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Agenda Item # 31

BOARD MEMORANDUM

This is in response to a letter the VTA Board of Directors received from Milpitas Mayor Jose Esteves and Vice Mayor Patricia Dixon requesting the VTA Board consider a proposal from the City of Milpitas to restructure the VTA Board of Directors. After consultation with Vice-Chairperson Gage and past Chairperson Gonzales, we believe the appropriate course of action is for me to appoint an Ad Hoc Board Structure Committee to focus on this issue over the next several months. The committee will work with staff to review:

• The history of the current board structure
• The legal process to change the current board structure
• Advantages and/or disadvantages of retaining or modifying the Board structure
• The impact of a potential restructure of the Board on the advisory and standing committee structure
• Forward a status report and recommendation for further Board action no later than the November 7, 2003 VTA Board Workshop

To conduct this review, with the Board’s concurrence, I have asked the following Board members serve on the Committee:

Small Cities: Francis La Poll (Los Altos)
Joe Pirzynski (Los Gatos)

City of San Jose: Forrest Williams

County of Santa Clara: Don Gage

All four Board members have graciously agreed to serve and Board Member (alternate) La Poll has agreed to serve as chair. I therefore ask the Board to approve the formation of this ad hoc committee.

The Committee will work with staff to develop a work plan and a public meeting schedule that will allow it to achieve its objectives. As part of the process, the Committee may wish to consider receiving a presentation from some founding members of the VTA Board of Directors.

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