Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor BART Extension to Milpitas, San Jose and Santa Clara Policy Advisory Board Meeting
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September 28, 2005
3:00 PM
City Council Chambers
Milpitas City Hall
455 East Calaveras Boulevard
Milpitas, California
Minutes
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The Regular Meeting of the Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor BART Extension to Milpitas, San Jose, and Santa Clara Policy Advisory Board (PAB) was called to order at 3:15 p.m. by Chairperson Gonzales at the City Council Chambers, Milpitas City Hall, 455 East Calaveras Boulevard, Milpitas, California.
ROLL CALL
Members Present Members Absent
Scott Haggerty Jim Beall
Bob Livengood Tom Blalock
Dominic Caserta
Cindy Chavez
James Fang
Ron Gonzales
Zoyd Luce
Bob Wasserman
Alternates Present Alternates Absent
None Armando Gomez
Joel Keller
A quorum was not present and a Committee of the Whole was declared.
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Public Presentations
Ann Jamison, Congestion Management Program Deputy Director, introduced and welcomed Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) General Manager Michael T. Burns.
Robert S. Allen, Interested Citizen, distributed information and suggested alternatives
to Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor BART Extension to San Jose. Mr. Allen urged the committee to consider his proposals.
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Minutes June 22, 2005
On General Consensus, there being no objection The Committee of the Whole deferred the June 22, 2005 minutes.
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Updated Ridership Estimates
Ann Jamison, Congestion Management Program Deputy Director, provided a powerpoint presentation and report on Updated Ridership Estimates and project background. On September 16, 2005, VTA submitted new ridership estimates and related documents to the Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) as components of the required annual New Starts Update Report. The FTA is in a continuous mode to modify the New Starts process. The FTA, outlining the final disposition of the proposed changes, issued a new guidance criterion earlier this year.
Ms. Jamison advised the Committee that the 16.3 BART Extension serves San Jose, Milpitas, and Santa Clara, grade separated, six - minute headways, serving the community with six stations and a future station, intermodal connections with VTA bus service, light rail service, ACE, Caltrain, and the Capitol Corridor, including a new maintenance facility.
Ms. Jamison noted FTA model updates have increased the estimated ridership for weekday boarding from 80,000 to 110,000 for 2030. The higher ridership estimates were based on a 25 year projection resulting in an approximate $500 million increase for additional parking and BART vehicles. The current projections have been forwarded to VTA Board of Directors from VTA General Manager Michael T. Burns in a memo dated September 19, 2005.
On General Consensus, there being no objection The Committee of the Whole received an Update on Ridership Estimates
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Federal Transit Administration Annual Submittal
Ms. Jamison, directed attention to the powerpoint presentation and provided a progress report on the FTA Annual New Starts Submittal. VTA is requesting a $750 million grant to fund the 9.3 mile portion of the Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor (SVRTC) BART Extension from the future Warm Springs BART Station to Berryessa BART Station. This Federally Funded Segment (FFS) was proposed by VTA in 2004.
Ms. Jamison reported that in the spring of 2005, VTA and FTA jointly agreed to re-evaluate the New Starts funding for the segment of Warm Springs to Berryessa. This portion was selected rather the 16.3 mile total extension project. The objective has been drafted with the assumption that the Federally Funded Segment (FFS) shall be evaluated as a shorter extension with lower costs in operations, capital, and maintenance. This will better position the SVRTC in the New Starts Submittal process.
Ms. Jamison explained that FTA evaluates projects on a wide range of criteria including financial status, economic development effects, transportation supported land use policies and future patterns, and project justification. The cost effectiveness number for the FFS is $31.64 in 2005 dollars. New Starts projects must meet the medium cost effectiveness criteria of $14.99 to $21.99 to qualify for funding. FTA classifies SVRTC project is in the medium – low cost effectiveness requirement of $27.99
Ms. Jamison noted that VTA is immediate focus will define agreement with the FTA on key modeling assumptions developing ridership forecasts, projecting costs to improve
cost effectiveness, and developing the financial plan based on the operating sales tax proposal.
On General Consensus, there being no objection The Committee of the Whole received the update on the Federal Transit Administration Annual Submittal.
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Report on Station Area Planning
Marian Lee-Skowronek, Principal Transportation Planner, gave a brief overview of the report on Station Area Planning. Four studies are currently in progress in relation to station area planning: 1) Santa Clara Station Area Plan, 2) Berryessa Flea Market Development, 3) Milpitas Transit Sub area Plan, Phase II, and 4) Evaluation of joint development opportunities by VTA staff for the proposed BART Station Areas.
Ms. Lee-Skowronek noted that a planning framework supporting Transit Oriented Development (TOD) near the BART Stations has been developed. Funding agencies favor transit - oriented development creating long - term sources of revenue, encouraging increased ridership, maintaining consistency with local jurisdiction land use goals respecting neighborhood concerns, and enhancing and maintaining existing or future transportation systems.
On General Consensus, there being no objection The Committee of the Whole received the Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Station Area Planning
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Preliminary Engineering Progress Report-August 2005
Jack Collins, Chief Construction Officer, directed the PAB’s attention to the powerpoint presentation and highlights of the Preliminary Engineering Progress Report August 2005. Mr. Collins noted that 58 percent of the preliminary engineering on the BART project is complete. The Geotechnical Data Report for the tunnel has been agreed upon by VTA and BART. Forty-two value-engineering proposals have been evaluated. Preliminary engineering has identified $162 million in value engineer savings on the SVRTC – BART project to date.
On General Consensus, there being no objection The Committee of the Whole received the Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Project Preliminary Engineering Progress
Report – August 2005.
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Value Engineering Proposal – September 2005
There was no action taken on this item.
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Cost Trend Report
There was no action taken on this item.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
There were no Announcements.
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ADJOURNMENT
On order of Member Livengood, there being no objections, the meeting adjourned at 3:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jacqueline F. Golzio, Board Assistant
VTA Board of Directors
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