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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 Minutes of October 18, 2007.

Approve the Minutes of November 14, 2007.

REGULAR AGENDA

Receive a report regarding the December 12, 2007 Committee for Transit Accessibility Meeting.   (Verbal Report)  (Tamez)

Receive a Presentation on VTA’s Security Program.  (Verbal Report)  (Pugh)

Determine Meeting Day and Time for the January 2008 Transit Planning and Operations Committee Meeting.   (Verbal Report)  (Coss-Fitzwater)

Approve the modification to the existing Community Bus Line 88 starting in July 2008 to serve both Midtown and South Palo Alto, provide additional peak period frequency and expand service to Gunn High School; further, approve the deletion of Community Bus Line 89 and reinvest the service hours into the modified Community Bus Line 88.   (Connolly)

Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with Kinetics Mechanical Service Incorporated, the lowest responsible and responsive bidder, for the replacement of five heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) units and the addition of one unit heater at the Guadalupe Light Rail Division in the amount of $394,679.   (Mahaffey)

Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with Stacy & Witbeck, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, in an amount of $1,791,940 for the construction of the Rail Rehabilitation – Downtown Transit Mall Project. This contract is 80 percent federally funded.   (Robinson)

Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with Pacific States Environmental Contractors, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, in the amount of $1,190,872 for contaminated soil transportation and disposal from VTA’s Newhall Yard site to a State permitted landfill site.   Also, authorize a contingency amount of $300,000 for additional contaminated soil disposal, if necessary, in lieu of the 15 percent change order contingency delegated to the General Manager.   (Robinson)

Authorize the General Manager to: 1) amend the contract with ARUP LTD to develop a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Strategic Plan to study candidate BRT corridors identified in VTA’s long-range plan; increase the approved contract value by $440,000 for a new total contract value of $1,540,000; and 2) extend the term of the contract through October 3, 2010.   (Ristow)

OTHER ITEMS

Receive a report on Improvements in Emergency Responses.   (Mikolajczyk)

Receive a report on Monthly Ridership and Fare Revenue Performance.   (Verbal Report)     (Tolosa)

Items of Concern and Referral to Administration

Review Committee Work Plan.   (Coss-Fitzwater)

Committee Staff Report   (Coss-Fitzwater)

Chairperson’s Report   (Sandoval)

Determine Consent Agenda for the January 3, 2008 Board Meeting.

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