agency’s SSP and to assess the level of compliance with GO 164-D as well as other Commission safety and security requirements. On May 17, 2015, sent a letter, along with five security checklists that were to be used to guide the inspection, to the MTS Chief Executive Officer, advising MTS that the security triennial review would be scheduled week of June 15, 2015. Staff subsequently confirmed specific dates and times with the San Diego Trolley, Inc. System Safety Manager. An entrance meeting was held on June 15, 2015 followed by records review. Staff provided preliminary review findings and had five specific recommendations to MTS management at the exit meeting on July 2, 2015. Staff performed the on-site security review at MTS’s 1535 Newton Avenue office utilizing five (5) checklists as guidance for the inspection of the System Security Plan. Staff derived the checklist review questions from CPUC’s GO 164-D, FTA’s 49 CFR 659, Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Baseline Security Review, and MTS’s SSP. 3. MTS BACKGROUND The Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB) was created in 1975 by passage of California Senate Bill 101 and was empowered to design, engineer, and build fixed guideway facilities within . San Diego Trolley, Inc. (MTS-Rail) was created by the MTDB in August 1980 as a wholly owned subsidiary responsible for operation and maintenance of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system. The San Diego Regional Transportation Consolidation Act (Senate Bill 1703 effective January 1, 2003) directed consolidation of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) with the capital projects functions of the transit boards MTDB and North San Diego County Transit Development Board (NCTD). The planning, programming, project development, and construction functions of MTDB and NCTD were shifted to SANDAG to create a consolidated regional transportation planning and development agency. In 2005, MTDB
agency’s SSP and to assess the level of compliance with GO 164-D as well as other Commission safety and security requirements. On May 17, 2015, sent a letter, along with five security checklists that were to be used to guide the inspection, to the MTS Chief Executive Officer, advising MTS that the security triennial review would be scheduled week of June 15, 2015. Staff subsequently confirmed specific dates and times with the San Diego Trolley, Inc. System Safety Manager. An entrance meeting was held on June 15, 2015 followed by records review. Staff provided preliminary review findings and had five specific recommendations to MTS management at the exit meeting on July 2, 2015. Staff performed the on-site security review at MTS’s 1535 Newton Avenue office utilizing five (5) checklists as guidance for the inspection of the System Security Plan. Staff derived the checklist review questions from CPUC’s GO 164-D, FTA’s 49 CFR 659, Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Baseline Security Review, and MTS’s SSP. 3. MTS BACKGROUND The Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB) was created in 1975 by passage of California Senate Bill 101 and was empowered to design, engineer, and build fixed guideway facilities within . San Diego Trolley, Inc. (MTS-Rail) was created by the MTDB in August 1980 as a wholly owned subsidiary responsible for operation and maintenance of the Light Rail Transit (LRT) system. The San Diego Regional Transportation Consolidation Act (Senate Bill 1703 effective January 1, 2003) directed consolidation of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) with the capital projects functions of the transit boards MTDB and North San Diego County Transit Development Board (NCTD). The planning, programming, project development, and construction functions of MTDB and NCTD were shifted to SANDAG to create a consolidated regional transportation planning and development agency. In 2005, MTDB