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Technical Advisory Committee

Thursday, April 10, 2008
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)

  • Receive a Report from the General Manager. (Verbal Report) (Burns)
  
5.

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

  
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 March 13, 2008.

  
8.

Receive a report on the Local Transportation Needs and Priorities of the City of San Jose. (Committee)

  

REGULAR AGENDA

9.

Review and recommend approval of “Option A” as VTA’s process for selecting project review and scoring committees for VTA Congestion Management Program Discretionary Funding programs.   (Ristow)

  
10.

Review and recommend that the VTA Board of Directors approve the programming of FY 2008/09 Transportation Fund for Clean Air Program Manager (TFCA 40%) funds to projects.   (Ristow)

  
11.

Review and recommend approval of the programming of an additional $195,000 for FY 2007/08 Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) Projects.   (Ristow)

  
12.

Review and recommend that the Board of Directors adopt the 2008 Countywide Bicycle Plan for Santa Clara County.  (Ristow)

  
13.

Discuss the Valley Transportation Plan (VTP) 2035 – Initial Vision, Goals and Policy.   (Ristow)

  
14.

Discuss the Updated VTA Vision/Mission Statements.   (Helm)

  
15.

Receive a report on the Measure A Revenue and Expenditure Plan Update Process and Policy Guidance.   (Gonot)

  
16.

Receive an update on MTC Activities and Initiatives.   (Verbal Report)  (Committee)

  

OTHER

17.

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

  
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

All reports for items on the open meeting agenda are available for review in the Board Secretary's Office, 3331 North First Street, San Jose, California, (408) 321-5680, the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday prior to the meeting. This information is available on VTA's website at www.vta.org and also at the meeting.