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ROLL CALL

Members Present
Don Gage
Breene Kerr, Vice Chairperson
Madison Nguyen
Forrest Williams, Chairperson

Members Absent
None

Alternates Present
None

Alternates Absent
Jamie Matthews
Pete McHugh
Ken Yeager

* Alternates do not serve unless participating as a Member.

A quorum was present.

Requested a moment of silence in memory of Miriam Ayllon.

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

Jerry Grace, Interested Citizen, expressed appreciation and support for Spare the Air Day.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

Requested Agenda Item # 14., Report on Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Investments for the Month of June and quarter ending June 2006 be removed from the Regular Agenda and placed on the Consent Agenda.

Requested Agenda Item # 15., Authorize the General Manager to increase the contract authority for technology general consulting services by the amount of $3.4 million for a new total contract authority of $6.4 million.   Additionally, authorize the General Manager to increase the capital budget by $3.4 million.  This additional budget and contract authority are for the purpose of implementing the TransLink® Consortium Information Management System (CIMS).   VTA is serving as the contract manager for this task.  The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) will pay all costs be removed from the Regular Agenda and placed on the Consent Agenda.

Requested Agenda Item # 16., Approve Regional Measure 2 (RM2) Initial Project Report (IPR) for the TransLink ® Consortium Information Management System (CIMS) as presented in Attachment A and authorize the General Manager to execute all necessary agreements with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and other TransLink ® Consortium members to implement the CIMS be removed from the Regular Agenda and placed on the Consent Agenda.

RequestedAgenda Item # 17., Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract in the amount of $1,859,967 with Watkin & Bortolussi, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, for construction of the Route 85/101 North Interchange Highway Planting project, a 1996 Measure B Transportation Improvement Program (MBTIP) project be removed from the Regular Agenda and placed on the Consent Agenda.

RequestedAgenda Item # 22., authorize the General Manager to: (1) amend the contract with Ruth & Going, Inc. for design support during construction of the
State Route 87 North HOV Lanes Widening Project, increasing the approved contract value by $300,000 for a new total contract value of $7,020,709; and (2) extend the term of the contract through September 30, 2007 be removed from the Regular Agenda and placed on the Consent Agenda.

Requested Agenda Item # 28., Report on the VTA – Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Pension Plan (Plan) Actuarial Valuations as of January 1, 2006 be removed from Other and placed on the Regular Agenda before Agenda Item # 18., Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract in the amount of $1,859,967 with Watkin & Bortolussi, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, for construction of the Route 85/101 North Interchange Highway Planting project, a 1996 Measure B Transportation Improvement Program (MBTIP) project.

Accepted the Orders of the Day.

CONSENT AGENDA

Approved the Regular Meeting Minutes of May 18, 2006. 

Received the Committee of the Whole Meeting Record of July 20, 2006. 

Reviewed the Quarterly Purchasing Report. 

Reviewed the Monthly Legislative History Matrix.

Reviewed the Fourth Quarter and FY 2006 Year-End Report of Public Liability/Property Damage and Owners Controlled Insurance Program (OCIP) Claims Activity.

Reviewed the Fourth Quarter and FY 2006 Year-End Report of Workers’ Compensation Claims, Transitional Work Program and Owner Controlled Insurance Program (OCIP) Claims Activity.

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to ratify the new appointments of Bruce Entin representing the Town of Los Gatos and Anna Brunzell representing the Town of Los Altos Hills; and the reappointment of John Sullivan representing the City of Santa Clara to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) for the term ending June 30, 2008.

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to ratify the reappointment of Laura Stuchinsky to the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) position representing the Silicon Valley Leadership Group.

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to adopt the amended Appendix of Designated Positions and Disclosure Categories of the Conflict of Interest Code for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and direct the Board Secretary to forward the revised list of designated positions to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors for approval.

Reviewed the Report on Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Investments for the Month of June and quarter ending June 2006. 

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to authorize the General Manager to increase the contract authority for technology general consulting services by the amount of $3.4 million for a new total contract authority of $6.4 million.  Additionally, authorize the General Manager to increase the capital budget by $3.4 million.  This additional budget and contract authority are for the purpose of implementing the TransLink® Consortium Information Management System (CIMS).   VTA is serving as the contract manager for this task.  The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) will pay all costs.

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to approve
Regional Measure 2 (RM2) Initial Project Report (IPR) for the TransLink ® Consortium Information Management System (CIMS) as presented in Attachment A and authorize the General Manager to execute all necessary agreements with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and other TransLink ® Consortium members to implement the CIMS.

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to authorize the General Manager to execute a contract in the amount of $1,859,967 with Watkin & Bortolussi, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, for construction of the
Route 85/101 North Interchange Highway Planting project, a
1996 Measure B Transportation Improvement Program (MBTIP) project.

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to authorize the General Manager to: (1) amend the contract with Ruth & Going, Inc. for design support during construction of the State Route 87 North HOV Lanes Widening Project, increasing the approved contract value by $300,000 for a new total contract value of $7,020,709; and (2) extend the term of the contract through September 30, 2007.

REGULAR

(Removed from the Regular Agenda and placed on the Consent Agenda.)

Report on Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Investments for the Month of June and quarter ending June 2006. 

(Removed from the Regular Agenda and placed on the Consent Agenda.)

Authorize the General Manager to increase the contract authority for technology general consulting services by the amount of $3.4 million for a new total contract authority of $6.4 million.   Additionally, authorize the General Manager to increase the capital budget by $3.4 million.   This additional budget and contract authority are for the purpose of implementing the TransLink® Consortium Information Management System (CIMS).   VTA is serving as the contract manager for this task.  The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) will pay all costs.

(Removed from the Regular Agenda and placed on the Consent Agenda.)

Approve Regional Measure 2 (RM2) Initial Project Report (IPR) for the TransLink ® Consortium Information Management System (CIMS) as presented in Attachment A and authorize the General Manager to execute all necessary agreements with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and other TransLink ® Consortium members to implement the CIMS.

(Removed from the Regular Agenda and placed on the Consent Agenda.)

Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract in the amount of $1,859,967 with Watkin & Bortolussi, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, for construction of the
Route 85/101 North Interchange Highway Planting project, a
1996 Measure B Transportation Improvement Program (MBTIP) project.

The Agenda was taken out of order.

OTHER ITEMS

Received a report on the VTA – Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Pension Plan (Plan) Actuarial Valuations as of January 1, 2006.

REGULAR AGENDA (continued)

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to authorize the General Manager to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the
City of Fremont, granting the City use of Temporary Construction Easements (TCE) on VTA’s WP Milpitas line property, at no cost, in exchange for City’s permission to temporarily close Kato Road for future construction of the Silicon Valley Rapid Transit (SVRT) project.

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to authorize the General Manager to execute all the documents necessary to sell to the
City of Fremont fee title to land totaling approximately 2.39 +/- acres, and a maintenance easement over 1,319 +/- sq. ft. of land, for a total purchase price of $1,574,303 plus interest for the Washington Boulevard/Paseo Padre Parkway Grade Separation Project.

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to adopt a support position for Proposition 1A, which amends the California Constitution to limit the conditions under which the Proposition 42 transfer of gasoline sales tax revenues for transportation uses could be suspended by the Governor and the California State Legislature.  Proposition 1A appears on the November 2006 general election ballot and requires a majority vote in order to be approved.

Mr. Grace addressed the Committee.

Approvedsubmitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to adopt a support position for Proposition 1B, which authorizes the state to sell
$19.925 billion in general obligation bonds to fund transportation projects to relieve traffic congestion, facilitate the movement of goods, improve air quality, and enhance the safety and security of the state’s transportation system.   Proposition 1B appears on the November 2006 general election ballot and requires a majority vote in order to be approved.

(Removed from the Regular Agenda and placed on the Consent Agenda.)

Authorize the General Manager to: (1) amend the contract with Ruth & Going, Inc. for design support during construction of the State Route 87 North HOV Lanes Widening Project, increasing the approved contract value by $300,000 for a new total
contract value of $7,020,709; and (2) extend the term of the contract through
September 30, 2007.

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with URS Corporation to
begin preliminary engineering and environmental studies for the
US 101/State Route 25 Interchange Project for a total contract value of $750,000; and approve the use of $1 million of Local Program Reserve funds to provide funding for this contract and associated staff costs.

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to approve the use of $200,000 of Local Program Reserve funds as the VTA share of the
State Route 25 Improvement Project Environmental Review Process, and authorize the General Manager to execute an amendment to the Cooperative Agreement with Caltrans to transfer the funds.

OTHER ITEMS (continued)

Received a Report on the Status of Strategy to Replace the Telephone System with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Technology.

Mr. Grace addressed the Committee.

Received a Report on Status of Internet Wireless Connectivity.

Mr. Grace addressed the Committee.

Received a Report on Video On-Demand.

(Removed from Other Items and placed on the Regular Agenda.)

Report on the VTA – Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Pension Plan (Plan) Actuarial Valuations as of January 1, 2006.

Received the Proposed Outline for December 1, 2006 Board Workshop.

Received a report on the 2005 – 2006 VTA Passenger Survey.

There were no Items of Concern and Referral to Administration.

Chairperson’s Report:  Expressed appreciation and thanked fellow Committee Members for their attendance and participation in the meeting.

Determine Consent Agenda for the August 31, 2006 Board Meeting

CONSENT: Agenda Item # 11., Ratify the new appointments of Bruce Entin representing the Town of Los Gatos and Anna Brunzell representing the
Town of Los Altos Hills; and the reappointment of John Sullivan representing the City of Santa Clara to the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) for the term ending June 30, 2008; Agenda Item # 12., Ratify the reappointment of Laura Stuchinsky to the Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) position representing the Silicon Valley Leadership Group; Agenda Item # 13., Adopt the amended Appendix of Designated Positions and Disclosure Categories of the Conflict of Interest Code for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) and direct the Board Secretary to forward the revised list of designated positions to the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors for approval; Agenda Item # 15., Authorize the General Manager to increase the contract authority for technology general consulting services by the amount of $3.4 million for a new total contract authority of $6.4 million.  Additionally, authorize the General Manager to increase the capital budget by $3.4 million.  This additional budget and contract authority are for the purpose of implementing the TransLink® Consortium Information Management System (CIMS).   VTA is serving as the contract manager for this task.  The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) will pay all costs;
Agenda Item # 16., Approve Regional Measure 2 (RM2) Initial Project Report (IPR) for the TransLink ® Consortium Information Management System (CIMS) as presented in Attachment A and authorize the General Manager to execute all necessary agreements with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and other TransLink ® Consortium members to implement the CIMS; Agenda Item # 17., Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract in the amount of $1,859,967 with Watkin & Bortolussi, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, for construction of the Route 85/101 North Interchange Highway Planting project, a 1996 Measure B Transportation Improvement Program (MBTIP) project; Agenda Item # 18., Authorize the General Manager to execute a Cooperative Agreement with the City of Fremont, granting the City use of Temporary Construction Easements (TCE) on VTA’s WP Milpitas line property, at no cost, in exchange for City’s permission to temporarily close Kato Road for future construction of the Silicon Valley Rapid Transit (SVRT) project; Agenda Item # 19., Authorize the General Manager to execute all the documents necessary to sell to the City of Fremont fee title to land totaling approximately 2.39 +/- acres, and a maintenance easement over 1,319 +/- sq. ft. of land, for a total purchase price of $1,574,303 plus interest for the Washington Boulevard/Paseo Padre Parkway Grade Separation Project; Agenda Item # 20., Adopt a support position for Proposition 1A, which amends the California Constitution to limit the conditions under which the Proposition 42 transfer of gasoline sales tax revenues for transportation uses could be suspended by the Governor and the California State Legislature.  Proposition 1A appears on the November 2006 general election ballot and requires a majority vote in order to be approved; Agenda Item # 21., Adopt a support position for Proposition 1B, which authorizes the state to sell $19.925 billion in general obligation bonds to fund transportation projects to relieve traffic congestion, facilitate the movement of goods, improve air quality, and enhance the safety and security of the state’s transportation system.  Proposition 1B appears on the November 2006 general election ballot and requires a majority vote in order to be approved; Agenda Item # 22., Authorize the General Manager to: (1) amend the contract with Ruth & Going, Inc. for design support during construction of the State Route 87 North HOV Lanes Widening Project, increasing the approved contract value by $300,000 for a new total
contract value of $7,020,709; and (2) extend the term of the contract through
September 30, 2007; Agenda Item # 23., Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with URS Corporation to begin preliminary engineering and environmental studies for the US 101/State Route 25 Interchange Project for a total contract value of $750,000; and approve the use of $1 million of Local Program Reserve funds to provide funding for this contract and associated staff costs; and Agenda Item # 24.,
Approve the use of $200,000 of Local Program Reserve funds as the VTA share of the State Route 25 Improvement Project Environmental Review Process, and authorize the General Manager to execute an amendment to the Cooperative Agreement with Caltrans to transfer the funds.

REGULAR:  None

There were no Announcements.