POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES

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1 POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Thursday, May 8, 2014 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER The Regular Meeting of the Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) was called to order at 4:02 p.m. by Chairperson Miller in Conference Room B-104, Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), 3331 North First Street, San Jose, California. 1. ROLL CALL Attendee Name Title Status Rich Waterman City of Campbell Present Michael Kotowski (Alternate) City of Campbell N/A Orrin Mahoney City of Cupertino Present Rod Sinks (Alternate) City of Cupertino N/A Dion Bracco City of Gilroy Absent Vacant (Alternate) City of Gilroy N/A Jeannie Bruins City of Los Altos Present Megan Satterlee (Alternate) City of Los Altos N/A Rich Larsen Town of Los Altos Hills Absent Vacant (Alternate) Town of Los Altos Hills N/A Marcia Jensen Town of Los Gatos Present Diane McNutt (Alternate) Town of Los Gatos N/A Armando Gomez City of Milpitas Present Vacant (Alternate) City of Milpitas N/A Lon Allan City of Monte Sereno Absent Marshall Anstandig (Alternate) City of Monte Sereno Absent Larry Carr City of Morgan Hill Present Rich Constantine (Alternate) City of Morgan Hill N/A Margaret Abe-Koga City of Mountain View Absent Jac Siegel (Alternate) City of Mountain View Absent Liz Kniss City of Palo Alto Absent Nancy Shepherd (Alternate) City of Palo Alto Absent Kansen Chu City of San Jose Present Vacant (Alternate) City of San Jose N/A Teresa O Neill City of Santa Clara Present Jerry Marsalli (Alternate) City of Santa Clara N/A Howard Miller City of Saratoga Present Chuck Page (Alternate) City of Saratoga N/A Jim Davis City of Sunnyvale Absent Gustav Larsson (Alternate) City of Sunnyvale Present Mike Wasserman SCC Board of Supervisors Absent 3331 North First Street San Jose, CA Administration Customer Service

2 A quorum was not present and a Committee of Whole was declared. 2. ORDERS OF THE DAY Chairperson Miller noted the following Regular Agenda items would be heard prior to the Consent Agenda: Agenda Item #8., Recommend that the VTA Board of Directors adopt a resolution approving the project priorities for the FY2014/15 Countywide Transportation Development Act Article 3 Program; Agenda Item #9., Recommend that the VTA Board of Directors approve the programming of FY 2014/15 Transportation Fund for Clean Air Program Manager (TFCA 40%) funds to projects; and Agenda Item #10., Recommendation to use $150,000 from the Vehicle Registration Fee (VRF) 15% Countywide program for Crossroads software maintenance to establish a Countywide Traffic Collision Database to be maintained by the County of Santa Clara Roads and Airports (County) staff as part of a three-year pilot program 3. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS There were no Public Presentations. 4. Committee Staff Report Jim Lawson, Executive Policy Advisor and Director of Public Affairs, and Staff Liaison, provided a brief report highlighting the following: 1) Board of Directors took the following actions at the May 1, 2014 meeting: a) approved the On-Call Environmental Engineering Services; b) approved 2014/15 Annual Renewal of Operations Insurance Coverage; c) approved Addendum No. 5 to the nd Supplemental Environmental Impact Report; and d) received the Mountain View Double Track Project Budget Update; 2) Direction from the Board of Directors for VTA staff to work with the Santa Clara County Sheriff s Department to increase public safety around VTA stops, light rail stations and transit centers; 3) Bike to Work Day; and 4) Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) ballot initiative. 5. Chairperson s Report Chairperson Miller provided a brief report highlighting the following: 1) encouraged the Committee to further review SB 743 and the impacts it will have on the various cities; 2) Announced the VTA Board of Directors Workshop scheduled for June 6, 2014; and 3) Nuria I. Fernandez, General Manager, has completed her first 100 days. REGULAR AGENDA 8. FY2014/15 TDA3 Project Priorities The Agenda was Taken out of Order. Marcella Rensi, Transportation Planning Manager, provided an overview of the staff report. Member O Neil took her seat at 4:13 p.m. and a quorum was declared. Policy Advisory Committee Minutes Page 2 of 5 May 8, 2014

3 M/S/C (Mahoney/Carr) to recommend that the VTA Board of Directors adopt a resolution approving the project priorities for the FY2014/15 Countywide Transportation Development Act Article 3 Program TFCA Program Manager Fund Supplemental Projects Ms. Rensi provided an overview of the staff report. M/S/C (Bruins/Mahoney) to recommend that the VTA Board of Directors approve the programming of FY 2014/15 Transportation Fund for Clean Air Program Manager (TFCA 40%) funds to projects. 10. Crossroads Countywide Traffic Collision Database Eugene Maeda, Senior Transportation Planner provided a brief report and distributed a presentation entitled "Crossroads Traffic Collision Database," highlighting: 1) What is Crossroads; 2) Background; 3) Crossroads Benefits; 4) Example Queries; 5) Example Reports; and 6) Maintenance Cost and Trial Period. Member Chu arrived and took his seat at 4:19 p.m. Members of the Committee made the following comments: 1) inquired about general guidelines to measure what are reported; 2) expressed concern that the data will not be accurate; 3) inquired if data could be gathered from the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV); and 4) determine the value of the program and how the data will be used. Mr. Maeda noted this data is part of a requirement for grant applications and will allow VTA staff to access information that would normally have to be obtained by going to the City Officials. Member Carr expressed concern about the data not being accurate by not capturing the incidents that are not reported to officers. He inquired if there are ways to find out from individual jurisdictions what percentage the officers believe accidents are reported. Mr. Lawson commented that he believed each city jurisdiction will benefit from the program, and that VTA staff will reach out to authorities to gather more information. Chairperson Miller affirmed that a uniform guideline for all is needed when inputting data. The Committee requested staff provide periodic or semi-annual reports on the progress of the proposed workscope for the three-year pilot program. Member Bruins suggested VTA to look into various cities in order to see their data collection methodology and analysis. NOTE: M/S/C MEANS MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED AND, UNLESS OTHERWISEINDICATED, THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. Policy Advisory Committee Minutes Page 3 of 5 May 8, 2014

4 M/S/C (O Neil/Larson) to recommend that the VTA Board of Directors submit a recommendation to use $150,000 from the Vehicle Registration Fee (VRF) 15% Countywide program for Crossroads software maintenance to establish a Countywide Traffic Collision Database to be maintained by the County of Santa Clara Roads and Airports (County) staff as part of a three-year pilot program. 11. (Deferred to a future PAC meeting.) Recommend that the VTA Board of Directors adopt the 2014 Short Range Transit Plan. 12. Update on Regional Reports CONSENT AGENDA A. Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) There was no report. B. California Transportation Commission (CTC) There was no report. 6. Regular Meeting Minutes of April 10, 2014 Member Bruins requested the April 10, 2014 minutes be amended to reflect her as present. M/S/C (Bruins/Carr) to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of April 10, 2014, as amended. 7. Proactive CMP Quarterly Report for Jan-March 2014 OTHER M/S/C (Bruins/Carr) to recommend that the VTA Board of Directors receive the Proactive CMP Quarterly Report for January to March Committee Work Plan On order of Chairperson Miller and there being no objection, the Committee reviewed the Committee Work Plan. 14. Announcements There were no Announcements. 15. ADJOURNMENT On order of Chairperson Miller and there being no objection, the Committee meeting was adjourned at 4:42 p.m. Policy Advisory Committee Minutes Page 4 of 5 May 8, 2014

5 Respectfully submitted, Theadora Travers, Board Assistant VTA Office of the Board Secretary Policy Advisory Committee Minutes Page 5 of 5 May 8, 2014