| | | | | | | | AGENDA TRANSPORTATION AGENCY FOR MONTEREY COUNTY SERVICE AUTHORITY FOR FREEWAYS EMERGENCIES AND MONTEREY COUNTY REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE JOINT POWERS AGENCY |
| | | | | | | | Wednesday, December 7, 2016 Agricultural Center Conference Room 1428 Abbott Street Salinas, California **9:00 AM** |
| | | | | | | | | (Agendas are on display and are posted 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting at the Transportation Agency office and at these public libraries: Carmel, Monterey, Salinas Steinbeck Branch, Seaside, Prunedale, King City, Hartnell College, Monterey Peninsula College, and Cal State University Monterey Bay. Any person who has a question concerning an item on this agenda may call the Transportation Agency office at 831-775-0903 to make inquiry concerning the nature of the item described on the agenda.) The agenda and all enclosures are available on the Transportation Agency website: www.tamcmonterey.org, by clicking on Transportation Agency Board, meetings and agendas, click on agenda item and open it, click on report attachments listed at end of report. | |
| | | | | | | | | 1. | QUORUM CHECK – CALL TO ORDER |
| | | | | | | | | Transportation Agency by-laws require a quorum of a minimum of 9 voting members, including a minimum of 7 city representatives and 1 county representative. If you are unable to attend, please contact your alternate. Your courtesy to the other Transportation Agency Board members to assure a quorum is appreciated. | |
| | | | | | | | | 1.1. | ADDITIONS or CORRECTIONS to the agenda. |
| | | | | | | | | Any person may address the Transportation Agency Board at this time. Presentations should not exceed three minutes, should be directed to an item NOT on today's agenda, and should be within the jurisdiction of the Transportation Agency Board. Though it is not required, the Transportation Agency Board appreciates your cooperation in completing a speaker request form available on the table at the entrance to the meeting room. Please give the completed form to the Transportation Agency Administrative Assistant. If you have handouts, please provide 30 copies for the entire Board before the meeting starts or email to Agency Administrative Assistant 24 hours in advance of the meeting. | |
| | | | | | | | | Approve the staff recommendations for items listed below by majority vote with one motion. Any member may pull an item off the Consent Agenda to be moved to the end of the CONSENT AGENDA for discussion and action. | |
| | | | | | | | | 9. | Reports from transportation providers:
- Caltrans Director’s Report – Project Update - Gubbins
- Monterey Peninsula Airport District - Sabo
- Monterey-Salinas Transit - Sedoryk
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| | | | | | | | | 10. | Reports on meetings attended by Board Members at Transportation Agency expense, as required by state law. | |
| | | | | | | | | 11. | Executive Director's Report. | |
| | | | | | | | | 12. | Announcements and/or comments from Transportation Agency members on matters that they wish to put on future Transportation Agency agendas. | |
| | | | | | | | | BEGINNING OF CONSENT AGENDA: Approve the staff recommendations for items listed below by majority vote with one motion. Any member may pull an item off the Consent Agenda to be moved to the end of the CONSENT AGENDA for discussion and action. | |
| | | | | | | | | 1. | ADMINISTRATION and BUDGET |
| | | | | | | | | 3. | 1.1 | APPROVE minutes of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) Service Authority for Freeways and Expressways and Monterey County Regional Development Impact Fee Joint Powers Agency for October 26, 2016. | | | | | -Rodriguez | | | | | | | . | | | 3. | 1.2 | ACCEPT the list of checks written for October 2016 and credit card statements for the month of September 2016. | | | | | - Delfino | | | | | The list of checks and copies of credit card statements are submitted to the Transportation Agency Board each month in accordance with the recommendation from the Agency’s independent Certified Public Accountant to keep the Board informed about the Agency’s financial transactions. | | . | | | 3. | 1.3 | RECEIVE report on conferences or trainings attended by agency staff. | | | | | - Muck | | | | | Agency staff occasionally attends conferences or trainings at Agency expense that are pertinent to their roles in pursuing the Agency’s mission. These events allow the staff to stay current and participate in the development of transportation practices and policies related to their roles. | | . | | | 3. | 1.4 | 1. AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to execute contract with Oppidea in an amount not to exceed $28,020 per year to provide accounting services for the period ending December 31, 2019; with an option to extend until December 31, 2022;
2. APPROVE the use of $28,020 per year for the term of the agreement in funds budgeted for this purpose; and
3. AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to make administrative changes to the contract if such changes do not increase the Agency’s net cost, subject to approval by Agency counsel.
| | | | | - Goel | | | | | The Agency’s current agreement for accounting services expires December 31, 2016, and an agreement needs to be in place before the agreement expires. A Request for Proposals was issued and four firms submitted proposals. Staff recommends selecting Oppidea, which it finds is the most qualified applicant based on experience, knowledge and cost.
| | . | | | 3. | 1.5 | APPROVE Resolution 2016-12 providing authority for the Executive Director to execute amendment No. 1 to the fiscal year 2016/17 Overall Work Program and Budget. | | | | | -Muck | | | | | The Transportation Agency’s Overall Work Program describes the activities that the Agency will undertake during the fiscal year. This amendment will allow state Rural Planning Assistance funding from the prior fiscal year to be utilized in the current fiscal year for bicycle and pedestrian planning activities, and the Monterey-Salinas Highway 68 Scenic Corridor Study. | | . | | | 3. | 1.6 |
APPROVE calendar year 2017 schedule of meetings for Agency Board of Directors and Executive Committee. | | | | | - Rodriguez | | | | | In December of every year, the Agency Board approves a schedule of meetings for the following year. The Executive Committee met on November 2, 2016, and recommends approval. | | . | | | 3. | 1.7 | APPOINT a Nominating Committee to meet and return to Board of Directors on January 25, 2017 with recommendations for Board Chair, 1st Vice Chair, 2nd Vice Chair, and Executive Committee to serve one-year terms beginning upon their election through the next election of officers at the beginning of the January 24, 2018 Board meeting. | | | | | -Goel | | | | | Agency Bylaws require the election of officers at the beginning of the January meeting. The Board officers are the Chair, 1st Vice Chair and 2nd Vice Chair. The Executive Committee includes the Chair, 1st Vice Chair, 2nd Vice Chair, the immediate past Chair, and a City and a County voting Board member. | | . | |
| | | | | | | | | 2. | BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN, TRANSIT, and SOCIAL SERVICES |
| | | | | | | | | 3. | PLANNING - No items this month |
| | | | | | | | | 4. | PROJECT DELIVERY and PROGRAMMING |
| | | | | | | | | 3. | 4.1 | APPROVE selection of on-call consultants to provide engineering services for Agency projects. | | | | | - Myers | | | | | The Transportation Agency is seeking to create an on-call list of engineering services consultants to conduct activities related to the Active Transportation Plan projects and the design of complete streets features in regional projects. | | . | | | 3. | 4.2 | RECEIVE the fiscal year 2014-2015 Freeway Service Patrol Annual Report. | | | | | -Leonard | | | | | The Freeway Service Patrol Annual Report summarizes the program’s performance and compares it with the previous two fiscal years. In 2014-15, he tow truck program provided an average benefit of $3.00 for every $1.00 invested in the program, or an annual savings of 23,854 vehicle hours of delay, 44,989 gallons of fuel savings, and a decrease of 360,707 kilograms per year in carbon dioxide. | | . | |
| | | | | | | | | 6. | REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE - No items this month |
| | | | | | | | CORRESPONDENCE, REPORTS, MEDIA CLIPPINGS |
| | | | | | | | | Documents relating to an item on the open session that are distributed to the Board less than 72 hours prior to the meeting shall be available for public inspection at the Office of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County, 55-B Plaza Circle, Salinas, CA. Documents distributed to the Agency Board at the meeting by staff will be available at the meeting; documents distributed to the Board by members of the public shall be made available after the meeting. The Transportation Agency web site contains information from the Transportation Agency Resource Guide, including Transportation Agency Board members, Transportation Agency committee members, grant programs, etc. Visit us at: http://www.tamcmonterey.org. Transportation Agency for Monterey County 55-B Plaza Circle, Salinas, CA 93901-2902 Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. TEL: 831-775-0903 FAX: 831-775-0897 | |
| | | | | | | | | If requested, the agenda shall be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability, as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 USC, Sec. 12132), and the federal rules and regulations adopted in implementation thereof. Individuals requesting a disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, may contact Transportation Agency at 831-775-0903. Auxiliary aids or services include wheelchair accessible facilities, sign language interpreters, Spanish Language interpreters and printed materials, and printed materials in large print, Braille or on disk. These requests may be made by a person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participate in the public meeting, and should be made at least 72 hours before the meeting. All reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate the request. | |
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