MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA

 

WEST CONTRA COSTA

 

TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

 

FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008

 

7:30 AM to 9:30 AM (approximately)

 

 

LOCATION:   City of San Pablo, Council Chambers

13831 San Pablo Avenue (at Church Lane) - San Pablo, California

(Accessible by AC Transit lines #72 and #72R)

Additional Parking is available in the City lot two blocks

south of City Hall at 13685 San Pablo Avenue

 

·   In compliance with the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, if you need special assistance to participate in the WCCTAC Board meeting, or if you need a copy of the agenda and/or agenda packet materials in an alternative format, please contact Nancy Cuneo at 510.215.3035 or Lisa Hammon at 510.215.3044 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting so that your request can be handled.

·   If you have special transportation requirements and would like to attend the meeting, please call WCCTAC (see phone numbers above) at least 48 hours in advance to make arrangements.

·   Please refrain from wearing scented products to the meeting as there may be attendees susceptible to environmental illnesses.

·   Please turn off all cellular phones and pagers during the meeting.

·  A meeting sign-in sheet will be circulated at the meeting.  Sign-in is optional.

 

 

 

 

1.   Call to Order and Self-Introductions – Chair Sharon Brown

 

 

2.      Public Comment – Please fill out a speaker card and hand it to the Chair/Staff

 

      At this time, the public is welcome to address the WCCTAC on any item which does not otherwise appear on the agenda.  With a full agenda, comments may be limited to three minutes per speaker.  Speakers shall follow the rules of common courtesy and decorum.

 

 

***** CONSENT CALENDAR *****

 

 

3.            Minutes, Sign-In Sheet, and Meeting Summary from the December 14, 2007

         Meeting – ATTACHMENTS

 

         The minutes, sign-in sheet, and meeting summary from the December 2007 meeting are attached.

 

         Staff Recommendation:   Approve the December 2007 minutes.

 

 

4.      Staff Reports – ATTACHMENTS

 

Staff reports from the Executive Director, Program Managers, and Transportation Project Specialist for late December/January are attached. 

     

         Staff Recommendation:  Accept the reports.

 

 

5.            Funding/Grant Opportunities – ATTACHMENTS

 

Current funding opportunities:

 

a.      TPLUS

b.     Station Area Planning Grants

c.      Proposition IC Housing TOD Program

        

Staff Recommendation:  For information only.

 

 

6.      Request For Proposals for Central County Taxi Service for the Guaranteed Ride Home Program and Contract Extension for Yellow Cab of Walnut Creek – ATTACHMENT

 

The current three-year contract with Yellow Cab of Walnut Creek expires on March 31, 2008.  Staff has prepared an RFP for the service to encourage other firms to respond and potentially provide the service.  Yellow Cab of Walnut Creek is also eligible to respond to the RFP.

 

Amendment #2 to the Yellow Cab of Walnut Creek contract is attached.  The Amendment extends the contract to June 30, 2008 in order to allow enough time to issue the RFP, receive responses, and select a vendor.

 

Staff Recommendation:  Approve release of the RFP and Amendment #2 following approval by WCCTAC’s General Counsel, and/or Board action as appropriate.

 

 

7.            Report from Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting – ATTACHMENT

 

Lisa Hammon attended the TRB Annual Meeting from January 12, 2008 to January 16, 2008 and presented a paper.  A one-page summary of the meeting is attached in response to the AB 1234 requirements.

 

   Staff Recommendation:  Review the summary and/or action as appropriate.

 

 

 

*****  END OF CONSENT ITEMS  *****

 

 

8.      Board Member Comments, Conference/Meeting Reports (AB 1234 Requirement), and Announcements – 2 minutes per Board Member

 

 

9.            Legal Counsel Comments and Announcements – Up to 5 minutes

 

 

10.        Election of the Following Officers and Representatives: (a) WCCTAC Chair;           (b) WCCTAC Vice Chair; (c) CCTA Representative (even-year term); and               (d) CCTA Alternate – Staff and Chair – ATTACHMENT – 10 minutes

 

a.       WCCTAC Chair – The Board will need to elect/reappoint a Chairperson.  Sharon Brown is the current Chair who has served a partial term after the resignation of former Chair Mindell Penn in June 2005, and two additional years. Typically, for continuity, WCCTAC Chairpersons have served for two terms.

b.      WCCTAC Vice Chair – The Board will need to elect/reappoint a Vice Chair.  Current Vice Chair is Maria T. Viramontes.  Typically, for continuity, WCCTAC Vice Chairpersons have served for two terms.  Ms. Viramontes has served for two years.

c.       CCTA Representative – WCCTAC’s “even-year” representative’s term expires on January 31, 2008.  Terms are for two years.  Janet Abelson is currently the “even-year” CCTA Representative and is currently serving in her third term on CCTA.  The Board will need to elect/reappoint a representative for the term from Febru-ary 1, 2008 through January 31, 2010.

d.      CCTA Alternate – The Board will need to reappoint the current alternate (Maria Alegria) or elect a new alternate.  The CCTA Alternate serves until replacement/resignation and is the alternate for both WCCTAC CCTA representatives.

 

Background:  Previous WCCTAC Chairpersons – in order of most recent – include:  Mndell Penn (Richmond); Kris Valstad (Hercules), Janet Abelson (El Cerrito), John Marquez (Richmond), Maria Alegria (Pinole), Irma Anderson (Richmond), Lloyd Wagstaff (Hercules), and Cathie Kosel (El Cerrito).  While there are no formal policies regarding these appointments, they generally rotate among the jurisdictions and Board of Supervisors representatives, and generally WCCTAC members with at least one year of tenure are appointed.

 

Note:  According to the WCCTAC Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement (JPA), only the Cities and the County may vote for CCTA Representatives – six votes total (one each – El Cerrito, Hercules, Pinole, Richmond, San Pablo, Contra Costa County); four votes are required for a majority vote.

 

         Staff Recommendation:   No recommendation; Board action as appropriate.

 

 

11.        Twenty-Five Year Program for Contra Costa’s State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) Funds and Relationship to the 2009 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) – Staff and CCTA Staff – HANDOUT – 45 minutes

 

The Board will have a continuation of the discussion on this item from the Special Board Meeting held on Tuesday, January 22nd.

 

Staff Recommendation:   Discuss; final direction to staff on projects to be included in the 25-year STIP list and/or Board action as appropriate.

 

 

13.    Correspondence/Other Information: 

 

         Incoming:

TRAC Report for January 2008.

Project 12898: West County Land Use and Environmental Justice – letter to Therese McMillan, MTC, 12.10.07.

TRANSPLAN Committee Report, 12.17.07.

TRANSPAC Committee Report, 12.17.07.

CCTA Items of Interest, 12.20,07.

SWAT Committee Report, 12.20.07.

TRANSPAC Committee Report, 1.7.08.

Water Transit Authority Progress Report (Received January 17, 2008).

 

Outgoing:

Letter in support of NCST grant, 12.10.07.

Letter in support of AC Transit New Freedom grant (2), 12.11.07.

Letter in support of Contra Costa Volunteer Driver Program Expansion grant, 12.13.07.

Letter to Caporicci & Larson re:  TFCA project audit, 12.20.07.

Letter in support of EJ Planning Grant for Richmond Pedestrian Plan, 12.28.07.

Letter in support of Caltrans Statewide Transit Planning Grant -1.7.08.

 

Newspaper Articles (All from the West County Times Except Where Noted):

“City Celebrates 23rd Street Progress,” 11.28.07.

“Meeting Targets Unclogging Traffic,” 12.1.07.

“Staff Settles Route for Bullet Train,” 12.20.07.

“Area Roadways in Need of Repair, Report Says,” 12.20.07.

“eBART Bound for Antioch,” 12.25.07.

“It’s the Law: Ferry Statute Doesn’t Float Well with all,” Sacrament Bee, 12.26.07.

 

         Conferences/Workshops:

         “Transportation Solutions to Climate Change,” League of Women Voters of the Bay Area, Friday, February 22, 2008 in Oakland.

         “Climate Change: A Regional Perspective on a Global Issue,” UC Davis Extension, May 6 and 7, UC Davis.

         “A Railroad Runs Through It,” UC Berkeley ITS, May 12 – 14, 2008, Ventura, CA.

         Community Transportation EXPO 2008, New Orleans, June 1 to 6, 2008.

 

 

14.        Other Business

 

 

ADJOURN TO NEXT MEETING:

February, 29, 2008