Investments: Compliance, Controls, and Reporting, January 1 through June 30,

2025, Internal Audit Report No. 26-502

Jonathan Thompson/Janet Sutter

Overview

The Internal Audit Department has completed an audit of investments for the period

January 1 through June 30, 2025. Based on the audit, the Orange County Transportation

Authority complied with its debt, investment, and reporting policies and procedures;

however, the Internal Audit Department made one recommendation to strengthen controls

to ensure all investments are reflected in monthly reports.

Recommendation(s)

Direct staff to implement the one recommendation provided in Investments: Compliance,

Controls, and Reporting, January 1 through June 30, 2025, Internal Audit Report No.

26-502.

Attachments:

Orange County Transportation Authority Investment and Debt Programs Report -

August 2025

Robert Davis/Andrew Oftelie

Overview

The Orange County Transportation Authority has a comprehensive investment and debt

program to fund its immediate and long-term cash flow demands. Each month, the

Treasurer submits

report detailing investment allocation, performance, compliance,

outstanding debt balances, and credit ratings for the Orange County Transportation

Authority’s debt program. This report is for the month ending August 31, 2025. The report

has been reviewed and is consistent with the investment practices contained in the

investment policy.

Recommendation(s)

Receive and file as an information item.

Attachments:

Fiscal Year 2024-25 Fourth Quarter Budget Status Report

Victor Velasquez/Andrew Oftelie

Overview

Orange County Transportation Authority staff have implemented the fiscal year 2024-25

budget. This report summarizes the material variances between the budget and actual

revenues and expenses through the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024-25.

Recommendation(s)

Receive and file as an information item.

Attachments:

Fiscal Year 2024-25 Fourth Quarter Grant Reimbursement Status Report

Sam Kaur/Andrew Oftelie

Overview

The Quarterly Grant Reimbursement Status Report summarizes grant activities for the

Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors. This report focuses on activity

for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024-25, covering April through June 2025.

Recommendation(s)

Receive and file as an information item.

Attachments:

10.

SB 1 (Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017) State of Good Repair Claims for Fiscal Year

2025-26

Sam Kaur/Andrew Oftelie

Overview

The Orange County Transportation Authority is eligible to receive funding from the SB 1

State of Good Repair Program that is funded by the Transportation Improvement Fee on

vehicle registrations. Funding recommendations for fiscal year 2025-26 were approved by

the Board of Directors on August 25, 2025. Upon approval of the statewide list of fiscal

year 2025-26 projects by the California Department of Transportation, the Orange County

Transportation Authority must file claims on a quarterly basis to receive the funding.

Recommendation(s)

Authorize the filing of SB 1 State of Good Repair claims, in the amount of $7.542 million, or

up to the actual allocation published by the State Controller’s Office, to fund capital projects

approved by the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors.

Attachments:

11.

State Transit Assistance Fund Claims for Fiscal Year 2025-26

Sam Kaur/Andrew Oftelie

Overview

The Orange County Transit District is eligible to receive funding from the State Transit

Assistance Fund for providing public transportation services throughout Orange County. To

receive these funds, the Orange County Transit District, as the public transit and

community transit services operator, must file claims with the Orange County

Transportation Authority, the transportation planning agency for Orange County.

Recommendation(s)

Adopt Resolution No. 2025-078 to authorize the filing of State Transit Assistance Fund

claims, in the amount of $43,487,476, or up to the actual allocation published by the State

Controller’s Office, to support public transportation.

Attachments:

12.

Update on the Loan Agreements with the Cities of Anaheim, Placentia, and the

West Orange County Water Board

Sam Kaur/Andrew Oftelie

Overview

The Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors authorized loan

agreements with the cities of Anaheim, Placentia, and the West Orange County Water

Board. This report provides the annual update on the status of each of these agreements

as requested by the Board of Directors.

Recommendation(s)

Receive and file as an information item.

Attachments:

13.

Federal Legislative Status Report

Clara Brotcke/Kristin Jacinto

Overview

The Orange County Transportation Authority regularly updates the Legislative and

Communications Committee on policy and regulatory issues directly impacting the

agency’s programs, projects, and operations. This status report includes information on

fiscal year 2026 appropriations, a summary of congressional support for OCTA’s role in

the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games planning, and information on correspondence

between United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and multiple transit agencies

regarding safety and security on large transit systems. Additionally, a summary on the

redistribution of federal dollars from the California High Speed Rail project is provided.

Recommendation(s)

Receive and file as an information item.

Attachments:

14.

Draft Revisions to Orange County Transportation Authority’s 2025-26 State and

Federal Legislative Platforms

Alexis Carter/Kristin Jacinto

Overview

Halfway through each legislative session, staff conducts a review of the Orange County

Transportation Authority’s Legislative Platforms to ensure relevant issues that are

anticipated to be of discussion for the upcoming year are included and up to date. Initial

draft revisions to the Orange County Transportation Authority’s 2025-26 State and Federal

Legislative Platforms have been prepared for consideration by the Orange County

Transportation Authority Board of Directors. Before a final draft is considered for adoption,

these drafts will be revised as a result of feedback from the Orange County Transportation

Authority Board of Directors, as well as further internal staff input.

Recommendation(s)

Direct staff to integrate the recommended revisions to the 2025-26 Orange County

Transportation Authority State and Federal Legislative Platforms and seek further

feedback from the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors and internal

staff, with subsequent drafts being brought forward for final consideration and adoption

later this year.

Attachments:

15.

Agreements for Temporary Staffing Services

Karen DeCrescenzo/Maggie McJilton

Overview

On May 12, 2025, the Board of Directors authorized the release of a request for proposals

for a firm or firms to provide temporary staffing services. Proposals were received and

evaluated in accordance with the Orange County Transportation Authority’s procurement

procedures for professional and technical services. Board of Directors’ approval is

requested to select two firms to provide temporary staffing services.

Recommendation(s)

Approve the selection of APR Consulting, Inc. and Tryfacta, Inc. as the firms to

provide temporary staffing services, in the aggregate amount of $3,220,000, to be

shared by both staffing firms.

Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute Agreement No. C-5-

4052 between the Orange County Transportation Authority and APR Consulting, Inc.

to provide temporary staffing services for a three-year initial term through October

31, 2028, with two, two-year option terms.

Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute Agreement No. C-5-

4312 between the Orange County Transportation Authority and Tryfacta, Inc. to

provide temporary staffing services for a three-year initial term through October 31,

2028, with two, two-year option terms.

Attachments:

16.

2025 Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer Initiatives and Action Plan -

Third Quarter Progress Report

Lauren Sato/Rose Casey

Overview

On January 27, 2025, the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors

(Board) approved the 2025 Board and Chief Executive Officer’s Initiatives and Action

Plan. At the end of each quarter of the calendar year, the Chief Executive Officer provides

progress reports discussing the activities and accomplishments from the Chief Executive

Officer Initiatives and Action Plan with the Board. This report summarizes the third quarter

progress of the calendar year 2025 (July 1 through September 30, 2025). The Chief

Executive Officer Initiatives and Action Plan directly supports the values, vision, mission,

and goals of the Board Initiatives.

Recommendation(s)

Receive and file as an information item.

Attachments:

Attachment B

Orange County Transit District Consent Calendar Matters

17.

Warranty Administration, Internal Audit Report No. 25-516

Gabriel Tang/Janet Sutter

Overview

The Internal Audit Department of the Orange County Transportation Authority has

completed an audit of warranty administration. Based on the audit, internal controls over

identifying, tracking, and recording of warranty repairs and credits should be improved.

Three recommendations have been made to improve methods for deriving labor hours

consumed, and labor rates used, in valuing and obtaining reimbursement for warranty work

performed, to improve follow-up of outstanding warranty claims, and to revise the method

of valuing vendor warranty work performed on the bus video communications system and

the fare validation system.

Recommendation(s)

Direct staff to implement three recommendations provided in Warranty Administration,

Internal Audit Report No. 25-516.

Attachments:

18.

Amendment to the Agreement for Same-Day Taxi Service

Melissa Mungia/Johnny Dunning, Jr.

Overview

On September 25, 2023, the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors

approved an agreement with Cabco Yellow, Inc., doing business as California Yellow Cab,

for the management and operation of Same-Day Taxi service for a two-year initial term,

with one two-year option term. The initial term expires on November 30, 2025. Effective as

of June 1, 2025, the agreement was assigned to OCY Management LLC, with approval

from the Orange County Transportation Authority and in accordance with the contract

terms. Staff is requesting the Board of Directors’ approval to exercise the two-year option

term, effective December 1, 2025, through November 30, 2027, and authorize that a pilot

which expands the reach of the program from five to seven miles be included in the

contract amendment.

Recommendation(s)

Approve a pilot to expand the Same-Day Taxi service model and the per-trip

subsidy to accommodate trips up to seven miles.

Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute Amendment No. 3 to

Agreement No. C-3-2396 between the Orange County Transportation Authority and

OCY Management LLC to exercise the option term, in the amount of $2,440,758, to

continue providing Same-Day Taxi service effective December 1, 2025, through

November 30, 2027. This amendment will increase the maximum cumulative

obligation of the agreement to a total contract value of $5,041,901.

Attachments:

Orange

Matters

County

Local

Transportation

Authority

Consent

Calendar

19.

Programming Recommendation for the City of Newport Beach Project V Service

Charvalen Alacar/Rose Casey

Overview

In September 2024, the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors

approved programming recommendations for the fifth Measure M2 Project V call for

projects. At that time, the Board of Directors requested that staff work with the City of

Newport Beach on operational refinements for its proposed Project V service. These

efforts are now complete, and recommendations are presented for Board of Directors’

review and approval.

Recommendation(s)

Approve Project V funding in the amount of $2,624,060 for the City of Newport

Beach’s Balboa Island/Corona del Mar Local Area Transit Service.

Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to negotiate and execute a cooperative

funding agreement with the City of Newport Beach to support implementation of its

proposed new Project V service.

Attachments: