myMetro.net: Archives January 2006 Home CEO Hotline Viewpoint News Releases Archives Metro.net (web) myMetro.net archives | Articles from July 2006 Resources Friday, July 28 Safety Beverly Hills Actively Considering Metro Red Line Extension Pressroom (web) Anti-Graffiti Raid Nets 18 Suspects, Weapons, Drugs, Graffiti Tools CEO Hotline 1951 Legislation Created Los Angeles MTA – Metro Predecessor Metro Projects Thursday, July 27 Facts at a Glance Board Approves Labor Agreements, Votes Non-Contract Pay Raise Archives Funeral Services Set, Saturday, for TOS Lowry Pickett Events Calendar Research Center/ Wednesday, July 26 Library Groundbreaking Marks Start of Construction at Wilshire/Western Metro Cafe (pdf) Metro Information Planning a Centennial Celebration, Aug. 1 Metro Classifieds Divisions 8 and 3 Were ‘How You Doin’?' Winners for May Retirement Round-up Tuesday, July 25 Metro Info ‘Lola’ Sets Metro Gold Line Eastside Tunneling Milestone Turnstile Passthrough: Employees try it out. Strategic Plan (pdf) East meets West: Ancient Chinese Martial Art Helps Relax Division 2 Employees Org Chart (pdf) Policies Friday, July 21 Training Tunnel Breakthrough Expected on Gold Line Eastside Project Groundbreaking Set July 26 for Wilshire/Western Development Help Desk Wheeling Toward Retirement, Barbara Trigg Remains on the Go Intranet Policy Senate Committee Provides $100 Million for Eastside Project Need e-Help? Call the Help Desk Thursday, July 20 at 2-4357 ‘Subway to Sea’ Takes Step Toward Reality with Congressional Action E-Mail Webmaster Metro Volunteers, Division Ambassadors were Busy on July 4th Holiday Wednesday, July 19 Changes Coming to Metro’s Employee Transit Subsidy Program Metro Processing Employee Damage Claims in Division 10 Incident Tuesday, July 18 Oh, My Aching Back! New Lumbar Supports Should Ease Bus Operator Back Pain Eastside Workers Reach 1 Million Hours with no Lost-Time Injuries Friday, July 14 CEO UpDate> New Labor Contracts, Employee Pay Raises and a New Board Chair Path of Destruction: Employee Held on $1 Mill. Bail in Division 10 Incident Thursday, July 13 http://intranet1/news/archives/2006_july.htm[12/18/2015 9:56:19 AM] myMetro.net: Archives January 2006 MyMetro.net Offers Shopping Web Site with Employee Discounts Board Committees to Consider Project Funding, Expo Line MOU, Transit Line Colors Operator Martin Gourzong’s Second Career is Latin Jazz Singer Tuesday, July 11 Chief Planning Officer Carol Inge Looks 20 to 30 Years Ahead Solar Panels at Valley Bus Divisions Saved Metro $185,000 Since May Extra Metro Security in Place Following India Train Bombings Friday, July 7 Major Security Upgrades Planned for Metro Headquarters Members of Metro’s Major Unions Approve New Labor Contracts Thursday, July 6 OBITUARY Retired Div. 1 Manager Jesse Castorena Died Monday, Age 53 Metro Selected for Salute America’s July 4 ‘Top Ten’ Awards Metro Maintenance Team Saves Event at APTA International Rail Rodeo Wednesday, July 5 Board Approves Budget Amendments; Adjusts Employee Pay Ranges Metro to Fund Study of Regional Connector Linking SFV and SGV Back to top | Home | Phone Directory | Forms Online | FIS Online http://intranet1/news/archives/2006_july.htm[12/18/2015 9:56:19 AM] Metro Report: Home CEO Hotline Viewpoint Classified Ads Archives Metro.net (web) Board Approves Budget Amendments; Adjusts Employee Pay Resources Ranges Safety Bus recorders, Division 7 upgrade, Ramona High project Pressroom (web) approved Ask the CEO (July 5, 2006) The Board of Directors approved amendments to Metro’s CEO Forum FY 2007 budget at its June meeting that will provide an additional Employee $9.8 million for various transportation studies and a countywide Recognition vanpool program. Employee Activities The Board’s actions include approval for up to 10 full-time Countywide Metro Projects Planning employees to work on the studies, along with two full-time employees and $4.7 million in grant funding to implement the vanpool Facts at a Glance (web) program. Archives The planning studies involve a possible subway extension to the Events Calendar Westside, the Harbor subdivision right-of-way from downtown LA to LAX, and a light-rail line connecting the 7th and Metro station and Research Center/ Union Station. Library Metro Classifieds Other studies involve environmental issues and further design of the proposed extension of I-710 to the I-210, the Goods Movement Action Bazaar Plan and the SAFETEA-LU federal highway legislation. Metro Info At its June 22 meeting, the Board also took the following actions: 30/10 Initiative Policies Item 15, Employee Pay Ranges. The Board approved a motion to adjust pay ranges for non-contract employees by 10 percent to Training partially offset the effects of inflation. The motion by Director John Fasana was intended “to ensure equity of compensation.” Help Desk Intranet Policy Some 215 employees – 18 percent of non-represented employees – will be “at the end of their pay range due to the years in which Need e-Help? increases were approved but no inflationary adjustment was made….” Call the Help Desk at 2-4357 The motion “adjusts the ranges only and will not result in employees receiving increases other than any annual increases…approved by the Contact myMetro.net Board for other non-represented employees.” Item 27, Bus Video Recorders. The Board approved a motion to purchase 220 DriveCam Video Systems for use in monitoring the operation of buses. The DriveCam is particularly effective in accident investigations because it captures the action inside and outside a bus 10 seconds before and 10 seconds after an accident or incident triggers the system or it is manually activated by the operator. http://intranet1/news/report/board_actions_0606.htm[9/15/2015 11:35:12 AM] Metro Report: The sector staff wants to use the 220 DriveCam recorders for an extended evaluation of the program to demonstrate long-term safety improvements and cost savings before it would be considered for fleetwide implementation. The cost of the 220 video recorders, including spares, is set at $281,000. Item 28, Division 7 Renovation. The Board approved an amended motion that will allow for completion of renovations at West Hollywood Division 7, including construction of a sound wall between the division and residents of adjacent Huntley Drive. Metro had asked to increase the life of project budget by $1.54 million to cover increased construction costs and to allow for design and construction of the sound wall. The amendment by Director Bernard Parks directs that the additional funding will be used only to pay for construction of the sound wall. Work already completed includes building renovations, construction of a maintenance annex, installation of equipment and security improvements. Item 44, Rebuilding Ramona Opportunity High School. The Board approved a staff recommendation to allow the CEO to finalize and execute a land exchange and funding agreement between Metro and LAUSD that will permit construction of a station at Indiana Street for the Metro Gold Line’s Eastside Extension and the rebuilding of Ramona Opportunity High School on the adjacent site. The land exchange and funding agreement is based on a plan the Board approved in May under which Metro and LAUSD will share the projected $35 million project cost of the acquisition of new properties and the rebuilding of Ramona Opportunity High School. Metro’s costs would be capped at $26 million with LAUSD contributing the remaining funds. The Board's action allows time-critical construction-related activities to progress so that the total project costs can be better defined and further delays and escalation of costs can be avoided. The Board’s approval of the motion was contingent on LAUSD’s approving the property exchange agreement by Aug. 3, 2006, and giving Metro control of a portion of the high school property by Nov. 1, 2006. LAUSD would be required to adhere to a master plan for construction of the new school buildings and must issue a notice to proceed with construction within four months after Metro has cleared the site. | Home | Phone Directory | Forms Online | FIS Online http://intranet1/news/report/board_actions_0606.htm[9/15/2015 11:35:12 AM] Metro Report: Home CEO Hotline Viewpoint Classified Ads Archives Metro.net (web) The Board has approved funds to study Diesel Multiple Units (DMU) Resources technology. This DMU self-propelled rail car successfully completed its testing at the Transportation Technology Center (TTC) in Pueblo, Colorado Safety and made its debut at the 2002 APTA Annual Conference in Las Vegas. Pressroom (web) Ask the CEO CEO Forum Employee Recognition Employee Activities Metro Projects Facts at a Glance (web) Archives Events Calendar Metro to Fund Study of Regional Connector Linking SFV and SGV Research Center/ Library Board also voted funds to study DMU rail car technology Metro Classifieds By RICK JAGER Bazaar (July 5, 2006) Metro will provide $150,000 for a study of a possible Metro Info regional connector that would link transit services in the San Fernando Valley and the San Gabriel Valley. 30/10 Initiative Policies The study will look at how a regional connector through the cities of Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena and parts of Los Angeles could link the Training Metro Red Line and/or the Metro Orange Line in North Hollywood with the Metro Gold Line in Pasadena. Help Desk Intranet Policy On a motion by Director Ara Najarian, a Glendale City Councilman member, the Board of Directors last month approved funding to study Need e-Help? the regional connector through Glendale and Burbank. Call the Help Desk at 2-4357 The Board also approved a wide variety of transportation studies on a host of other transit-related projects for the region. Contact myMetro.net “This connector line is critical in linking the two great valleys in metropolitan LA – the San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys – and the benefits to commuters in the region will be tremendous,” said Najarian.