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CALLED TO ORDER at 4:30 p.m.

ROLL CALL

*Alternates do not serve unless participating as a Member.

A quorum was present.

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

There were no Public Presentations.

ORDERS OF THE DAY

There were no Orders of the Day.

CONSENT AGENDA

Approved the Minutes of May 20, 2004.

Approved the Minutes of August 19, 2004.

Approved the Minutes of September 16, 2004.

Approved the Minutes of October 21, 2004.

Approved the 2005 Transit Planning and Operations Committee Meeting Schedule. 

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with George Bianchi Construction, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, in the amount of $898,176 for construction of the Vasona Light Rail Project Completion Contract improvements.   Additionally, authorize a 25 percent allowance for change order growth, for a total not-to-exceed value of $1,122,720. 

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to approve artist Dayton Claudio’s revised concept proposal for his entry markers CODE project for the Santa Clara Caltrain Transit Center. 

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to approve artist Diana Pumpelly Bates’ concept proposal for a shelter canopy glass CODE project on the Vasona Light Rail Project. 

Received and filed the Community Oriented Design Enhancements (CODE) Program Update: October through November2004.

Received and filed the Report on the Vasona Light Rail Project for the Month of    October 2004.

Received and filed the Joint Powers Board Monthly Status Report.

Received and filed the Committee for Transit Accessibility Report.

Received and filed the Monthly Legislative Reports.

REGULAR AGENDA

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with Anderson Pacific Engineering Construction, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, in an amount of $599,300 for construction of the Vasona Light Rail Project Diridon Water Tower Reinstallation.   This contract is 64 percent federally funded. 

OTHER ITEMS

Discussed the 1996 Measure B Program Transportation Improvement Program (MBTIP) Executive Summary of the Semi-Annual Report for December 2004. 

Reviewed and commented on adopting the Valley Transportation Plan 2030 (VTP 2030) as Santa Clara County’s long-range countywide transportation plan. 

Expressed concern regarding the revised project prioritization process discussed by the Board of Directors at the November 5, 2004 Board of Directors’ Workshop Meeting.

Expressed concern regarding the nature and role of the Board Workshop Meetings.

The Agenda was taken out of order.

Discussedthe 1996 Measure B Program Transportation Improvement Program (MBTIP) Executive Summary of the Semi-Annual Report for December 2004.   (continued)

Referred to sales tax projections and queried if VTA is looking at any new projections or is VTA going to wait and have “X” number of quarters before going back and saying things are getting better. Noted if staff is working toward completion of a plan and an implementation of a spending strategy and ultimately potentially going back to the voters in 2006, these checkpoints need to be done more frequently than 12 months.

Noted that a year out means there is a year for people to work on old data versus a quarterly uptick where the progress can be seen and actually envision the ability to move some new projects back on the table.

Requested that staff prepare a report to the Board of Directors, as part of the item, containing data information on the quarters showing sales tax recovery.

Staff noted that the item went to the Administration and Finance (A&F) Committee as an action item and that the A&F Committee placed the item on the December 9, 2004 Board of Directors’ Consent Agenda.   TP&O recommended that the item be placed on the Regular Agenda.

Clarified for the record that this discussion pertained to Agenda Item #18. The Committee concurred.

Reviewed the Committee Work Plan.

Committee Staff Report

There was no Committee Staff Report.

Chairperson’s Report

There was no Chairperson’s Report.

Determined the Consent Agenda for the December 9, 2004 Board Meeting.

CONSENT: Item #9. Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with George Bianchi Construction, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, in the amount of $898,176 for construction of the Vasona Light Rail Project Completion Contract improvements.   Additionally, authorize a 25 percent allowance for change order growth, for a total not-to-exceed value of $1,122,720; Item #10. Approve artist Dayton Claudio’s revised concept proposal for his entry markers CODE project for the Santa Clara Caltrain Transit Center; Item #11. Approve artist Diana Pumpelly Bates’ concept proposal for a shelter canopy glass CODE project on the Vasona Light Rail Project; and Item #17. Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with Anderson Pacific Engineering Construction, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, in an amount of $599,300 for construction of the Vasona Light Rail Project Diridon Water Tower Reinstallation.  This contract is 64 percent federally funded. 

REGULAR: Item #18. Discuss the 1996 Measure B Program Transportation Improvement Program (MBTIP) Executive Summary of the Semi-Annual Report for December 2004. 

Announcements

There were no Announcements.

Adjourned at 5:00 p.m.