussion. M/S/C/King/Atchley/Unanimous |
| X. | Closed Session Mr. Silvey announced the Board would adjourn to closed session in accordance with Government Code Section 54956.9(a) to discuss existing litigation - Los Angeles Superior Code Case No BS 1223376 Edward Rowland LLC and Golden Pacific Realty vs ACE Construction Authority and Caltrans and Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC 429699 Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority vs MIPCO, LLC et at. The Board returned from closed session and Mr. Silvey announced there was no action taken by the Board that needed to be reported. |
| XI. | Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 3:08PM. |