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CONSENT AGENDA

Receive and file the Report on Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Investments for the Months of April and May 2005.   (Contreras)

Receive and file the Report on the Vasona Light Rail Project for the Months of May/June 2005.   (Collins)

Receive and file the Committee for Transit Accessibility Report.   (Tucker)

Approve increasing the Downtown Light Rail Platform Retrofit Project budget by
$2.5 million to $18.5 million.   (Collins)

Authorize the General Manager to amend the total authorized budget for the
Vasona Light Rail Project Completion Contract with George Bianchi Construction Inc. by an amount of $300,000, to accommodate added completion work, for a new authorized amount of $1,422,720.   (Collins)

Authorize amendment of VTA’s 457 Deferred Compensation Plan to incorporate provisions mandated by Internal Revenue Service regulations, to incorporate changes to certain administrative provisions of the Plan, and authorize staff to make plan revisions as needed in the future to maintain the plan’s compliance with tax laws and regulations.   (Evleth)

Authorize amendment of VTA’s 401 (a) Money Purchase Plan for the General Manger to include the provisions of the new General Manager’s employment agreement, approve changes to the 401 (a) Plan to conform it to changes made to the 457 Plan, and authorize staff to make plan revisions as needed in the future to maintain the Plan’s compliance with tax laws and regulations.   (Evleth)

Approve termination of VTA’s existing 401 (a) Money Purchase Plan for Executive Management and Non-Represented Management employees and adopt a new
401 (a) Money Purchase Plan effective January 1, 2006 that includes all Non-Represented employees, and authorize staff to make Plan revisions as needed in the future to maintain the plan’s compliance with tax laws and regulations.   (Evleth)

Adopt the final resolution and the contract amendment to amend the CalPERS contract to allow final compensation to be determined under Government Code §20042 –One-Year Final Compensation – for employees covered under the CalPERS retirement plan.   (Evleth)

Ratify the appointment of Christopher T. Hauge to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) representing the City of Morgan Hill for the term ending
June 30, 2006.   (Gonot)

Authorize the General Manager ProTempore to amend the contract with Brian Kangas Foulk for design services for the State Route 17 Corridor – Project E, to increase the approved contract value by $150,000 for a new total contract value of $1,292,762; and to extend the contract term through September 30, 2006.   (Gonot)

Authorize the General Manager ProTempore to: (1) execute a cooperative agreement with the City of Sunnyvale that specifies the funding and project development responsibilities for the U.S. 101/Mathilda Avenue Interchange and the State Route 237 HOV Extension and Mary Avenue Overcrossing Projects; (2) approve adding these projects to the VTA Capital Budget; and (3) approve the use of $250,000 in Local Program Reserve Funds as the VTA share of project funding.   (Gonot)

Authorize the General Manager ProTempore to amend the contract with
Parsons Transportation Group for final design and construction support services of the State Route 237/Interstate 880 Interchange Project, increasing the approved contract value by $248,800 for a new total contract value of $5,755,139 and extending the contract term through December 31, 2006.   (Gonot)

Approve a one-year suspension of Intersection Traffic Level of Service Monitoring, which is part of the 2005 Annual Congestion Management Program Monitoring and Conformance Requirements.   (Gonot)

REGULAR AGENDA

Consider amending the bylaws for the Committee for Transit Accessibility (CTA) to
(1) add a Second Vice Chairperson, (2) add a VTA Board of Directors member as a
non-voting ex-officio member, and (3) reduce the number of affirmative votes needed to pass an item to 9 from the current 11, which is a majority of the total membership.   (Tucker)

Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with the lowest responsible bidder for construction of the Route 17 Improvements – Project 17E, a 1996 Measure B Transportation Improvement Program (MBTIP) project.   (Collins)

Authorize the General Manager ProTempore to amend the contract with Santa Clara Valley Highway Associates for project management services for Valley Transportation Plan Highway Projects to add $2,849,250 and establishing a new total contract value of $27,958,772.   (Gonot)

Authorize the General Manger ProTempore to execute a contract with Mark Thomas & Company for Environmental Document and Preliminary Engineering services for the Interstate 280/Interstate 880/Stevens Creek Boulevard Interchange Project for a total contract value of $1,000,000.   (Gonot)

Approve the programming of $3.0 million in Local Program Reserve funds for environmental and right-of-way support phases of the State Route 152/156 Interchange Project.   (Gonot)

Approve the programming of Fiscal Year 2006 Federal Surface Transportation Program funds to the local streets and roads rehabilitation projects.   (Gonot)

OTHER ITEMS

Receive and file the FY 2005 Third Quarter Transit Operations Performance Report.   (Tucker)

Receive and file the Progress Report on the Zero Emission Buses (ZEB) Demonstration Program.   (Tucker)

Committee Staff Report    (Evleth)