CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM & PLANNING COMMITTEE MINUTES

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1 CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM & PLANNING COMMITTEE CALL TO ORDER Thursday, May 17, 2012 MINUTES The Regular Meeting of the Congestion Management Program & Planning Committee (CMPP) was called to order at 10:00 a.m. by Chairperson Pirzynski in VTA Conference Room B-104, 3331 North First Street, San Jose, California. 1. ROLL CALL Attendee Name Title Status Xavier Campos Vice Chairperson Present Jamie Matthews Member Absent Joe Pirzynski Chairperson Present Ken Yeager Member Present Evan Low Alternate Member N/A George Shirakawa Alternate Member N/A David Whittum Alternate Member NA * Alternates do not serve unless participating as a Member. A quorum was present. 2. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS There were no Public Presentations. 3. ORDERS OF THE DAY accepted the Orders of the Day. CONSENT AGENDA 4. Regular Meeting Minutes of April 19, 2012 M/S/C (Yeager/Campos) to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of April 19, Bill Position: SB 1380 (Rubio) Directors to adopt a support position for SB 1380 (Rubio), which exempts the preparation and adoption of a bicycle transportation plan from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under certain circumstances. NOTE: M/S/C MEANS MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED AND, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY North First Street San Jose, CA Administration Customer Service

2 6. Bill Position: AB 1770 (B. Lowenthal) Directors to adopt a support position for AB 1770 (B. Lowenthal), which clarifies that the California Transportation Financing Authority may issue bonds for transit projects that include the acquisition of rolling stock. REGULAR AGENDA Measure B Vehicle Registration Fee Update Amin Surani, Principal Transportation Planner, provided the staff report, and informed the Committee of the Policy Advisory Committee s (PAC) concern regarding the requirement for maintaining level of expenditures Good Faith Effort. Jennie Loft, Public Information Officer, provided an overview of the public outreach plan and strategies to inform the general public about the vehicle registration fee. Directors to adopt an initial three-year plan for Vehicle Registration Fee (VRF) Countywide Program funds, approve scoring criteria for evaluating VRF-funded ITS projects and authorize the General Manager to execute funding agreements with Member Agencies as necessary to implement the VRF program. 8. Fiscal Year 2013 TDA/STA Claim Marcella Rensi, Transportation Planning Manager, provided an overview of the staff report. Directors to adopt a resolution authorizing the filing of an annual claim to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for allocation of FY Transportation Development ACT (TDA) and State Transit Assistance (STA) funds. 9. FY TDA3 Project Priorities Ms. Rensi provided the staff report clarifying that this portion of the TDA Article 3 program that is dedicated to bicycle and pedestrian projects. Directors to adopt a resolution approving the project priorities for the FY 2012/13 Countywide Transportation Development Act Article 3 Program. 10. Implementation Plan for Highway Projects in Santa Clara County John Ristow, Chief CMA Officer, provided an update on the Implementation Plan for Highway Projects in Santa Clara County. Directors to approve the Implementation Plan for VTP 2040 Highway Projects in Santa Clara County. Congestion Management Program & Planning Committee Minutes Page 2 of 5 May 17, 2012

3 CMP Monitoring and Conformance Report Aiko Cuneco, Transportation Planner, provided the staff report. Chairperson Pirzynski asked if the 237/880 Express Lanes will make a difference in improving the traffic congestion on the 237 Corridor. Vice Chairperson Campos asked if interchange improvements would affect the Level of Service (LOS) on US101. Staff responded the 2012 CMP Monitoring and Conformance Report that will be prepared next year will validate if there are improvements. Directors to approve the conformance findings in the Draft 2011 CMP Monitoring and Conformance Report 12. Proactive CMP Quarterly Report for January to March 2012 Robert Swierk, Senior Transportation Planner, provided the staff report. He stated Vendome Place, San Jose, is a 2.8 acre project located on North First Street between Taylor and Asbury Street, within 400 feet of the Civic Center Light Rail Station. This project will contain 500 multi-family residential units. The Planned Development Rezoning was approved February 2012 and Phase 2 of the project was the first Certified Green TRIP of 2012, because the builder has committed to offer two Eco Passes to each unit for 40 years. Mr. Ristow reported that the existing Land Use and Development Review Program will assist in implementing activities identified by the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) in the One Bay Area Grant Program and the Sustainable Communities Strategies (SCS). received the Proactive CMP Quarterly Report for January to March Update of idistrict Implementation John Ristow provided an update of idistrict Implementation. He noted the idistrict has two objectives: 1) better service to Silicon Valley, and 2) serves an Innovation Test lab to develop Best Practices for Caltrans. Kurt Evans, Government Affairs Manager, provided background information regarding the status of idistrict at the legislature. He reported that California Assembly Member Rich Gordon has introduced Bill AB2383 in the Assembly, that specifies the elements necessary to establish the idistrict as a demonstration program with a five-year duration. received the IDistrict Implementation. 14. Three-Year (FY 2012/13 to FY 2014/15) Project Initiation Document (PID) Work Plan for Santa Clara County Mr. Ristow provided the staff report. received the Three-Year (FY 2012/13 to FY 2014/15) Project Initiation Document (PID) Work Plan for Santa Clara County. Congestion Management Program & Planning Committee Minutes Page 3 of 5 May 17, 2012

4 15. Update on VTP/RTP/SCS Activities John Sighamony, Transportation Planner, provided a verbal update on the Valley Transportation Plan, Regional Transportation Plan, and the Sustainable Communities Strategy activities. Michael T. Burns, General Manager, referred to MTC s proposal for funding projects and noted that projects should be funded on a competitive basis. VTA will work with regional partners to make sure VTA is not precluded from applying for New Starts and Small Starts Grant Programs. Ms.Rensi provided an overview of the VTA 2040 Development strategies. She referred to the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) fact sheet and provided background information, policy requirements, distribution of funds, and development of the Priority Development Areas Growth Strategy. received the VTP/RTP/SCS Activities update. OTHER ITEMS 16. Items of Concern and Referral to Administration There were no Items of Concern and Referral to Administration. 17. Committee Work Plan reviewed the Work Plan. 18. Committee Staff Report There was no Committee Staff Report. 19. Chairperson s Report There was no Chairperson s Report. 20. Determine Consent Agenda for the June 7, 2012 Board of Directors Meeting CONSENT: Agenda Item #5 Adopt a support position for SB 1380 (Rubio), which exempts the preparation and adoption of a bicycle transportation plan from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under certain circumstances. Agenda Item #6. ) Adopt a support position for AB 1770 (B. Lowenthal), which clarifies that the California Transportation Financing Authority may issue bonds for transit projects that include the acquisition of rolling stock. Agenda Item #7. Adopt an initial three-year plan for Vehicle Registration Fee (VRF) Countywide Program funds, approve scoring criteria for evaluating VRF-funded ITS projects and authorize the General Manager to execute funding agreements with Member Agencies as necessary to implement the VRF program. Congestion Management Program & Planning Committee Minutes Page 4 of 5 May 17, 2012

5 Agenda Item #8. Adopt a resolution authorizing the filing of an annual claim to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for allocation of FY Transportation Development ACT (TDA) and State Transit Assistance (STA) funds. Agenda Item #9. Adopt resolution approving the project priorities for the FY 2012/13 Countywide Transportation Development Act Article 3 Program. Agenda Item #10. Approve the implementation Plan for VTP 2040 Highway Projects in Santa Clara County. Agenda Item #11. Approve the conformance findings in the Draft 2011 CMP Monitoring and Conformance Report. Agenda Item #12. Proactive CMP Quarterly Report for January to March Agenda Item #13. Update of idistrict Implementation. Agenda Item#14. Three Year (FY 2012/13 to FY 2014/15) Project Initiation Document (PID) Work Plan for Santa Clara County. REGULAR: None 21. ANNOUNCEMENT S Michael Burns stated that VTA has lost a valued employee, Ray Halsell, and the June 7, 2012, meeting will be adjourned in his memory. 22. ADJOURNMENT On order of Chairperson Pirzynski and there being no objection, the meeting was adjourned at 11:30 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Jacqueline F. Golzio, Board Assistant VTA Office of the Board Secretary Congestion Management Program & Planning Committee Minutes Page 5 of 5 May 17, 2012