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CALLED TO ORDER at 12:01 p.m.

ROLL CALL

Members Present
Breene Kerr
Forrest Williams, Chairperson

Members Absent
Don Gage

Alternates Present
Pete McHugh

Alternates Absent
Jamie Matthews
Ken Yeager

* Alternates do not serve unless participating as a Member.

A quorum was present.

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

There were no Public Presentations.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

Requested Agenda Item # 15., Recommended VTA Scenario be presented at the beginning of the Administration and Finance (A&F) Committee Meeting .

Accepted the Orders of the Day.

The Agenda was taken out of order.

Reviewed and forwarded the Recommended VTA Scenario to the VTA Board of Directors. 

CONSENT AGENDA

Added Agenda Item 6.X. to the Consent Agenda, Ratify the appointment of Charlotte Powers to the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) position representing the
City of San Jose.

Noted correction to the December 15, 2005 Meeting Minutes and referenced
Page 8 of 14, Paragraph four, noting that “Chairperson Williams queried if this program is an extension of OUTREACH”; however, clarified that “Chairperson Williams queried if this program is over and above the services provided by OUTREACH.”

Failed the Regular Meeting Minutes of December 15, 2005.  Alternate Board Member McHugh abstained.

Reviewed the Monthly Legislative Report for December 2005.

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to ratify the appointment of Charlotte Powers to the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) position representing the City of San Jose.

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to approve the appointment of Agnews Developmental Center to the Committee for Transit Accessibility (CTA) for a two-year term.

REGULAR AGENDA

Elected Member Breene Kerr as Administration and Finance Committee
Vice Chairperson for 2006. 

Reviewed the Report on Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Investments for the Month of November 2005.

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to authorize the General Manager to execute service agreements for Financial Advisory Services with the following firms: 1) Ross Financial, San Francisco, CA – debt/financial advice, 2) Bond Logistix LLC, San Francisco, CA – arbitrage rebate calculations, 3) CDR Financial Products, Beverly Hills, CA – interest rate swap advisory services, and 4) Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., San Francisco, CA – cost allocation, and business process review.  Each contract will be for a three-year period with two, one-year options.  If VTA should choose to exercise these one-year options, staff will return to the Board for approval for each one-year option.  The aggregate value of all four agreements will not exceed $500,000 per year, or $1,500,000 over the three-year period.

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to authorize the General Manager to enter into a $3.9 million cooperative funding agreement with the Alameda County Transportation Authority (ACTA) related to the
I-880/Mission Boulevard Interchange Project.  Under the proposed agreement,
VTA would complete preliminary engineering for new Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) facilities and related improvements that are necessary for the widening of Mission Boulevard in Fremont and for the grade separation of Warren Avenue.

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to authorize the General Manager to amend an existing agreement with HNTB Corporation in an amount not to exceed $3,900,000 for a new total contract amount of $23,900,000 for preliminary engineering services related to a Cooperative Funding Agreement with the Alameda County Transportation Authority.

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to approve the 2006 State Legislative Program for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA).  

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to authorize the General Manager to amend the contract with Brian Kangas Foulk for final design and design support services during construction for the State Route 87 South HOV Lane Widening Project, increasing the approved contract value by $225,000 for a new contract value not to exceed $9,542,411.   

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to adopt the attached resolution designating positions from which VTA’s appointees to the ATU Pension Plan Board of Pensions shall be made, and authorizing the General Manager to make those appointments.   

OTHER ITEMS

Reviewed Committee Work Plan.

Committee Staff Report:  There was no Committee Staff Report.

Chairperson’s Report:  There was no Chairperson’s Report.   

Determine Consent Agenda for the February 2, 2006 Board Meeting

CONSENT: Agenda Item # 6.X., Ratify the appointment of Charlotte Powers to the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) position representing the City of San Jose;
Agenda Item # 6., Approve the appointment of Agnews Developmental Center to the Committee for Transit Accessibility (CTA) for a two-year term; Agenda Item # 9., Authorize the General Manager to execute service agreements for Financial Advisory Services with the following firms: 1) Ross Financial, San Francisco, CA – debt/financial advice, 2) Bond Logistix LLC, San Francisco, CA – arbitrage rebate calculations, 3) CDR Financial Products, Beverly Hills, CA – interest rate swap advisory services, and 4) Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., San Francisco, CA – cost allocation, and business process review.  Each contract will be for a three-year period with two, one-year options.  If VTA should choose to exercise these one-year options, staff will return to the Board for approval for each one-year option.  The aggregate value of all four agreements will not exceed $500,000 per year, or $1,500,000 over the three-year period; Agenda Item # 10., Authorize the General Manager to enter into a $3.9 million cooperative funding agreement with the Alameda County Transportation Authority (ACTA) related to the I-880/Mission Boulevard Interchange Project.  Under the proposed agreement, VTA would complete preliminary engineering for new Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) facilities and related improvements that are necessary for the widening of Mission Boulevard in Fremont and for the grade separation of Warren Avenue; Agenda Item # 11., Authorize the General Manager to amend an existing agreement with HNTB Corporation in an amount not to exceed $3,900,000 for a new total contract amount of $23,900,000 for preliminary engineering services related to a Cooperative Funding Agreement with the Alameda County Transportation Authority; Agenda Item # 12., Approve the 2006 State Legislative Program for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA); Agenda Item # 13., Authorize the General Manager to amend the contract with Brian Kangas Foulk for final design and design support services during construction for the State Route 87 South HOV Lane Widening Project, increasing the approved contract value by $225,000 for a new contract value not to exceed $9,542,411; and Agenda Item # 14., Adopt the attached resolution designating positions from which VTA’s appointees to the ATU Pension Plan Board of Pensions shall be made, and authorizing the General Manager to make those appointments.

REGULAR:  Agenda Item # 15., Review and forward the Recommended VTA Scenario to the VTA Board of Directors. 

Announcement

There were no Announcements.

ADJOURNED at 1:48 p.m.