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CALLED TO ORDER at 10:40 a.m.

ROLL CALL: 

Members Present: Alvarado, Chavez, Dixon, McLemore, Springer

Members Absent: None

A quorum was present.

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

There were no Public Presentations.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

There were no Orders of the Day.

CONSENT AGENDA

REGULAR AGENDA

Approved modification of the Annual Monitoring and Conformance Requirements for 2003 to allow foregoing of Congestion Management Program traffic level of service monitoring.

Staff provided a brief report regarding modification of the Annual Monitoring and Conformance Requirements for 2003.

Adopted the VTA Pedestrian Technical Guidelines to be used to promote high-quality pedestrian design for projects around Santa Clara County as well as for VTA projects.

Staff provided the final draft of the Pedestrian Technical Guidelines.

Queried whether the Pedestrian Technical Guidelines have been reviewed by Member Agencys' staff and the Technical Advisory Committee.

Suggested the incorporation of projects VTA is currently building as part of the funding on page 1.08, Section B., VTA Fund Sources, in the Pedestrian Technical Guidelines.

Recommended the creation of a checklist of VTA projects to be used in a formal way for consistency.

Queried whether funding for the Arts is available that could be used as a part of Other Fund Sources, page 1.08, Section C., Pedestrian Technical Guidelines.

Suggested that the issue of count-down pedestrian signals used at intersections be included in paragraph form rather than bullet form in the Pedestrian Technical Guidelines.

Suggested that the Pedestrian Technical Guidelines be made available to libraries, engineering and architectural associations, the Chamber of Commerce, on disc, CD-ROM, and VTA website.

Requested that proposed outreach of the Pedestrian Technical Guidelines be presented to the Board of Directors.

Deferred adoption of policies, project selection and programming criteria for the Valley Transportation Plan 2020 (VTP 2020) Sound Barrier Program.

Staff defined a set of objectives for the Retrofit Sound Barrier Program.

Requested a map of soundwall project areas.

Requested a list of projects identified prior to 1992 as priorities.

Requested that the issue of safety be addressed in the criteria.

OTHER ITEMS

Reviewed the January 2004 Transit Service Reduction Plan: 1) Receive staff responses to public comments made during the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) comment period for the January 2004 Transit Service Reduction Plan; 2) Adopt a finding that there is a fiscal emergency, as defined by Public Resources Code (P.R.C.) §21080.32(d)(2), caused by failure of VTA revenues to adequately fund VTA services, programs and facilities; 3) Invoke a Statutory Exemption under CEQA, P.R.C. §21080.32 and CEQA Guidelines Section 15285 (Transit Agency Responses to Revenue Shortfalls) for the purpose of implementing the January 2004 Transit Service Reduction Plan; and 4) Approve the service modifications included in the January 2004 Transit Service Reduction Plan, Alternatives A and B. Alternative A could potentially mean a combined reduction in bus and light rail services of approximately 21 percent. Alternative B will result in a combined reduction in bus and light rail service of approximately 3 percent. In addition, authorize staff to implement either Alternative A or Alternative B of the Plan in January 2004. Implementation of Alternative B is preferred, but would be contingent upon securing the authority to bond against Measure A funds.

Requested a status report on process, cases that "don't easily fit into the box," and budget issues related to the impact of service cuts to the disabled community.

Received and filed Fiscal Year 2003 Preliminary Annual Performance Report.

Determined Consent Agenda for the October 2, 2003, Board of Director's Meeting.

CONSENT: Agenda Item #5., Approve modification of the Annual Monitoring and Conformance Requirements for 2003 to allow foregoing of Congestion Management Program traffic level of service monitoring.

REGULAR: Agenda Item #6., Adopt the VTA Pedestrian Technical Guidelines to be used to promote high-quality pedestrian design for projects around Santa Clara County as well as for VTA projects.

Announcements:

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