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Technical Advisory Committee

Thursday, October 11, 2007
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. ORDERS OF THE DAY
 
4.

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

  
5.

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

  
6.

Receive Reports from TAC Working Groups.   (Verbal Report)

  • Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
  • Systems Operations & Management (SOM)

 

  

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

  

CONSENT AGENDA

  
7.

Approve the Minutes of April 12, 2007.

  
8.

Receive and file the Summary Minutes of August 9, 2007.

  

REGULAR AGENDA

  
9.

Receive VTA’s Financial Update.   (Mikolajczyk)

  
10.

Discuss the Review and Screening of Candidate Locations for Noise Reduction Projects.   (Ristow)

  
11.

Review and recommend that the VTA Board of Directors approve the following:  1)  Waive the Bicycle Expenditure Program policy on limitations of cost increases for the Mary Avenue Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge Project; 2)  Increase the Bicycle Expenditure Plan allocation for the Mary Avenue Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge to $3.35 million for a total of $10.35 million; 3)  Program $3.35 million in Congestion Management Program Local Program Reserve funds to the construction of the Mary Avenue Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge; and 4) Commit to program an equivalent amount of future Bicycle Expenditure Plan funds to repay the Local Program Reserve fund, as the future grant funds becomes available for programming.  (Ristow)

  
12.

Discuss the ABAG Projections 2007 Land Use Dataset Confirmation for Countywide Transportation Model.   (Ristow)

  
13.

Receive Regional Transportation Plan/Valley Transportation Plan (VTP) 2030 briefing.  (Ristow)

  
14.

Review the ABAG Focus Our Vision Priority Development Areas (PDA).   (Ristow)

  
15.

Discuss the Revised Scoring Criteria for the Local Streets & County Roads (LS&CR) Program.  (Ristow)

  
16.

Receive a report on Signal Systems in Santa Clara County - An Update on Ramp Metering, Traffic Signals and Transit Signal Priority.  (Ristow)

  

OTHER

  
17.

Receive an update from the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Subcommittee.   (Verbal Report)  (Dey)

  
18.

Review the TAC Committee Work Plan.   (Lawson)

  
19.

Announcements

  
20.

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