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Technical Advisory Committee

Thursday, May 12, 2005
1:30 PM

Conference Room B-104
Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
3331 North First Street
San Jose, California

Agenda

1.

CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL

  
2.

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS: This portion of the agenda is reserved for persons desiring to address the Committee on any matter not on the agenda.   Speakers are limited to 2 minutes.  The law does not permit Committee action or extended discussion on any item not on the agenda except under special circumstances.  If Committee action is requested, the matter can be placed on a subsequent agenda.  All statements that require a response will be referred to staff for reply in writing.

  
3.

Receive Committee Staff Report.   (Verbal Report)  (Gonot)

  
4.

Receive Chairperson’s Report.   (Verbal Report)  (Porter)

  

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

CONSENT AGENDA

5.

Approve Minutes of April 14, 2005.

  
6.

Review and recommend that the VTA Board of Directors approve VTA funding of Altamont Commuter Express (ACE) commuter rail service in the amount of $3.6 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-06 and $3.705 million in FY 2006-07.   (Sharpless)

  
7.

Receive and file the FY 2005 Second Quarter Transit Operations Performance Report.    (Tucker)

  
8.

Receive and file the Congestion Management Program Financial Audit, Fiscal Year 2004.  (Gonot)

  

REGULAR AGENDA

9.

Review and recommend that the VTA Board of Directors approve $14,819,000 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005-06 and $15,263,000 for FY 2006-07 to provide VTA’s share of Caltrain operating support; and $2.66 million for FY 2005-2006 and $2.18 million for FY 2006-07 as VTA’s share of the local matching funds required for Caltrain’s Capital Budgets for these two years.  (Sharpless)

  
10.

Review and provide comment to the Board of Directors on the Recommended FY 2006 and FY 2007 Budget.   (Contreras)

  
11.

Review and recommend that the VTA Board of Directors approve amendments to the Countywide Bicycle Expenditure Program project list.   (Gonot)

  
12.

Discuss project priorities for the FY 2006 Countywide Transportation Development Act (TDA Article 3) program.   (Gonot)

  
13.

Consider the amendment to the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) bylaws requested by the VTA Board of Directors modifying the number of affirmative votes required to pass an item.   (Gonot)

  
14.

Receive and file the Litter Removal and Landscape Restoration Initial Study.   (Gonot)

  
15.

Review and comment on the Recommended FY 05-06 Congestion Management Program Work Program and Budget being distributed to Member Agencies for review.   (Gonot)

  
16.

Discuss the Comments Regarding VTA’s Draft Long-Term Transit Capital Investment Program.   (Gonot)

  
17.

Receive and file the Proactive CMP Reviewed and Approved Projects Quarterly Status Report – January through March 2005.   (Gonot)

  

OTHER

18.

Announcements

  
19.

ADJOURN

  

NOTE COMMITTEE MEMBERS: In order to establish a quorum for this meeting, members are asked to call the Office of the Board Secretary (408) 321-5680 or E-mail: board.secretary@vta.org before 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the meeting. Thank you for your cooperation.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), those requiring accommodations or accessible media for this meeting should notify the Board Secretary’s Office 48 hours prior to the meeting at (408) 321-5680 or e-mail: board.secretary@vta.org, TDD (408) 321-2330. VTA’s Homepage is located on the Web at: http://www.vta.org