CALL TO ORDER TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE Thursday, March 14, 2013 1:30 PM MINUTES The Regular Meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) was called to order at 1:35 p.m. by Chairperson Borden in Conference Room B-104, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), 3331 North First Street, San José, California. 1. ROLL CALL Attendee Name Representing Status Rajeev Batra Member City of Santa Clara Present Creer, Scott Alternate Member City of Morgan Hill Present Timm Borden Chairperson City of Cupertino Present Todd Capurso Member Town of Los Gatos Absent Kevin Rohani Alternate Member Town of Los Gatos Absent Steve Chan Alternate Member City of Milpitas Absent John Cherbone Member City of Saratoga Present Richard Chiu Member Town of Los Altos Hills Absent John Chau Alternate Member Town of Los Altos Hills Absent Dan Collen Member County of Santa Clara Present Helen Kim Member City of Mountain View Present Cedric Novenario Member City of Los Altos Present Michelle Quinney Vice Chairperson City of Campbell Present Jaime Rodriguez Member City of Palo Alto Present Ray Salvano Member City of San José Present Henry Servín Member City of Gilroy Present Mo Sharma Member City of Monte Sereno Absent Lee Taubeneck Ex-Officio Dept. of Transportation Present Member (Caltrans) Jack Witthaus Member City of Sunnyvale Present A quorum was present. 2. PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS There were no Public Presentations. 3. ORDERS OF THE DAY There were no Orders of the Day. 3331 North First Street San Jose, CA 95134-1927 Administration 408.321.5555 Customer Service 408.321.2300
4. Committee Staff Report John Ristow, Chief Congestion Management Agency (CMA) Officer and Staff Liaison, reported: 1) VTA is conducting a series of Valley Transportation Plan (VTP) meetings around the County; 2) The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) will begin their One Bay Area outreach starting with a Plan Bay Area Environmental Impact Report (EIR) public hearing in San José on April 17, 2013; 3) MTC will provide a Plan Bay Area presentation to VTA s Board of Directors (Board) on May 2, 2013; and 4) VTA will host the regional CMA Directors meeting on March 22, 2013. Eugene Maeda, Senior Transportation Planner, reported on California Assembly Bill (AB) 1477 (Blumenfeld), amending the Budget Act of 2012, and noted with this bill local agencies that have previously executed cooperative agreements for Caltrans oversight are now required to retroactively pay for work completed after July 2012, charged at a twothirds rate, an approximate 30-percent reduction, not including indirect costs. Staff noted their concern is with the expense, time and effort involved in recalculating costs for completed projects where the payment has already been submitted. Mr. Maeda noted, as part of the Grand Boulevard Initiative (GBI), a collaborative funding effort between Caltrans and local jurisdictions to revitalize and improve State Route (SR) 82, El Camino Corridor between Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. The GBI suggested studying the potential relinquishment of SR 82 and approached the VTA CMA and the San Mateo County CMA to determine the steps necessary to consider a relinquishment. Mr. Maeda reported staff from Caltrans, SamTrans, City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo (C/CAG) and MTC met in late February 2013 to discuss approaches for exploring this issue. The group decided to draft a conceptual level of work for the GBI Task Force to consider as part of their next step effort in the potential relinquishment of SR 82. Mr. Maeda noted this work scope will be share with the TAC after the GBI Task Force has had a chance to review it at their upcoming meeting on March 27, 2013. 5. Chairperson's Report There was no Chairperson s Report. 6. TAC Working Group Reports Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Celeste Fiore, Transportation Planner III, reported the CIP Working Group met on February 26, 2013, to review: 1) Final question and answer session on the One Bay Area Grant (OBAG); 2) Update on BEP project list; and 3) Priority Development Area Investment and Growth Strategy. A two-page handout was provided entitled 2013 OBAG Applications Draft Competitive Project List and Draft Guaranteed Project List. She noted that 60 applications had been received and the scoring committee will process the applications the week of March 18, 2013. The next meeting of the CIP Working Group will be held on March 26, 2013. Technical Advisory Committee Page 2 of 6 March 14, 2013
Systems Operations & Management (SOM) Eugene Maeda, Senior Transportation Planner, reported the SOM Working Group met on February 27, 2013, to discuss: 1) New technology for collecting a tally of vehicles, pedestrians and bicycle counts at intersections by using video and Bluetooth-type devices; 2) Demonstration of integration of PSAP components into GIS using traffic signal controllers; and 3) Fair Share Contributions to Transportation Improvements. Member Servín took his seat at 1:47 p.m. The next meeting of the SOM Working Group will be held on March 27, 2013. Land Use/Transportation Integration (LUTI) The LUTI Working Group has not met since the last TAC meeting. The next meeting of the LUTI Working Group will be held on May 8, 2013. Ex-Officio Member Taubeneck took his seat at 1:50 p.m. BUSINESS REFERRED TO COMMITTEE BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS/GENERAL MANAGER CONSENT AGENDA 7. Regular Meeting Minutes of February 14, 2013 M/S/C (Rodriguez/Collen) to approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of February 14, 2013. 8. BEP Project Status Semi-Annual Update (Funding & Delivery) received a report on the Semi- Annual Update of Bicycle Expenditure Program (BEP) projects. 9. Programmed Project Monitoring Quarterly Report received the Programmed Projects Quarterly Monitoring Report for October- December 2012. 10. Transit Operations Performance Report Q2 FY2013 received the FY 2013 Second Quarter Transit Operations Performance Report. NOTE: M/S/C MEANS MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED AND, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED, THE MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. Technical Advisory Committee Page 3 of 6 March 14, 2013
REGULAR AGENDA 11. 2013 TFCA Program Manager Fund Bill Hough, Transportation Planner III, provided the staff report. M/S/C (Witthaus/Batra) to recommend that the Board of Directors approve the programming of FY 2013/14 Transportation Fund for Clean Air Program Manager (TFCA 40%) funds to projects. 12. Master Agreement with the California Department of Transportation, District 4 (Caltrans) for the Implementation and Operation of the Innovative Delivery Team Program (iteam) Mr. Ristow provided the staff report. A handout was distributed entitled, Draft FY13-FY15 Congestion Management Program Operating Budget - Share of iteam Costs. Ex-Officio Member Taubeneck noted Caltrans will be visiting VTA and its member agencies more frequently. He noted with its experience, Caltrans can offer assistance in the review of environmental documents as well as provide online or in-house training courses. Public Comment Doug Muirhead, Interested Citizen, questioned how VTA and Caltrans can proceed with the iteam program when California Assembly Bill 3282 never became a law. Mr. Ristow noted the legislation was not necessary; VTA can accomplish this with the Caltrans master agreement. Mr. Ristow noted the Board is scheduled to adopt this agreement at its April 4, 2013, meeting. The agreement will be brought back to the Board for adoption every two years. Members of the Committee requested assistance from Caltrans with area-maintenance issues. Mr. Taubeneck noted Caltrans is currently working with the City of San José to address the homeless, graffiti and maintenance. Nick Saleh, Caltrans Regional Project Manager, noted he has been the Caltrans liaison to Santa Clara County since October 2012. He encouraged the Committee to contact him with regard to any presentation needs. M/S/C (Rodriguez/Salvano) to recommend that the Board of Directors amend the FY2013 Congestion Management Program Fund Operating Budget by $128,000 for iteam operations; authorize the General Manager to: 1) enter in a Master Agreement with Caltrans for the implementation and operation of the Innovative Delivery Team Program; and 2) execute Annual Work Plans and Funding Agreements for the iteam. Technical Advisory Committee Page 4 of 6 March 14, 2013
13. Fair Share Contributions to Transportation Improvements Ying Smith, Transportation Planning Manager, provided the staff report. Members of the Committee noted: 1) the need for outreach and education to determine policy; 2) the importance for political review; 3) this item should be brought to the SOM Working Group for discussion; and 4) this item should be brought back to the Committee for further discussion. received a report on a proposed approach for Fair Share Contributions to Transportation Improvements. 14. Connection Between the Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and The One Bay Area Grant Scott Haywood, Policy & Community Relations Manager, provided the staff report. Member Kim provided a handout from the City of Mountain View, noting: 1) The quick turnaround on comments for this item is a concern to staff; 2) This effort is premature; 3) Dialogue with North County cities is necessary; and 4) OBAG is the wrong forum. Members of the Committee expressed their appreciation to staff for an excellent report. Member Witthaus noted there is no technical link between an HCP and OBAG; it is a policy decision. He stated this Committee evaluates projects using technical criteria. He noted that he had reviewed the Valley Transportation Plan (VTP) 2035 to get a sense of how this proposal fits with VTA s policy. Member Witthaus stated VTA s vision statement is: VTA is to build partnerships to deliver transportation solutions. He noted: 1) This does the exact opposite of that; 2) It penalizes agencies for not participating; 3) It prohibits transportation solutions from being realized for agencies that do not participate in an HCP; and 4) It runs completely counter to VTA s existing policy. He then stated that this runs against Sunnyvale s policy to cooperate with jurisdictions on a number of things, including transportation and environmental issues. M/S/C (Witthaus/Servín) on a vote of 11 Ayes and 1 No to indicate to the Board of Directors that a Habitat Conservation Plan criterion placed on transportation funding programs is inappropriate from a technical point of view. Alternate Member Creer opposed. 15. Bicycle Expenditure Program Project List for VTP 2040 Michelle DeRobertis, Senior Transportation Planner, provided the staff report. Members of the Committee expressed appreciation to staff for their efforts. Ms. DeRobertis stated this item would be brought back to the Committee at its April 11, 2013, meeting. Technical Advisory Committee Page 5 of 6 March 14, 2013
received a verbal report from staff on the Bicycle Expenditure Program project list for VTP 2040. Member Batra left the meeting at 2:56 p.m. 16. Silicon Valley Express Lanes Implementation Plan OTHER Murali Ramanujam, Transportation Engineering Manager, provided the staff report. Members Collen and Servín left the meeting at 2:57 p.m. received an update on Silicon Valley Express Lanes Implementation Plan. 17. MTC Activities and Initiatives An update was provided in the staff report. received an update on MTC Activities and Initiatives. (Verbal Report) (Committee) 18. TAC Committee Work Plan reviewed the TAC Committee Work Plan contained in the agenda packet. 19. ANNOUNCEMENTS Member Rodriguez reported the City of Palo Alto just released its first citywide transportation survey. The survey can be found on the City of Palo Alto s webpage. 20. ADJOURNMENT On order of Chairperson Borden and there being no objection, the meeting was adjourned at 3:06 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Susan E. Garcia, Board Assistant VTA Office of the Board Secretary Technical Advisory Committee Page 6 of 6 March 14, 2013