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Transit Planning and Operations

Thursday, April 17, 2008
4:30 PM

Conference Room B-104
Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
3331 North First Street
San Jose, California

Agenda

1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
 
2.

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.

  
3. ORDERS OF THE DAY
 

CONSENT AGENDA

4.

Approve the Minutes of February 21, 2008

  
5.

Approve the Minutes of March 20, 2008.

  

REGULAR AGENDA

6.

Receive a report regarding the April 9, 2008 Committee for Transit Accessibility Meeting.  (Verbal Report)  (Morrow)

  
7.

Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with J.J.R Construction, Inc., the lowest responsible bidder, in an amount of $379,656 for the construction of the Bus Stop Pavement and Transit Center Improvements FY08 Project. This contract is 80 percent federally funded.  (Robinson)

  
8.

Authorize the General Manager to execute a contract with Balch Petroleum, the lowest responsible bidder, in the amount of $549,850 for construction of the North Coach Division Fuel System Addition Project. This contract is 100 percent locally funded.  (Robinson)

  
9.

Adopt a Resolution of Necessity determining that the public interest and necessity require the acquisition of property interests from one parcel for the Freight Railroad Relocation Project.  (Ristow)

  
10.

Authorize the General Manager to submit federal Fiscal Year 2008 grant applications and execute grant agreements with the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for Section 5307 Urbanized Area Formula, Section 5309 Fixed Guideway, and Section 5339 Alternatives Analysis funds.  (Ristow)

  
11.

Adopt a resolution authorizing the filing of an annual claim to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for allocation of FY 2008-2009 Transportation Development Act (TDA) and State Transit Assistance (STA) funds.  (Ristow)

  

OTHER ITEMS

12.

Receive a report on the March 2008 Monthly Ridership and Fare Revenue Performance.   (Verbal Report)   (Tolosa)

  
13.

Items of Concern and Referral to Administration

  
14.

Review Committee Work Plan.   (D. Smith)

  
15.

Committee Staff Report.   (D. Smith)

  
16.

Chairperson's Report.  (Sandoval)

  
17.

Determine Consent Agenda for the May 1, 2008 Board Meeting.

  
18.

Announcements

  
19. 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.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), those requiring accommodations or accessible media for this meeting should notify the Board Secretary’s Office 48 hours prior to the meeting at (408) 321-5680 or e-mail: board.secretary@vta.org, TDD (408) 321-2330. VTA’s Homepage is located on the Web at: http://www.vta.org

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.