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NOTICE OF REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD MEETINGS

                        

NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION

NJ TRANSIT RAIL OPERATIONS, INC.

NJ TRANSIT BUS OPERATIONS, INC.

NJ TRANSIT MERCER, INC.

NJ TRANSIT MORRIS, INC.

 

 

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

 

This is notice that the regularly scheduled meetings of the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Transit Corporation, NJ Transit Rail Operations, Inc., NJ Transit Bus Operations, Inc., NJ Transit Mercer, Inc., and NJ Transit Morris, Inc. will be held on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the Board Room at the NJ Transit Headquarters Building, One Penn Plaza East, Newark, NJ.

 

The next regularly scheduled meetings will be held on Thursday, July 11, 2013 beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the Board Room at the NJ Transit Headquarters Building, One Penn Plaza East, Newark, NJ.


 

This notice is being provided in compliance with the Open Public Meetings Act, P.L. 1975, c.231.

 

   

Joyce J. Zuczek

Acting Board Secretary

 

June 7, 2013

 

NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORPORATION
NJ TRANSIT BUS OPERATIONS, INC.
NJ TRANSIT RAIL OPERATIONS, INC.
NJ TRANSIT MERCER, INC.
NJ TRANSIT MORRIS, INC.
REGULARLY SCHEDULED BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETINGS

JUNE 12, 2013

FINAL AGENDA

  • CALL TO ORDER
  • APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETINGS
  • PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS AND OTHER MATTERS
  • BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS
  • ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT
  • SENIOR CITIZEN AND DISABLED RESIDENT TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT
  • BOARD COMMITTEE REPORTS

* Administration Committee
* Customer Service Committee

  • EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MONTHLY REPORT

 

ACTION ITEMS

 

 

1306-26

SOLE/SINGLE SOURCE VENDORS PURCHASE OF REPLACEMENT PARTS AND SERVICES (BUS, RAIL, LIGHT RAIL AND HEADQUARTERS) AND COMPUTER HARDWARE/SOFTWARE: MAINTENANCE AND LICENSING AGREEMENT RENEWAL

Rail, bus, and light rail rolling stock and equipment is manufactured by a relatively small number of industrial producers using proprietary designs to meet the particular performance requirements and physical environment of individual transit systems and railroads. The equipment is not mass-produced, but manufactured to order.

Sole source technology vendors have proprietary control over the manufacture of parts, components and services needed for NJ TRANSIT’s continued use of technology. The need for NJ TRANSIT to exercise sole and single source authority relates to specific areas of technology, including, but not limited to, the following: software maintenance/licensing, hardware maintenance, integrated systems and upgrades to pre-existing systems.

Authorization is requested to enter into sole/single source procurement-by-exception contracts for the purchase of parts and services from approved sole/single source vendors set forth in the board item in Exhibits A1 and A2, (subject to adjustments), and Board notification of new firms whose aggregate spend exceeds $250,000, at a total cost not to exceed $20,000,000 for replacement parts and $20,000,000 for Computer Hardware and Software for the period July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014, subject to the availability of funds.

 

 

1306-27

CSC TKR, LLC (“CABLEVISION” TO PROVIDE WIFI INTERNET SERVICE

NJ TRANSIT will contract with CSC TKR, LLC (“Cablevision”) to provide high-speed wireless internet to customers via WIFI technology. This private/public partnership enhances customer amenities and improves their travel experience while reducing the reliance on taxpayer subsidy as Cablevision will be providing this infrastructure investment at no cost to NJ TRANSIT. By entering into this partnership and implementing the associated service, NJ TRANSIT customers will be able to browse the internet, send and receive email, and use other internet-based applications at NJ TRANSIT’s intermodal stations (rail, bus and light rail), rail stations and platforms, and ultimately onboard rail cars during their travel.

This 20-year partnership also enables NJ TRANSIT to obtain dedicated use of related communications facilities (fiber optic, copper, and wireless transmission lines) at no cost to the agency and reduce current operating costs.

Authorization is requested to enter into NJ TRANSIT Contract No. 11-001 with Cablevision for the implementation and maintenance of a system-wide wireless internet (WIFI) service. Cablevision’s proposal was selected as the result of a competitive Request for Proposals (“RFP”) process. The contract is a no-cost contract to NJ TRANSIT.

 

 

1306-28

UNDERGRADE RAILROAD BRIDGES: ENGINEERING SERVICES TO PERFORM IN-DEPTH INSPECTIONS, EVALUATIONS AND RATINGS

NJ TRANSIT is responsible for maintaining a total of 659 undergrade bridges, of which 570 bridges are in active service carrying trains over roadways, waterways, and other features. These in-depth bridge inspections, evaluations and ratings are part of NJ TRANSIT’s asset management strategy which emphasizes capital investments to restore critical aging infrastructure to a state of good repair and ultimately ensure safe and reliable service for customers. Also these in-depth inspections and ratings satisfy one element of NJ TRANSIT’s Bridge Management Program which is mandated by the Federal Railroad Administration.

NJ TRANSIT uses information from these inspections to plan and prioritize future capital investments. The findings from these in-depth inspections and ratings will be used to identify the next level of bridges that will be placed on the capital program.

Authorization is requested to enter into three separate contracts with IH Engineers, P.C., of Princeton, New Jersey (12-053D); WSP-Sells of Briarcliff Manor, New York (12-053E); and KS Engineers, P.C. of Newark, New Jersey (12-053F) to perform in-depth structural inspections, evaluations, and load ratings of 116 undergrade bridges and interim underwater diving inspections of eight undergrade bridges, at costs not to exceed $666,186, $626,433 and $666,597 respectively, for a total cost of $1,959,216, plus five percent for contingencies, subject to the availability of funds.

 

 

CONSENT CALENDAR

 

 

1306-29

ANNUAL NOTICE OF MEETINGS

Adopt the Annual Notice of Meetings listed in Exhibit A of the board item for all of the Board of Directors’ meetings during Fiscal Year 2014.

 

1306-30

ANNUAL DESIGNATION AND BOARD COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP SELECTION

Approval of this item will designate Bruce M. Meisel to serve as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors through June 2014 and appoint the members of all Board Committees as set forth in the board item in Exhibit A.

 

 

 

  • EXECUTIVE SESSION AUTHORIZATION
  • ADJOURNMENT

 

To view the detailed version of this final Board Agenda, click here.