The Transportation Agency is proposing to update its Bylaws by adding a second representative to the Rail Policy Committee from the South County area and updating the name of the Airport District and Air Resources District. Section 13.2 of the Bylaws provides that notice of proposed amendments to the Bylaws be announced at the Agency meeting prior to the meeting at which the amendments will be voted upon. The amendments will be presented for action at the September 28 meeting and will require approval by not less than two-thirds (2/3) of the voting members present at the meeting.

The Agency Bylaws have been revised several times over the years. The last update was in 2011.

Mike LeBarre, King City Councilmember, has requested consideration of a change to the Rail Policy Committee bylaws to allow him to be added to the Committee. Currently, the bylaws allow for only one South Monterey County representative on the RPC, which is currently Alejandro Chavez, Soledad City Councilmember. The proposed Coast Daylight service would stop at King City and Soledad’s planned future rail stations, so it would seem appropriate to have representatives from each. Currently, the Rail Policy Committee is governed by the Transportation Agency for Monterey County Bylaws, Section 12.5:

“A Rail Policy Committee composed of TAMC Board members or their alternates from the following jurisdictions on the rail lines: Cities of Salinas, Marina, Sand City, Seaside, and Monterey, Supervisorial District 1, Supervisorial District 2, Supervisorial District 4, Supervisorial District 5 and South Monterey County, either the 3rd District County Supervisor or a voting TAMC Board member from one of the South Monterey County Cities.”

The proposed change is as follows:

“A Rail Policy Committee composed of TAMC Board members or their alternates from the following jurisdictions on the rail lines: Cities of Salinas, Marina, Sand City, Seaside, and Monterey, Supervisorial District 1, Supervisorial District 2, Supervisorial District 4, Supervisorial District 5 and two representatives from South Monterey County;: either (a) the 3rd District County Supervisor and or a voting TAMC Board member from one of the South Monterey County Cities, or (b) two voting TAMC Board members from South Monterey County Cities.”

Adding an eleventh voting member will not change the quorum requirement (six voting members) and would eliminate any risk of a tie vote, although that has never happened at the Rail Policy Committee. The Rail Policy Committee supports this proposal.

The other proposed Bylaws change is to reflect that the Monterey Regional Airport changed its name from the Monterey Peninsula Airport District and the Monterey Bay Air Resources District changed its name from the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District (see Section 5.2.1). Attached are the Agency Bylaws, showing the recommended changes.

Counsel Approval: YES

Finance Approval: YES