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The Regular Meeting of the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) was called to order at 4:35 p.m. by Chairperson Blaylock in Conference Room B-104,
Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), 3331 North First Street, San Jose, California.

ROLL CALL

Members Present                                  Members Present

Stephen C. Blaylock                                  Martin Schulter

George Doorley                                        Laura Stuchinsky

Chris Elias                                                 Elizabeth Zimmerman

Ellen Fletcher

Mas Minami

Gaye Morando

Members Absent

Peter Constant

Ray Hashimoto

Connie Rogers

Patricia Sausedo

Diane Tripousis

Sarah Zimmerman

A quorum was declared.

There were no public presentations.

M/S/C (Fletcher/Doorley) to approve the Minutes of January 8, 2003.

Michael P. Evanhoe, Chief Development Officer, provided an overview of the ground-breaking ceremony that took place for the Highway 85/101 North Interchange.  Mr. Evanhoe stated that this is a three-year project and the largest Measure B Project in progress for the Highway Program.

Mr. Evanhoe stated that staff will begin to discuss the role of the CAC in reference to the 2000 Measure A.  CAC will discuss the long-term fiscal impacts of this Measure that the revenues generated will become available in 2006.

Mr. Evanhoe stated that VTA is currently experiencing budget problems and staff is developing a budget for the next two fiscal years.  Mr. Evanhoe also reported that there is an Ad-Hoc Financial Stability Committee that has been established and asked Member Stuchinsky to comment on her observations at the meetings.

Mr. Evanhoe advised CAC that a workshop is scheduled for VTA Board of Directors on Friday, February 28, 2003, at 8:30 a.m.  The workshop will focus on: cutbacks in transportation funding, an update on the Ad-Hoc Financial Stability Committee, and development of the budgets for the next two fiscal years and the impacts on services.

On order of Chairperson Blaylock, there being no objection, the Committee Staff Report was received and filed.

Chairperson Blaylock requested distribution of the minutes and agenda for the Ad-Hoc Financial Stability Committee at the CAC meetings.

Chairperson Blaylock provided an overview of the VTA Business Review/Marketing Team meeting.  The meeting consists of approximately six VTA staff members including Anne-Catherine Vinickas from Marketing & Customer Service, and other local businesses including Adobe and Microsoft.  The purpose of the meeting is to get together and try to help VTA with marketing in order to increase revenues through new marketing ideas.

Chairperson Blaylock discussed the new Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) grant.  He stated that it is a 40 percent local-site matching grant and is due by February 21, 2003.  Chairperson Blaylock stated that he has put together a draft grant application and he wants VTA to sponsor this grant program, noting that the grant could bring in a potential $100,000 dollars in available funds.

On order of Chairperson Blaylock, there being no objection, the Chairpersons report was received and filed.

NOTE: M/S/C MEANS MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED AND, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

Mr. Evanhoe stated that in order to amend the CAC bylaws VTA has to also amend the Board of Directors Administrative Code.

Stephen Flynn, Senior Management Analyst, stated that staff has incorporated changes requested by the CAC, as well as some changes that staff has identified.  Staff is trying to develop some commonality between the different Advisory Committee bylaws.

Vice Chairperson Fletcher asked about the possibility of creating a new position on the CAC to represent pedestrians and perhaps accept a nomination for this position from the group Walk San Jose.  Mr. Evanhoe stated that he would discuss the matter with legal counsel.

Vice Chairperson Fletcher complimented staff on taking the requests of the CAC members and incorporating them into the changes made to the bylaws.

M/S/C (Stuchinsky/Zimmerman) to approve revisions to the Bylaws of the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC).

Vice Chairperson Fletcher requested that the motion be amended to include the separation of her position into two separate positions.  She requested that there be a new position created on the CAC to represent pedestrians from the group Walk San Jose so that bicycle advocates will have a representative and pedestrians will have their own representative.

M/S/C (Stuchinsky/Zimmerman) to accept the amendment to the motion to include the separation of bicycle and pedestrian groups and to create a new position on the CAC to represent pedestrians from the group Walk San Jose.

Mr. Evanhoe stated that when the Board of Directors approved VTP 2020 in December of 2000, they asked staff to develop an implementation plan.                Mr. Evanhoe stated that there are several portions to this with the 2000 Measure A ballot comprising of $6 billion, and another $2.1 billion in State and Federal funds for streets, highways, freeways, bicycle and pedestrian projects.  This agenda item covers developing the criteria for local city streets and county roads for future funding, noting that staff wants to complete this process and develop the criteria in the next few months due to the economy and upcoming legislation affecting the available funds.  Mr. Evanhoe reviewed the two aspects of funding:  Federal and State.

Mr. Evanhoe stated that regardless of the condition of the State and Federal funding levels VTA still has to develop funding categories and processes for the local streets and county roads projects.

Marcella Rensi, Senior Transportation Planner, discussed the details of the local streets and county roads program.  She stated that staff has incorporated the comments received from the advisory committees and that staff has simplified the program.  She further stated that it was identified that it was not clear to members of the advisory committees what the focus of the program was.  Staff will be showing that this program is focused on local projects.  Ms. Rensi stated that there is a planning program that staff needs to develop that will lead into the next programming cycle.  Ms. Rensi stated that staff would like to develop the criteria and process, have them adopted, and begin to call for projects in order to develop a ten-year planning list.  This will enable staff to identify the best projects the cities have to offer.  Ms. Rensi stated that staff will score these projects and bring them back to the Board of Directors for approval to be included into VTP 2020 and also to be placed into the regional transportation plan as needed.

M/S/C (Fletcher/Stuchinsky) to approve the VTP 2020 Local Streets & County Roads Criteria.

Samantha Swan, Transportation Planner II, provided an overview of the December report.  Ms. Swan stated that there are no conditions to review for this report.

Vice Chairperson Fletcher stated that it is encouraging to see the suggestions made by the members of the CAC included into the CMP report.

On order of Chairperson Blaylock, there being no objection, the Proactive Congestion Management Program (CMP) Reviewed and Approved Projects Monthly Status Report was received and filed.

There were no announcements.

On order of Chairperson Blaylock, there being no objection, the Citizens Advisory Committee Meeting was adjourned at 5:25 p.m.

                                                      Respectfully submitted,

                  Dan Heider, Board Assistant

          VTA Board of Directors