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CALLED TO ORDER at 4:31 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 March 17, 2005.

Approved submitting a recommendation to the Board of Directors to authorize the General Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to continue to administer the Regional Transit District Connection Discount Card Program for an additional five-year period with options for two one-year extensions. 

Received and filed the Community Oriented Design Enhancements (CODE) Program Update: March through April 2005.

Received and filed the Report on the Vasona Light Rail Project for the Month of March 2005.

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 Report for March 2005.

REGULAR/OTHER ITEMS

Received and filed the Progress Report on the Zero Emission Bus (ZEB) Demonstration Program.  

Alternate Member Kennedy took his seat at 4:34 p.m.

Thanked VTA staff for meeting with the delegation from ESPO, Finland, regarding light/heavy rail.

Queried about the percentage of time a day the buses are in actual operation.

Referred to the differences between targets and actuals and asked how close is VTA to the offsets being standard for a new start up versus something that is unusual and VTA taking another look at the system itself.

Congratulatedstaff on a very successful Zero-Emission Bus (ZEB) Demonstration Program Kick-Off Event.

Received and filed the FY 2005 Second Quarter Transit Operations Performance Report. 

Reviewed the Committee Work Plan.

Staff noted that the Committee Work Plan has been updated.

Committee Staff Report

There was no Committee Staff Report.

Chairperson’s Report

There was no Chairperson’s Report.

Determined the Consent Agenda for the May 5, 2005 Board Meeting.

CONSENT: Item #5. Authorize the General Manager to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to continue to administer the Regional Transit District Connection Discount Card Program for an additional five-year period with options for two one-year extensions. 

REGULAR: None

Announcements

There were no Announcements.

ADJOURNED at 4:52 p.m.