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Congestion Management Program and Planning

Thursday, January 17, 2008
10:30 a.m.

County Government Center
70 West Hedding Street Room 157
3331 North First Street
San Jose, California

Agenda

1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
 
2. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION

Conference with Labor Negotiators
[Government Code Section 54957.6]

VTA Designated Representatives:
Jerry Mikolajczyk, Chief Financial Officer
Bill Lopez, Chief Administrative Officer
Robert Escobar, Manager, Office of Employee Relations

Employee Organization:
Amalgamated Transit Union(ATU)

RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION
  
3. CLOSED SESSION REPORT
 
4.

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.

  
5. ORDERS OF THE DAY
 

CONSENT AGENDA

6.

Approve the Minutes of August 16, 2007.

  
7. Approve the Minutes of October 18, 2007.
  
8.

Approve the 2008 Congestion Management Program & Planning (CMPP) Committee Meeting Schedule.   (Marinos)

  
9.

Review the Monthly Legislative History Matrix.   (Evans)

  

REGULAR AGENDA

10.

Elect a Vice Chairperson for 2008. (Ristow)

  
11. Approve the submittal of an application for a $5 million grant from the Proposition 1B- Trade Corridors Improvement Fund to fund environmental studies for a new alignment of State Route 152; and approve the programming of $5 million in Local Program Reserve funds to serve as the required local match, pending approval of the grant by the California Transportation Commission; and authorize the General Manager to execute all necessary agreements with the State to accept and use the grant funds, if awarded.   (Ristow)
  
12. Authorize staff to submit an application to the U.S. Department of Transportation under the Congestion Reduction Demonstration Initiative for the Route 237/I-880 HOV Direct Connector; and authorize the General Manager to enter into all necessary agreements with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Caltrans and MTC to accept and use these funds, if awarded. (Ristow)
  
13.

Approve a 180-day extension of the exclusive negotiating period with Green Republic, LLC, the selected developer on the West San Carlos Joint Development Project, up to June 30, 2008.   (Ristow)

  

OTHER ITEMS

14. Review the VTA Sustainability Program.   (Ristow) 
  
15.

Review the Valley Transportation Plan 2035 – Draft Project Lists. (Ristow)

Attachments
  
16.

Receive an Update on the Preliminary Engineering of High Occupancy Toll (HOT) Lanes Project.   (Ristow)

  
17. Items of Concern and Referral to Administration.
 
18.

Review Committee Work Plan.   (Ristow)

  
19.

Committee Staff Report (Ristow)

  
20. Chairperson’s Report (Campos)
  
21. Determine Consent Agenda for February 7, 2008 Board of Directors Meeting.
  
22. Announcements
 
23. ADJOURN
 

NOTE COMMITTEE MEMBERS: In order to establish a quorum for this meeting, members are asked to call the Office of the Board Secretary (408) 321-5680 or E-mail: board.secretary@vta.org before 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the meeting. Thank you for your cooperation.

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All reports for items on the open meeting agenda are available for review in the Board Secretary's Office, 3331 North First Street, San Jose, California, (408) 321-5680, the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday prior to the meeting. This information is available on VTA's website at www.vta.org and also at the meeting.