City Council Agenda Report
Meeting Date: December 3, 2024
From: Daniel S. Wall, P.E., Director of Public Works
Department: Public Works
Submitted by: Lissette Melendez, Project Engineer
Subject
Regional Integration of Intelligent Transportation Systems (RIITS) Agreement between the City and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) Recommendation
Approve and authorize the City Administrator to execute an Interagency Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), in substantially the same form as submitted, between the City and LACMTA, in its capacity as the Administrator of the RIITS.
Background
In April 2004, the California Department of Transportation for District 7 (Caltrans), the Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT), and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Administration (LACMTA) entered into an interagency memorandum of understanding to establish the Regional Integration of Intelligent Transportation Systems (RIITS MOU). RIITS provides exchange infrastructure and operational resources, including but not limited to, near real-time traffic, transit, video, and other data relating to all modes of transportation.
In December 2004, LACMTA, Caltrans, and LADOT entered into Amendment No. 1 to the RIITS MOU to name LACMTA as the Administrator and delegate authority to LACMTA to administer, maintain, operate RIITS, process member agreements, enforce their terms and conditions, and established a Configuration Management Committee (CM Committee) to oversee RIITS.
In June 2023, the CM Committee voted and approved Vernon to join the CM Committee as a voting Member on the condition that Vernon exchange Information through RIITS. To join RIITS, the City must enter into an Interagency MOU authorized by LACMTA. By joining RIITS, the City of Vernon will have access to RIITS Members’ transportation data, and agrees to share operational and infrastructure resources for Countywide Signal Priority (CSP) and Integrated Corridor Management (ICM).
Once the Agreement is executed, it will be valid for one year. After one year, it will automatically be renewed month-to-month unless either party sends written notice to the other party at least thirty (30) days before the expiration, informing them that they do not wish to renew the agreement. The City can terminate the Agreement anytime by providing the Administrator a thirty (30) day written notice.
The agreement has been reviewed and approved as to form by the City Attorney’s office.
Fiscal Impact
There is no fiscal impact associated with the approval of this agreement.
Attachments
1. RIITS MOU