Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Community Advisory Council – General Assembly Meeting Meeting Agenda Wednesday, August 25, 2021 l 6:00 PM

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Councilmembers: Hank Fung, Chair Darrell Clarke, Vice Chair Brian Bowens, Secretary David Lara Tony Banash, Chair Emeritus Anna Martin Alissa Davis Bernstein Keith Martin Greg Anderson Jazmin Ortega Tammy Ashton James Askew Anne Reid Michael Conrad Wally Shidler Russ Davies Dalila Sotelo

Chris Wilson Bob Wolfe

Agenda 1. Call to Order: Pledge of Allegiance, Introductions (5 min) 2. Approve Gen. Assembly July 28th Mtg. Minutes (Attachment A) (3 min) (Action) 3. Metro’s Customer Experience Plan- Latest Updates (Attachment B) (40 min.) 4. Metro CAC “Visioning” Session & related resources (Metro’s Board Chair’s “Open Letter”; CAC Chair’s Report; and other tools provided in Attachment C) (40 min.): 5. Reminder from Chair to CAC Members to pursue re-appointment by active voting Metro Board Director if former appointer has left Metro Board. CAC Chair is available to help CAC Members who wish to seek re-appointment. Reminder to email staff back in response to Council request to confirm contact information. (3 min) 6. CAC Requested Follow-up Items (Attachment D) (5 min.) 7. Open Discussion for CAC Members (5 min.) 8. Public Comment, Non-Agenda Items (2 min. per speaker) 9. Consider items not on posted agenda, including items to be presented and referred to committee members and/or staff; items to be placed on agenda at a future CAC meeting; and items requiring immediate action due to an emergency situation or where the need to take immediate action came to the attention of the CAC subsequent to posting of the agenda. 10. Adjournment PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN AFTER EACH AGENDA ITEM FOR A MAXIMUM OF TWO- MINUTES PER COMMENT. COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS BUT WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CAC WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF AGENDA FOR A MAXIMUM OF TWO-MINUTES PER COMMENT. CAC Members R.S.V.P TO (213) 922-1249. MTA Board Meetings/Agendas | Click here to return to MTA.net home

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ATTACHMENTS

ATTACHMENT A

July 28, 2021 CAC General Assembly Meeting Minutes Attendees: Fung, Shidler, Davies, Clarke, Harris, Bowens, Banash, K. Martin, Askew, Wolfe, Wilson, Bernstein CAC Support Staff: M. Arroyo, D. Valentino. Draft mtg. minutes, C. Sanchez. Public: Dana Gabbard

6 PM 1. Call to Order: Pledge of Allegiance, Introductions (5 min) 2. Approve Gen. Assembly June 23rd Mtg. Minutes (Attachment A) (3 min) (Action) Motion by Shidler and seconded by Wilson. The motion for minutes passes unanimously. 3. Metro’s Street Safety Policy Overview/Updates (Attachment B) (40 min.) Mark Vallianatos presented on Metro Street Safety Policy. Banash: What are the demographics on handicap people? o Vallianatos: We have engaged with informal and formal advisory bodies from Metro with these types of concerns and received good input from them. Also, we did an equity analysis on the work we have done so far and it reflects any barriers that people with disabilities may face. We may not get to that level of detail, but we can note it down. Askew: Focused on funding. Legacy projects are based on old planning concepts where they want to widen streets. Suggests looking through legacy projects to cancel or redirect funds to make safer streets. o Vallianatos: There was a motion that can add flexibility to highways. We will look through those projects. Harris: Experienced local communities’ desire to revision transportation and worked on transit-oriented development. There have been so many efforts. How do past policies fit into this new program? Or did the past policies not fit the need? Do you need to reimagine it or think something different? o Vallianatos: Yes, it’s one of our challenges. In 2020, in the City of LA, the death stats are increasing. The baseline is bad, but it does not discount all the policies and plans from organized communities. We must craft a strategic plan for Metro. We don’t control the main streets design and speed that will influence safety. Second, we know that not a lot has been done or quite worked out yet. We are also looking into other places that have successful outcomes. If you have specific initiatives, or organizations that focus on community engagement, he would appreciate it if it was added on the survey comment section. K. Martin: Hoping that this effort by Metro will include a lot of community engagement before policies and changes are made. During Ciclavia, he was part of many bike clubs in the South LA area and bikers felt negative about Metro. In this plan, will there be a training program for bus drivers to look out for bike riders? o Vallianatos: All good comments. Since Metro is not changing the streets, it is a little different. There needs to be a culture change and mindset to fairly address this. We are thinking of doing a training program, not sure if it was created, but if not, he will take it back to the group. Banash: Happy to hear that you are taking in the comments from this meeting. I’m disappointed to hear that you do not have the data of handicap people. I would like to connect you to the Disabled Resource Center. o Vallianatos: making note on your comment to add people with disabilities on slide of disparities. Also, please feel free to add your connection onto the survey or send to Metro staff. Wolfe: Did the safety concept include passenger concerns on vehicle safety from crime? There are transit lines that run 24 hours. Transits may go through areas that are not good. Are you thinking of any structural changes to identify those areas? Or ways to increase passenger comfort level in safety? o Vallianatos: That is a challenge for Metro. Our focus will be on risks and collisions. We will look into the links of the type of safety with vehicles and dark lit areas that may persuade people further. Public Comment: Dana Gabbard: There is antagonism between transit riders, drivers and bikers that is a problem. For women and safety, on how women are getting grouped and safety on bus stops. For the last decade, there are a lot of studies on it specifically in Los Angeles. If we are going to be dealing with safety, I thought that Gender Study Plan would be used for this. o Vallianatos: I did mention in the beginning about using the Women and Girls study on women safety. Our focus will be on road design and road safety aspects. Fung: Did you present to Service Councils and when is the survey available? Is the survey available only to us or the public? o Vallianatos: Yes, we did recently present to Service Councils and the survey is being promoted to the Metro councils first. Explained the structure of the community engagement part. Survey Link: https://forms.office.com/g/nNfsBDHkWM 4. NextGen Rollout Latest Updates (Attachment C) (40 min.): Joseph Forgiarini will present on the NextGen and Operations Update. Bernstein: Are some of the bus stops still going to be removed? o Forgiarini: Yes, that is part of the program. It is on the spacing where it will be changed. We target around a quarter mile for that spacing. Banash: Focused on increasing the attractiveness of getting on the vehicle. I perceive my situation is unsafe on Access and ponder on Metro’s route with COVID. Is Metro an interested observer or activator with COVID? o Forgiarini: We did partner up with the county to have accessibility to vaccination sites. We are still actively involved with that and also track the county numbers. Shidler: When will Metro go to the Huntington Library? How many complaints did we have on the 130 to Florence? Was passed up because 30 seconds late and their response back was that they cannot wait for others. o Forgiarini: Would love to get more details because it is concerning. We had huge demand in the Pasadena area and are watching the zone with greater interest. Wolfe: Like Wally’s interest on the Huntington Library, institutions like this may provide excellent opportunities for more people to be aware of Metro. Suggests seeing it as an opportunity. Didn’t see notices about the switch to Torrance busses. Also, concerned about operator safety- how closely are you tracking Metro operators on COVID strikes? Are you tracking on a daily or weekly basis? o Forgiarini: Noted on Huntington Library. Highlighted the different areas that notified the public about the message. Still, interest in Wolfe’s ideas on ways to better notify. We have a daily report on COVID. The report includes the whole agency. We still have strict protocols during the COVID period. Fung: There is a bus stop by Huntington Library about a walking distance. The whole point of Micro transit was a way to bridge the gap, but Metro is going back a bit. Why was the service like 236 added back? o Forgiarini: It was an area we pushed on because it is a lot of people that ride on that line. We are careful to not overinvest in that area. We would have looked to cover it with Metro Micro transit but it was not considered due to area specifications. Fung: How does speed get impacted from backdoor boarding? There was traffic reduction due to COVID. How was the schedule affected? o Forgiarini: The boarding will continue until the board finalizes the fareless initiative. Traffic is coming back but the onboard boarding is working. We remain fareless right now. o Fung: In terms of the system map, when will we see a revised system map? What is the difference in pay scale and how are you making it attractive to work as a transit operator? o Forgiarini: Marketing is working on it and the system map will be up on September. It will be updated in December. As the economy improves, transit recruiting becomes tougher. People are drifting to other opportunities. We are trying hard to push that effort. K. Martin: I did the math for the bus stop distance to Huntington Library. It is a mile away and there are no sidewalks. Shidler: Concerned on the print size of the timetable from the internet. It is too small. o Forgiarini: I was aware of that. Metro will be launching a new website likely mid or late August. Hopefully, there will be a marketing approach on the print size. I’ll be actively looking into this too since staff also need to reference it. When we get to the end of the NextGen, we will start printing again. Banash: In terms of the COVID situation, how is Metro thinking about mitigating increase of the COVID cases? o Forgiarini: 99% and above have been complaint with wearing masks. There are challenges with riders not wearing masks. But we are focused to keeping the capacity up, mask mandate in place, and not overcrowd our systems. We do try to keep numbers down especially in Micro. Fung: Regarding the stop removal, are there opportunities to remove additional stops? How is the Stop Removal Program and will it continue? o Forgiarini: Yes, to all the questions. We will go back and revisit the ridership patterns and look for opportunities. There is ADA compliance issues especially on Fletcher, but it is on the radar to go back to that corridor. No public comment. 5. Reminder from Chair to CAC Members to pursue re-appointment by active voting Metro Board Director, if former appointer has left Metro Board. Chair is available to help CAC Members who wish to seek re-appointment. Reminder to email staff back in response to Council request to confirm contact information. Fung: We are in the process to get more board appointees and send another reminder. He is planning to have a lunch with SD1. 6. CAC Requested Follow-up Items (Attachment D) (5 min.) Fung: Those requested items are there. Forgiarini: Went over the follow up items that are focused on his department. Valentino reminded CAC members that we received good feedback, but we have not heard from a few members. Reminded members to send their updated contact information if they have not done so. 7. Open Discussion for CAC Members Wolfe: Provided information and invited CAC Members on his upcoming talk on Zoom. Fung: Will provide Valentino his Chair’s Report. Would like CAC Members to think about what accomplishments do they want, ways to impact the community, and represent constituents. He will write more about it on the Chair’s Report.

8. Public Comment, Non-Agenda Items (2 min. per speaker) No public comment. 9. Consider items not on posted agenda, including items to be presented and referred to committee members and/or staff; items to be placed on agenda at a future CAC meeting; and items requiring immediate action due to an emergency situation or where the need to take immediate action came to the attention of the CAC subsequent to posting of the agenda. 10. Adjournment PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE TAKEN AFTER EACH AGENDA ITEM FOR A MAXIMUM OF TWO- MINUTES PER COMMENT. COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS BUT WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CAC WILL BE HEARD AT THE END OF AGENDA FOR A MAXIMUM OF TWO-MINUTES PER COMMENT. CAC Members R.S.V.P TO (213) 922-1249. MTA Board Meetings/Agendas | Click here to return to MTA.net home

Moved by Davies and seconded by Reid.

Draft minutes by C. Sanchez

ATTACHMENT B Metro Customer Experience- Latest Updates

ATTACHMENT C RE: Agenda Item #4. Resources for CAC’s “Visioning Session” Copy of Metro Board Chair’s “Open Letter”

July 7, 2021

Open Letter to the Chief Executive Officer

Dear Stephanie,

Today marks an extraordinary milestone for Metro. It is the first time in the agency’s 28-year history that two women of color are at the helm as its Chief Executive Officer and as the Chair of its Board of Directors. In these new roles, you and I have the opportunity to transform Metro into an organization that champions equity and puts our riders and residents first. This opportunity comes at a time when communities across Los Angeles County are grappling with the aftermath of a highly contagious and deadly pandemic. For more than a year, our residents have endured severe economic hardship, health disparities, and housing insecurity with communities of color taking the brunt of those impacts. The pandemic has undoubtedly deepened structural inequities that will be felt across the county for years to come.

In light of these inequities, we must ask ourselves, “What can Metro do better?” No matter how well we excel at a particular task, there is always room to do better. We can create a better transit system. We can foster a better, stronger economic recovery for the county. We can push to re- imagine and re-design our highways to better serve residents. All of this can be accomplished by basing all of our work on a single principle: Bringing Equitable Transportation To Every Resident, or B.E.T.T.E.R. for short. Now more than ever, our constituents will be relying on the services that Metro provides and we must be ready to meet the moment. I am writing this open letter to communicate my priorities for the year in hopes that we can develop a shared vision for the future of the agency and the role Metro plays in bringing equitable transportation to every resident in Los Angeles County.

Priority #1: Supporting Transit Riders During the worst of the pandemic, Metro’s ridership dropped drastically from 1.2 million daily trips to just over 500,000 trips on its transit network. As we begin recovering from the pandemic, Metro will be faced with the challenge of restoring its ridership. This challenge is compounded by the fact that Metro’s transit patronage was already declining year over year for almost a decade prior to the pandemic. The ridership decline can be attributed in part to a recent explosion in vehicle ownership in the region. From 1990 to 2000, Southern California added 0.25 vehicles per new resident compared to almost 1.0 vehicle per new resident by the end of 2015. Metro’s buses are the workhorse of its transit network and when buses are stuck in traffic, travel times increase and reliability worsens. Transit riders comprise the county’s essential workforce and represent the low- income, Black and Latinx communities most impacted by the pandemic. 2

Transit riders need better service, and they need it now in order to return to any sense of normalcy. To provide better service, Metro needs to invest more funding in operations, homelessness outreach, and alternatives to law enforcement.

Metro can also better support transit riders by building more affordable housing near high quality transit. Over the next few years, as we build projects on the Twenty-Eight by ’28 list, Metro will be acquiring many properties. These properties will be used for construction staging, new stations, parking lots and maintenance facilities. Affordable housing can and should be built on these properties as part of major capital projects, and not after the fact. Investments in affordable housing near transit are crucial, considering that transit riders come from some of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods in the county and have average annual incomes of just $18,000. These are the residents that need affordable housing the most. By improving transit services and tapping into affordable housing projects, we can help prevent the displacement of vulnerable communities and give support to riders that need it the most.

Priority #2: Equitable Recovery With an $8 billion annual budget, Metro has the capacity to foster economic growth throughout the entire county. While we are spending down infrastructure dollars to build major capital projects, we should think not only about the populations the projects will support but the individuals that are building those projects as well. We can advance an equitable recovery for the county by creating well-paying jobs targeted towards underserved communities through the acceleration of major capital projects like the Gold Line Eastside Extension and the West Santa Ana Branch, and initiatives such as Twenty-Eight by ’28. Metro can also work towards developing new pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs, and engaging more women in construction trades.

Furthermore, Metro can explore strategies to help our small business communities grow and prosper. Over the last year, the county lost more than 400,000 jobs and saw 7,500 small businesses permanently close. Small businesses make up over 90% of the businesses in Los Angeles County and employ hundreds of thousands of low wage workers. Metro already does so much for our small business community, but we can always do better. We can expand programs like Eat Shop Play to businesses along existing transit corridors that have been heavily impacted by the pandemic, and we can create supportive programs for vulnerable street vendors and microentrepreneurs that rely on Metro station activity to generate business.

Priority #3: Re-Imagining Metro’s Highway Program For decades, Metro and other agencies across the United States have built freeway projects at the expense of communities of color. As Supervisor for Los Angeles County’s First District, I can see the disparities created by highway construction every time I look at a map of the areas I proudly represent. Communities like Boyle Heights and unincorporated East Los Angeles are 3 occupied by numerous freeways that were intentionally built there during the height of federal highway investment. These tangles of overpasses and trenches displaced thousands of residents and continue to divide neighborhoods and concentrate pollution in these communities. Other parts of the county have seen these impacts as well. For example, the 105 Freeway – also known as the Century Freeway – displaced over 25,000 residents as part of its construction.

Historically, highway investments have favored cars over anything else. Today, we have the chance to change that for the better. Just last month, the Metro Board of Directors took action to allow Metro’s Measure R and Measure M highway dollars to be used towards projects for all users of the road. These highway dollars will now support everyone on the road, whether you walk, bike, roll, take transit, or drive. Communities along corridors like the 710 South should not be burdened with displacement and pollution even more than they already are. That is why my third priority is to re- evaluate Metro’s investments in highway programs to protect communities from displacement and environmental pollution.

With these priorities in mind, I stand ready to partner with you to lead Metro in bringing equitable transportation to every resident. Together, we can build a better Metro.

Sincerely, Hilda L. Solis Metro Board Chair Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair, First District cc: Metro Board Members Metro CAC Chair’s Report, July/August 2021

NextGen Service Change Metro is going to have its next service change on September 12, 2021. Some key highlights include elimination of rapid bus service on Santa Monica and Venice Boulevards, leaving only the 720 on Wilshire Bl and 754 on Vermont Ave as rapid service. The temporary shuttle line 622 will be incorporated into Line 222 serving the area from Burbank Airport to . New overnight bus service is being introduced on Lines 16, 162, and 224. More trips have also been added. Details should be available on the Metro web site soon.

Environmental Clearance for West Santa Ana Branch, Line, and I-405 Expresslanes Metro is continuing to do environmental clearance for the West Santa Ana Branch, Antelope Valley Line, and I-405 Expresslanes projects/

The West Santa Ana Branch is a rail line to go from to Artesia. The environmental impact report for the West Santa Ana Branch and meeting details are available at https://www.metro.net/projects/west-santa-ana/. The comment period ends September 28.

The I-405 Expresslanes consists of widening the 405 freeway through the Sepulveda Pass to add another lane and make both the existing carpool lane and the new lane a toll lane, or to convert the existing carpool lane into a toll lane. The scoping document is available at https://www.metro.net/projects/i405-expresslanes/. The comment period ends October 1.

The Antelope Valley Line project would add some double track, siding, and platform changes to increase capacity of this line from the to Lancaster. The environmental impact report is available at https://www.metro.net/projects/avl/. The comment period ends September 10.

SoFi Stadium Shuttle Metro has been running a shuttle to SoFi Stadium for football games from the Hawthorne C Line station. However, residents around the station have complained about spillover parking for the parking lot at the station, as it appears people are driving to the station and riding the shuttle instead of riding Metro. The park and ride lot is free on weekends. I suggest Metro charge the normal rate for parking on game days, which is $3. This will also help defray the costs of security for the lot.

Riding the Metro system I recently took Metro from my home in the San Gabriel Valley to visit CAC member Wally Shidler, who currently resides in Woodland Hills. I rode the Silver Line, Red Line, Orange Line, Line 169, Line 501, and Line 267, among other routes. Almost all riders on bus were wearing face coverings, although the number of riders on rail not wearing face coverings was notable – perhaps one out of every four or five people. The presence of Metro security personnel on the ground level at El Monte Station, Union Station, and North Hollywood were visible, but there seemed to be little security underground. There needs to be a way for Metro staff to remind people of mask wearing on Metro Rail through the use of unarmed personnel.

Strategic Planning Exercise I would like all CAC members to think of a few things about how they would like to see for the organization: • Where do you see the CAC in five years (vision)? • What should be the CAC’s mission? • Goal setting – What should be the CAC’s goals? Do we have a signature issue or issues we would like to concentrate on? • What opportunities are there for the CAC to provide input or a novel approach to a topic that other Metro advisory groups like the service councils, Measure M policy advisory council, etc. aren’t doing. I plan to delve into these issues more deeply at the September CAC executive committee session, but if you have feedback, please either share them at this meeting or send them to Danielle Valentino so she can forward to me.

Prepared by Hank Fung, CAC Chair Working List of Resources for Community Advisory Council (CAC)

SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM (SLT) PRESENTATIONS Metro’s Senior Leadership Team (SLT) consists of the chief from each Metro department. These chiefs are frequently called upon to present on their department to Metro’s Board of Directors, community members, stakeholders, and internal staff. The presentations are helpful resources that enable the audience to learn more about the department and its various programs, projects, and initiatives that are in or coming up in the department’s pipeline.

Additionally, the Senior Leadership Team delivers an annual presentation to the Metro Leadership Academy - a group of 40 Metro rising leaders, and to a group of 24-32 transit leaders participating in the Eno Multi-Agency Exchange (EnoMAX) program, which is a professional development, inter-agency networking and best-practice sharing program between 3-4 public transportation agencies and the Eno Center for Transportation. Please contact your Metro Liaison, Danielle Valentino, to schedule a SLT presentation.

LINKEDIN LEARNING There are always opportunities to obtain more knowledge and learn more skills – no matter where you are at in your career! LinkedIn Learning is an online learning platform with over 16,000 on-demand, video-based courses taught by industry experts on a variety of topics and skill areas including office productivity applications, business and organizational skills, specialized applications, and inter- and intrapersonal development.

LinkedIn Learning is a premium service offered by LinkedIn and generally has a monthly subscription fee; however, Metro employees have free access to LinkedIn Learning. Metro employees should contact Talent Development at [email protected] to receive free access to LinkedIn Learning. Non-Metro employees should contact LinkedIn Learning directly.

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Adam Grant – “What Frogs in Hot Water can Teach Us About Thinking Again” Simon Sinek – “How to Discover Your Why in Difficult Times” John Doerr – “Why the Secret to Success is Setting the Right Goals” Melinda Epler – “3 Ways to be a Better Ally in the Workplace”

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CAC Work Plan - Reviewed/Adopted by CAC as “working document” at June 2021 CAC GA Mtg.

Metro Community Advisory Council (CAC’s Existing Work Plan as developed / approved by Council last Summer)

(Categories are grouped alphabetically) Customer Service and Communications • Metro leads: Chief Communications Officer, Executive Officer Customer Care, Executive Officer Civil Rights, Director of Customer Programs and Services • Objective: Create a positive and user-friendly environment for current and future users as a viable alternative to private automobiles.

Fiscal Responsibility • Metro leads: Chief Financial Officer, Executive Officer Finance and Budget, Office of Management and Budget • Objective: Recommend Metro achieve the Board recommended farebox recovery goal.

Internal Operations of the Citizens Advisory Council • Metro leads: CAC Executive Committee, volunteer leads of Ad-hoc Committees, Communications Department to provide support to Chair & Council. • Objective: Stay relevant, engage membership, and make substantive improvements to Metro

Safety and Security • Metro leads: Chief Systems Security and Law Enforcement Officer, Executive Officer for Risk Management • Objective: Enhance the security and safety of the Metro system for its customers and employees.

Strategic Planning and Program Management • Metro leads: Chief Planning Officer, Executive Officer Countywide Planning and Development, Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Program Management Officer • Objective: Encourage Metro to allocate resources to meet its strategic planning goals.

Transit Operations • Metro leads: Chief Operations Officer, Executive Officer Service Development, Executive Officer Service Councils

Objective: Create a positive and user-friendly environment for current and future users as a viable alternative for private automobiles.

CAC’s Requested Metro Updates / Presentations from June 2020- Present Gen. Assembly Mtgs.

Presentation Date Title Email Addresses June 24, 2020 I-105 ExpressLanes Presentation (Presenter: Philbert [email protected] Wong)

LIFE Program staff’s response to CAC Concerns [email protected] (Drew Phillips and Armineh Saint) [email protected]

July 22, 2020 Metro’s Comprehensive Pricing Study- Introductory [email protected] Presentation (Ray Kan & doreen Morrissey) [email protected]

August 26, 2020 Metro Recovery Task Force Presentation (Mark [email protected] Vallianatos was the scheduled presenter. Lilian De [email protected] Loza-Gutierrez provided the presentation as Mark was unable to attend). September 23, Metro Traffic Reduction Study Updates (Presenter: [email protected] 2020 Tham Nguyen)

CAC Chair’s suggested resources re: Crenshaw North Extension (CNE) Project

October 28, 2020 Metro Fareless System Initiative (FSI) Overview & [email protected] Updates (Presenters: doreen Morrissey & Ray Kan). [email protected]

Updates & invitation to CAC to engage in Countywide Coordinated Public Transit Plan (CCP) and Surveying [email protected] efforts (CCP documents services for older adults and people with disabilities). (Adam Stephenson)

November 18, Metro Microtransit Updates (Presenter: Rani Narula- [email protected] 2020 Woods, Patrick Chandler) [email protected]

Metro Sustainability Council’s invitation to Metro CAC [email protected] to have a seat on Council (Cris Liban)

December Holiday Remarks from Metro Executive Leadership (Metro [email protected] Meeting (Dec. 4, Chief-of-Staff, Nadine Lee) 2020) January 27, 2021 Metro Long Range & Short-Range Transportation [email protected] Planning Team Updates (Kalieh Honish)

Metro Recovery Task Force Latest Updates (Mark [email protected] Vallianatos) February 24, 2021 Metro updates regarding new Federal masking rules [email protected] (Presenter: Dave Sotero)

Metro Customer Experience Updates (Presenter: [email protected] Aaron Weinstein) March 24, 2021 Metro Fareless System Initiative (FSI) Updates [email protected] (Presenters: Dennis Tucker; doreen Morrissey) [email protected]

Metro Homeless Task Force initiative- Overview & [email protected] Updates (Presenters: Joyce Burnell-Garcia, Carlos [email protected] Rico, Julia Brown) [email protected]

April 28, 2021 Metro Sustainability April Earth Month Recap and [email protected] Updates (Heather Repenning & Julia Brown) [email protected]

Metro Budget- Overview & Updates re: FY22 [email protected] Proposed budget (Giovanna Gogreve & Chris [email protected] Gallanes)

May 26, 2021 Metro Planning Verbal Updates- Kalieh Honish [email protected]

NOHO to Pasadena BRT Project Team (Presenters: [email protected] Gary Byrne, Tito (Stephen) Corona). [email protected]

Metro Operations & Service Planning Updates- Joseph [email protected] Forgiarini

Metro Customer Experience- Surveying updates & [email protected] Better Bus (Presenter: Aaron Weinstein) June 23, 2021 Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project Overview Presentation- [email protected] Metro Presenters: Stephanie Leslie and Annette [email protected] Cortez

Regional Connector Transit Project Presentation – [email protected] Metro Staff Presenter: Olga Arroyo

Purple (D Line) Extension Project Presentation- Metro [email protected] Presenter: Kasey Shuda

Officer elections, Work Plan & Mtg. Dates adoption (per bylaws for CAC June Mtg.). July 28, 2021 Metro Street Safety Policy Overview [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Metro Ops & NextGen Rollout- Latest Updates [email protected]

August 25, 2021 Metro Customer Experience Plan- Latest Updates Aaron Weinstein [email protected]

Metro Chair and CAC Membership “Visioning” session To be led by CAC Chair Fung and Council Members

ATTACHMENT D RE: Agenda Item #6 CAC Requested Follow-up Items (10 min.) a) CAC’s requested Survey Link from Street Safety Team: https://forms.office.com/g/nNfsBDHkWM b) Link to MBEAT related Board Reports- May Board Exec. Comm. Mtg. Click here for additional information: Metro Equity and Race Updates c) Request for Metro’s latest updates on Transit to Trails:

Regarding “Transit to Parks”- Metro staff are currently working with the County Open Space District to fulfill a $1M match commitment to the County’s recreation access grant program. This effort could result in project selection toward the end of year 2021. Beyond that, many of the activities Metro staff were tasked with are currently TBD due to either resource constraints or broader restrictions and uncertainties brought by COVID. Metro staff will begin working with the Metro Board and key stakeholders over the next few months to provide an update on the program and discuss a path forward for future implementation. d) Davies’s request to discuss Metro’s Sepulveda Pass – concerns re: Monorail concept e) Banash’s request to re-visit Metro’s Restroom Issue f) Banash- Requests to have an editing and recirculation of the roster of the membership. g) CAC’s June adopted Work Plan framework (see enclosure in past & current Agenda packet under Attachment C) h) CAC Chair and Exec. Committee’s expressed interest in Metro “visioning” session and/or other trainings (see “Chair’s Report,” Metro Board Chair’s “Open Letter” & other resources provided in Attachment C) i) June 2020– present day list of presentations to CAC (enclosure in Attachment C) j) CAC’s adopted meeting dates, per bylaws guidance, during June Gen. Assembly Mtg. (see enclosure in past & in current Agenda packet under Attachment D)

Anticipated 2022 CAC Meeting Dates (per CAC’s Bylaws guidance)

Executive Committee Meetings- Typically held the First Friday of each month, starting at 10 a.m., unless an alternative date is noted below: • January 7, 2022 (adjusted due to New Year/holiday) • February 4, 2022 • March 4, 2022 • April 1, 2022 • May 6, 2022 • June 3, 2022 • July 8, 2022 • August 5, 2022 • September 9, 2022 (adjusted due to September 5th Labor Day) • October 7, 2022 • November 4, 2022 • December 2, 2022

General Assembly Meetings: Typically held the Fourth Wednesday of each Month, starting at 6p.m., unless alternative date is noted below. • January 26, 2022 • February 23,2022 • March 23, 2022 • April 27, 2022 • May 25, 2022 • June 22, 2022 • July 27, 2022 • August 24, 2022 • September 28, 2022 • October 26, 2022 • November 16, 2022 (adjusted due to Thanksgiving Holiday)

IMPORTANT NOTE: Meeting Dates are Subject to Change. Please always reference final posted CAC meeting Agendas on the Metro website for final dates and time.