Committee Members Present Bob Magee, RCTC, Vice Chair Jerry Amante, OCTA Carolyn V. Cavecche, OCTA Lorri Galloway, OCTA Berwin Hanna, RCTC Karen Spiegel, RCTC John Tavaglione, RCTC Ed Graham, SANBAG, Ex-Officio Cindy Quon, Caltrans Dist. 12, Ex-Officio Ron Roberts, RCTC, Alternate Staff Present Will Kempton, OCTA, Chief Executive Officer John Standiford, RCTC, Deputy Executive Director for Anne Mayer, RCTC, Executive Director Kirk Avila, OCTA, General Manager of 91 Express Lanes Laurena Weinert, OCTA, Assistant Clerk of the Board Allison Cheshire, OCTA, Deputy Clerk of the Board Kennard R. Smart, Jr., OCTA, General Counsel Steve DeBaun, RCTC, Legal Counsel Committee Members Absent Bill Campbell, OCTA, Chair Bob Buster, RCTC Shawn Nelson, OCTA Ray W. Wolfe, Caltrans Dist. 8, Ex-Officio Call to Order The March 2, 2012, regular meeting of the State Route 91 Advisory Committee was called to order by Committee Chair Spiegel at 9:05 a.m. at the City of Corona City Hall, Council Chambers First Floor, 400 South Vicentia Avenue, Corona, California. Pledge of Allegiance Member Cavecche led in the Pledge of Allegiance. 1. Public Comments No public comments were received. Special Calendar 2. Election of New State Route 91 Advisory Committee Chair Committee Chair Spiegel opened nominations for the office of Committee Chair. A motion was made by Member Cavecche, seconded by Member Magee, and declared passed by those present, to approve Bill Campbell as the Committee Chair for the State Route 91 Advisory Committee. March 2, 2012 Page 1 of 5
3. Election of New State Route 91 Advisory Committee Vice Chair Since Committee Chair Campbell was absent, previous Chair Spiegel opened nominations for the office of Committee Vice Chair. A motion was made by Member Hanna, seconded by Member Tavaglione, and declared passed by those present, to approve Bob Magee as the Committee Vice Chair for the State Route 91 Advisory Committee. Newly-elected Committee Vice Chair Magee served as the Chairman for the balance of this meeting. Consent Calendar (Items 4 through 8) 4. Approval of Minutes August 5, 2011 declared passed by those present, to approve minutes of the August 5, 2011, meeting. 5. Approval of Minutes December 16, 2011 declared passed by those present, to approve minutes of the December 16, 2011, meeting. 6. Proposed Calendar for the Year 2012 declared passed by those present, to adopt the 2012 State Route 91 Advisory Committee meeting calendar. March 2, 2012 Page 2 of 5
7. 91 Express Lanes Monthly Status Reports declared passed by those present, to receive and file the 91 Express Lanes Monthly Status Reports for the months of July 2011 through January 2012. 8. Fiscal Year 2010-11 91 Express Lanes Annual Financial Statements declared passed by those present, to receive and file the fiscal year 2010-11 91 Express Lanes Annual Financial Statement. Regular Calendar There were no Regular Calendar matters. Discussion Items 9. State Route 91 Corridor Improvement Project Update Michael Blomquist, Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC), presented an update on the State Route (SR) 91 Corridor Improvement Projects, as follows: RCTC 91 Express Lanes update: o Agencies agreements o Federal Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant award o Draft environmental document timelines o Public Hearing was held in June 9, 2011 o Measure A and loan Fitch Ratings o Property acquisitions o Reviewing advancing the design-build procurement o Caltrans and RCTC design-build and toll facilities agreements o Environmental approval SR-91/SR-71 Interchange Project update: o Scope and schedule o Funding and costs There was no additional discussion by staff and the Members. March 2, 2012 Page 3 of 5
10. 91 Express Lanes Toll Gantry Update MINUTES Myung Park, OCTA Information Systems Project Manager, 91 Express Lanes, provided an update on the 91 Express Lanes toll gantry replacement project. The current gantry system needs to be replaced due to the general purpose lane additions on State Route 91 in the same area. The project is scheduled for completion in April of this year. Member Quon reiterated the weekend closures and that Caltrans District 8 and 12, and OCTA are collaborating with the outreach efforts to the SR-91 corridor users regarding the closures and detours. Ms. Quon also thanked the cities of Corona and Riverside for the email commuter alert blast. Member Galloway inquired as to the look of the new gantry signs. Mr. Park responded and showed slide 14 of the PowerPoint on how the new signs will look. 11. General Manager s Report General Manager of 91 Express Lanes, Kirk Avila, reported that: The general purpose lanes widening on SR-91 corridor between the SR-241 and SR-71 opened in December 2010 and since then traffic volumes on the 91 Express Lanes declined for 13 straight months. In January 2012, traffic volumes increased 0.8 percent for the first time in over a year compared to the same period in 2011. First 25 days in February 2012, traffic volumes increased by three percent. Toll revenues are still lower than the prior year because of the various toll decreases in 2011. The recent increase in traffic volumes could decrease over the next several months, due to the increase in gasoline prices. 12. Committee Members Reports There were no Committee Members' reports. March 2, 2012 Page 4 of 5
13. Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 9:40 a.m. The next regularly scheduled meeting of this Committee will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, June 1, 2012, at the OCTA Headquarters, Board Room First Floor, 600 South Main Street, Orange, California. ATTEST Bob Magee Committee Vice Chair Laurena Weinert OCTA Assistant Clerk of the Board March 2, 2012 Page 5 of 5