APPROVE proposed amendments to the Agency Bylaws as announced at the January Board meeting.

The Transportation Agency is proposing to update its Bylaws. Section 13.1 and 13.2 of the Bylaws provides that notice of proposed amendments be announced at the Agency meeting prior to the meeting at which the amendments will be voted upon. The amendments presented at today's meeting were announced in January and will require approval by not less than two-thirds (2/3rds) of the voting members present at the meeting. All changes to Bylaws are the same as announced in January.

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CSUMB President Eduardo Ochoa sent a request to the Executive Director regarding an appointment to the Transportation Agency Board of Directors as a voting ex officio member.The Director noted that adding an ex officio member would require amendment of the Tranportation Agency bylaws (attached)  but that has been done before in the past, when the Agency added the City of Watsonville, but ex officios have always been non-voting members.

The Executive Committee considered the request from California University at Monterey Bay to be added as a member of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County Board of Directors a voting ex officio member. After some discussion regarding the benefits of having a University representative and the concerns with having too many ex officio Board members, the Executive Committee voted 3-2 (1 absent) to ask President Ochoa if he would be willing to accept a non-voting ex officio seat for CSUMB, and if so, to place the matter before the full TAMC Board for its consideration.

Attached are the Agency Bylaws, showing the recommended changes.