POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES

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1 POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Thursday, March 10, 2016 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER The Regular Meeting of the Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) was called to order at 4:05 p.m. by Chairperson Carr in Conference Room B-104, Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), 3331 North First Street, San Jose, California. 1. ROLL CALL Attendee Name Title Status Paul Resnikoff City of Campbell NA Michael Kotowski (Alternate) City of Campbell Present Savita Vaidhyanathan City of Cupertino Present Barry Chang (Alternate) City of Cupertino NA Harney, Daniel City of Gilroy Absent Tucker, Cat (Alternate) City of Gilroy Absent Mary Prochnow City of Los Altos Present Megan Satterlee (Alternate) City of Los Altos NA John Harpootlian Town of Los Altos Hills NA Gary Waldeck (Alternate) Town of Los Altos Hills Present Marcia Jensen Town of Los Gatos Present Rob Rennie (Alternate) Town of Los Gatos NA Carmen Montano City of Milpitas Absent Garry Barbadillo (Alternate) City of Milpitas Absent Evert Wolsheimer 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 NA John McAlister City of Mountain View Present Pat Showalter (Alternate) City of Mountain View NA Liz Kniss City of Palo Alto Absent Cory Wolbach (Alternate) City of Palo Alto Absent Charles Chappie Jones City of San Jose Present Vacant (Alternate) City of San Jose NA Vacant City of Santa Clara Absent Jerry Marsalli (Alternate) City of Santa Clara Absent Howard Miller City of Saratoga Present Rishi Kumar (Alternate) City of Saratoga NA Jim Davis City of Sunnyvale Present Gustav Larsson (Alternate) City of Sunnyvale NA Mike Wasserman SCC Board of Supervisors Present A quorum was present.

2 2. ORDERS OF THE DAY Chairperson Carr indicated staff requested to defer Agenda Item #14., Transit Ridership Improvement Program's draft Transit Choices Report, to the April 14, 2016, Committee meeting. On Order of Chairperson Carr and there being no objection, the Committee accepted the Orders of the Day. 3. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS There were no Public Presentations. 4. Committee Staff Report Member Jones arrived at the meeting and took his seat at 4:08 p.m. Jim Lawson, Director of Public Affairs and Executive Policy Advisor, and Committee Staff Liaison, provided a report on actions taken and reports received by the Board of Directors at their March 3, 2016 meeting, highlighting: 1) adopted a support position for AB 1595, Human Traffic Awareness Training for transit agencies; 2) approved augmentation of the Joint Development fund by $3 Million to address development opportunities for VTA properties; 3) approved recommended priorities for 2016 State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) cycle; 4) adopted a resolution of support for the City of Sunnyvale Peery Park Project; 5) received an update on Alum Rock Sustainability program; and 6) received an update on VTA s BART Silicon Valley Project noting Phase I is ahead of schedule and under budget and Phase II has been officially accepted into the New Starts Project. Government Affairs Update Mr. Lawson noted a copy of the report was provided to the Committee Members and placed on the public table. 5. Envision Silicon Valley Report Scott Haywood, Transportation Planning Manager, provided a brief report, highlighting: 1) Project Analysis; 2) Envision Silicon Valley (ESV) status update; 3) announced upcoming Board Workshop on April 22, 2016, and noted staff will be taking the analysis from cities, stakeholders and advisory committees to help develop a recommendation; 4) proposals of potential categories; and 5) Valley Transportation Plan (VTP) 2040 and how it relates to ESV. The Committee discussed the following: 1) make-up of the stakeholder group; 2) categories for lane additions; 3) suggested rewording sound walls category to sound mitigations; and 4) last mile/first mile solutions. Public Comment Roland Lebrun, Interested Citizen suggested looking at geographical splits and corridors versus categories when determining allocations. Policy Advisory Committee Minutes Page 2 of 6 March 10, 2016

3 Chairperson Carr noted the April 14, 2016, Committee meeting will focus on ESV and requested Committee Members meet with their city staff to discuss projects and provide information to their alternate if they will not be attending. Mr. Haywood encouraged Committee Members to take a look at the analysis, noting staff will be bringing the proposals forward to talk about specific projects and will be looking for the Committee s input. On order of Chairperson Carr and there being no objection, the Committee received an update on Envision Silicon Valley. 6. Chairperson s Report Chairperson Carr provided a brief report, highlighting: 1) Committee s role to staff and the Board; and 2) the new Board Agenda order allows the PAC report to be heard before Consent Agenda is voted on. The Committee discussed the following: 1) ensuring an item does not go to Board to be vetted before the PAC has discussed it; 2) expressed appreciation for the change in order of the Board Agenda; and 3) reviewing the Committee Work plan. Member Waldeck left his seat at 4:27 p.m. On order of Vice Chairperson Davis and there being no objection, the Committee received a report from the Chairperson. CONSENT AGENDA 7. Regular Meeting Minutes of February 11, 2016 M/S/C (Wasserman/Miller) to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of February 11, Legislative Update Matrix M/S/C (Wasserman/Miller) to review the Legislative Update Matrix. 9. FY2016 Second Quarter Transit Operations Performance Report M/S/C (Wasserman/Miller) to receive the FY2016 Second Quarter Transit Operations Performance Report. 10. Programmed Projects Quarterly Monitoring Report for October-December M/S/C (Wasserman/Miller) to receive the Programmed Projects Quarterly Monitoring Report for October-December NOTE: M/S/C MEANS MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED AND, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. Policy Advisory Committee Minutes Page 3 of 6 March 10, 2016

4 RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS] (Consent Agenda Items # 7, 8, 9 and 10) MOVER: Wasserman SECONDER: Miller AYES: Carr, Davis, Jensen, Jones, Kotowski, McAlister, Miller, Prochnow, Vaidhyanathan, Wasserman NOES: None ABSENT: Harney, Marsalli, Montano, Waldeck, Wolbach, Wolsheimer REGULAR AGENDA 11. Affordable Housing Policy Ron Golem, Deputy Director, Real Estate, provided a brief overview of the staff report and a presentation, highlighting: 1) Why an affordable housing policy; 2) Key considerations; 3) Impacts on VTA joint development; and 4) Recommended policy. Member Waldeck took his seat at 4:35 p.m. Members of the Committee discussed the following: 1) clarification on sites and distribution; 2) clarification on the goal being for the entire portfolio or individual sites; 3) location of sites; 4) considering projects that are 100 percent affordable; 5) percentage of people not utilizing affordable housing that use transit; 6) opportunities for flexibility; and 7) setting a minimum requirement for all residential properties so the affordable housing is integrated and not all at one site. Public Comment Charisse MaLebron, Working Partnerships, thanked VTA staff for helping advance affordable housing goals and noted support of the policy with the inclusion of a system-wide affordability target of 30 percent. Chris O Connor, Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG), thanked staff for working with the community and noted support of the policy. He commended staff for including a scoring incentive for developers. Mr. Lebrun expressed concern regarding the following: 1) decreasing parking at Tamien Station; and 2) developers possibly looking for a better deal. Member Miller requested staff s recommendation be amended to add the requirement of a 15 percent minimum of affordable housing be set for each property, noting inclusionary housing is a better solution overall. Member McAlister indicated support for the policy, but suggested VTA s minimum be more, noting by law it is already a 15 percent minimum in the City of San Jose. M/S/C (Miller/Davis) on a vote of 11 ayes, 1 no, to 0 abstentions to recommend the VTA Board of Directors approve the addition of a new Section VI. VTA Affordable Housing Policy to the Joint Development Policy Guidance Documents, Part II: Implementation Plan, and Policy Advisory Committee Minutes Page 4 of 6 March 10, 2016

5 renumber existing Sections VI, VII, and VIII to Sections VII, VIII, and IX, respectively. The VTA Affordable Housing Policy would set forth one or more VTA strategies, to promote affordable housing development at VTA Joint Development sites and on other real estate owned by VTA, as amended. Member McAlister opposed. RESULT: APPROVED (Agenda Item # 11) MOVER: Miller SECONDER: Davis AYES: Carr, Davis, Jensen, Jones, Kotowski, Miller, Prochnow, Vaidhyanathan, Waldeck, Wasserman NOES: McAlister ABSENT: Harney, Marsalli, Montano, Wolbach, Wolsheimer Measure A Transit Improvement Program Semi-Annual Report Ending December 31, 2015 John Ristow, Director of Planning and Program Development, provided a brief overview of the staff report highlighting the status of several projects and expenditures through December 31, Members of the Committee discussed the following: 1) People Mover at the San Jose Airport; 2) status of projects on the list; 3) Dumbarton Rail Corridor; 4) finding a solution at DeAnza College; 5) light rail to Eastridge, Vasona, Los Gatos, and Netflix; 6) High Speed Rail; 7) remaining funding available; 8) timeline; and 9) projects and High Speed Rail in South County. Public Comment Mr. Lebrun expressed concern with the total cost of the BART project. Member Waldeck left the meeting at 5:39 pm On order of Chairperson Carr and there being no objection, the Committee received the 2000 Measure A Transit Improvement Program Semi-Annual Report Ending December 31, Draft Outline and Work Plan for Comprehensive Study Mr. Ristow provided a brief overview of the staff report and a presentation, highlighting: 1) Valley Transportation Plan (VTP) Update; and 2) Draft timeline for comprehensive plan development. Members of the Committee expressed concern with the following: 1) project list based on a vision of the Valley that did not manifest; and 2) using funds on projects that may not be applicable to the geographical make-up of the county. Policy Advisory Committee Minutes Page 5 of 6 March 10, 2016

6 The Committee discussed the following: 1) comparing ridership scorecard to goals; 2) Jarrett Walker s role in looking at a redesign of the system; 3) where this plan fits in with Envision Silicon Valley and VTP 2040; and 4) grade separation of county expressways. On order of Chairperson Carr and there being no objection, the Committee received information on Draft Outline and Work Plan for Comprehensive Study. 14. Transit Ridership Improvement Program's draft Transit Choices Report On order of Chairperson Carr and there being no objection, the Committee deferred the Transit Ridership Improvement Program's draft Transit Choices Report. OTHER 15. Committee Work Plan On order of Chairperson Carr and there being no objection, the Committee reviewed the Committee Work Plan. 16. ANNOUNCEMENTS Member McAlister indicated he would like to share a report, The Role of Transit in High Growth Business Clusters in the United States from the American Public Transit Association (APTA). He noted he would send it to staff and requested it be forwarded to the Committee. 17. ADJOURNMENT On order of Chairperson Carr and there being no objection, the Committee meeting was adjourned at 5:57 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Menominee L. McCarter, Board Assistant VTA Office of the Board Secretary Policy Advisory Committee Minutes Page 6 of 6 March 10, 2016