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Agenda Item # 10

BOARD MEMORANDUM

RECOMMENDATION:

Approve the following re-appointments to the Citizens Advisory Committee:

Term Expires 06/30/05:

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.  It will also serve as the oversight body for the 2000 Measure A Transit Sales Tax program.

The CAC bylaws specify that committee members must be a resident of Santa Clara County and 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 bylaws currently specify that half of the membership positions expire in even-numbered years and the remaining half in odd-numbered years.

The process to fill CAC vacancies, as defined by the bylaws, is that Member Agencies, specified business and labor groups, and specific community interests 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:

The terms of the individuals specified expire in 2003.  Staff recommends their re-appointment.

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.

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