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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
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AGENDA
Thursday,
May 7, 2009
9:00 am
NOTE LOCATION THIS MONTH:
Capitola City Council Chambers
420 Capitola Ave
Capitola, CA
95010
Update 5/8/09
Handouts from the meeting
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NOTE
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| COMMISSION MEMBERSHIP |
| Caltrans (ex-officio) |
Rich Krumholz |
| City of Capitola |
Kirby Nicol |
| City of Santa Cruz |
Don Lane |
| City of Scotts Valley |
Randy Johnson |
| City of Watsonville |
Antonio Rivas |
| County of Santa Cruz |
Ellen Pirie |
| County of Santa Cruz |
John Leopold |
| County of Santa Cruz |
Mark Stone |
| County of Santa Cruz |
Neal Coonerty |
| County of Santa Cruz |
Tony Campos |
| Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District |
Dene Bustichi |
| Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District |
Patricia Spence |
| Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District |
Marcela Tavantzis |
The majority of the Commission
constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business.
Article 8 Transportation Development Act Claims - only City and County representatives vote.
Article 4 Transportation Development Act Claims, Policy Issues, and SAFE - all 12 members vote.
1 Roll call
2 Oral communications
Any member of the public may address the Commission for a period not to exceed three minutes on any item within the jurisdiction of the Commission that is not already on the agenda. The Commission will listen to all communication, but in compliance with the State Law, will not take action on items that are not on the agenda.
Speakers are requested to sign the sign-in sheet so that their names can be accurately recorded in the minutes of the meeting.
3 Additions or deletions to Consent and Regular Agendas
CONSENT AGENDA
All items appearing on the consent agenda are considered to be minor or non-controversial and will be acted upon in one motion if no member of the Commission or public wishes an item be removed and discussed on the regular agenda. Members of the Commission may raise questions, seek clarification or add directions to Consent Agenda items without removing the item from the Consent Agenda as long as no other Commissioner objects to the change.
MINUTES
4 Approve draft
minutes of the April 2, 2009 regular SCCRTC meeting
5 Accept draft minutes of the April 13, 2009 Bicycle Committee meeting
6 Accept draft minutes of the April 14, 2009 Elderly and Disabled Transportation Advisory Committee meeting
7 Accept draft minutes
of the April 9, 2009 Budget and Administration Personnel Committee meeting
8 Accept
draft minutes
of the April 23, 2009 Interagency Technical Advisory Committee meeting
POLICY ITEMS
No consent items
PROJECTS and PLANNING ITEMS
9 Accept Quarterly Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) Work Program Progress Report
10 Accept AB2766 Grant Proposal
BUDGET and
EXPENDITURE ITEMS
11 Accept statuts report on Transportation Development Act (TDA) revenues
12 Accept staff and Budget & Administration/Personnel Commitee recommendations on Park-and-Ride lot insurance and related issues
13 Accept ammendments to the FY08-09 and 09-10 Budgets and Work Programs
- Staff Report
- Attachment 1: Transportation Development Act Revenues and Estimates
- Attachment 2: Resolution Approving the Proposed FY 08-09 Budget Amendment
- Exhibit A: Projected Revenue Summary FY 08-09 Budget
- Attachment 3: Resolution Approving the Proposed FY 09-10 Budget Amendment
- Exhibit A: Projected Revenue Summary FY 09-10 Budget
ADMINISTRATION ITEMS
No consent items
INFORMATION/OTHER ITEMS
16 Accept letters from SCCRTC committees and staff to other agencies
- Letter to Michael Giuliano, District Local Assistance Engineer, California Department of Transportation, regarding City of Santa Cruz grant application to Safe Routes to School Program for sidewalks in Westlake neighborhood, from Daniel Kostelec, Chair of RTC Bicycle Committee
17 Accept miscellaneous written comments from the public on SCCRTC projects and transportation issues
18 Accept information items
- Item: Street Smarts: Traffic calming, driver walking on the road
REGULAR AGENDA
19 Review of items to be discussed in Closed Session
CLOSED
SESSION
20 Conference with Real Property Negotiator Pursuant to Government Code 54956.8 for Acquisition of the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line Property: Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line from Watsonville Junction to Davenport
- Agency Negotiator: Kirk Trost, Miller, Owen
& Trost
- Negotiation Parties: SCCRTC, Union Pacific
- Under Negotiation: Price and Terms
OPEN
SESSION
21 Report on closed session
22 Commissioner reports - oral reports
23 Director's report - oral report (George Dondero, Executive Director)
24 Caltrans report and consider action items
25 Presentation by the City of Capitola on past and upcoming transportation projects (Steve Jesberg, City of Capitola Public Works)
26 Highway 1 Projects - Progress Report (Kim Shultz , Senior Transportation Planner)
27 FY 08/09 Article 8 Transportation Development Act allocation request from the City of Santa Cruz for bicycle and pedestrian improvement projects (Cory Caletti, Senior Transportation Planner and Chris Shneiter, City of Santa Cruz Assistant Public Works Director)
- Staff Report
- Attachment: Resolution
- Exhibit 1: FY 08/09 TDA Article 8 Allocation Request Letter from the City of Santa Cruz
- Exhibit 2: City of Santa Cruz Allocation Claim Form for Bikeway Striping, Minor Improvements and Bicycle Parking
- Exhibit 3: City of Santa Cruz Allocation Claim Form for Ocean Street Pedestrian Crossing Improvements
- Exhibit 4: City of Santa Cruz request to return a remaining balance to the City's unallocated balance
28 Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District (SCMTD) FY 09/10 Claims for Article 4 Transportation Development Act (TDA) Funds (Karena Pushnik, Senior Transportation Planner)
29 FY 09/10 Article 8 Transportation Development Act (TDA) Claim for Community Bridges (Karena Pushnik, Senior Transportation Planner)
- Staff Report
- Attachment 1: Resolution authorizing FY 2009-10 TDA Funds for the City of Santa Cruz on behalf of Community Bridges
- Attachment 2: Background Information from Community Bridges
- Attachment 3: Authorization for the City of Santa Cruz to act as the Claimant for the Volunteer Center and Community Bridges
- Attachment 4: TDA Claim Form
30 FY 09/10 Article 8 Transportation Development Act (TDA) Claim for the Volunteer Center (Karena Pushnik, Senior Transportation Planner)
- Staff Report
- Attachment 1: Resolution authorizing FY 2009-10 TDA Funds for the City of Santa Cruz on behalf of the Volunteer Center
- Attachment 2: Background Information from the Volunteer Center including a comparison of two budget years
- Attachment 3: Staff Report and minutes from the April 28 meeting of the City of Santa Cruz authorizing the City to act as the Claimant for the Volunteer Center
- Attachment 4: TDA Claim form from the Volunteer Center
31 Adjourn to special meeting of the Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies
32 Next Meetings/Adjournment
- The next Transportation Policy Workshop is scheduled for Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. at the SCCRTC office, 1523 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, CA
- The next SCCRTC meeting is scheduled for Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. at the Watsonville City Council Chambers, 275 Main St. Watsonville, CA
HOW TO REACH US
Santa Cruz County Regional Transportation Commission
1523 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
phone: (831) 460-3200 / fax (831) 460-3215
email: info@sccrtc.org./ website: www.sccrtc.org
HOW TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT RTC MEETINGS, AGENDAS & NEWS
Broadcasts: Many of the meetings are broadcast live. Meetings are cablecast by Community Television of Santa Cruz. Community TV’s channels and schedule can be found online (www.communitytv.org) or by calling (831) 425-8848.
Agenda packets: Agenda packets: Complete agenda packets are available at the RTC office, on the RTC website (www.sccrtc.org), and at the following public libraries:
| -Aptos Branch Library |
-Branciforte Library |
| -Central Branch Library |
-Scotts Valley Library |
| -Watsonville Library |
On-line viewing:
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