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TRANSPORTATION AGENCY FOR MONTEREY COUNTY Memorandum | |
| | | | | | | | | To: | Executive Committee | | From: | Debra L. Hale, Executive Director | | Meeting Date: | October 4, 2017 | | Subject: | Addition of California State University, Monterey Bay Ex Officio Board Member |
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| | | | | | | | | RECOMMENDED ACTION: | | CONSIDER adding a representative from California State University at Monterey Bay as a non-voting, ex officio member of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County's Board of Directors. |
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| | | | | | | | | SUMMARY: | | The Agency has received the attached request from President Eduardo Ochoa of California State University at Monterey Bay to serve as an ex officio member of the Transportation Agency Board of Directors. Currently, the Transportation Agency has six ex officio members: Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments, Caltrans District 5, Monterey Bay Air Resources District, Monterey Regional Airport, Monterey-Salinas Transit, and the City of Watsonville. To make this change would require amendment of the Agency's bylaws, which requires one meeting for notice and a second meeting for adoption. |
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| | | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT: | | Adding a seventh ex officio board member would have a minor cost impact in terms of additional materials and documentation. Changing the voting status of an ex officio member or members would be a costly and time-consuming process. |
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| | | | | | | | | DISCUSSION: | In the attached email, CSUMB President Eduardo Ochoa requests an appointment to the Transportation Agency Board of Directors as a voting ex officio member. Staff has informed President Ochoa that adding an ex officio member would require amendment of the Transportation Agency bylaws (attached) and has been done before in the past, when the Agency added the City of Watsonville.
However, changing the voting status of one or more ex officio members would require state legislation to amend the Agency's authorizing statute (attached) and is likely to be controversial. Such a change could raise a question regarding the potential for adding other new voting ex officio members, as well voting status of the existing six ex officio members.
Staff recommends that the Executive Committee consider adding Cal State University, Monterey Bay as a traditional (i.e. non-voting) ex officio member of the TAMC Board of Directors. The recent interviews of Transportation Agency Board Members indicate their perception that their Board has operated effectively within its current structure. |
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