Honolulu City Council

Transportation Committee

January 12, 2012

HART Board

Amendment of Policies: • Reso 2011-9 Amends Board’s Rules and Operating

Procedures

– Clarifies a Board Member with a direct personal financial interest must abstain from voting

HART BOARD

Amendment of Policies: • Reso 2011-10 Amends HART Ethics Policy

– Modifies text to be more consistent with RCH Sections

– Adds ethics training requirement for staff of HART and Board

HART BOARD

Amendment of Policies: • Reso 2011-11 Amends HART Financial Policy

– Clarifies procedures and deadlines for Finance committee review of Operating and Capital Budgets

Executive Director Search• RCH Section 17-103. 3(c) Powers, Duties, and Functions

– The board shall appoint and may remove an executive director, who shall be the chief executive officer of the public transit authority. The qualifications, powers, duties, functions, and compensation of the executive director shall be established by the board.

• Oct 17, 2011 - HART awarded a contract to Krauthamer & Associates (K&A)

– Provide assistance to the HART Board in recruiting candidates for the Permanent HART Executive Director/CEO

• Nov 14-17, 2011– K&A met with stakeholders to discuss recruitment of HART’s CEO

• Nov 21-30, 2011– Position description finalized and advertisement posted

• Dec 1, 2011 – Jan 27, 2012– K&A’s recruitment and review of potential candidates

• Feb 2012 – Board evaluation of candidates

• March 2012 – Selection of HART’s Executive Director/CEO to be announced

Project Update

Uniform Act of 1970*

Purpose:• Ensure owners of real property to be affected by

Federally funded projects are treated fairly and consistently

• Encourage and expedite acquisition by agreement• Minimize litigation and relieve congestion in the

courts• Promote confidence in the acquisition program of the

acquiring agency

* Public Law 91-646

ACQUISITION PROCESS

Right-of-Way Summary

Acquisitions Initiated

Offers Made

Accepted

Full Acquisition 23 19 15

Partial Acquisition

7 6 0

Easements 0 0 0

Total 30 25 15

Acquisition Costs

September 2011 Financial Plan

Total Estimated Cost: $219 million (YOE $)

Actual Cost to Date*: $ 14.1 million

Estimated Cost*: $ 18.7 million

Total Savings to Date: $ 4.6 million

*13 properties

Relocation Information*• Advisory Assistance offered to all displaced persons

• HART project staff explain all benefits and services.

• For Qualified Residential Homeowner Occupants and Tenants, typical benefits include: – Moving Costs – Price Differential Payment– Increased Mortgage Interest– Incidental Closing Costs – Rental Assistance Payment/Down Payment

• For Qualified Businesses, typical benefits include: – Moving and Related Costs – Reestablishment Costs– Fixed Payment

* Uniform Act 1970, Public Law 91-646

Status of Contracts

HART Project Resources

• HART and City Agencies

- HART Staff

- Budget and Fiscal Services

- Corporation Counsel

• Consultants

• Contractors

• Inspectors

Consultant/Contractor Work

• Planning

• Design

• Inspection

• Construction

• Equipment

• Other Services

• Operations and Maintenance

Contract Packaging Plan

• Scope

• Type of Solicitation

• Schedule

• Budget

• Interfaces with other Contracts

Contract Status

• Awarded 14 Contracts

• 12 Active Contracts -- $2.9B– $2.1B Capital Costs– $ .8B Operations & Maintenance Cost

• About 36 additional contracts to be awarded

• Total Capital Cost Contract Amount -- $4.2B

Construction Update

Design-Build Contracts• West Oahu Farrington Highway Guideway

• Design of guideway• Soil testing/Potholing• Test shafts installation• Utility relocation

• Kamehameha Highway Guideway• Soil testing/Potholing• Design of Utility Relocation/Guideway

• Maintenance and Storage Facility• Soil testing/Potholing• Design of facility• Purchase of rail

Design Contracts

• Farrington Highway Station Group• Soil testing • Design of stations

• Airport Guideway• Design contract awarded to AECOM Technical Services

Design Build Operate Maintain Contract

Core Systems

• Contract executed with Ansaldo Honolulu Joint Venture

• Notice to Proceed will be issued shortly

GET Revenue Update

Latest GET collection figures for the Honolulu rail transit project

 • The latest quarterly GET collection figure for the rail project came in

at $46.4 million or 6 percent more than we had anticipated in our latest financial plan.

• The project has collected a total of $761 million to date in GET revenue (since Jan. 2007), which is $18 million more than our forecast.

 • $330 million in GET revenue has been spent on the rail project.

 

Final Design Update

FTA Approves HART's Request to Enter into Final

Design • HART has automatic pre-award authority to move forward with final

design activities, demolition, and other non-construction activities such as the procurement of rails, ties, commodities and other specialized equipment

• The FTA is required by law to evaluate proposed New Starts projects and ensure prospective grant recipients demonstrate the technical, legal, and financial capability to implement the project

• Clears the way for a Letter of No Prejudice to advance construction and to begin work on an agreement with the FTA for a Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA)

"This is significant and demonstrates the continued support for the federal share of $1.55 billion. I will continue to work hard with the City to ensure we obtain the full funding grant agreement this year.”

Senator Daniel K. Inouye

HART Enters Final Design

Letter of No Prejudice

Full Funding Grant Agreement Timeline– Anticipate award of the Full Funding Grant Agreement (FFGA)

from FTA in September 2012– FFGA’s require 60-day review by the U.S. Congress– HART anticipates submitting the FFGA application in early

summer 2012– Items required for the FFGA are in progress:

• Project Management Plan update• Financial Plan update• Complete other actions in Final Design letter