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CALLED TO ORDER at 3:15 p.m.

ROLL CALL

Members Present                                          Members Absent
Tom Blalock                                                     Jim Beall
Cindy Chavez                                                   Dominic Caserta
Scott Haggerty                                                 Bob Livengood
Zoyd Luce                                                        Gail Murray
                                                                        Madison Nguyen
                                                                          Bob Wasserman                                                                                                     

Alternates Present                                        Alternates Absent
Armando Gomez                                              James Fang

*Alternates do not serve unless participating as a Member.

A quorum was not present and a Committee of the Whole was declared.

Public Presentations           

Robert Allen, Interested Citizen, referred a letter he sent to the PAB
October 2005.   Mr. Allen suggested deferring the BART tunnel, construct BART at grade at the Western Pacific (WP) Railroad tracks south of Montague and continue over Highway 101 to the Alum Rock Station utilizing the existing WP alignment from Alum Rock to Tamien.

The Committee of the Whole deferred the Regular Meeting Minutes of June 22, 2005.

The Committee of the Whole deferred the Regular Meeting Minutes of September 28, 2005.

The Committee of the Whole deferred the election of Chairperson for 2006 for the Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Corridor Bart Extension to Milpitas, San Jose and Santa Clara.

The Committee of the Whole received and filedthe Status Report on the Santa Clara Station Parking Structure Location and Historic Structures Relocation.

Deke Hunter, Hunter Properties, a Santa Clara County based company and current owners of the United Defense site, noted the 25-acre parcel is located at the southwest corner of Brokaw Road and Coleman Avenue.   Mr. Hunter advised the PAB that Hunter Properties favors Transit Oriented Development (TOD) and suggests VTA consider Hunter Properties expertise’ in TOD development at this site.

Scott Shepard, FedEx, noted his company is pleased with the progress between FedEx and VTA in relocation negotiations. 

The Committee of the Whole received and filed the Update on the FTA New Starts Process.

The Committee of the Whole received and filed Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Project Preliminary Engineering Program – December 2005.

Value Engineering Proposal – September 2005   

There was no action taken on this item.

 The Committee of the Whole received and filed the Cost Trend Report.

Announcements

Member Haggerty stressed the importance of SVRTC-BART Extension to Milpitas, San Jose, and Santa Clara PAB meetings and the responsibility of the appointed members of the Committee to attend the scheduled meetings.   Staff responded they would follow up with each jurisdiction to ensure appropriate representation.

On order of Member Chavez, there being no objections, the meeting adjourned at 4:00p.m. 

 Respectfully submitted,

Jacqueline F. Golzio, Board Assistant
VTA Board of Directors