MTA'S LOCAL COUNCILS TO STAY ON TRACK FIVE GROUPS WIN OFFICIAL'S PRAISE AT BOARD MEETING.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Staff Writer The MTA's year-old local governance councils have improved service, forged community partnerships and held more than 100 public meetings since they were formed, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority official said Thursday. Briefing the MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. board, Deputy Executive Officer John Catoe said the councils' representatives painted a positive picture of their inaugural year's activities during a meeting held last week. The consensus was that ``the sector concept is working,'' Catoe told the board. ``A common theme was the desire to further decentralize de·cen·tral·ize v. de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing, de·cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities. .'' The five councils - comprising community appointees - handle decisions about local bus routes and schedules. They were put in place after the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. and other regions sought to break away from the MTA and form their own transit agencies. A proposal that would have scaled back councils' operations by reducing the number of public meetings from monthly to quarterly was withdrawn from Thursday's agenda. Also Thursday, the MTA board voted to award the Eastside Light Rail line's $600 million construction contract to a joint venture, if the federal funding comes through in coming weeks. The MTA hopes to break ground this summer on the six-mile extension of the Gold Line into East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. . The contract, which would be awarded by the CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. if the funds are secured, would go to Eastside LRT LRT Light-Rail Transit LRT Likelihood Ratio Test LRT Light Rapid Transit LRT Lower Respiratory Tract LRT Lehrstuhl für Raumfahrttechnik LRT Long Range Transportation LRT Light Railway Transit LRT London Regional Transport LRT Loving Relationships Training Constructors, a joint venture of Washington Group International, Obayashi Corp. and Shimmick Construction Corp. Lisa Mascaro, (818) 713-3761 lisa.mascaro(at)dailynews.com |
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