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The Regular Meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) was called to order at 1:37 p.m. by Chairperson Kott in Conference Room B-104, Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), 3331 North First Street, San Jose, California.

A quorum was present.

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

There were no Public Presentations.

Minutes of May 13, 2004

M/S/C (Rowe/Curtis) to approve the Minutes of May 13, 2004.

Committee Staff Report

Carolyn Gonot, Chief Development Officer, provided a report, highlighting: 1) Board of Directors’ Workshop Meeting to be held on Friday, August 13, 2004, at 8:30 a.m. at the San Jose Hyatt; 2) Call for Projects out for CDT Planning Grants, noting the due date of August 20, 2004; 3) announced promotion of Ann Jamison to Deputy Director of the Congestion Management Program, promotion of Julie Render to Deputy Director of Transit Planning and Programming, and new employee, David Miller, as Commercial Development Manager.

Chairperson’s Report

There was no Chairperson’s Report.

BUSINESS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS/GENERAL MANAGER

Proposed Process and Criteria for Programming Federal Surface Transportation Program (STP) Funds to Local Streets and Roads Rehabilitation Projects in 2005/06 and 2006/07

John Sighamony, Transportation Planner II, reported that the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) will program $57 million of the funds expected from the Transportation Equity Act for the 21^st Century (TEA-21) reauthorization in 2005/06 and 2006/07 for local streets and roads rehabilitation and reconstruction and that approximately $16 million of the funds is for projects in Santa Clara County.

Mr. Sighamony reported that in June 2004 VTA Board of Directors approved a set of criteria and that allowed VTA to put out a Call for Projects for the program, noting the due date of July 2004.

.Mr. Sighamony directed attention to the revised Attachment A – Surface Transportation Program (STP) Project List, noting changes for the cities of Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, and Saratoga.

On order of Chairperson Kott, there being no objection, the Committee reviewed and commented on local streets and roads rehabilitation projects for the Federal Surface Transportation Program (STP) funding in 2005/06 and 2006/07. 

State Transportation Improvement Program and Local Program Reserve Programming for the State Route (SR) 152 Corridor

Marcella Rensi, Principal Transportation Planner, directed attention to the Board Memorandum contained in the Agenda Packet, Page 4 of 4, Item #4. Authorize VTA staff to request California Transportation Commission (CTC) approval and MTC concurrence for an AB 3090 amendment for the $6.140 million in RIP funds on the SR-152/SR-156 Interchange.   Authorize the General Manager to enter into all agreements with the State necessary to obtain reimbursement in a future year, and Item #5. Program $6.140 million in Local Program Reserve funds to provide the local advance funding for the SR-152/    SR-156 Interchange AB 3090 agreement.  She noted that the Board Memorandum has been revised to reflect the deletion of Items #4 and #5. 

Ms. Rensi noted that VTA now has a simplified request to clean up some programming on the SR-152 Truck Climbing and Passing Lanes and on the SR-152/SR-156 Interchange. The original problem was that while VTA and Caltrans would have both projects ready to construct in 2005/06, the State has borrowed so much money from the transportation account that VTA could not fund both projects in 2005/06.   Ms. Rensi noted that in working with Caltrans, MTC, and CTC assistance, VTA was able to come up with funding packages and a way to split the original combined Truck Climbing and Passing Lanes with both the Interchange and the Truck Climbing Lane to go in 2006.

On order of Chairperson Kott, there being no objection, the Committee reviewed and commented on reprogramming Santa Clara Regional Improvement Program (RIP) funds, program Local Program Reserve Funds, submittal of an AB 3090 funding request to the California Transportation Commission (CTC) and all necessary agreements. 

Programmed Projects Quarterly Monitoring Report for April – June 2004

Mr. Sighamony directed attention to Page 1 of 1, Progress Summary Sheet, Funds Expiring in 2004, and noted that all projects are in the green category (Project is progressing smoothly).   The next Monitoring Report will be in December 2004.

On order of Chairperson Kott, there being no objection, the Programmed Projects Quarterly Monitoring Report for April – June 2004 was received and filed. 

Proactive CMP Reviewed and Approved Projects Quarterly Status Report

Samantha Swan, Transportation Planner II, directed attention to the Proactive CMP Reviewed and Approved Projects Quarterly Status Report and noted that the report contains VTA’s Comments on Selected Projects Reviewed by VTA for April, May, and June 2004, and the City/County Responses Quarterly Report for April, May, and June 2004.

On order of Chairperson Kott, there being no objection, the Proactive CMP Reviewed and Approved Projects Quarterly Status Report was received and filed. 

OTHER

Announcements

Member Curtis noted that on Wednesday, August 11, 2004, Matthew Tucker, VTA Chief Operating Officer, met with five of the West Valley City Mayors to talk about small bus   routing  and queried whether TAC will get to hear some of the progress being made.   Ms. Gonot noted that Mr. Tucker could discuss the program with TAC, noting that he would be discussing the program at the August 13, 2004 Board of Directors’ Workshop Meeting.

ADJOURNMENT

On order of Chairperson Kott, there being no objection, the Meeting was adjourned at 1:55 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Tracene Y. Crenshaw, Board Assistant
VTA Board of Directors

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