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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.

CONSENT AGENDA

Approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of September 21, 2006.

Review the Report on Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Investments for the Month of August 2006.   (Contreras)

Review the Annual Swap Report for the Period Ending June 30, 2006.   (Contreras)

Review the Monthly Legislative History Matrix.   (Evans)

Approve the exemption of Congestion Management Program intersections undergoing construction form Level of Service (LOS) monitoring during the 2006 monitoring period.   These intersections include Sunnyvale – Saratoga Road/Remington Avenue (Sunnyvale) and Sunnyvale – Saratoga Road/Fremont Avenue (Sunnyvale).   (Gonot)

REGULAR AGENDA

Authorize the General Manager to executive a contract with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (Akin Gump) for federal legislative advocacy services for a period of three years in the amount of $648,000.   The term of the contract would be from January 1, 2007, to December 31, 2009.   During the entire three-year term of the contract, the fixed retainer would be $18,000 per month.  Further authorize the General Manager, at his discretion, to extend this contract after December 31, 2009, for two additional one-year periods at a fixed retainer rate to be negotiated, but which could not exceed $18,500 for the first year and $19,200 for the second year.  (Evans)

Approve the following list of qualified real estate consultants: Bender Rosenthal, Inc., Sacramento, CA; Overland, Pacific & Cutler, Inc., Oakland, CA; Paragon Partners, Ltd., Huntington Beach, CA, and Universal Field Services, Inc., Sacramento, CA, which will be valid for a five-year period; and authorize the General Manager to execute contracts to provide relocation and advisory services for various capital projects with the listed firms, as funds become available for each project.   Each contract will be for a maximum three-year period with an option for two additional years, for a total value not to exceed $2,000,000 for all agreements.  (Gonot)

Approve the following list of consultants: Lamphier-Gregory - Oakland, CA; EDAW/DMJM Harris/AECOM/HMH Engineers - San Jose and San Francisco, CA; and Dyett & Bhatia - San Francisco, CA, which will be valid for a five-year period; and authorize the General Manager to execute task-order contracts to perform general plan amendment and permit processing services for the 2000 Measure A Transit Improvement Program and the VTA Joint Development Program with the listed firms, as funds become available for each project.  Each contract will be for a maximum three-year period with an option for two additional years, for a total value not to exceed $1,000,000 for all agreements.  This amounts to an annual consulting budget of $250,000.  (Gonot)

Authorize the General Manager to amend the contract with Brian Kangas Foulk for
final landscape design and design support services during construction for the
State Route 87 South High Occupancy Vehicle Lane Widening Project, increasing the approved contract value by $275,000 for a new contract value of $9,817,411; and to extend the term of the contract through June 30, 2007.   (Gonot)

Approve the preparation of a US 101 Northern San Jose Corridor Improvement Implementation Plan including the 4^th Street/Zanker Road, Old Oakland Road and Mabury Road Interchange Projects; approve adding the three local access improvement projects to the VTA Capital Budget at an estimated cost of $143 million; authorize the General Manager to execute all necessary cooperative agreements with Caltrans and the City of San Jose necessary to fund and implement the projects; and approve the use of $500,000 of Local Program Reserve funds to provide the VTA share of funding for the project.  (Gonot)

Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with TY Lin International to begin the preliminary engineering phase on the US 101 Northern San Jose Corridor Improvement Implementation Plan, including 4^th Street/Zanker Road, Old Oakland Road and Mabury Road Interchange Projects, for a total contract value of $1,500,000.  (Gonot)

Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with URS Corporation for a total value of $2,050,000 for the preliminary engineering and development of a High Occupancy Toll Lane Demonstration Project; and approve the use of $2,250,000 of funds from the Local Program Reserve for this contract and staff support services.  (Gonot)

OTHER ITEMS

Items of Concern and Referral to Administration

Review Committee Work Plan.   (Lawson)

Committee Staff Report   (Lawson)

Chairperson’s Report   (Williams)

Determine Consent Agenda for the November 2, 2006 Board Meeting.

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