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Administration and Finance Committee

Thursday, May 20, 2004
12:00 PM

PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN LOCATION

City of San Jose
Health Building - Room 202B
151 West Mission 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
 

CONSENT AGENDA

4. Approve the Meeting Minutes of April 14, 2004.
  
5. Receive and file the Report on Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Investments for the month of March 2004 and quarter ending March 2004. (Rosenquist)
  
6. Receive and file the Quarterly Purchasing Report. (Rosenquist)
  
7. Receive and file the Monthly Legislative Reports. (Evans)
  
8. Receive and file the Third Quarter FY 2004 Report of Public Liability/Property Damage and Owner Controlled Insurance Program (OCIP) Claims Activity. (Evleth)
  
9. Receive and file the Third Quarter FY 2004 Report of Workers Compensation and Owner Controlled Insurance Program (OCIP) Claims Activity. (Evleth)
  
10. Ratify the appointment of John Carpenter representing the City of Mountain View and the reappointments of Curt Riffle representing the City of Los Altos, David Kobayashi representing the County of Santa Clara, Marc Jensen representing the Town of Los Gatos, Jim Stallman representing the City of Saratoga, Herman Wadler representing the City of Campbell, Bill Reisinger representing the City of Milpitas, and John Sullivan representing the City of Santa Clara to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) for the term ending June 30, 2006. (Gonot)
  
11. Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with R. M. Harris Co., Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, in the amount of $639,176 for construction of the I-880 Widening Ancillary Contract and Soundwall Project. (Collins)
  
12. Adopt a support position for AB 2085 (Montanez), which increases the base fine for stopping on the tracks of a railroad grade crossing from $101 to $311. (Evans)
  
13. Authorize the General Manager to enter into a funding agreement with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission to receive a grant for TransLink® Site Preparation activities. (Evleth)
  
14. Authorize the General Manager to award a contract to Stringer Business Systems for the lease of walk-up photocopiers, for a three-year period in the amount of $502,110 and for two additional one-year options in the amount of $137,537 per year for a total of $777,185. (Weymouth)
  

REGULAR AGENDA

15. 1. Approve the amendment of FY 2003 2004 and FY 2004 2005 biennial operating and capital budgets; 2. Adopt a finding that a fare increase is necessary to meet operating expenses, including employee wages and fringe benefits and purchasing or leasing supplies, equipment, or materials; 3. Invoke a Statutory Exemption under CEQA, P. R. C. §21080(b)(8) and CEQA Guidelines Section 15273(a) (Rates, Tolls, Fares and Charges) for the purpose of modifying and increasing fares; and 4. Adopt a resolution establishing new rates and fares for VTA bus, light rail, and paratransit services effective January 1, 2005. (Rosenquist)
  
16. Adopt a support position for SB 1210 (Torlakson), which extends for five years and expands a successful Caltrans pilot program involving the use of design-sequencing contracts for state highway projects. (Evans)
  
17. Adopt a support position for SCA 20 (Torlakson), which would change the California Constitution to make it more difficult for the Legislature to suspend or borrow money from Proposition 42. (Evans)
  
18. Authorize the General Manager to amend the contract with Santa Clara Valley Highway Associates for project controls, right of way engineering and construction management services supporting construction of the Route 87 (North) HOV Project for an amount not to exceed $4,932,000 and establishing a new total contract value of $25,109,522; and extend the term of the contract through March 2007. (Collins)
  
19. Adopt a resolution authorizing the General Manager to execute a Program Supplement agreement with the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) for Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Integration Program funds. The amount of federal funds is $1,572,842 and will be used for the development of the core elements of a real-time passenger information system. (Rosenquist)
  
20. Adopt a resolution authorizing filing of applications for Transportation Fund for Clean Air 60% Regional funds to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD), and authorize the General Manager to execute the Funding Agreements upon receipt from BAAQMD. (Rosenquist)
  

OTHER ITEMS

21. Review and comment on the External Auditors Report to the Board Relative to the FY 2003 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. (Rosenquist)
  
22. Review and comment on the Draft 1996 Measure B Program Revenue and Expenditure Plan for FY 2005. (Collins/Gonot)
  
23. Receive and file the FY 2004 Third Quarter Service Performance Report. (Tucker)
  
24. Review Committee Work Plan. (Evleth)
  
25. Committee Staff Report (Evleth)

* Consider Staff recommendation to cancel June 17, 2004 Administration and Finance Committee Meeting.
  
26. Chairpersons Report (Williams)
  
27. Determine Consent Agenda for the June 3, 2004 Board Meeting.
  
28. Announcements
  
29. 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.

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