Agenda Item # 9
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Date: |
August 6, 2002 |
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Committee Meeting Date: |
August 15, 2002 |
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Board Meeting Date: |
September 5, 2002 |
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ACTION
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DISCUSSION
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BOARD MEMORANDUM
| TO: |
Administrative and Finance Committee |
| | Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority |
| | Board of Directors |
| | | | THROUGH: | Peter M. Cipolla |
| | General Manager |
| | | | FROM: | Michael P. Evanhoe |
| | Chief Development Officer |
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| SUBJECT: |
Citizens Advisory Committee Re-Appointments |
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the following re-appointments to the Citizens Advisory Committee:
Term Expires 06/30/03:
Name Represents
Diane Tripousis City of San Jose
Connie Rogers South County Cities (City/County grouping)
Mas Minami Senior Citizens (Community Interests)
Ellen Fletcher Bicycle Groups (Community Interests)
Patricia Sausedo National Association of Industrial & Office
Properties (Business and Labor)
Term Expires 06/30/04:
Name Represents
Elizabeth Zimmermann West Valley Cities (City/County grouping)
Laura Stuchinsky Valley Manufacturing Group (Business and Labor) Ray Hashimoto Home Builders Association (Business and Labor)
Stephen C. Blaylock Mass Transit Users (Community Interests)
Gaye Morando Chamber of Commerce (Business and Labor)
BACKGROUND:
The Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) is a sixteen-member committee representing a wide spectrum of community organizations and the five city/county groupings that compose the geographical representation areas of the VTA Board of Directors. It advises the Board on issues of interest to the committees members and the communities they represent.
The CAC bylaws specify that committee members must be residents of Santa Clara County and that they cannot be an elected public official. The CAC bylaws also specify the membership term for each Committee member as two years and that members may be appointed to successive terms.
The process to fill CAC vacancies, as defined by the bylaws, is that Member Agencies, specified business and labor groups, and specific community interests shall nominate potential members for designated membership positions. The bylaws also specify that vacancies that occur mid-term shall be filled for the remainder of the term from nominations by the body that nominated the original appointee. In both cases, the Board of Directors must then approve the nominations.
DISCUSSION:
In its future role as the oversight body for the 2000 Measure A Program, the CAC will require an even more experienced, informed and stable membership with which to advise the Board of Directors on the complex transportation issues comprising Measure A. To help achieve this, the Board of Directors will also be asked at its September 2002 meeting to approve amending the CAC bylaws to modify the current appointment cycle of all memberships expiring at the same time to half of the terms expiring in even-numbered years and the remaining half in odd-numbered years.
To implement the staggered terms, half of the requested re-appointments for the term starting July 1, 2002 are for one year only. This is a one-time only action; at the end of the special one-year term (June 30, 2003), these membership positions will revert to the standard two-year term.
Staff recommends the re-appointment of the individuals specified.
If the Board of Directors approves the re-appointments, staff will prepare letters for the Chairpersons signature notifying the CAC members of the their re-appointment.
ALTERNATIVES:
There are no alternative recommendations. The Committee may make other recommendations to the Board of Directors.
| Prepared by: | Stephen Flynn |
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