January 22, 1975

Telephone call by L. Pinkney to Mr. Smidth and told him of problems with getting Mr. Caine together with Mr. Robertie. Mr. Smidth said that he would meet with Mr. Walters and work out something with Messrs. Caine and Robertie.

January 23, 1975

Telephone call by L. Pinkney to Messrs. Caine and Smidth to arrange meeting between Messrs. Caine and Robertie. Could not get both together

because of busy lines or not in office.

Telephone call by L. Pinkney to Frank Walters. Mr. Walters said that January 30 or 31, 1975 would be acceptable for a meeting. This would be verified after Mr. Caine talked with Mr. Robertie. Meeting was set up for February 3, 1975.

February 3, 1975

Staff, met with PEPCO along with Messrs E. Caine and J. Robertie to discuss legal difficulty in contract. Discussion involved:

1. Examination of Records clause.

2. All 480 volts service to be classed as secondary voltage.

3. All other Metrorail service to be 13.8kV on WMATA contiguous
property.

4. Cost of Service Study to be completed by May 15, 1975 by PEPCO. February 14, 1975

Minutes of February 3, 1975 meeting sent to PEPCO. Letter to Frank S. Walters from Vernon K. Garrett, Jr.

February 21, 1975

Meeting with Mr. Caine and WMATA staff scheduled for February 21, 1975 cancelled after Mr. Robertie talked with Mr. Caine concerning WMATA's auditing of PEPCO's subcontractors. WMATA and PEPCO are to come up with suggested wording for this portion.

February 26, 1975

WMATA received GSA's Area Wide Public Utility Contract with PEPCO and adopted its "examination of records" clause. Meeting scheduled with PEPCO week of March 3-7, 1975.

March 3, 1975

Telephone call by L. Pinkney to Messrs. E. Caine and Frank Walters. Neither were in. Telephone calls were not returned. Requested that J. Robertie call E. Caine...

March 5, 1975

Requested that Mr. Robertie call Mr. Caine, Purpose: To meet on wording for "examination of records" clause.

March 7, 1975

Telephone call by L. Pinkney to F. Walters. Mr. Walters said that he had instructed Mr. Caine to call and arrange meeting for discussion of "examination of records" clause. Mr. Walters also said that they were working on "Cost of Service Study" and he was aware of May 15, 1975.completion date.

March 11, 1975

Request by L. Pinkney and G. Keyes that John Robertie call Mr. Caine to resolve legal question.

March 13, 1975

Telephone call by L. Pinkney to E. A. Caine, concerning "examination of records" clause. Both were in Baltimore for rate hearings. Telephone calls were not returned.

March 20, 1975

Telephone call by L. Pinkney to F. Walters. meet with PEPCO on March 21, 1975.

March 21, 1975

Reached an agreement to

WMATA staff met with PEPCO on "'examination of record" clause. Both sides presented proposals. WMATA was to review PEPCO's proposal with AUDIT. It was agreed that all other areas of the contract were resolved. Meeting was scheduled for March 28, 1975.

March 28, 1975

WMATA staff met with PEPCO and worked out differences on "examination of records" clause. PEPCO was to re-type Agreement and forward it to WMATA. Mr. Walters said that he would have a submittal on the Cost of Service Study on May 1, 1975.

April 4, 1975

Telephone call by L. Pinkney to F. Walters on Status of Agreement. Requested:

Telephone call by L. Pinkney to F. Walters on status of Agreement. He was in Baltimore for a hearing. Requested Form 1 and Form 12 and available work sheets on Cost of Service Study. Telephone call was not returned.

April 8, 1975

Received from PEPCO material on latest rate case.

April 11, 1975

Received from PEPCO:

Re-typed Agreement.

2. Latest Rate Case Information.

3. Form 1, 1974.

April 15, 1975

PEPCO re-typed Agreement circulated in-house for final comments. April 18, 1975

Minutes of March 21, 1975 and March 28, 1975 meetings.sent to PEPCO. Letter to F. Walters from V. K. Garrett, Jr...

April 28, 1975

Sent final typed copy of Agreement to PEPCO for signature.

May 6, 1975

Telephone call by L. Pinkney to F. Walters to find out status of Agreement. He was not in. Call was not returned.

May 8, 1975

Telephone call by L. Pinkney to F. Walters and Mr. Smidth to find out status of Agreement. Telephone call returned.

Mr. Walters was in Florida until May 12, 1975.
Mr. Smidth said Agreement was being re-typed.

May 13, 1975

Telephone call by L. Pinkney to F. Walters to find out status of Agreement. Mr. Walters said that it was circulating and that he would expedite it. He said that he had done nothing further on the Cost of Service Study.

May 19, 1975

Telephone call by V. K. Garrett, Jr. to F. Walters to find out. status of Agreement. Mr. Walters said that he would try to get it to us. week of May 19-23, 1975. No further development on Cost of Service Study.

May 23, 1975

Telephone call by L. Pinkney to F. Walters to find out status of Agreement. Mr. Walters was in hearings at the Federal Power Commission. Telephone call was not returned.

May 28, 1975

Telephone call by L. Pinkney to F. Walters to find out status of Agreement. Mr. Walters was not in. Telephone call was not returned.

May 30, 1975

Telephone call by L. Pinkney to F. Walters to find out status of Agreement. Mr. Walters said they were having a disagreement in-house on the "'examination of record" clause. They will be meeting on June 3, 1975 and will resolve it at that time.

June 3, 1975

WMATA staff met to determine a course of action since PEPCO had not sent Agreement back. It was decided to:

1.

Send a letter to PEPCO signed by General Manager asking for completion of Agreement or a favorable rate if agreement is not reached on an interim basis.

2. Mr. Clifford Trott, WMATA Consultant who participated in the negotiations, will prepare a detailed Cost of Service Study for submittal to WMATA by August 1, 1975.

June 6, 1975

Telephone call by Lucius Pinkney to Frank Walters to find out status of Agreement. Mr. Walters said that their legal people still had the Agreement and would be releasing it soon.

June 9, 1975

Telephone call by Lucius Pinkney to Frank Walters to find out status of Agreement. Mr. Walters said that their legal had resolved the dispute and WMATA would get it as soon as it was re-typed.

June 10, 1975

Received from PEPCO "Computer Print-out on Class of Business Cost Allocation for Year ended December 30, 1974" which will be used in our Cost of Service Study.

1. Advised by WMATA Legal staff not to send letter to PEPCO ask-
ing for completion of Agreement or favorable rate, as was
decided in WMATA staff meeting of June 3, 1975.
It was
believed that this would weaken our bargaining position.

2. Telephone call by Lucius Pinkney to S. H. Thomassen (PEPCO's
Associate General Counsel) on status of Agreement. Meeting
was scheduled for Friday, June 13, 1975 at PEPCO offices.

June 11, 1975

Received revised copy of Agreement from PEPCO.

June 13, 1975

WMATA staff reviewed revised Agreement as submitted by PEPCO. Three members of the team (L. Pinkney, C. Trott, F. Filiatreau) met with S. M.. Thomassen to discuss changes proposed by PEPCO. Next meeting was scheduled for Friday, June 20, 1975.

June 20, 1975

Four members of the negotiating team (L. Pinkney, C. Trott, F. Filiatreau, R. Ganeriwal) met with S. M. Thomassen to discuss changes proposed by PEPCO. Each party was to review proposed changes with their respective leaders for acceptance of the changes as tentatively proposed during this meeting.

June 24, 1975

Proposed changes were reviewed and deemed acceptable by WMATA staff. July 2, 1975

Received two executed originals of the proposed Agreement from PEPCO. Letter to Vernon K. Garrett, Jr. from Samuel M. Thomasson, Jr. July 31, 1975

Staff presented Agreement to Board for approval. two weeks at request of Mr. Moore.

Action delayed

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