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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-20-2004 City Council Agenda Packet ~~~ - 4 ''i ~~:1~ ~'- ,~xy fC~, ~~, -~. ~~ `z .~ : ~a. AGENDA REGULAR MEETING SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 20, 2004 ~. ~`v • • REGULAR MEETING - 7:00 P.M. -CIVIC THEATER/COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 13777 FRUITVALE AVENUE MAYOR'S REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION No Closed Session items on tonight's agenda. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL REPORT OF CITY CLERK ON POSTING OF AGENDA (Pursuant to Gov't. Code 54954.2, the agenda for this meeting was properly posted on October 14, 2004) i O Oral Communications on Non-Agendized Items Any member of the public will be allowed to address the City Council for up to three (3) minutes on matters not on this agenda. The law generally prohibits the Council from discussing or taking action on such items. However, the Council may instruct staff accordingly regarding Oral Communications under Council Direction to Staff. Communications from Boards and Commissions The City Council will receive reports from the Boards and Commissions listed below and may provide direction regarding matters to be considered by those Boards and Commissions. Recommendations from Boards and Commissions requiring City Council approval are considered as independent agenda items. Written Communications None Oral Communications -Council Direction to Staff Instruction to Staff regarding actions on current Oral Communications. ANNOUNCEMENTS None ARCHIVE COPY CEREMONIAL ITEMS lA. Commendations Honoring Outgoing Library Commissioners Cathy Foscato, Don Johnson, and Marcia Manzo Recommended action: Present commendations. 1B. Proclamation Declaring the Week of October 17-23, 2004 as "Teen Read Week" Recommended action: Present Proclamation. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS None CONSENT CALENDAR The Consent Calendar contains routine items of business. Items in this section will be acted in one motion, unless removed by the Mayor or a Council member. Any member of the public may speak to an item on the Consent Calendar at this time, or request the Mayor remove an item from the Consent Calendar for discussion. Public Speakers are limited to three (3) minutes. 2A. Approval of City Council Minutes -September 30, 2004 Recommended action: Approve minutes. 2B Approval of Check Register Recommended action: Approve check register. 2C. Resolution authorizing investment in the Local Agency Investment Fund (LATE) and designating the positions with authority to withdraw or deposit monies in LAIF Recommended action: Adopt resolution. 2D. Confirmation and Appointment of Administrator Services Director Recommended action: Adopt resolution. • 2E Motor Vehicle (MV) Resolution Prohibiting Parking & Dumping at the Southerly Corner of Austin Way and Highway 9 Recommended action: Adopt resolution. 2F. 2003 Pavement Management Program -Notice of Completion Recommended action: Accept Notice of Completion. 2 fJ 2G. Citywide Signal Upgrade Project -Notice of Completion Recommended action: Accept Notice of Completion. 2H. Resolution Endorsing All Fire Stations in Santa Clara County as "Save Surrender" Sites Recommended action: Adopt resolution. PUBLIC HEARINGS None OLD BUSINESS None NEW BUSINESS 3. School Holiday Trees for Village Tree Lighting Ceremony Recommended action: Accept report and direct staff accordingly. 4. Do Off-leash Hours/Areas in City-Owned Parks g Recommended action: Accept report and provide direction to staff pertaining to Options 1 and 2 as listed in report. State of California Department of Parks and Recreation 2002 Resources Bond Act (Proposition 40) Youth Soccer Grant Program and Healthy Communities Grant Program; Authorization to Proceed With Grant Applications and Approval of Grant Resolution Recommended action: Authorize staff to proceed with the Grant Applications; adopt resolutions. 6. Grand Jury Report Concerning the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) Recommended action: Accept report and provide direction regarding a response to the Grand Jury Report -Inquiry into the Board Structure and Financial Management of the (VTA). 7. Proposal for the 3Td Annual Mustard Walk Recommended action: Accept report and direct staff accordingly; adopt resolution. 8. Park Rental Fee Information Recommended action: Accept report. COMMISSION ASSIGNMENT REPORTS Mayor Waltonsmith None Vice Mayor King City/School Ad-Hoc Committee Councilmember Bo og sian None Councilmember Kline Village Ad-Hoc Committee Councilmember Streit None CITY COUNCIL ITEMS OTHER CITY MANAGER'S REPORT In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)', if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk at (408) 868-1269 or ctclerk@saratoga.ca.us. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting (28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title II). Certificate of Posting of Agenda: I, Cathleen Boyer, City Clerk for the City of Saratoga, declare that the foregoing agenda for the meeting of the City Council of the City of Saratoga was posted on October 15, 2004 at the office of the City of Saratoga, 13777 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070 and was available for public review at that location. The agenda is also available on the City's website at www.sarato ag ca.us Signed this 1 Sh day of October 2004 at Saratoga, California. Cathleen Boyer, CMC, City Clerk • 4 r • • CITY OF SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL MEETING CALENDAR 2004 11/3 Regular Meeting 11/17 Regular Meeting 12/1 Regular Meeting 12/15 Regular Meeting 5 SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: October 20, 2004 AGENDA ITEM: -_.__ ORIGINATING DEPT: City Manager's Office CITY MANAGER: ~ ~%`"'~"'- PREPARED BY: DEPT HEAD: Cathleen Bover ~y ('.-lark SUBJECT: Commendations -Outgoing Library Commissioners RECOMMENDED ACTON: Present commendations. REPORT SUMMARY: Attached are commendations for the following outgoing Commissioners: Cathy Foscato Don Johnson Marcia Manzo FISCAL IMPACTS: N/A CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED ACTION: N/A ALTERNATIVE ACTION: N/A FOLLOW UP ACTION: N/A ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT: Posting of the agenda.. ATTACHMENTS: Attachment A - Copy of commendations COMMENDATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA HONORING CATHY FOSCATO FOR HER SERVICE ON THE LIBRARY COMMISSION WHEREAS, Cathy Foscato's tenure on the Library Commission began in February 1995, representing the City of Monte Sereno admirably; and WHEREAS, Cathy participated in the campaign that provided the very necessary funding for the quality library services at the Saratoga Library for the last ten years and will sunset in June 2005; and WHEREAS, Cathy accepted many special assignments for the Library Commission such as representing Saratoga and Monte Sereno on the Citizens Advisory Committee to the Library Joint Powers Authority; and WHEREAS, Cathy's interest end efforts have influenced not only the building that houses the Saratoga Community Library, but also the scope of library services and intellectual freedom afforded library patrons throughout the County of Santa Clara; and WHEREAS, Cathy served the Friends of the Saratoga Libraries for many years and has held many offices including President; and WHEREAS, Cathy will continue her dedication to the Book-Go-Round, sorting and transporting donated books; and WHEREAS, Saratoga City Council is proud of the citizens who contribute time and talent. to our community. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Cathy Foscato is hereby commended and thanked for her hard work and dedication on the Library Commission. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we wish her well in the future. WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA on this 20a' day of October 2004. Ann Waltonsmith, Mayor City of Saratoga COMMENDATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA HONORING DON JOHNSON FOR HIS SERVICE ON THE LIBRARY COMMISSION WHEREAS, Don Johnson was first appointed to serve on the Citizen's Oversight Committee for the Library Bond in June 2000; and WHEREAS, Don was appointed to serve on the Library Commission in November 2000; and WHEREAS, Don quietly, deliberately, and thoughtfully influenced the recommendations and actions of the Library Commission during his tenure; and WHEREAS, Saratoga City Council is proud of the citizens who contribute time and talent to our community NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Don Johnson is hereby commended and thanked for his hard work and dedication on the Library Commission. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we wish him well in the future. WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA on this 20t'' day of October 2004. Ann Waltonsmith, Mayor City of Saratoga COMMENDATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA HONORING MARCIA MANZO FOR HER SERVICE ON THE LIBRARY COMMISSION WHEREAS, Marcia Manzo began her nearly ten year tenure on the Library Commission in June of 1995; and WHEREAS, Marcia graciously and competently served as Chair to the Library Commission for nine consecutive years; and WHEREAS, Marcia was the spark behind the community survey and awareness campaign sponsored by the Friends of the Saratoga Libraries that were the cornerstones to the most recent successful library bond measure and facility expansion project; and WHEREAS, when Marcia's energy and dedication to the library expansion was recognized as an invaluable resource, the City Council requested and she agreed not only serve by Chair the Library Expansion Committee; and I WHEREAS, Marcia's interest and efforts have influenced ~I of only the building that houses the Saratoga Community Library, but also the scope of library services and intellectual freedom afforded library patrons throughout the County of Santa Clara; and WHEREAS, Marcia will continue to affect Saratoga Community Library as she serves as the 2004/1005 President of the Friends of the Saratoga Libraries; and WHEREAS, Saratoga City Council is proud of the citizens who contribute time and talent to our community. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Marcia Manzo is hereby commended and thanked for her hard work and dedication on the Library Commission. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we wish her well in the future. WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA on this 20~' day of October 2004. Ann Waltonsmith, Mayor City of Saratoga SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM: /~ CITY MANAGER: ~-~G~-~~----_ MEETING DATE: October 20, 2004 ORIGINATING DEPT: City Manager's Office PREPARED BY: DEPT HEAD: SUBJECT: Declaring The Week of October 17-23, 2004 Teen Read Week RECOMMENDED ACTION: Present proclamation. REPORT SUMMARY: Attached is a proclamation declaring the week of October 17-23, 2004 "Teen Read. Week". FISCAL IMPACTS: N/A CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMEND D ACTION: N/A ALTERNATIVE ACTION: N/A FOLLOW UP ACTION: N/A ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT: Posting of the agenda. ATTACHMENTS: Attachment A -Copy of copy of proclamation. CITY OF SARATOGA PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 17-23,.2004 TEEN READ WEEK WHEREAS, the ability to read and process information is a basic survival skill in our global information society; and WHEREAS, the reading proficiency of teens has. remained stagnant over the last thirty years; and WHEREAS, the number of students who can read but choose not to do so is increasing; and WHEREAS, the most effective way to improve reading skills is to read regularly and often; and WHEREAS, too few teens think reading is a valuable tool for enjoyment and relaxation as well as for schoolwork; and WHEREAS, regular daily reading for the fun of it creates the reading habit for life; and WHEREAS, parents, teachers, librarians, and all concerned adults can serve as role models by reading for fun themselves; WHEREAS, the Saratoga Library has activities planned this very week to encourage teen reading such a book raffles and animation demonstrations NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Saratoga does hereby proclaim and recognize October 17-23, 2004 Witnessed our hand and seal of the City of Saratoga on this 20~' day of October 2004. Ann Waltonsmith, Mayor City of Saratoga k- SA-RATOGA CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: October 20, 2004 ORIGINATING DEPT: City Manager's O e PREPARED BY: Cathleen. Boyer, Clerk AGENDA ITEM: CITY MANAGER: ~~ DEPT HEAD: SUBJECT: City Council Minutes RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve minutes. REPORT SUMMARY: Approve minutes as submitted for the following City Council Meeting: Special Meeting -September 30, 2004 FISCAL IMPACTS: N/A CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED ACTION: N/A ALTERNATIVE ACTION: NIA FOLLOW UP ACTION:. Retain minutes for legislative history. ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT: N/A ATTACHMENTS: Attachunent A -Minutes September 30, 2004 MINUTES ~~_ SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 Mayor Waltonsmith called the Council meeting to order at 5:45 p.m. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Councihnembers Stan Bogosian Norman Kline, Nick Streit; Vice Mayor Kathleen King, Mayor Ann Waltonsmith, ABSENT: None ALSO PRESENT: Dave Anderson, City Manager Lorie Tinfow, Assistant City Manager Cathleen Boyer, City Clerk Richard Taylor, City Attorney REPORT OF CITY CLERK ON POSTING OF AGENDA FOR _SEPTEMBER 30. 2004 Cathleen Bayer, City Clerk, reported that pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, the agenda for the meeting of September 30, 2004 was properly posted on September 29, 2004. 1. AUTHORIZATION OF ABSENCE STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Authorize Council member absence from September 15, 2004 City Council meeting Richard Taylor, City Attorney, stated that according to Government Code Section 36513 if a Councilmember is absent without permission from :all regular City Council meetings for sixty (60) days consecutively from the last regulaz meeting he attends; his office becomes vacant and shall be filled as any other vacancy. City Attorney Taylor noted that the August 4, 2004 was the last meeting Councilmember Bogosian attended. The next City Council meeting is October 6, 2004; which would be more than 60 days from the last meeting, he attended. City Attorney Taylor stated that his recommendation was to excuse Councilmember Bogosian's absence from the September 15, 2004 City Council meeting. • Councilmember Kline recommended that the City Attorney amend the City Code to include policy on Council absences. Councilmember Kline noted that because the City has no set policy he would support the recommended action and excuse Councilmember Bogosian. Councilmember Streit noted that he would not support the recommended action to excuse Councilmember Bogosian. Councilmember Streit noted that the citizens of Saratoga elect the Council who are then obligated to attend the meetings unless there is a death or illness in one's immediate family. Councilmember Streit stated that having to work is not an excuse he would support. Vice Mayor King stated that she would not support the recommended action. Councilmember Bogosian had no comments. Mayor Waltonsmith stated that she would support excusing Councilmember Bogosian's absence tonight. Mayor Waltonsmith stated that she supports Councilmember Kline's request to direct the City Attorney to amend the code to include policy on Council absences. KLINEBOGOSIAN MOVED TO APPROVE COUNCILMEMBER BOGOSIAN'S ABSENCE ON SEPTEMBER 15.2004. MOTION PASSED 3- 0-2 WITH KING AND STREIT OPPOSING. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business Mayor Waltonsmith adjourned the meeting at 5:57 p.m. and thanked everyone for attending the meeting. Respectfully submitted, Cathleen Boyer, CMC City Clerk 2 i• i• • SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: October 20, 2004 AGENDA ITEM: /~~ ORIGINATING l?EPT: Administrative Services CITY MANAGER: ~/ ~~~~~ PREPARED BY: Jaye Tkaci~T DEPT HEAD: SUBJECT: Check Registers: 10/7/04 RECOMMENDED ACTION(S): Approve the Check Register. REPORT SUMMARY: Attached is the Check Register. FISCAL IMPACTS: None CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED ACTION(S): None ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S): None FOLLOW UP ACTION(S): None ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT: None ATTACHMENTS: Check Register Certification. CHECK REGISTER CERTIFICATION Fiscal year 04/05 Fund# Fund Name Date Manual Void Total 10/7/2004 Checks Checks CHECKS A97612-97720 GENERAL 0 COPS-SLESF 0 Traffic Safety 0 Streets & Roads 0 LLA Districts 0 Dev Services 0 Environmental 0 Housing & Gomm 0 Recreation 1 Teen Services 2 Facility Ops 3 Theatre Surcharge Park Develpmt Library Expansion 1 Public Safety ? Infrastructure 3 Facility f Park and Trail Library Debt Leonard Creek Cable TV PD #3 Deposit Agency btotaf YROLL CHECKS: 630294-30323 ITAL 320,048.78 15,066.13 496.44 8,615.78 9,320.96 8,171.55 23, 336.43 646.50 5,756.95 491.10 600.00 34, 008.72 5,464.27 13,188.19 2, 946.14 298.59 10,344.13 443, 734.53 15, 066.13 335,114.91 496.44 8,615.78 9; 320.96 8,17155 23,336.43 646.50 5.756.95$ 491.1.0 600:00 'i 34, 008.72 5,464.27 13,188:19 2, 946.14 298.59 10,344.13 458,800.66 107,857:68 566,658:34 Prepared by: Date: Approved by: Apr-99 f i q I I w 1 ~ W H I f, 1 I Q 1 I a I ~ I 1 I 1 I I I (s7 O O N M Ifl C d' O O O O O N N p@ m O O O O O O O O ~D ~o "pa: O O ~O ~O N d~ dl ~O O ~D O o N N O O O 1!1 U) O O O o O O M M F ~ ~ v1 v1 .a .~ M ~0 1o m o 1o al VI 10 10 0 0 o r r dl dl m m m m .•1 .-1 H PPP N N N N dl ~ ~ b N m e-I N N rl VI C m O O N N N N m m M M I (a O I I!1 U1 dl dl .-1 dl 1!1 .•I I-~I m m N N rl .I I w ~ 1 ~ H VI dl a I .~ H k w I I I I I 1 I 1 1 I i W w H u ,w7„ + . + + + a + + ~ + + + H + c~ a ~ a a i a 4 ~ ~a w as ~a a o a u o u o 0 0 0 ~ o ~Z o w o 0 o w o F I z F D 94 F ul F F F q F W F W F E F W F w I w w q ww H as z a z~ w o ~£ o ad o ww o o m o a~.s o °x o 0 op qz o w o o °~ `~ z ww z ~ ~ as z ~ ~Z z wF z a z ~ z ~ z D z w Pz ~o ~ F I ~ w FF W w oo w w w ~ w as w FF,, w w w w w w w a w > N i E a I H > Q ly > U' > F F > W > O > H ',~ A'I > W > W > w > > o\ . wH I > as z vu a a alw CI a a a o ar I Fay as H p5 a c~ q ao I Hu se ti as m o xa o w w m w a\ . m I u ww w FF w F Fw a w w w a ly o I w l Q £ o m rn Q H z F a rt FC IC a ,, q l a Q~ a zz a d oa w a a a o W I m zz u HH u a £3 a u u u F .. 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Services CITY MANAGER: ~~~,'~'-~- PREPARED BY: Pete Kolf DEPT HEAD: Pete Kolf SUBJECT: A resolution authorizing investment in the Local Agency Investment end (LATE) and designating the positions with authority to withdraw or deposit monies in LAIF RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the resolution REPORT SUMMARY: As of the end of August, 2004, general investments in LAIF were $12,042,803.31. In addition, the amount of $343,026.?8 is invested resulting from the Saratoga Community Library Project. Since previous officers of the City of Saratoga who were autho ' ' ed to sign on behalf of the City aze no longer with the City, we are required to submit a new reso tion to LAIF showing the list of positions, which are authorized to make deposits and withdra son behalf of the City of Sazatoga. Positions authorized to sign on behalf of the City are th City Manager, Assistant City Manager, Administrative Services Director, and the City Clerk. FISCAL IMPACTS: None CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED ACTION: The City will not be able to deposit or withdraw monies from LAIF to support the City's accounts payable or payroll or invest idle City monies with LAiF. ALTERNATIVE ACTION: instruct City staff to find alternative investments to LAIF. RESOLUTION NO. A RES-OLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA PROVIDING CERTAIN CITY OF SARATOGA POSITIONS AUTHORITY TO DEPOSIT OR WITHDRAW MONIES IN THE LOCAL AGENCY INVESTMENT FUND FOR THE CITY OF SARATOGA. The City Council of the City of Saratoga DOES RESOLVE as follows: A. WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 730 of the statues of 1976, Section 16429.1 was added to the California Government Code to create a Local Agency Investment Fund in the State Treasury for the deposit of money of a local agency for the purposes of investment by the State Treasurer: B. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby finds that the deposit and withdrawal of money in the Local Agency Investment Fund in accordance with the provision of Section 16429.1 of the California Government Code for the purpose of investment as stated therein is in the best interest of the City of Saratoga. NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Saratoga finds and determines as follows: Section 1. F dine The recitals set forth are true and correct statements and art hereby incorporated. Section 2. Authorizations. A. The City Council does hereby authorize the deposit and withdrawal of City of Saratoga monies in the Local Agency Investment Fund in the State Treasury in accordance with the provisions of Section 16429.1 of the California Government Code for the purpose of investment as stated therein, and verification by the State Treasurer's Office of all banking information provided in that regard. B. The City Council further authorizes the following City of Saratoga officers or their successors in office to order the deposit or withdrawal of monies in the Local Agency Investment Fund: 1. 2 Dave Anderson, City Manager Lorie Tinfow, Assistant City Manager 3. Michele Braucht, Administrative Services Director 4. Cathleen Boyer, City Clerk The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Saratoga City Council held on the 20"' day of October, 2004, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTEST: Cathleen Boyer, City Clerk Ann Waltonsmith, Mayor • SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL . 2t MEETING DATE. October 20, 2004 AGENDA ITEM. ORIGINATING DEPT: City Manager's Office CITY MANAGER: ~"`~ ~~""''~ PREPA~tED BY: Lorie Tinfow. Assistant City Mer. DEPT HE SUBJECT: Confirmation of Appointment of Administrative Services Director RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt resolution. REPORT SUMMARY: According to City Code Section 2-20.050(d) the City Council must conf nn each department director upon appointmen# by the City Manager. With recent clarification of Directors' at-will status represented in the agreement with the Saratoga Management Organization, this confirmation will likely be the last brought to Council. In the next few months, staff will bring a Municipal Cade modification to the City Council to bring it into conformance with the new agreement. Attached is a resolution confirming the appointment of the new Administrative Services Director, Michele Braucht. FISCAL IMPACT: None. CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED ACTION: Department Director would remain unconfirmed by the City Council. ALTERNATIVE ACTION: None. FOLLOW UP ACTION: City Clerk provides certified copies of confirmation resolution to Department Director and Human Resources for placement in personnel files. ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT: ~osting of the agenda: ATTACI3MENTS: Attachment A - Copy of resolution. RESOLUTION NO.04- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA CONFIRMING THE APPOINTMENT OF.THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR WHEREAS, Saratoga City Code Section 2-20.050(d} gives the City Manager the authority to appoint, employ, remove, promote and demote any and all officers and employees of the City; and WHEREAS, Code Section 2-20-050(d) further states that no department director shall be either employed or discharged without the consent of the City Council; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Saratoga does hereby proclaim that it is the appropriate time to bring forward the following director: Michele Braucht, Administrative Services Director Was appointed on October 18, 2004, and confirmed by the City Council on October 20, 2004. The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Saratoga City Council held on the 20th day of October 2004 by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Ann Waltonsmith, Mayor ATTEST: Cathleen Boyer, City Clerk • SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL. MEETING DATE: October 20, 2004 AGENDA ITEM: ORIGINATING DEPT: Public Works CITY MANAGER: ~~ G~---- PREPARED BY: John Cherbone DEPT HEAD: SUBJECT: Motor Vehicle (MV) Resolution Prohibiting Parking & Dumping at the Southerly corner of Austin Way and Highway 9. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Move to adopt Motor Vehicle Resolution prohibiting pazking and & dumping at the West comer of the Southerly intersection of Austin Way and Highway 9. REPORT SUMMARY: , Periodically the City receives complaints regarding parking and d ping along portions of Tiighway 9, which is under the- jurisdiction of Caltrans. A vacant co er area located at the Southerly intersection of Austin Way and Highway 9 has recently b me a favorite place for parking and dumping of construction material (see attached location map). In order to enforce parking and dumping restrictions at this comer, it is necessary that a Motor Vehicle Resolution be adopted by City Council. Please find attached a Motor Vehicle Resolution, which will prohibit parking and dumping at this comer. If the resolution is adopted by City Council the City will apply for an encroachment pemut to install the parking and dumping control signs in the State Right-of--Way. FISCAL IMPACTS: Approximately $250 in labor and materials for the City to install the signs. CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED ACTION: The MV Resolution would not be adopted and parking and dumping would continue to be unenforceable in this area_ ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S): None. FOLLOW UP ACTION(S): ~ encroachment permit from Caltrans will be applied for, the signs will be installed, and the Sheriffs Department will be notified of the new restrictions. ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT: Nothing additional. ATTACHMENTS: • 1. Location Map. 2. Motor Vehicle Resolution prohibiting parking and dumping at the intersection of Austin Way & Highway 9. 2 of 2 RESOLUTION NO. MV- RESOLUTIONRESTRICTING PARKING AND DUMPING AT THE SOUTHERLY INTERSECTION OF AUSTIN WAY AND HIGHWAY 9 The City Council of the City of Saratoga hereby resolves as follows: Section I: Based upon an engineering and traffic study, the following parking and dumping restrictions shall designated at the southerly intersection of Austin Way and Highway 9: NAME OF STREET DESCRIPTION RESTRICTION Austin Way and The West corner of the Southerly No Parking Highway 9 intersection of Austin Way and No Dumping Highway 9. This resolution shall become effective at such time as the signs and/or markings installed. The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Saratoga at a regular meeting held on the 20th day of October, 2004, by the following vote: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ATTEST: Ann Waltonsmith, Mayor Cathleen Boyer, City Clerk IVIVIV 1 C j _... et InIn1V~lI~F GATpS 4 t ,_ A ,~, ~Q~ ~ LOCA" O OF NO PARKING O AND NO DUMPING SIGNS S SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: October 20.2004 AGENDA ITEM: ORIGINATING DEPT: Public Works CITY MANAGER: -~ PREPARED BY: Mown Kessler ~j DEPT HEAD: SUBJECT: 2003 Pavement Maintenance Program-Notice of Completion RECOMMENDED ACTION(S): Move to accept the 2003 Pavement Maintenance Program as complete and authorize staff to record the Notice of Completion for the construction contract. REPORT SUMMARY: All work for the 2003 Pavement Maintenance Program has been completed by the City's contractor, Valley Slurry Seal Co., and has been. inspected by Public Works staff. Overall, the quality and quantity of construction completed through this contract was very favorable. A considerable amount of thermoplastic striping work was performed through this contract, and this work should last for several years virtually maintenance free. The original contract awazd amount was $70,791.28, with extra work/change order authority of $60,000. An additional change order amount of $55,000 was later authorized by Council to provide for extra striping work. The (anal construction contract amount for the project was $161,508.96,-which included all change orders and extra work. The final amounts are summarized as follows: Original Contract Amount: $70,791.28 Original approval for additional work: $50,000.00 Original Change Order Authority $10,000.00 Change Order Amount for additional work (7/7104) $55,000.00 Final Project Budget Including Both Change Orders $185,791.28 Final Contract Amount, Including Change Order Work: $161,508.96 In order to close out the construction contract and begin the one-year maintenance/warranty period, it is recommended that the Council accept the project as complete. Further, it is recommended that the Council authorize staff to record the attached Notice of Completion for the construction contract ~ that the requisite 30-day Stop Notice, for the filing of claims by subcontractors or material providers may commence. FISCAL IMPACTS: This project has been paid for through 2003 Pavement Management Program CIP funding. CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMI~~NDED ACTION(S): The project would not be accepted as complete and staff would notify the contractor of any additional work required by the City Council before the project would be accepted as complete. ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S): None in addition to the above. FOLLOW UP ACTION(S): Staff will record the Notice of Completion for the construction contracts and release the contract sureties and retentions thirty days thereafter. ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT: Nothing additional ATTACHMENTS: 1. Notice of Completion for the 20Q3 Pavement Maintenance Program. • • Recording requested by, And to be returned to. City bf Saratoga Public Works Department 13777 Fruitvale Avenue Saratoga, CA 95070 NOTICE OF COMPLETION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the work agreed and performed under the contract mentioned below between the City of Saratoga, a municipal corporation, whose address is 13777 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070, as Owner of property or property rights, and the Contractor mentioned below, on property of the Owner, was accepted as complete by the Owner on the 20th day of October, 2004. Contract Number: N/A Contract Date: November 7th, 2002 Contractor's Name: Valley Slurry Seal Co. Contractor's Address: P.O. Box 1620, West Sacramento, CA 9561-1620 Description of Work: 2003 Pavement Maintenance Program I Notice is given in accordance with the provisions of Section 3093 of the Civil Code of the State of California. The undersigned certifies that he is an officer of the City of Saratoga, that he has read the foregoing Notice of Acceptance of Completion and knows the contents thereof; and that the same is true of his own knowledge, except as to those matters which are therein stated on the information or belief, as to those matters the he believes to be true. I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed at the City of Saratoga, County of Santa Clara, State of California on .2004. CITY OF SARATOGA BY: Dave Anderson City Manager ATTEST: Cathleen Boyer, City Clerk Gov. Code 40814 • • • I SARATOGA CITY COI~NCIL NDA ITEM: AGE ORIGINATING DEPT: Public Works CITY MANAGER: ~"`-~G`' "'~ FREPARED BY: A' „org_ n Kessler DEPT HEAD: .} MEETING DATE: October 20th, 2004 SUBJECT: Citywide Signal Upgrade Project Notice of Completion RECOMMENDED ACTION(S): Move to accept the Citywide Signal Upgrade Project as complete and authorize staff to record the Notice of Completion for the construction contract. REPORT SUMMARY:. All work for the Citywide Signal Upgrade Project has been co feted by the City's. contractor, Republic Electric, ;and has been inspected by Public Work's The majority- of this work included the upgrade and retrofitting of Saratoga-owned traffic nal controller hardware and software. The final construction contract amount for the project as $441,000. There were no change orders related to this project. Project Summary: Contract Award Amount: $441,()00.00 Change Order Authority: $44,000.00 Final Contract Amount: $441,004.00 Contract Change Orders: None In order to close out the. construction contract and begin the one-year maintenance/warranty period, it, is recommended that the Council accept the project as complete. Furkher, it is recommended that the Council authorize staff to record the attached Notice of Completion for the construction. contract so that the requisite 30-day Stop Notice for the filing of claims by subcontractors or material providers. may commence. FISCAL iMPACTSt This project has been paid for through the Citywide Signal Upgrade Project CIP, of which 5390,000 is funded through State and Federal grants. a CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED ACTION(S): The project would not be accepted as complete and staff would notify the contractor of any additional work required by the City Council before the project would be accepted as complete. ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S): None in addition to the above. FOLLOW UP ACTION(S): Staff will record the Notice of Completion for the construction contracts and release the contract sureties and retentions thirty days thereafter. Staff will submit final invoice to .State for reimbursement. ADVERTISING, NOTTCING AND PUBLIC CONTACT: Nothing additional ATTACHMENTS: 1. Notice of Completion for the Citywide Signal Upgrade Project. • • Recording requested by, And to be returned to: City of Saratoga Public Works Department 13777 Fruitvale Avenue Saratoga, CA 95070 NOTICE OF COMPLETION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the work agreed and performed under the contract mentioned below between the City of Saratoga, a municipal corporation, whose address is 13777 Fruitvale Ave., Saratoga, CA 95070, as Owner of property or property rights, and the Contractor mentioned below, on property of the Owner, was accepted as complete by the Owner on the 20th day of October, 2004. Contract Number: N/A Contract Date: June 6th, 2003 Contractor's Name: Republic Electric Contractor's Address: 7120 Redwood Blvd., Novato, CA 94945-4114 Descri tion of Work: Traffic Signal U ades p P~' Notice is given in accordance with the provisions of Section 3093 of the Civil Code of the State of California. The undersigned certifies that he is an officer of the City of Saratoga, that he has read the foregoing Notice of Acceptance of Completion and knows the contents thereof; and that the same is true of his own knowledge, except as to those matters which are therein stated on the information or belief, as to those matters the he believes to be true. I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed at the City of Saratoga, County of Santa Clara, State of California on , 2004. CITY OF SARATOGA BY: ATTEST: Dave Anderson City Manager • Cathleen Boyer, City Clerk Gov. Code 40814 s, - SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: October 20, 2004 AGENDA ITEM: ~''l ORIGINATING DEPT: Office of City Manager CITY MANAGER: ~~~~--~' ""'-- PREPARED BY: Ann Sullivan DEPT HEAD: SUBJECT: Adopt Resolution Endorsing All Fire Stations in Santa Clara County as "Safe Surrender" Sites. RECOMMENDED ACTION(S): Adopt Resolution. REPORT SUMMARY: The Safely Surrendered Baby Law went into effect in January 2 1. This. year three infants have been abandoned in Santa Clara County. The Board of Superviso recently approved the creation of a Safe Haven Taskforce to develop recommendations that wo d achieve the goal of no babies being abandoned°in our community. The City of Saratoga has b an active participant on this Task Eorce. The Board also recently adopted a resolution designating fire stations as "Safe Surrender" sites to allow safe and confidential release of newborn infants in the County of Santa Clara. The Board of Supervisors has asked cities in Santa Clara County to adopt the attached resolution .supporting this program. The Saratoga Fire Department has also endorsed the resolution and will be a participant in the program. FISCAL IMPACTS: No fiscal impact to the -City of Saratoga. CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED ACTION: N/A ALTERNATIVE ACTION: Council could decide not to adopt Resolution. FOLLOW UP ACTION: City Clerk will mail certified adopted Resolution to County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors prior to November 3, 2004. ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT: Posting of the agenda. ATTACHMENTS: Attachment A -Letter dated August 26, 2004, from County of Santa Clara Board of Supervisors Attachment B -Resolution • U Z of 3 • r , County of Santa Clara o~5° •• v~o Office of the Board of Supervisors ~ (Ju ~ .~•. • s,~' County Government Center, East wing ~' Za0 ~ : 70 west Hedding Street, t oth Floor ! l.~ ~ 4 $ i~ San Jose, California 95 t t o Y V1- JH~ f • ail/" ,J (408} 299-5040 UGA `~,,1;•..•,•.~;~::•••c~~ FaX: (408) 299-2038 TDD 993-8272 Tq CLA4'A www.Jimbeall.org James T. Beall, Jr. Supervisor Fourth District August 26, 2004 Dave Anderson City Manager City of Saratoga 1:37.77 Fruitvale Ay~z>iue Saratoga, CA 95070 Dear Mr. Anderson: I would like to extend an invitation to participate in the Santa Cara County Safe Haven Taskforce. Baby abandonment has become a crisis in our community in spike of the fact that the Safely Surrendered Baby Law went into effect in January 2001. This year three infants have been abandoned in Santa Clara County. Upon my recommendation, the Board of Supervisors recently a~proved creation of a Safe Haven Taskforce to develop recommendations within 90 days that will'acheve the goal of no babies being abandoned in our community. The Board also adopted a resoluCion designating County Fire stations as "Safe 'Surrender" sites to allow safe and confidential release df newborn infants in the County of Santa Clara. The Taskforce will require countywide collaborative efforts and is essential to ensure the preventive facet of the Safe Haven Law; enhancing services to omen of childbearing age and their families; and designing and implementing a widespread public information campaign. Your participation is critical to our success. Please RSVP by September l0a` and include which Sub- committee of the Taskforce you would like to participate in. Please see attachment for listing and brief description of'each s'ub-committee. Santa Clara County Safe Haven Taskforce September 16, 2004. 2:30 PM ~ 4:30 PM Location: Sheriff's Auditorium 55 West Younger A County parking permits will be sent upon request if res RSVP by September 10, 2004 to (408) 299-5040 or a Email response preferred. I look forward to collaborating with you to ensure that no community: Thank you. es T. Beall, Jr. Chairperson, Santa Clara County Safe Haven Taskforce Supervisor, District Four :, San Jose, CA 95110 within RSVP deadline. .OI1C bOS.SCCgOV.OrF, are abandoned again in our Acid Free Paper .. `• ` ~`- ~ ~" ~; ~'~ ,.~° ` SAN'T'A CLARA CO~JNTY ,-.,, SAFE HAVEN TASKFORCE SUB-COMMITTEES The Safe Haven Taskforce will oversee the following subcommittees: Media and Outreach, Policy and Legislation, Public Safety and Health and Human Services. Subcommittees are charged to produce a set of recommendations that will: Ensure the safety and health of infants who are surrendered. • Prevent infant death due to abandonment. • Increase public awareness of the law. Remove barriers and enhance access to parents or .'those who might assist parents in safely surrendering an infant. Ensure a method for gathering and communicating data on the number of infants safely surrendered or abandoned in Santa Clara County. Media and Outreach Subcommittee (Inclia.ding,°but riot limited #Q):.. ~,_ • Ensure a regionally consistent Public Information Campaign. • Identify ways to ensure a culturally sensitive and appropriate approach to outreach. Identify methods for reaching out to high-risk parent(s) those who may be on the verge of abandoning their babies. • Implementation of Uniform Site Designation throughout the County. Policy and>Legislation Subcommittee (Including butnot limited #o): ., • Examine the need for amendments to the existing law at would clarify cextain aspects related to safeguarding the confidentiality tp pa~ents who safely surrender their babies. Identify opportunities to enhance the prevention aspect of the law. • Determine if there are other opportunities that rnig~tt facilitate the implementation of the Law. Pub~icaafety Subcommittee (Including but not``lm Determine the feasibility and need of expanding ~ entities within Santa Clara County • Consider ways of improving access to designated health of mother and infant Training module for specialized details for staff li Health and Human Services Subcommittee (Includi~ • Development of a Standardized training and proce Information on location of Safe haven sites; Available p~ Social cultural and psychological aspects of clzildbearin~ be concealing or denying pregnancies; Methods for deve curricula to include information about SSB. Identify data elements to be collected regarding all abandoned consistent with State instruction for dai CWS/CMS system. to): Haven Sites to other public and protecting safety and to receive surrendered babies. buf not limited to): urai modules including: Mention and support programs; Ways of assisting women zvho may ping or augmenting school ewborns safely surrendered or collection through the • • • RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF SARATOGA TO SUPPORT THE SAFE HAVEN PROGRAM FOR NEWBORNS WHEREAS, The State Legislature has enacted Health and Safety Code § 1255.7 which allows any person having lawful custody of a minor child 72 hours old or younger to surrender physical custody of the child to an employee at a location designated by the Board of Supervisors: and WHEREAS, the City of Saratoga is desirous of supporting all fire stations in Santa Clara County as "Safe Surrender" sites to allow safe and confidential release of newborn infants in the County of Santa Clara; and WHEREAS, such designation is for the benefit of childre and the community because it will provide a safe haven to newborns who are 72 hours old or yo ger. i I WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA on this 20th day of October, 2004. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Ann Waltonsmith, Mayor ATTEST: Cathleen Boyer, City Clerk 'r' • SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: October 20.2004_.__ AGENDA ORIGINATING DEFT.: ity Manager's Office CITY MAN PREPARED BY: Danielle Surdin, Econ. Dev. Coord. DEPT. SUBJECT: School Holiday Trees for Village Tree Lighting Ceremony RECOA~VVIENDED ACTION: Accept report and direct. staff accordingly. REPORT SUMMARY: This year Council member King suggested that the City of Saratoga expand the City's Anne Tree Lighting Ceremony program. The new concept would include all our Saratoga K-T2 sc with individual trees representing their school for this upcoming 2004 holiday season. In November 2001, the City launched its first Tree Lighting Ceremony in conjunction with Village's Annual Merchant Open House. Traditionally, the City has hosted the Tree Lighti: Ceremony to kick-off the holiday season and Village Merchant Open House with a brief ho welcome by the Mayor, followed by a countdown to light the City's holiday tree. This year City will be hosting its fourth Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony and will include live music, with the traditional holiday welcome from the Mayor. Due to the growing popularity of this event over the years, Blaney Plaza's physical capacity 1 safely accommodate all the attendees is becoming an issue. Capacity issues could arise on tt~ site due to the increase of school-related attendees. Depending on the size and location of the trees, it is important to have adequate space available for both the installation and decoration the trees. For all of Saratoga's public and private schools to participate, 11 additional trees would need to be added to the Blaney Plaza site.. Lighting and. decorating of the trees would assumed by each school, while installation, daily watering, maintenance, and tree removal cc be performed by the City's Public Works Department. If the schools are to participate, they would need to assume responsibility for parent notificat within their individual schools. However the City's promotional material would be modified include the tree portion of the event. If Council approves the expansion of the program, staff would need to receive confirmation from all Saratoga school principals no later than Thursda October 28, 2004 to meet various event deadlines. • -~ The following is a list of options for Council to consider for expanding the Tree Lighting Ceremony: OPTION 1-SCHOOL HOLIDAY TREES AT BLANEY PLAZA ^ 11 trees could be ordered and placed throughout Blaney Plaza representing each Sazatoga K-12 school. ^ City Staff would. be responsible for tree installation, daily watering maintenance, and removal of the tree after the holiday season. ^ Schools would be responsible for the installation of donated lights, provide school-made decorations, and the creation of a school identification sign. ^ .Student representatives from each of the schools would be invited to introduce their tree the night of the Tree Lighting Ceremony. ^ Trees would be installed two weeks prior to the event to allow school representatives time for decorating. ^ On or before January 10, 2005, School representatives would remove decorations and lights to prepare the tree for removal. ^ School officials would be responsible for promoting the holiday tree program throughout their individual schools. ^ City promotional materials would be changed to reflect the additional school participation. Items include: ^ City Press Releases ^ City Posters ^ City Ad Promotion in Saratoga News, San ose Mercury Guide Edition, and KSAR Channel 15 EVENT TIMELINE ^ Response from each school confirming participation Due: Thursday, October 28, 2004 ^ Individual (in-house) School promotion of the Holiday Tree Lighting Event Due: Monday, November 1, 2004 ^ Public Works Department coordinates Holiday Tree Orders and deliveries Due between: Monday, November 1, 2004 -Monday, November 8, 2004 ^ City Media Promotion of the Event & Coordinating Contracts Due:. Friday, November 5, 2004 ^ School Holiday Tree Decorating Due between: Monday, November 15, 2004 -Monday, November 22, 2004 ^ S~' Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony Due: Friday, November 26, 2004 • 2 OPTION 2 -SCHOOL HOLIDAY TREES AT INDIVIDUAL SCHOOL SITES ^ 11 trees could be ordered and delivered to the ten various Saratoga school sites two weeks prior to the Village Tree Lighting Ceremony to allow time for decorating. ^ School representatives would be responsible for installation, daily watering maintenance, and removal of the tree after the holiday season has ended. ^ Schools would be responsible for the installation of donated lights, provide school-made decorations, and to create a school identification sign. ^ School representatives on or before January 10, 2005 would remove decorations and lights to prepare tree for removal. ^ School officials would be responsible for promoting the holiday tree program throughout their individual schools. ^ City promotional materials would be changed to reflect the additional school participation. Items include: ^ City Press Releases ^ City Posters ^ City Ad Promotion in Saratoga News, San Jose Mercury Guide Edition, and KSAR Channel 15 EVENT TIMELINE ^ Response from each school confirming participation Due: Thursday, October 28, 2004 ^ Individual (in-house) School promotion of the Holiday Tr e Lighting Event Due: Monday, November 1, 2004 ^ Public Works Department coordinates Holiday Tree orders and deliveries Due between: Monday, November 1, 2004 -Monday, November 8, 2004 ^ City Media Promotion of the Event & Coordinating Contracts Due: Friday, November 5, 2004 ^ School Holiday Tree Decorating Due between: Monday, November 15, 2004 -Monday, November 22, 2004 ^ 5th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony Due: Friday, November 26, 2004 OPTION 3 -TRADITIONAL VILLAGE TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY ^ Staff would continue planning 4th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony ^ Staff could work with school officials to incorporate school trees into next year's Tree Lighting Ceremony to allow more lead time for the schools to prepare ^ City promotional materials would remain unchanged this year EVENT TIMELINE ^ City Media Promotion of the Event & Coordinating Contracts Deadline: Friday, November 5, 2004 ^ 5th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony Deadline: Friday, November 26, 2004 3 FISCAL IMPACTS: A donor would pay for the funding of 11 Holiday Trees, tree stands, and decorative lights. However, additional staff time from the Public Works Department, Corporation Yard and City Manager's Office would need to be allocated to ensure a successful event. ADVERTISING, NOTICING, AND PUBLIC CONTACT: N/A CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ACTING ON RECOMMENDED MOTION: Staff would continue with planning the 4th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony in conjunction with the Village Merchant Open House. ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S): 1. Options as described in this report. FOLLOW UP ACTION(S): 1. Staff would contact school officials with event information, so schools could promote the event in a timely matter to both parents and students. 2. City Promotional materials would be changed to reflect Council's direction related to the School Holiday Tree Lighting ATTACHMENTS: 1. Proposed site map for Blaney Plaza 2. List of all K-12 Schools • 4 . PARTICPATING SARATOGA SCHOOLS Elementary Schools ^ Argonaut ^ Blue Hills ^ Foothill ^ Marshall Lane ^ Saratoga Oak Street ^ Saint Andrews Middle Schools ^ McAuliffe Middle ^ Redwood Middle ^ Sacred Heart High Schools ^ Prospect High ^ Saratoga High • • 5 b ~~ !j/! (~ p .. 1`. '~Jf W SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: October 20, 2004 AGENDA ITEM: QRIGINATING DEFT: Public Works CITY MANAGER: ~~ PREPARED BY: Cary Bloomquist DEPT HEAD: SUBJECT: Dog Off-leash_ Hours /Areas in City-Owned Parks RECOMMENDED ACTION(S)': Accept report and' provide direction to staff pertaining to Options 1 and 2 as listed below. REPORT SUMMARY: Introduction ' At their October 4, 2004 regular meeting, the Parks and Recreati Commission were presented information by members of the "Friends of Saratoga Dogs" reques 'ng dog off leash hours /areas in City-owned parks. -The Commission forwarded this request to 'ty Council at their October 6, 2004 regulaz meeting and requested direction from Council on ho to proceed. Members of the "Friends of Saratoga Dogs" also addressed the Council that evening, and presented a petition with over 300 signatures from Saratoga residents supporting their request for off-leash hours / azeas. The "Friends of Saratoga Dogs" was recently formed as a direct result of present enforcement. efforts of the City's d®g ordinance at City owned parks. Council instructed staff. to agendize this item for discussion this evening. Discussion City o~ncil and the Parks and Recreation Commission have discussed the issue of Dog. Parks at different times over the past several years. Lack of a suitable site and budgetary constraints have been hurdles too significant to overcome when looking at Dog Parks in the past. With rising construction costs and a general lack of public buy-in for such a facility within City limits, the feasibility of constructing a dog park. in Saratoga is challenging. tion 1: The Parks 'and Recreation Commission (PRC) will contact other jurisdictions that offer dog bff--leash hours/areas in their parks and gather the information pertaining to the opportunities and constraints it presents. This task will be delegated by the PRC to the Dog Park Task Force, with regular monthly updates by the Dog Park Task Force to the PRC until such time as they aze ready to present back to City Council. During this process, 1-2 public input meetings will beheld to gather public input prior to reporting back to City Council: These public meetings can be noticed on a Citywide basis or locally in those azeas targeted for off-leash hours /areas. tion #2: Designate an azea at a City Park as the site fora 3~month trial period for dog off- leash hours. Public notice of the azea azound the pazk will occur, along with a public heazing at City Council to amend the existing City Ordinance pertaining to dogs off-leash in City-owned parks. Azule Pazk may be a desirable test site because a majority of the petitions presented to Council originated from the areas surrounding the park. FISCAL IMPACTS: No direct costs other than City Attorney and staff time in reseazching these options CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED ACTION(S): Pazks and Recreation Commission will not reseazch options for dog off-leash hours/azea and existing ordinance will remain and continue to be enforced. ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S): 1) Choose to keep existing ordinance in place pertaining to dogs off-leash. 2) Choose a different trial location for dog off-leash areas /hours FOLLOW UP ACTION(S): Option #1) The Pazks and Recreation Commission will bring back to City Council, at a future ' meeting, information pertaining to how other Cities handle dogs off-leash in their Parks and potential sites at various City-owned pazks. ~ ~I Option #2) If 3-month trial period at Azule Park is chosen, the City Ordinance pertaining to dogs off-leash in City-owned pazks will need to be changed or amended. Typically, this will involve a public hearing prior to any changes being implemented. In addition, local law enforcement and code enforcement will need to be notified and a new schedule of patrol will need to be established to make certain the conditions of the trial period are being adhered to. ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT: Option # 1) None Option #2) Advertised public notice for public hearing ATTACHMENTS: None. • ,. SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: October 20, 2004 AGENDA ITEM: ATING DEPT: Public Works CITY MANAGER: `~ ~ '-- ORIGIN PREPARED BY: Gary Bloomq~ DEPT HEAD: SUBJECT: State of California Department of Park and Recreation 2002 Resources Bond Act (Proposition 40) Youth Soccer Grant Program and Healthy Communities Grant Program: Authorization to proceed with Grant applications and approval of Grant Resolutions RECOMMENDED ACTION(S): 1. Authorize Staff to proceed with Grant applications for the Youth Soccer Grant Program and for the Healthy Communities Grant Program. ' 2. Adopt the attached resolutions in support of the 2002 Y th Soccer Grant Program and the 2002 Healthy Communities Grant for the City of Sarat a REPORT SUMMARY: As a direct result of the passage of the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002, the City has an opportunity to apply for two competitive grant programs for park improvements that may otherwise go unmet. Estimated casts and other information pertaining to these grant programs is summarized in the table below: GRANT PROJECT DESCRIPTION: ESTIMATED LOCAL DEADLINE PROGRAM: PROJECT MATCH: TO APPLY: COSTS: Youth Soccer "Sand Channel" field $200,040.00 Not November ~, drainage improvements at mandatory 2004 Congress Springs Park but highly recommended Healthy Addition of one tennis court $100,000.00 Yes, 25% of November 5, Communities at Azule ark ro'ect costs 2004 The first step of the application process is to submit authorizing resolutions from City Council. ti unCl The attached Resolutions are in support of these grant applications. Staff is reques ng Co 1 authorize staff to apply for these grant opportunities and adopt the attached resolutions. FISCAL IMPACTS: -None if competitive grants are not awarded. -If grants awazded: • Youth Soccer local match has an in-kind match option which A.Y.S.O. has expressed interest in supporting. Another option would be a 10% total project cost local match, or $20,000.00. • Health Communities local match would be calculated based upon 25% of the total project cost, or $25,000.00 CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED ACTION(S): The City will not apply for either of these competitive grants. ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S): Staff can apply for only one grant. FOLLOW UP ACTION(S): City staff will complete and submit grant applications by November 5, 2004 deadline. ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT: None ATTACHMENTS: • A) Resolutions for 2002 Bond Act Youth Soccer and Healthy Communities Grant Programs RESOLUTION 2002 RESOURCES BOND ACT YOUTH SOCCER AND RECREATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Resolution No: RESOLUTION OF THE (Title of Governing Body) APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS FOR THE YOUTH SOCCER AND RECREATION DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM UNDER THE CALIFORNIA CLEAN WATER, CLEAN AIR, SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, AND COASTAL PROTECTION ACT OF 2002 For Congress Springs Park Sand Channel System Field Drainage Improvements WHEREAS, the people of the State of California have enacted the CALIFORNIA CLEAN WATER, CLEAN AIR, SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, AND COASTAL PROTECTION ACT OF 2002, which provides funds to the State of California for grants to eligible Applicants; and WHEREAS, the California Department of Parks and Recreation has been delegated the responsibility for the administration of the Youth Soccer and Recreation Development Program and the grant Project shown above within the State, setting up necessary procedures, and WHEREAS, said procedures established by the California Department of Parks and Recreation require the Applicant's Governing Body to certify by resolution the approval of the Application before submission of said Application to the State, and WHEREAS, the Applicant will enter into a Contract with the State of California for the Project; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council, City of Saratoga hereby: 1. Approves the filing of an Application for local assistance funds from the Youth Soccer and Recreation Development Program under the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks and Coastal Protection Act of 2002; and 2. Certifies that the Applicant has or will have sufficient funds to operate and maintain the Project; and Youth Soccer and Recreation Development Program 32 3. Certifies that the Applicant has reviewed, understands, and agrees to the General Provisions contained in the Contract shown in the Procedural Guide; and 4. Certifies that the Grantee has or will have available, prior to commencement of any work on the Project, the Match; 5. Certifies that the Project conforms to the recreation element of any applicable city or county general plan; and 6. Appoints the City Manager as agent to conduct all negotiations, execute and submit all documents including, but not limited to, Applications, agreements, payment requests and so on, which may be necessary for the completion of the Project. Approved and Adopted on the day of . 20 I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution Number was duly adopted by following a roll call vote: (Applicant's Governing Body) Ayes Noes Absent (Clerk) • Youth Soccer and Recreation Development Program 33 RESOLUTION 2002 RESOURCES BOND ACT STATE URBAN PARKS AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES PROGRAM Resolution No: RESOLUTION OF THE (Title of Governing Body) APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS FOR THE STATE URBAN PARKS AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES PROGRAM UNDER THE CALIFORNIA CLEAN WATER, CLEAN AIR, SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, AND COASTAL PROTECTION ACT OF 2002 For (Project) WHEREAS, the people of the State of California have enacted the CALIFORNIA CLEAN WATER, CLEAN AIR, SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD PA'~2KS, AND COASTAL PROTECTION ACT OF 2002, which provides funds to the SII ate of California for grants to eligible Applicants; and WHEREAS, the California Department of Parks and Recreation has been delegated the responsibility for the administration of the State Urban Parks and Healthy Communities Program and the grant Project shown above within the State, setting up necessary procedures, and WHEREAS, said procedures established by the California Department of Parks and Recreation require the Applicant's Governing Body to certify by resolution the approval of the Application before submission of said Application to the State, and WHEREAS, the Applicant will enter into a Contract with the State of California for the Project; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the hereby: (Applicant's Governing Body) Approves the filing of an Application for local assistance funds from the State Urban Parks and Healthy Communities Program under the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks and Coastal Protection Act of 2002; and • State Urban Parks and 36 Healthy Communities Program 2. Certifies that the Applicant has or will have sufficient funds to operate and maintain the Project; and 3. Certifies that the Applicant has reviewed, understands, and agrees to the General Provisions contained in the Contract shown in the Procedural Guide; and 4. Certifies that the Grantee has or will have available, prior to commencement of any work on the Project, the required Match; 5. Certifies that the Project conforms to the recreation element of any applicable city or county general plan; and 6. Appoints the (designated position) as agent to conduct all negotiations, execute and submit all documents including, but not limited to, Applications, agreements, payment requests and so on, which may be necessary for the completion of the Project. Approved and Adopted on the day of I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by call vote: (Applicant's Governing Body) Ayes Noes Absent (Clerk) • • 20 Number following a roll State Urban Parks and 37 Healthy Communities Program sAx~TOGA CITY CoUNCU~ MEETING DATE: October 20, 2004 AGENDA ITEM: ~--~ RIGINATING DEPT: Public Works CITY MANAGER: ~'~~~-5-~-~-` O PREPARED BY: John Cherbone DEPT HEAD: -..- SUBJECT: Grand Jury Report concerning the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority RECOMMENDED ACTION(S): Accept report and provide direction regarding a response to the Grand Jury Report - Inquiry into the Board Structure and Financial Management of the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). REPORT SUMMARY: Introduction• • the 2003-2004 Santa Clara Civil Grand Jury issued a Final Report inquiring into Eazher this year, the Boazd Structure and Financial Management of the Valley Transportation Authority (Attachment 1), On Friday, October 15, the City received a letter dated October 7~' from Michael A. Smith, Grand Jury Foreperson, which states .that the City must immediately provide a response to the Grand Jury Report (Attachment 2). It is not clear at this time why the Grand Jury is requiring the City to respond when the City is not the subject of the Grand Jury Report. The City Attorney is researching this issue and will report his findings at the City Council Meeting. The Grand Jury Foreperson was notified on Friday that a response to the report would be forthcoming. next week as it is on the City Council's agenda for action. Process. Responses to Grand Jury reports have a specific format as follows: 1) For each Finding in the report it is required to "Agree" or "Disagree". If you disagree, in whole or part, you must include an explanation of the reasons you disagree. 2) For each Recommendation it is required to respond with one of four possible Actions: Action 1: The particular Recommendations) have been implemented. Action 2: The particulaz Recommendation(s) have not been implemented, but will be implemented in the future. Action 3: fine particulaz Recommendation(s) require further analysis. Action 4: The particulaz Recommendation(s) will not be implemented, because they aze not warranted or are not reasonable. Each of the abovementioned Actions require supporting information or explanations, which staff will include in the response to the Grand Jury. Findings and Recommendations: The Grand Jury concluded with the following three Findings and corresponding Recommendations, which are require a response in the above-described format: Finding I.• The YTA Board, as currently constituted, does not provide direct voter representation on transportation issues, makes accountability remote, provides conflicts in responsibilities, and overextends Board members perjorming both their elected and appointed responsibilities • Agree • Disagree (provide explanations or reasons for disagreement) Recommendation I• The current structure of the VT'A Board should be made more responsive to the needs and financial management of the regional transportation system as a whole by providing for, via enabling legislation, members dedicated to' transportation that are either directly elected, appointed as their main public service respons'bility, or some combination of the two. The enabling legislation should be sponsored by one o more of the major constituent agencies in the VTA, such as the County Board of Supervisors. • Action. l : The particular Recommendation(s) have been implemented. • Action 2: The particulaz Recommendation(s) have not been implemented, but will be implemented in the future. • Action 3: The particulaz Recommendation(s) require further analysis. • Action 4: The particulaz Recommendation(s) will not be implemented, because they aze not warranted or aze not. reasonable. Finding II.• The VTA Board as currently constituted is too large and its members too transient to efficiently provide management oversight to VTA. As a result, the VTA Board has not reacted to the present budget problems with diligence, has depleted the financial reserves in the system, and has borrowed against future tax revenues rather than resolving an ongoing operational deficit. • Agree • Disagree (provide explanations or reasons for disagreement • 2 of 4 Recommendation II: The current size of the VTA Board should be reduced, via enabling legislation, to a smaller Board of S to 7 members that would be more involved in and accountable for the financial and operational management of VTA.. The enabling legislation should be sponsored by one or more of the major constituent agencies in the VTA, such as the County Board of Supervisors • Action 1: The particular Recommendation(s) have been implemented. • Action 2: The particular Recommendation(s) have not been implemented, but will be implemented in the future. • Action 3: The particular Recommendation(s) require further analysis. • Action 4: The particular Recommendation(s) will not be implemented, because they are not warranted or are not reasonable Finding III: The VTA Board has proceeded with a transit capital plan that cannot accomplish all that was promised in Measure A. • Agree Disagree (provide explanations or yeas ns for disagreement I: The VTA Board should delay expenditur s for Bart and provide more Recommendation II complete funding for other transit options. If VTA wants authorization of this change in plans by the voters, this should be done after a clear explanation to the public of the relative costs of the various transit options, and before a request for an additionall/2 cent sales tax increase. • Action 1: The particular Recommendation(s) have been implemented. • Action 2: The particular Recommendation(s) have not been implemented, but will be implemented in the future. • Action 3: The particular Recommendation(s) require further analysis. • Action 4: The particular Recommendation(s) will not be implemented, because they are not warranted or are not reasonable Attached for City Council information are two responses to the Grand Jury Report, the first from VTA, and the second from the City of Mountain View. FISCAL IMPACTS: None identified. CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED ACTION(S): N/A. 3 of 4 ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S): None in addition to the above. FOLLOW UP ACTION(S): If City Council directs, a response will to the Grand Jury Report will be generated for the Mayor's signature. ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT: Nothing additional. ATTACHMENTS: 1) Grand Jury Report. 2) October 7th Letter from Grand Jury Foreperson. 3) VTA Response to Grand Jury Report. 4) Mountain View Response to Grand Jury Report. • 4 of 4 • GRAND JURY SANTA CLARA \\ COUNTY 1 111 ~ ~es s~e-o~- 4~ - C~~~ Honorable Ann Waltonsmith Mayor City of Saratoga 13777 Fruitvale Avenue Saratoga, CA 95070 Attachment 1 June 1 1, 2004 Dear Mayor Waltonsmith and Members of the City Council: • Pursuant to Penal Code Section 933.05(f), the 2003-2004 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury is transmitting to you its Final Report, Inquiry into the Board Structure and Financial Management of the Valley Transportation Authority. Penal Code Section 933.05(f) A grand jury shall provide to the affected agency a copy of the portion of the grand jury report relating to that person or entity two working days prior to its public release and after the approval of the presiding judge. No officer, agency, department or governing body of a public agency shall disclose any contents of the report prior to the public release of the final report. Leg. H. 1996 ch. 1170, 1997 ch 443. Sincerely, i' •~RICHARD H. WOODWARD Foreperson 2003-2004 Civil Grand Jury RHW:dsa Enc. FOR YOUR INFORMATION This report will be made public and released to the media on Friday, June 18`h, A.M. Gloria Alicia Chacon, Executive Assistant 408-882-2721 RE~EIVE® JUN Y 6 2004 CITY OF SARATOGA ;j ~l. ~ ~ UU~LI.'~' L SUPERIOR COURT BUILDING • 191 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA 9$113 • (9Q$) 882-2721 • FAX 882-2795 6-OOi BRAND JURY EwNTw CLAP COtlNYY 1 rune 18, 2004 Honorable Ann Waltonsmith Mayor City of Saratoga 1377? Frnitvsle Avenue Ste, C.~4 9507+0 Dear Mayor W altonsmith and Members of the City Counc~7: ~,Q~ The 2003-2004 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury is transmitting to you its Final Report, Inquiry into the Board Stracture and FSnaneial Management of the Valley Transportation Authority. California Penal Code Section 933(c) requires that a governing body of the particular public agency or departmetrt which has been the subject of a Grand Jury final report shall respond within 90 days to the presiding dodge of the Superior Court on the findings a»d recommendations pertaining to matters under the cool of the governing body. California Penal Code Section 933.05 contains guideline far responses to Grand Jury findings and recommendations and is summarized in the attached form, which should be filled out and returned. PLEASE NOTE: 1. As stated in Penal Code Section 933.05, you arc required o "Agree" or "Disagree" with each PINllING(S) -Numbered None. If you disagree, in whole or part, you must inrclude an explanatrion ofthe reasons you disagree: Z. As stated in Penal Code Section 933.05, yon are required to respond to eacL RECOMNI~IV7)AT10N'(5~ -- Numbered I and II, with one offourpossible actiorx. Your comments are due in the office of the Honorable Thomas P. Hansen, presiding Judge, Santa Clara County Superior Cowl, l91 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95l 13, no later th~o Septes~abrr 2Q ZQ04. Copies of al] responses shall be placed on file with the Clerk of the Court. Sincerely, ~~.~~ ~Y. WOOD 1~oreperson 2003-2004 Civil Grand Jury ~YW:dsa lrnc. SUPERIOit COURT BUILDING ~ 397 NOxYN FIRST SYxCE7. SAN J05f, CALlFUR;IIIA 951]1 • (4ogj g82•z72a • Fox $g2-2iy$ e~oe7 • • • ~i0/£0 80L'ON t,~i:10 ~i0~ ril./OL Report Title: ' Report Date: Response by: i Response to Grand Jury Report 2003-2004 Civil Grand Jury Inquiry into the Board Structure and Financial Management of the Valley Transportation AuthorKy , May 27, 2004 Honorable Ann Waltonsmith Title: ~ Mayor City of ; the City FINDINGS ^ I (we) agree with the Frn~ngs nuabered: ^ i {we) disagree wholly or partially with the Findings numb (Attach a statement specifying any portion of the Findings that explanation of the reasons therefor.) and Members of disputed; include an I RI=CQMMENDATIaNS ~ I I ^ Recommendations numbered have (Attach a summary describing the implemented actions.) ^ Recommendations numbered have not ye been implemented, but will be implemented in the future. (Attach a timeframe for the implementation.) ^ Recommendations numbered require fu er analysis. (Attach an explanation and the scope and parameters of an an lysis or study, and a timeframe for the matter to be prepared for discussion by ~he o icer or director of the agency or department being investigated or reviewed, inrJudrng the g~oirerning body of the public agency tirhen applicable. This timeframe shall not exceed Si months from the date of publication of the grand jury report.) ^ Recommendations numbered will not be i plemented because they are not warranted or are not reasonable. (Attach an explanation.) Date Signature Number of pages attached: Print Name ~i0/h0 SOL' ON I,~i : LO ~i0 ~ ~i L/0 L 2003-2004 SANTA CLARA COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY INQUIRY INTO THE BOARD STRUCTURE AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OF THE VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Summary The Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) faces significant financial challenges. Some aze outside of the control of the VTA Boazd (Boazd), such as the recent short-term shortfalls of sales tax revenue due to the economic downturn and aless-than-efficient public transportation system due to widely dispersed housing and centers of commerce. Other challenges aze the result of decisions made or accepted by the Board, some as a consequence of the structure of the Boazd itself. These include: low recovery of transit costs from fares; high employee costs per service rendered; over-promising of programs to voters; inefficient timing of expenditures; financial forecasts designed to support program plans rather than evaluate options (and as a consequence not identifying more optimal approaches); and decisions influenced by benefits to local districts rather than to the regional Santa Clara County (County) transportation system. The Grand Jury recommends changes in the size and composition of the Board to provide better governance of VTA finances in the future. The overriding financial problem facing VTA at present is that it cannot afford the cost to build and operate a BART system to San Jose. Spending limited resources on BART could squander an opportunity to build, maintain, and operate a far lazger network of transit options throughout the county as enabled by voters approving the %2 cent Measure A sales tax in 2000. The Grand Jury recommends delaying expenditures for BART to provide more immediate funding for other Measure A transit projects. Background In the mid-1950's, the County proposed a plan for a public transportation network throughout the entire region. It was to be an integrated approach, designed to be a convenient and efficient means of transporting people to critical destinations as the county grew in population. The integrated plan was based on local buses as feeders to congregation points for express transport to more distant destinations (either via light rail or buses), which would then also connect to regional high-speed lines such as BART or commuter rail. The plan (with the exception of BART and commuter rail completing the circle around the bottom of the Bay) was well accepted and funded in subsequent years, largely by sales tax levies passed by county voters. • • L Over the next decades, portions of the system were developed and the aster plan was revised roughly every 10 years and updated between revisions. Compromises to a original vision were made over the years on a number of issues, due to funding constraints d politics. The number of users remained below that projected by the master plan, in part becaus of the incompleteness of the integrated plan, in part because of the reduced effectiveness of the system due to compromises in the constructed routes, and in major part because of the increased affordability and convenience of private motor vehicles and the investments VTA h made in freeways and expressways. Operating costs for the portions of the system that were bui t far exceeded fare-box revenues, with the rider-paid portion of the costs well below the nation 1 average of more than 20%. The VTA average fare box recoveries for 2002 and 2003 were o ly 11.6% and 12% of operating costs. The Board of the VTA was authorized in its present form by state le slation in 1994. In the osal originally presented to the State of California by the County B ro and of Supervisors, the p p Board was to be composed of five directly elected members (correspon ing to the five County Supervisorial Districts) and eleven appointed members from various elected bodies in the County. The State enabling legislation, however, eliminated the dir ctly elected directors. the Board membership was to be composed of 12 voting mem Instead rs, 5 alternates, and as , many as two ex-officio members, all elected officials appointed to se eon the Board by the jurisdictions they represent. The two ex-officio members are the County s representatives to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the Bay Area trans ortation authority. The twelve voting members are: ^ five San Jose City Council members; ^ three city council members (one each from Sunn .ale d Santa Clara for eight out of ten years; the other member position and the re airing 2 out of 10-year slots are filled by Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain iew, or Palo Alto, on a rotating basis); ^ one city council member from either Gilroy, Milpitas or Morgan Hill, on a rotating basis; ^ one city council member from either Campbell, Cupe ino, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, or Saratoga, on a rotating basis; ^ and two County Supervisors. Board members serve a term of two years, with some serving more th one term, but not those from the positions that rotate between the smaller cities. Board members are not required to have a transportation background or other relevant expertise. In the past year, the Board considered revising its composition in order o eliminate some of the rotating Board seats. This would be accomplished by increasing then ber of Board seats, with San Jose and County Board members having more than one vote eac to retain an equivalent voting weight as at present. This effort has now been tabled until 2005. Some VTA, board boards that govern public bodies in the County use board stru tares that are similar to that is, individual city councils select one of their own members to serve on a governing for a different function. Examples of this type of board includ the Association of Bay 2 Area Governments and the joint powers agreement board for the county library system. While these appointees aze responsible and interested citizens, they aze usually extremely busy with activities in their own city. These board members have neither the time nor the expertise to delve deeply into the problems facing them. The net result of this is a staff-driven organization. Thus, although the board has the ultimate authority for decisions, the specialized knowledge and dedicated time of the staff means that most of the strategy and tactics aze set by staff. The staff spends much of its time bringing the board up to speed on decisions that the staff has already made. Board meetings chazacteristic of staff-driven organizations are generally passive informational meetings interspersed occasionally with strong reactions when staff has veered too faz off course in the view of a board member. Alternatively, member-driven boazds lead discussions in their boazd meetings on such matters as how the organization is doing against benchmarks, how to best utilize resources, and setting goals and direction for the staff to implement. An example of a boazd in the County that is smaller and more dedicated to its role is the Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) Boazd. Five boazd members aze elected to their roles by supervisory district, and two members are appointed by the Board of Supervisors. Although the SCVWD staff is every bit as involved as VTA staff in operating their business, the SCVWD Board does not have other governmental obligations and thus is more focused in providing governance, guidance, and oversight to the staff. Other transportation agencies in California, as authorized by the state legislature, have a wide range of options for their boards. At least two transportation agencies, Santa Bazbaza and Stockton, have citizens appointed as boazd members by county and city governing bodies. Unlike VTA, those boazd members aze not currently elected members of those bodies. Citizen members aze chosen for their expertise, their interest in and- commitment to transit matters, and their long-term community involvement. A few transit boazds such as the boazd for BART aze directly elected to that role. While others require the appointees to be elected officials (like VTA), Bakersfield explicitly requires them not to be elected officials. Boazd size ranges from 5 to 20 members. One VTA staff member has had previous, positive experience working with appointed citizen boards, and indicated that the members were in general more experienced, dedicated, and interested in transit issues. A recent joint meeting of the VTA Board and the boazd that oversees the existing portions of BART cleazly highlighted the different operating styles of the two groups. Following presentations, the VTA Board asked questions for clarification. The BART Board made suggestions and recommendations. For example, a VTA Boazd member asked about funding for the BART extension to Warm Springs (obviously required to continue the line to San Jose) and was surprised that it was in jeopardy. The money allocated for that project had been "borrowed" to pay for cost overruns on the BART link to the San Francisco Airport. The loan was to be repaid with operating surpluses from that link, which have not materialized. On the other hand, the BART Board suggested that VTA should prepaze a contingency plan, given the shaky finances for BART to San Jose, which initially extends BART only to Milpitas or Benyessa. Even considering such a plan was quickly dismissed by a VTA Board member. • 3 ,. Discussion VTA Board The Grand Jury inquiry discovered that the Board, while composed of de icated public servants, is not functioning well as the governing body for the VTA. It is too ge, too political, too dependent on staff, too inexperienced in some cases, and too removed from the financial and operational performance of VTA. Some city council members expresse to the Grand Jury that they have chosen not to be appointed to the Boazd because of one or ore of these problems. Past and existing Board members admit freely that VTA is very much a s aff-driven rather than a Boazd-managed organization. VTA Boazd membership is not composed of members chosen specificall for their management, transportation, or business• experience, but rather is a rotating collect on of elected officials appointed from elected bodies in the County. These representatives often o not have business or transportation experience. -The primary duty and focus of these offi ials is to the elected positions in the entity from which they aze appointed. Voters would not ormally be expected to choose their local elected officials on the basis of whether they have tim or ability to represent the region's transportation interests on the VTA Board, even if they were aware of such a possibility for additional responsibility beyond the primary responsibiliti s of the elected office. The commitment in time to provide effective oversight as Boazd m bers to VTA can be significantly beyond what is possible as a secondary appointment for elected representative. There are more than 10 hours of public Boazd and committee meeting to attend each month. Each has staff-supplied material which should be reviewed before each eeting (but because of other commitments may not be reviewed, leading sometimes to elem ntary questions at the Board meetings). That time commitment is necessary just to be reactive any proactive attempts at governance would require significant additional commitments in time. It is important to understand that VTA is a major business with a $ 50 million budget, has capital expenditures with major impact on construction jobs in the Co ty, and serves a host of different constituencies. It is also a complex business, covering roads to pazatransit, which is managed in other counties such as Alameda by three sepazate boards. The Boazd is to be commended for the breadth and depth of their advi ory committees, which collect excellent input from such constituencies as bicycle and rail co uters. However, the time that Boazd members devote to assessing public input from outside eir districts is often the perfunctory acceptance of written reports without comment at meeti gs and listening to 90- secondpublic comments at Board meetings. • Over the period 2000 to 2003, Boazd member attendance averaged a res ectable 83%. That does mean, however, that on average two of the twelve voting Board membe were absent from each of the twenty to twenty-four Boazd and workshop meetings held each yeaz. Some had perfect attendance records; others were absent from the meetings more than hal of the time. Attendance records aze similaz for the three main Board committees: 77%, or one i four Board members is absent on average at each committee meeting, scheduled once per mon (however, as many as 4 six per year are cancelled). Moreover, the attendance records do not take into account that board members at times arrive late or leave early. Because of time constraints for these heavily scheduled elected officials, meeting discussions are sometimes truncated, even before a crucial topic for the meeting is completed. A large portion of the monthly Board workshop meeting is spent explaining an overwhelming amount of VTA staff-supplied financial and operational information. At one recent meeting, it was necessary to explain that what appeared to be an improved financial outlook was the result of the use lease buyback financing to purchase capital equipment, improving the short-tenor cash position for 2004 but incurring future cash flow obligations. From the questioning, it was not apparent that all Board members knew what the implications for alease/buyback were or if they recalled that such a financial strategy was to be used to improve the depleted cash reserves of the VTA. On the other hand, the size of the Board, along with alternates and other advisory members, makes it impractical for VTA staff to spend much time with each individual member to provide information and perspective other than at Board meetings. Consequently, there is very little time left to devote to substantive Board discussion of the management of VTA businesses. An additional problem of any large organization is the dilution of individual responsibility. Each Board member may have good intentions about representing the transportation interests of the County as a region, but also may believe that they need to protect the parochial interests of the local azea that they represent. A large number of the issues raised at Boazd meetings by members concern VTA actions that affect their own local consti encies. It is difficult to build a regional consensus when it appears at Boazd meetings that some embers are primarily focused on issues in and benefits to their local region of the County. Perhaps because of the political positions of the Board members, frank and open discussions on important matters of policy aze rare. The Grand Jury observed a striking example of this reserved behavior at one committee meeting concerning the continued awazding of engineering contracts for BART studies even though some Boazd members had reservations whether that was prudent, given the recent VTA financial studies that BART cannot be completed in the next 20 yeazs. Discussion was quickly cut short with comments by a Board member that building the full BART system to San Jose and Santa Clara was the only approach to be considered. An example of the Board not being effective as the ultimate overseer of VTA was a VTA staff response to a request by a Board member, asking for follow-up information on a commentary article in the January 28, 2004 San Jose Mercury News on the costs of VTA bus operations compared to other agencies. The commentary noted that the average cost of operating a VTA bus for one hour is $134 compared to $99.20 for peer agencies, 35% more, and that it takes 3.18 employee hours to keep a bus in service for one hour compared to a national average of 1.91 hours. One Board member raised this issue at the January 30, 2004 Boazd of Directors Workshop Meeting. As described in the minutes: "Board Member...inquired about the analysis of the expenses and revenue in terms of dollars per person. He further inquired if the data has been summarized and compazed to find out if VTA is at par with agencies operating in the same capacity." 5 The response from the VTA General Manager was: "that he, along with the Ad-Hoc Stability Committee, Manufacturing Group, and other business community members VTA is managing well in this kind of environment." That response contained no substantive answer to a direct Boazd operations. It is the fiducial responsibility of the Board, not a commit group, or business community leaders, to provide oversight and dir ensure that staff provide detailed explanations when operations de Moreover, an effective and proactive Boazd would have been driving based on early trends in that data. The Grand Jury followed up on the same question with VTA staff, again informative answer, but did receive a VTA response published in the nev memorandum to the Board regazding the commentary article. The information on improvements being made and examples where VTA ~ peer agencies, but the overall conclusion, that VTA is in serious finan costs, was supported, not refuted, by the memorandum. For example: Silicon Valley •e confident that iry regarding VTA a business lobbying n. The Boazd must from benchmarks. isions in prior yeazs id not receive a direct, paper and a VTA staff Memorandum provided ~s not the worst of its al trouble due to high "VTA's experience is driven by relatively high wages, 'gh fi7 ge benefits, and high absenteeism.... In FY02, the average straight wag rose t $20.32, and the average total wages paid per revenue hour was $30.61. 's ra id growth is the result of the progression in the labor contract and the inc easing tenure of the bus operator work force. "VTA fringe benefits for bus operators aze very expensive. In O1, it was 58.3% of wages paid to operators; this figure rose to 63.1% in FY02. 's is similar to the rates paid by AC Transit. The average for the peer group w considered was between 45% and 50%. "Low attendance by VTA operators is another reason for high perating costs. In FY01, the annual revenue hours worked per VTA vehicle op ations employee (including bus operators, street supervisors, and some managem t staff) was only 1,214. At AC Transit, the value was 1,320; at OCTA in Orange County the value was 1,351. In San Diego, the value is 1,627... "VTA's ratio of active vehicles per maintenance employee as only 1.057 in FY01. This was the lowest of our peer group. Sam Trans, b comparison, was 2.566; AC Transit was 1.739.... "But an older fleet is only part of the explanation for lazge labo requirements for maintenance. The other, more important, explanation is high a senteeism for bus maintenance workers, similaz to the problem with bus opera ors. The average hours worked by VTA vehicle maintenance employees was o ly 1,514 hours in FY00 [.] By comparison, the average of the peer group was 1,83 hours." 6 The memorandum provides these and other examples of inefficient operations compared to benchmazks such as vehicle maintenance employees away from work an average of 14 weeks during 2000. An active board would be quite concerned about these issues and involved in finding solutions. VTA Financial Management The Board allowed the finances of VTA to deteriorate badly during the recent economic downturn before beginning to take some actions. For instance, between 2001 and 2004, revenues from fazes (10% of total revenues) and sales taxes (50% of total revenues) declined by 19% while wages and benefits rose by 40%. In fact wages and benefits went from 72% of total expenses in 2000 to 91% in 2004. Fares as a fraction of operating costs were kept unusually low compared to national averages. Low fares were part of the problem, but not the major problem. The adult cash faze was $1.10 in 1995, increased to $1.25 in 2000, $1.40 and $1.50 in 2003, and $1.75 in 2005. Operating costs rose even faster, paztly because structural expenses such as wages and benefits increased much faster than inflation and partly because operating expenses were not cut during the downturn in proportion to the recent ridership decline. During the past several years, those actions and lack of actions led to spending down the reserves set aside for contingencies. With those reserves depleted as far as practical, the Boazd then took the. unusual step of paying for current costs and debt by borrowing $275 million plus interest against Measure A sales tax revenues not due to be collected unti12006 and later. That action prevented a 21 % cut in transit services this year but has not solved the current financial problem. It merely pushed it into the future, creating two additional problems. The $275 million plus interest will not be available in 2006 and later years, having already been spent (and not all on capital improvements). The second problem is that the structural operating deficit is projected to increase from $76 million for fiscal year 2003-04 to $92 million in 2004-05. VTA has delayed a plan to ask voters for an additional'/4 cent or higher increase in the sales tax (to 8.75%) until the November 2006 Election to help cover the ongoing deficit. In contrast, an unchazacteristically good example of management oversight by one Board member occurred in late 2003 with a member's forceful and repeated request for an analysis of when BART could be built to San Jose, given reasonable financial projections. The answer, which VTA had been resisting saying publicly, clearly, and unambiguously since before Measure A was passed by the voters, was that VTA does not have the funds to complete BART anytime in the next 20 yeazs. Shortly after delivering that stark message, which was not welcomed by some Board members, the VTA chief financial officer resigned for slower-paying out-of--state position. However, the Board has continued to spend money on BART as if that analysis had not been done and has revised the revenue projections to again propose a BART completion by 2014. In the past, the political structure of the boazd of VTA's predecessor agency was potentially responsible for the construction of a light rail system that deviated from the original plan. The 7 present light rail system, mainly a linear route, passes through downtowi with the airport, as do the rail transit systems in a number of other citie time of the decision that, by choosing a route through downtown, the ave to 20 miles per hour from the potential for 55 miles per hour. That ch compromised the speed of the light rail system, supposedly one of the p this much more expensive transportation mode over buses. Also, a ling network or grid tends to limit the ridership to those whose starting a-~d near the linear route. (The original 1950's plan envisioned a light rail net airport as well, and used buses on local loops as feeders to the light rail s~ more spokes to the lineaz system, but without even more interconnec~ between azbitrary locations will still limit it from being a populaz transpor • • These problems with the utility of the light rail system and other demogr to ridership numbers that are below original projections. In 1987, new downward just as the system was about to be put into operation, predi weekday riders by 2000. During the peak of the recent economic boom through the summer of 2001, ridership on the Tasman West line ro: projection levels but has fallen below again. Annual ridership number; systems operated or supported by VTA are shown in Figures 1 az logarithmic scale to reveal the trends in the less-frequented transportati~ 30% falloff in bus ridership from the peak to this year is striking, the ridership is more: 43%. Thus, even with the addition of the first section the daily ridership of 14,500 (slightly higher on weekdays) is now be estimate and is projected to increase only by 1000 next year after the Cap and does not connect . It was known at the age speed would drop ice of route seriously ime reasons justifying ar route rather than a coding points aze both vork, connected to the itions.) VTA is adding ng lines, travel times ition choice. ~phic factors contribute forecasts were revised sting 18,000 to 20,000 rom the spring of 2000 above the minimum for the various transit 3 2, the second on a n modes. Although the reduction in light rail f the Tasman East line, ~w the 1987 minimum tol Corridor is added. The lower than projected ridership means that the County's capital ex enditures are not being recovered as planned either by fares or by improvements in highway ongestion. As gasoline costs continue to rise and the County's population grows, an effective d efficient network of transit options would have been an economic asset to the region. The proposed BART link has much more severe problems. It again is linear line, but costs at least twice as much as light rail to construct and operate (see App dix A and Figure 3). Although it is sepazated in grade from roads and can travel considera ly faster than light rail, stations need to be further apart.. That means that local bus feeder routes must be longer and that more parking facilities must be constructed than for light rail. And altho gh faster, it will still be quicker to travel from downtown San Jose to San Francisco via the existing Caltrains line, especially with the new express routes cutting the time to about one ho In fact if BART is built, VTA projections show no improvement for try from Pleasanton to San Jose. Projections do show a 10-minute impro time from Milpitas to downtown San Jose (but still 10 minutes slower greatest relative benefit appears to go to those who travel from Union Jose, with a BART time estimated at 43 minutes, a carpool lane time at alone time at 53 minutes. (The reduced traffic due to the completion ~ improve those driving times by only 2 minutes each). vel times by any means cement in public transit han driving alone). The City to Downtown San 45 minutes, and adrive- ~f BART is projected to 8 Total capital costs for constructing BART to San Jose beyond that already spent are estimated to be $4,112 million (in 2003 dollars), assuming no changes to more costly design options. Initial start-up costs could be reduced by $217 to $350 million based on delaying the construction of a few stations. These costs do not include the costs of interest on the bonds to begin construction earlier than 2025 and do not assume any large cost overruns such as experienced on other BART projects around San Francisco Bay. The VTA has refused to consider any plan that would greatly reduce the construction costs, such as building BART only to Milpitas or Berryessa and connecting to a light rail grid for travel to other points in the County, including to downtown San Jose. BART would rely on three key funding sources: $2,629 million from VTA's Measure A local sales tax and other capital funding sources, $649 million from the State of California's Traffic Congestion Relief Program, and $834 million from Federal Section 5309 New Starts funds. None of these funding sources are secure. The state money is on hold and may or may not be restored if and when the state solves its own financial problems. The federal money is on hold because VTA has not supplied a viable financial plan for constructing and operating BART and therefore has been rated as "not recommended." And the amount of local money, a projected pot of funds, has shrunk over the past few years. These monies are needed as well for other projects promised on the Measure A ballot, including a transit link to the airport, which are not fully funded (Appendix B). Some of the money has already been siphoned off to by borrowing money now ($498 million including interest), before Measure A revenues start, to pay for current obligations. The 2004 draft environmental impact statement (EIS), which eeded to be approved by the Federal Transit Agency, (FTA), contains the following: "Funding to operate and maintain BART would come from a mix of sources such as a county %2-cent sales tax, State Transportation Development Act (TDA), State Transit Assistance (STA) Program, passenger fare revenues, Federal Transit Act, Section 5307, and other sources (e.g., advertising, rentals, interest earnings, etc.). Potential new funding sources could include '/4 to %2-cent sales tax, broadening the sales tax base, joint development, benefit assessment districts, Proposition 42; regional gas tax, and Bay Area bridge tolls. "The financial plan indicates that this extension will need additional revenue in order to be constructed and operated in the time frame described. The Federal Transit Administration is approving circulation of this Draft EIS, with a preliminary financial plan, in recognition of the project's inclusion in the current Metropolitan Transportation Plan financially constrained regional plan and as support for the public dialogue on the project and its financial plan. The financial plan in the Draft EIS is based on financial projections and governmental actions that are not finalized. As part of the New Starts process, a feasible financial plan will need to be prepared to advance the project into Final Design. In addition, the proposed project is dependent on the completion of the BART Warn Springs Extension Project that does not yet have a final financial plan in place." 9 In late 2003, the FTA downgraded the BART proposal for federal mo ey from "not rated" to "not recommended" due to holes in the VTA fmancial plans. The VTA can readily understand the FTA's position considering VTA's own advice to the Caltrains board: "The shift to the...scenario should not be made, however, un it the...member agencies have reached consensus on a funding agreement to ddress the $220 million...shortfall in the...capital program and have identifie and committed funds required for the operating subsidy required to operate an i .creased level of train service. This shortfall would be significantly increased if the projected $557.6 million in unidentified "other" funds is not secured for the...capit 1 program. • "Caltrains financial strategy should be based on achieving fin ial stability and should be guided by service demand and financial capacity...rath than relying on undefined and uncertain .innovative financing techniques." Instead-as outlined in a presentation entitled "Preliminary Engineerin -Why Now?" -- VTA continues to spend money on BART for the following reasons: Keep faith with voters and those stakeholders who continually support the project and VTA's overall transportation efforts. Illustrates strong and continuing local financial commitment to pr ject. If VTA delays now, why would our delegation [con ession and state] keep [the] project as [a] high priority? A further justification presented, that work should be done now si~ce it ould be more expensive later, is not valid based on the time value of money, but the Board did no challenge it. At times, VTA has attempted to provide a more balanced financial plan y assuming large year- to-year increases in sales tax revenue which then need to be scaled b ck or extended into the future. Their current projections for sales tax increases exceed those use in plans by the County and the City of San Jose. Various transit advocacy groups have main 'ned for years that the financials for BART were misleading and incomplete. In fact, there is circumstantial evidence that financial estimates were presented optimistically before key ecisions and negative information delayed until after, including the vote approving Measure A. The incremental costs to operate and maintain BART are estimated a $65 million, but VTA hopes to recover 71% of that from fares if their ridership projections a realistic. However, in addition, VTA has agreed that it will pay each year to help maintain the BART system as a whole, starting at $48 million and increasing to $75 million, which me that, as it affects the taxpayer, the projected fare-box recovery would only be about 35%. VTA states that the overall purpose of transportation improvements al ng the proposed BART route is to: Improve public transit service in this severely congested co dor by providing increased transit capacity and faster, convenient access t oughout the San 10 Francisco Bay Area Region, including southern Alameda County, central Contra Costa County, Tri-Valley, Central Valley, and Silicon Valley. • Enhance regional connectivity through expanded, interconnected rapid transit services between BART in Fremont and light rail transit (LRT) and Caltrain in Silicon Valley. • Accommodate future travel demand in the corridor by expanding modal options. • Alleviate severe and ever-increasing traffic congestion on the I-880 and I-680 Freeways between Alameda County and Santa Clara County. • Improve regional air quality by reducing auto emissions. • Improve mobility options to employment, education, medical, and retail centers for corridor residents, in particular low-income, youth, elderly, disabled, and ethnic minority populations. • Maximize transit usage and ridership. • Support local economic and land use plans and goals. The Grand Jury supports all these goals but has not been convinced by VTA that the plan for the construction of BART is the most efficient and timely way to accomplish them. In fact, implementing the plan may be to the detriment of an integrated transportation network throughout the region. As detailed in Appendix B, VTA's current plan chooses to allocate Measure A sales tax revenue to fully fund BART but to provide only 57% of the funds needed for all other Measure A projects. If BART were given a lower priority, all other Measure A projects could be completed sooner, building a more robust transportation system in the County. (Indeed, VTA does not need voter approval to delay or suspend BART. VTA would then have the capital funds necessary to do many of the items on the regional wish list, as shown in the lower portion of Appendix B and in Figures 4 and 5.) A scoring system to rank the priority of the various Measure A transit projects was established by prior Board action, but at least two Board members stated that they are uncomfortable scoring system results. A Board member had to ask more than once for VTA staff to supply the detailed numbers that produced the summary scores. Citizen comments at Board meetings have questioned the score that BART gets for financial viability (higher than all but three other Measure A projects) considering only the acknowledged problems. There are other reasons to consider suspending spending on BART if the project cannot be completed for at least 10 (or more likely 20) years. Commuter rail technology is akeady cheaper than BART and may be better integrated into a flexible network. High-speed rail from Los Angeles may be constructed along the same corridor, connecting to the existing BART system somewhere on the line to Oakland, as well as making the trip up the Peninsula even faster than Caltrains. Earthquake and security concerns may make vulnerable systems such as BART less desirable than a flexible transit network. Spending more money on BART now serves to make a change in plans progressively more difficult and wasteful. Anecdotal community support for BART is still high, especially in areas to be directly served by BART. Advocates for BART, however, have not surveyed residents about BART after providing information that BART would require at least two-thirds of the transit construction dollars over the next 30 years, even then would not be completed for more than twenty years, would operate at a deficit which would siphon funds from other transit programs, would be slower than 11 commuter rail to get to San Francisco and maybe Oakland, would cut by at most 2 minutes, that federal and state funding is certainly not asst an additional '/z cent sales tax increase to make this plan possible. A there are no unexpected problems. Editorial boards of community nevi Palo Alto to San Jose that used to be proponents no longer support the VTA has been receiving letters from some city councils recommending • Conclusions The VTA Board has not reacted to the present budget problems with financial reserves in the system, and has borrowed against future resolving an ongoing operational deficit. The Board has allowed persc rapidly than revenues.. The Board is too large, too transient, and too occupied with other duties effective oversight to the staff in running VTA. The Board should be re dedicated board by enabling legislation, perhaps along the model of the appointed to serve that role as their primary public service. Recomme~ state legislators for enabling legislation might come from any of several Board itself or any of the cities or towns in the County. oweve Supervisors was involved in the original enabling legislation and may b the County as a whole and the interests of transportation for the a tire re The Board needs to reevaluate its strategic plan for how the various the County, how funds are to be split between various capital operating subsidies are required now and in the future. minute times on I-880 d, and that VTA needs this is the situation if apers from Milpitas to esent BART plan. The ;valuation as well. ;nce, has depleted the revenues rather than costs to expand more ~ provide direction and onstituted as a smaller, CVWD, with members cations to the County's ~urces such as the VTA the County Board of best suited to represent of its system will serve its by year, and what The Grand Jury supports public transit and understands the urgent need for improving transit in the I-880/I-680 Corridor. The Grand Jury would have been delighted to have received a logical and financially compelling justification for putting BART at the head o its priority and funding list from VTA. It did not. The VTA needs to discuss what the Coun y transportation system sacrifices in order to gain the benefits of BART. Voters need to a more demanding of information before voting for financially unrealistic promises. Finding I The VTA Board, as currently constituted of appointed members County, does not provide direct voter representation on tr accountability remote, provides for conflicts in responsibilities, and performing both their elected and appointed responsibilities. elected bodies in the ation issues, makes .tends Board members 12 Recommendation I The current structure of the VTA Boazd should be made more responsive to the needs and financial management of the regional transportation system as a whole by providing for, via enabling legislation, members dedicated to transportation that aze either directly elected, appointed as their main public service responsibility, or some combination of the two. The enabling legislation should be sponsored by one or more of the major constituent agencies in the VTA, such as the County Boazd of Supervisors. Finding II The VTA Boazd as currently constituted is too lazge and its members too transient to efficiently provide management oversight to VTA. As a result, the VTA Boazd has not reacted to the present budget problems with diligence, has depleted the financial reserves in the system, and has borrowed against future tax revenues rather than resolving an ongoing operational deficit. Recommendation II The current size of the VTA Boazd should be reduced, via enabling legislation, to a smaller Boazd of 5 to 7 members that would be more involved in and accountable for the financial and operational management of VTA. The enabling legislation should be sponsored by one or more of the major constituent agencies in the VTA, such as the County Board of Supervisors. Finding III The VTA Boazd has proceeded with a transit capital improvement plan that cannot accomplish all that was promised in Measure A. Recommendation III The VTA Boazd should delay expenditures for BART and provide more complete funding for other transit options. If VTA wants authorization of this change in plans by the voters, this should be done after a cleaz explanation to the public of the relative costs of the various transit options, and before a request for anadditional %i cent sales tax increase. PASSED and ADOPTED by the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury on this 27~' day of May 2004. Richazd H. Woodwazd Foreperson • 13 • r] References Documents Bay Area Rapid Transit website: http•//www bait Gov/abouynoaiooame Board of Directors Meeting and Workshop Meeting Minutes, 2003 and Don Gage, Chair, Board of Directors, VTA, letter to the Peninsula Coy February 11, 2004. Greg Perry, VTA Policy Advisory Committee, "VTA Costs Are 0 Mercury News, January 28, 2004. "LRT Ridership Projections," Transportation Agency Transmittal Men Joint Powers Board, of Control," San Jose June 17, 1987. Measure A'/z Cent Transit Sales Tax, Official Ballot for the November , 2000, County General Election. Peter Cipolla, VTA General Manager, VTA Memorandum entitled " inion/Editorial article regarding VTA in January 28, 2004 San Jose Mercury News," January 2 , 2004. Silicon Valley Rapid Transit Comdor -BART Extension to Milpitas, S Jose, and Santa Clara Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Draft Environmental Impact ort/Draft Section 4(f) Evaluation [signed by VTA (1/27/04) and the Federal Transit Administr tion (3/2/04)]. "Transportation Injustice -Why BART-to-San Jose cost overruns service," Transportation and Land Use Coalition, March 6, 2003, htt~ Interviews County Supervisor, September 11, 2003. County Supervisor, October 10, 2003. County Supervisor, November 6, 2003. County Supervisor, May 20, 2004. Executive Director, Mineta Transportation Institute, November 6, 2003. Executive Director, Transportation and Land Use Coalition, Oakland, C~ May 13, 2004. devastate bus and rail January 20, 2004, and 14 Interviews -Continued Research Director, Mineta Transportation Institute, October 1, 2003. San Jose City Council Member, December 12, 2003. San Jose City Council Member, December 18, 2003. VTA CFO, September 16, 2003. Meetings Attended VTA Board and committee meetings. VTA Chief of Staff, Chief Operating Officer, Deputy Director of Service and Operations Planning General Counsel, Transportation Policy and Program Manager, Board Secretary, Controller, Principal Transportation Planner Congestion Management Program, Director Marketing and Customer Service, BART Deputy Project Manager, April 12, 2004. • • 15 • • d ~. 0 b ~. ~. 0 0 00 0 00 00 FBI a .~ b CCU a~ ~. a ~. w H a 0 +.+ a O ~. 0 W ~. w v a~ U ~ c ~o Q~U~ a~ ~ o ~ o ~ • ss. ~ ~, ~ ~ U ~ ,~S~~'~ ~ OU ~~b~ ~~~~ U -o c "" b ~~o-d ~.~.~ o a~ ~ ~ ~~~ o ~, ~ ~~~~ V U O ~ ~ 'd ~ y ~ •~ O ~~wb ~~~ °d o ~~~H U 00 ~ ~+ ~ ~ NfUr ~~~~ o •~ c U ~~., ~ U ~ ~ ~ .G ~~~a~ v a~ ,~ o ~ ~ ~ ~'e~ .~ ~o ~ b a~ ~>y~ °~ GC1 w ~ ~ b ~ ~ ~ ~b~~ a~ ~ 3 3 ~." v 'b ,~ ~~~b s~~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~z~ -d~-b~N .--i Appendix B VTP2O3O Transit Investment Plan [amounts in millions of dollars, after loans and operating subsidies] Federal & Measure A Funds Allocation Total State Funds Measure A Unfunded Cost on hold Fundin Cost Funded BART to San Jose & Santa Clara $4,112 $1,590 $2,453 $69 98% Downtown East Valley $550 $550 $0 100% Bus Rapid Transit $50 $33 $17 66% Caltrain Service Upgrades $171 $155 $16 91% New Rail Corridors Study $1 $1 $0 100% New Rail Corridors (TBD Phase 1 funded) $1,220 $188 $1,032 15% Airport People Mover Connector $400 $222 $178 56% Caltrain -South County $100 $61 $39 61 Rt. 17 Bus Service Improvements $2 $2 $0 100% Dumbarton Rail $278 $44 $234 16% Palo Alto Inter-modal Station $200 $50 $150 25% ACE Upgrade $22 $22 $0 100% Caltrain Electrification $650 $233 $417 36% Totals $7,756 $1,590 $4,014 $2,152 72% Non-Measure A Funds Allocation Total Regional Discretionary Unfunded Cost Fundin Fundin Cost Fun STIP funds allocated to BART above $0 =$107-$107 $0 $0 Zero Emission Buses $277 $277 $0 Highway Projects $1,852 $446 $1,406 Expressway Projects $416 $150 $266 Local Streets $288 $230 $58 Intelligent Systems $140 $28 $112 Sound Walls $10 $10 $0 Paving $510 $202 $100 $208 Bicycle $85 $32 $53 Pedestrian $113 $37 $0 $76 Landscape $0 $0 $0 Totals $3,691 $239 $1,273 $2,179 100% 24% 36% 80% 20% 100% 59% 38% 33% 41% TOtaIS Total Outside VTA Unfunded Cost Fundin Fundin Cost Funded ALL Funds $11,447 $1,829 $5,287 $4,331 62% BART $4,112 $1,590 $2,453 $69 98% All Except BART $7,335 $239 $2,834 $4,262 42% All Measure A Except BART $3,644 $0 $1,561 $2,083 43% Totals without funding BART $7,335 $239 $5,287 $1,809 75% Measure A without funding BART $3,644 $0 $4,014 ($370) 110% 17 ~ • • Figure 1 VTA Ridership History 50,000,000 40,000,000 t N L 30,000,000 co Q 20,000,000 o F- 10,000,000 0 --~--Bus -~--Caltrain -~Ir-Light Rail -OUTREACH -~Altamont Express - ~° Light Rail Shuttles - E ACE Shuttles L'r Dumbarton Express ~ Highway 17 Express 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 Fiscal Year 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 18 Figure 2 100,000,000 's L d Q 0 H 10,000,000 1,000,000 100,000 VTA Ridership History ~~- Bus -E~-Caltrain ~ht Rail A --~-OUTREACH -~ - l amont Express ~ ~ Light Rail Shuttles - f ACE Shuttles - C~ Dumbarton Express - ~ Highway 17 Express ~0 F ~,~ . x ~ . N - ~~ ,, ~ ,_. ..s ~, ~.~ .~ ro. //~~ - /~,,_ - - ~~ - ~ • (S ~ i ~ ar ,. ;,:, , , - • ~ - r - - •r - - ~ - ' - r r~ i r ~ . • 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Fiscal Year 2003-04 2004-05 • ~ • • • • Figure 3 $5,000 $4,000 ~. $3,000 N O V $2,000 ea V $1,000 9-880/1-680 Corridor Mass Transit Options -~-VTA Capital Cost -e-- TALC Capital Cost -^ -VTA Oper. Cost/Yr -----c~------TALC Oper. Cost/Yr ~~ _...^r ~ • ^~ ~ - _ -.-o -. ------.---a----------- -- -------------------...--.- $100 ... $80 ~ N 0 $60 v c ._ c~ L $40 ~, O c~ $20 = a $o Rapid Bus Light Rail Commuter Rail BART $o Zo Figure 4 $3,000 ... ~ ... $2,500 ~ $2,000 a ~ $1,500 N $1,000 d ~ $500 $0 v ~ ~- su Tear runa~ng ~u~oC~tlol'1 O Unfunded Portion ® VTA Funding a~ ~Q \~ G ay Q ~~ ~ a~ e ~ ~~r~ '~~~ o~~ y~~ oo` ~,oy ~ ~~`or 0~~~ ~+Q~o oQ\ ~` 5 ~ Qo .~'~° ~'~ ~~- P~~ ~J o~ ~~o a~ ~~a ~~o ~r ~0~5 ~~~ ~oaa~ o~~g~ .~ Qua P'`° ~G~o. Qa~ ~~G 21 • • • • Figure 5 $a,ooo AI r Y F i n AI I i n wi h BART ~ $2,500 ^ Unfunded Portion ... ~ $2,000 ^ VTA Funding __ a _ $1,500 d N $1,000 d C $500 $0 5~~~ a~~` ~~~ Ga ~~y~ ~ ale` ~~~ ~~° ~ ~Q° ~~- P~~ J5 ~Q- ~°° ~~ gab y~° o'`r ` ~' as '~~' °c~ 5 ° °~ Q°a° P°~ . ~~°. ~° Q ~~G 22 GRAND JURY NAN'fA CLANA ~nUNTY 1 Qctober 7, 2004 Honorable Ann 'VValtonsnuth Mayor City of Saratoga 13777 Fr~uitvale Avenue Saratoga, CA 95070 Dear Mayor'V~altonsmith and Members of the City Council: Attachment 2 The 20(}4-2005 Santa Clara County Civil Grrand J''ury has not received your response to the Final Report, Inquiry into the $oard Structure and financial Management of the V'aliey Tt'ansportation Authority, which was forwarded with the enclosed letter dated Jane 18, 2004. Please respond immediately or the matter will be referred to the Presiding Judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court for appropriate action, Sincerely, ivt a~ MICHAEL A. SM2TH Foreperson 20042005 Civil Crrbnd Yury MAS:dsa Enclosure(s): ' .t, .. _~ ;~, „5'1JPARln$ CUUIii' BU1L11iNC: ~ 191 NoKYH FIRS'1 $'f AF.F.T~ $AN JOSB~ CALIFORNIA 96113 • (4U8) 882.2721 • 6Ax 882-274$ cao~ • • • *~0/z0 801'ON O~i~LO ~i0~ ail,/OL 0 ~ . ,.. Report Title. Report Date: Response by: Response to Grand Jury Report Attachment 3 2003-2004 Civil Grand Jury Inquiry into the Board Structure and Financial Management of the Valley Transportation Authority . ~ ~ . ~ . May 27, 2004 Honorable Donald F. Gage .. _ ee: ~ ~. ~~ Title: Chairperson. Santa Clara Valley` Transportation Authority Board of .Directors. and Members of the Board of Directors ~ •~ ~~ . .~ w ^ I (we) agree with the Findings numbered: ,. [~ 1(we) disagree wholly or partially with the Findings numbered: I,,, I~„~, III ~ . (Attach a statement specifying any port-on of the Findings that are disputed; include explanation of the reasons therefor.) ~ ~ ~ . • RECOMMENDATIONS ~ ~~. Recommendations numbered , have been implemented. ^ I (Attach a summary descn~ing the Implemented actions) . ^ Recommendations numbered have not yet been implemented, but will be impl~r ~e implementattion.) (Attach a ifinelrame . Recommendations numbered require further analysis. {Attach an explanation and the scope and parameters of an analysis or study, and a L'meframe for the matter to be prepared for discussion by the officer or dinectar of the agency or department beingblmeVeTh s timeframe sh l~not exdceed~ix months ~~the date public agency when applica of publication of the grand jury repor~J ® Recommendations numbered I, II, ZII Will not 6e implemented because they are not warranted or are not reasonable. (Attach an explanation.) ~ Donald F. Gage Au ust 12 2004 Signatu Print Name Date Number of pages attached: .~ S A N T A C l A R A T/J® Volley Transportation Authority . August 12, 2004 The Honorable Thomas P. Hansen Presiding Judge Santa Clara County Superior Court 191 North First Street San Jose, CA 95113 Dear Judge Hansen: The following is provided in response to the findings and recommendations presented in the 2003-04 Civil Grand Jury's Final Report, In u' into the' oard Structwe and Financial Mana ement of the Valle Trans ortation Authori (hereafter referred to as "the report") as transmitted to me by 2003-04 Grand Jury For person Richard H. Woodward on June 18, 2004. We wish to thank the members of the Grand Jury for their time and effort in developing their comments regarding the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. Unfortunately, we had the opportunity to meet with only five of the nineteen Grand Jury members. We wish there had been an opportunity for us to directly share information with all the Grand Jury members in analyzing the complexities of an organization like VTA. As such, members may find themselves quickly immersed in an environment of unique terminology and interrelationships that initially may appear to reflect a local issue, but ultimately turns out to be much more complicated. While we do not concur with three major conclusions contained in the Grand Jury's report, we wholeheartedly respect the concept and process in which a citizen Grand Jury reviews selected elements of a governmental entity and reports their conclusions to the public. We believe the Grand Jury plays a valuable role in encowaging public discussion about local government policies and practices. • • 3331 North First Street • San Jose, (A 95134-1906 • Administration 408.321.5555 • Customer Service 408.321.2300 ,~ Our specific responses to the three conclusions and recommendations contained in the 'June 18 re ort are as follows: Grand Jury s P Grand Jury Finding I. "The VTA Boazd, as currently constituted of appointed members from elected bodies in the County, does not provide direct voter representation on transportation issues, makes accountability remote, provides for conflicts in responsibilities, and overextends Board members performing both their elected and appointed responsibilities: ' Grand Jury Recommendation I. "The current structure of the VTA Board should be made more responsive to the needs and financial management of the regional transportation system as whole by providing for, via enabling legislation, members dedicated to transportation that are either directly elected, appointed as their main public service responsibility or some combination of the two. The enabling legislation should be sponsored by one or more of the major constituent agencies in the VTA, such as the County Board of Supervisors." . VTA RESPONSE TO FINDING I AND RECOMMENDATION I: We disagree with the recommendation for the reasons outlined below: • Tfiis finding appears to disregard the fact that the curr t organizational structure of VTA encompasses a critical nexus between land us planning authority and transportation responsibilities. The current VTA Boar structure facilitates this critical interrelationship specifically because, as city uncil members or county supervisors, each of the Boazd's twelve members have concurrent and ongoing land use decision making responsibilities. Knowledge of transit projects and private developments within a Board member's jurisdiction has helped forge much better land use planning and development that in the long term will ensure that land use decisions and public transportation decisions will be complementary and therefore provide the maximum benefit to the communities it serves. Selected examples include transit supportive rezoning and a variety of developments in San Jose, Milpitas, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Campbell and Los Gatos. • The report asserts that VTA is staff-driven, inferring a lack of Board understanding, direction or authority. This is factually inaccurate. VTA follows the time-tested structure and process, whereby the Board of Directors establishes policy and the professional staff implements that policy. Regardless of the size or composition of policy boards, this is along-established and proven approach for most public agencies, not just transportation agencies. A very cleaz example of the leadership the Boazd of Directors regulazly exercises was the Board's 2003 decision to pursue a court decision to utilize 2000 Measure A funds, through bonding, to defer astaff-recommended 21 percent service 2 reduction. This direction was given by a Board that thoroughly understood the full extent of the financial issues before them, had considered a great deal of . public and stakeholder comments, and exercised their authority to make the policy decision. The Boazd's decision in this instance to take a different approach from that recommended by staff. Staff, based upon professional experience and expertise, is chazged with the responsibility of analyzing issues, reviewing options and recommending action for Board consideration. The VTA Board provides direction to staff during all phases of staff's technical analysis of an issue. In fact, the Board often drives the development of policy by requesting staffto evaluate additional options for a specific issue. For example, this was very much the case during the work of the Board's Ad Hoc Financial Stability Committee. VTA's policy-making processes also contain a significant number of opportunities for public input. Prior to taking action, the Board has open and frank discussions and regularly seeks public input. Examples of this approach include budget decisions, faze policy revisions, service changes, long-range and short-range capital and operating plan adoption, and major corridor project approval. The Boazd's decision-making structure and process emphasize input from its advisory committees (most of which are composed entirely of citizen volunteers), ad hoc advisory committees, project polic advisory boazds, public hearings, community meetings, and interagency wor ' g groups. We don't believe the Grand Jury's report suggestion th t the VTA Boazd structure look to the Santa Bazbara and Stockton transit systems as examples is a valid recommendation. Both of these other systems aze small bus-only operations in very unique operating environments. Santa Barbara has a fleet of only 98 buses and a staff of 180 employees. Stockton has 180 buses and 340 employees. Neither system has light rail, commuter rail, and major construction or congestion management responsibilities. Neither is operating in an azea as large or an environment as complex as VTA. Neither has major regional transportation policy and service responsibilities or impacts: Therefore,.valid comparispns cannot be drawn. The report also suggests the Santa Clara Valley Water District's structure as a model for the VTA Board composition. Both missions are important in their nature. However, the Water District's mission is much more narrow in scope and revenue sources. VTA's complexity, in both its mission and funding, is much greater. Thus, this comparison does not appeaz to be an appropriate one. It should be pointed out, however, that the Water District follows the same proven protocol as VTA (and nearly all other public agencies), in that the staff conducts technical analysis, the Board sets policy and the professional staff implements that policy. 3 The report makes two sweeping statements that do not appear to be supportable by the referenced interview list. The first statement is "some city council members expressed to the Grand Jury that they have chosen not to be appointed to the VTA Board." Yet on the Grand Jury interview list; they reference interviewing only two San Jose City Council Members and no others from any other city council. The second statement is that "Past and existing Board members admit freely that VTA is very much staff-driven rather than a board managed organization." Once again we note that the report referenced interviews with only four members of the Board of Supervisors and two City of San Jose Council Members. In contrast to the statement contained in the Grand Jury's report, it is noteworthy that VTA's current Board of Directors consists of: two.mayors, two vice-mayors, one mayor pro-tem, the chair of the County Boazd of Supervisors and both the president and vice president of the Santa Clara County Cities Association. To date, we have never received any feedback from any jurisdiction that eligible city council members or county supervisors have passed on the opportunity to serve on the VTA Boazd of Directors. In fact, the sense we have is quite the contrary. Because of transportation's impact on development of a community, a VTA Board appointment is often a much sought after responsibility among local elected officials. The report suggests that because VTA's Board of Directors rotates or that they do not have business or transportation experience, the Boazd members aze not qualified to serve. We would argue that the experience of the current Boazd members points to a different conclusion. There are twelve voting and five alternate members of the Boazd of Directors. Each has responsibilities in transportation policy and planning in their respective jurisdiction. There is also one Ex-Officio non-voting member who represents the County on the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). The County's other MTC Commissioner currently represents a city group on the VTA Board and serves as Chairman of the Joint Peninsula Powers Board (Caltrain). While we have recently welcomed three new Boazd appointees this past year, the current total accumulated transportation policy experience of the Board exceeds 99 years. The average years of transportation policy experience of current VTA Board members is 5.5 years. Board members also have a substantial amount of business experience earned in the private sector. VTA's Board boasts a wide range of professional backgrounds (some retired, some current), including business, the technology industry, engineering, education, legal, finance, and government. It is important to reinforce that the primary role of any public sector board is to establish policy, represent their constituents and work for the community as a whole. We believe that the back ounds and experiences of the members of the current Boazd help gr them to fulfill these responsibilities well. 4 rtant to oint out that the Board of Directors recently • Finally, it is also unpo p appointed a subcommittee of Boazd members to review the current Board structure with the goal of reviewing whether the Board's current composition was still inclusive and responsive to transportation and land use related concerns of the cities and the county. The subcommittee's conclusion was that the current structure did not need to be revised. However, it was recommended that the Policy Advisory Committee (an advisory committee composed of representatives from the County and all 15 Santa Claza County cities) needed to take a more pro- active approach in reporting out on issues and offering recommendations to the . Board. This has been successfully implemented. The Board will revisit the board . structure issue next year to evaluate the success of the Policy Advisory Committee's efforts. . Grand Jury Finding II. "The VTA Boazd as currently constituted is too lazge and its members too transient to efficiently provide management oversight to VTA. As a result, the VTA Board has not reacted to the present budget problems with diligence, has depleted the financial reserves in the system, and has borrowed against future tax revenues rather than resolving an ongoing operational deficit." Grand Jury Recommendation II. "The current size of the VTA Board should be reduced, via enabling legislation, to a smaller Board of 5 to 7 members that would be more involved in and accountable for the financial and opera onal management of VTA. The enabling legislation should be sponsored by one or more f the major constituent agencies in the VTA, such as the County Boazd of Superviso . VTA RESPONSE TO FINDING II AND RECOMMENDATION II: We disagree with the Grand Jury's report recommendation in this area for the following reasons: . • The report concludes that the VTA's Boazd very size precludes effective oversight. of an .organization this large. However, the report offers no supportable basis for that conclusion. We do not believe that the size of the current Board in any way hinders effective decision-making. • The report concludes that the size of the Boazd was a negative factor in how the Board has reacted to the fiscal crisis now being faced VTA. The report states that if the VTA Board were smaller in size, the Boazd would have: 1) been able to react sooner and better to its fiscal crisis; 2) not utilized reserves; 3) found a way to resolve the financial situation while continuing to provide needed service; and 4) continued to advance important construction projects. The reality and known facts simply do not support this conclusion. VTA was the first public sector organization in the greater Bay Area to recognize and publicly share its analysis that this fiscal downturn was going to be longer and cut deeper than any downturn the Valley had seen in recent history. The downturn would mean a reduction in sales tax revenue, a primary source of funding for VTA operations. The longer the downturn, the less operating revenue VTA would have for services. As it would turn out, VTA would experience ten straight quarters of sales tax revenue and a 30 percent decline in revenues. Given these circumstances, it was not the size of the Board that made addressing the financial and service problems so difficult. It was a combination of the severe decline in sales tax revenues over a 2.5-year period coupled with a desire on the part of the Board and staff to maintain as much transportation service as possible for as long as possible. This difficult situation notwithstanding, the Board nevertheless moved expeditiously but carefully to address the financial situation. Under the Board's leadership, VTA stafftook immediate steps to reduce costs, defer several capital projects and institute efficiency improvements. In early 2002, the VTA Board Chair, with the unanimous support and approval of the full Board, requested representatives of the business community to conduct an operational review of VTA and to recommend potential savings or revenue- enhancing measures. Several of the business review t 's recommendations have been implemented. By late 2002, the Chair, again with the support and approval of the entire Board, also appointed a special A Hoc Financial Stability Committee made up not only of Board members, but als key stakeholders fiom the community-at-large, the business community and lator to review VTA's financial situation in depth and develop viable recommendations that would lead to financial stability for the organization. . • The Grand Jury's report is critical of VTA's use of its financial reserves. Yet the reserves served the purpose for which they were created. It was under the Board's direction that a 15 percent operating reserve was established and attained. This was a significant change from the VTA's predecessor organization, the County Transportation Authority. The reserves provided VTA the "rainy day" financial resources needed to minimize the impact of this unprecedented economic downturn on our service to our customers for more than two years. It should be noted that a Grand Jury report a few years ago was critical of VTA for having too much in financial reserves and recommended that it would be better spent on more service. However, fortunately, the Board decided to maintain its reserve levels. As a result, over the past two financially difficult years, Santa Clara County transit riders have benefited from that decision because VTA was able to provide more service than would have been the case if the reserves were not there. • As previously noted, the current Board developed and implemented a strategyto bond against funds that VTA will not begin to receive until Apri12006 as a means 6 to defer a 21 percent service reduction. After an extensive community outreach process, the Board's decision to take the bonding approach was the duect result of their responsiveness to the concerns of a public that relies on VTA service and to whom every VTA Board member is directly accountable. In addition, in 2004 the Board adopted anineteen-point strategy recommended by the aforementioned Ad Hoc Financial Stability Committee. The strategy is designed to restore financial stability created by the loss of significant sales tax revenues by reducing costs and increasing revenues. The development of the strategy included a significant amount of input from the public and discussion by members of the VTA Board. In trying to maintain quality services in.a fiscally-challenging environment, the Board has directed VTA staff to implement several policies and programs that many in our community were not happy about--fare increases, service modifications, and higher service standazds. But in the final analysis, VTA has been able to maintain a very high quality service; our vehicles are safe, clean and are on time. Service has been reduced to meet the fiscal challenges, but service quality has not diminished. Grand Jury Finding III. "The VTA Board has proceeded with a transit capital improvement plan that cannot accomplish all that was promis in Measure A." Grand Jury Recommendation III. "The VTA Board should elay expenditures for BART and provide more complete funding for other transit options. If VTA wants authorization of this change in plans by the voters, this should be done after a cleaz. explanation to the public of the relative costs of the various transit options, and before a request for an additional '/s cent sales tax increase." VTA RESPONSE TO FINDING III AND RECOMMENDATION III: We differ with the Grand Jury's recommendation in this area for the following reasons: • Perhaps the strongest reason for making the BART project the top priority is keeping faith with the voters who overwhelmingly supported Measure A and the BART project in November 2000. VTA remains committed to delivering all of the projects over the 30-yeaz life of Measure A. From VTA's perspective, it is not a question of which projects should be completed but rather how can we deliver all the projects approved by the voters plus add cost-effective service in the future. It is important to remember that Measure A primarily covers capital costs. Additional operating revenue, beyond that generated from Measure A, will be needed to support current and future VTA services. • The report makes a connection between VTA's fiscal situation and the BART project. This is an understandable but erroneous assumption. In fact, without the BART project and Measwe A, VTA would be in a much worse fiscal crisis . There should be no doubt that the BART project was the signature project that is responsible for the 71 percent voter support of Measure A. Polling done since the November 2000 vote confirms that BART remains the region's top transportation priority. Though Measure A was not originally intended to support current services, it is the future revenue stream from Measwe A that provides the basis for VTA to sustain the current level of services until an additional, ongoing revenue stream for operating costs can be identified. Without the public's strong support of the BART project in Measwe A, VTA would have had to implement a 21 percent service reduction. Thanks to the region's strong support for BART, this significant reduction in current service has been, at least temporarily, avoided. • The Grand Jury report infers that VTA's former Chief Financial Officer was forced to leave VTA for a lesser position out of state because of a statement he made regarding the deliverability of the BART project. Nothing could be further from the truth. The fact is he and his spouse (also formerly a VTA employee) found a unique opportunity to return to their home state and hometown where both of their families reside. • The Grand Jury's report challenges VTA's statements t delaying the BART project will add cost. However, the report did not offer data or information supporting its challenge. We have calculated that afive-year delay could escalate the BART project cost by neazly $700 million. We continue to have confidence in that calculation. • The report asserted that the future fare box recovery ratio for BART would be in the range of 35 percent. Unfortunately, the report provided no explanation or data to support its assertion. All of the projected ridership calculations for this project done by experts in ridership modeling have consistently concluded the BART extension would see a fare box recovery rate at or continuesto have confidence in lack of credible information to the contrary, VTA the 70 percent projections. • The report asserts that spending money on the BART project now may make any changes more difficult and wasteful. VTA has often publicly noted that: 1) we currently own the majority of the right-of--way to downtown San Jose; 2) this next phase of.work is limited to preliminary engineering; 3) preliminary engineering will help refine the project design and ultimate cost even more accwately; and 4) the preliminary engineering cost of $170 million will be partially supported by State and Federal funds. In addition, we have publicly noted that VTA will be unable to proceed beyond preliminary engineering phase to final design phase without the approval of the Federal Transit Administration. That will not occur 8 .r r until a fiscally sound long-term financial program is in place to support the entire VTA system. While the BART project is a major expenditure of public funds, we believe the aforementioned parameters will minimize the need for future changes and wasteful spending. Throughout this period VTA has also continued to manage neazly $2 billion worth of capital projects, all designed and delivered on time or well ahead of schedule and well-under budget. Despite the unprecedented economic downturn, VTA, working with the County, has been or will be able to successfully deliver nearly every project in the 1996 Measure A/B Transportation Improvement Plan. Examples include: Highway 101 widening; Interstate 880 Widening; Highway 85/87 Interchange; Route 85/101 North Interchange; Route 237/880 Interchange; Route 87 HOV lanes; Route 152 improvements; Highway 85 Noise Mitigation; Tasman East Light Rail; Capitol Light Rail; Vasona Light Rail; and several Caltrain station and track improvement projects in Santa Clara County. In conclusion, we believe the Grand Jury's report fails to recognize the tireless work by the VTA Board of Directors, VTA's stakeholder Advisory Committees, VTA's dedicated workforce and labor leadership to guide this organization through these difficult fiscal times. We readily recognize there is always room for improvement and we aze always receptive to thoughtful, constructive criticism. It was in that irit that the Boazd requested the business community to review our organization d subsequently established the Ad Hoc Financial Stability Committee. As not d earlier, we have or are implementing many recommendations from both these introsp~Ctive reviews. The entire VTA Board is committed to: / the provision of quality transportation services, / building the projects supported by the voting public, / maintaining a fiscally sound approach to the provision of services and the construction of projects, and / continuous internal improvement of the organization. In carrying out its responsibilities, the VTA Boazd routinely listens and acts on the significant amount of input from the public. We have managed to maintain quality services in a difficult fiscal environment and keep hundreds of millions of dollars worth of capital projects on or under schedule and on or under budget. Again, while there is always room for improvement in any organization, we believe the key onclusions reached in the Grand Jury's report are the result of incomplete information about the fiscal environment VTA now faces and the specific actions the Board has taken-and continues to take-to ensure VTA maintains the maximum quality and quantity of transportation services in Santa Clara County. In addition, the Grand Jury report does not appeaz to 9 reflect a clear understanding of the relationship between the BART project, the public support of that project and VTA's current operations fiscal crisis. However, we do appreciate the Grand Jury's efforts to encourage public discussion on VTA's operations and direction. Please know that we remain committed to doing everything we can to provide this community and this region with the highest quality transportation network we can. Sincerely, l/1r1 Don Gage Chair, VTA Board of Directors cc: Board of Directors Peter M. Cipolla, General Manager t • 10 I R~ SEP ~ - c~~~ CITY Or SHKH i u~A ~~ ((~~~ ~~ " W'~~' `y September 2, 2004 o~~pUN~~ ti v ~ ~ ~ ~ i u o~ ~~•~ ~~e'~nial Celeb~a~ The Honorable Thomas Hansen Presiding Judge-Santa Clara County Superior Court 191 North First Street San Jose, CA 95113 GRAND JURY REPORT CONCERNING THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY Dear Judge Hansen: On behalf of the Mountain View City Council, thank you for the opportunity to review and comment on the Grand jury report concerning the San#a Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VIA). The City Council shares the concerns discussed in the repor and agrees with Findings 1 and 3 but has no position on the recommendations. The Co cil has previously sent letters to the VTA Board regarding governance and allocation of ds for North County projects, thus, demonstrating our concerns. Copies of these letters ar enclosed for your information. The City of Mountain View thanks the Grand Jury for its efforts and analysis of these complex and challenging topics. r Mayor MP / JB / 9 / PW K / 971-08-24-04L ^ Enclosures cc: VTA Board of Directors Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors Santa Clara County Cities (All) City Council CM, CC, PWD, IPM, SAA-Skinner, F/c I • September 22, 2003 Ms. Jane Kennedy, Board Chairperson Valley Transportation Authority 1331 North First Street, Building B San Jose, CA 95134 Dear Ms. Kennedy: • Ori September 16, 2003, the Mountain View Eity Council considered the topic of Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) governance structure as requested by tl~e~ City of Milpitas in its proposal to enlarge the VTA Board of Directors to provide consistent representation for all . cities. o~~,oUNl\ ~y~ C, ~ I ~i ~9eiboaq ~O'C ~nfui Ce1~e~a . . Attachment 4 As a result of that discussiori, the Council took formal action authorizing me to send a.letter encouraging the VTA Board of Directors to consider studying • ternative governance structures ~' ~ that provide balanced individual city representation and me and medium-sized cities in the County, g~ P~'~p~tion for srnall- • Further, the City Council directed staff to monitor the ad hoc committee govemance revie • . and report back with the ad hoc committee recomrriendation in October...The City Council ma take additional action at that time based on the committee's recommendation. Finall , to ass y broad~discussion of the governance options, the City Council is also requesting the Santa Cl ae County Cities'Association agendize the topic at an upcoming meeting. •• • Thank you for your consideration of this important issue. Please let me know if ou have an gllestLOItS. - y y . ely, R. Michael IC zak, Jr. Mayor RNIIC/JJ/6/PWK/907-09-22-03~-E-1^ . cc: Mr. Jose Esteves, Mayor City of Milpitas ~. ~ ~ ~ Mr. Pete Cipolla, VTA General. Manager - Ms. Joanne Benjamin, VTA Transportation Policy and Program Manager City Council . CM, ACM, PWD, TPM, F/c . OFFICE OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL • March 2, 2004 Mr. Don Gage, Chairman . Boazd of Directozs • ~~ Santa Qara County Valley Transportation Authority 3331 North First Street, Building B-2 San Jose, CA 95134 ~ . Deaz Chairman Gage and members of the board, Thank you for your leadership in this time of organizational and financial crisis. 'T'his letter focuses on the VTP 2030 project priorities that we must soon submit to Metropolitan Transportation Commission, and particulazly on transit project priorities. The portfolio of~projects we choose will help determine the shape of•the valley's fifteen cities for the next quarter century. Our taxpayers and constituents are counting on our leadership to provide an intelligently designed, cost-effective, time-efficient, and flexible system for the changing economy and society. Given that the priorities should be based on demographic .travel forecasts; we are. concerned about the staff recommendations issued for the February 27, 2004 Board Workshop. Unti12030, the only projects proposed to be funded are the Downtown East . Valley, BART and operating assistance. Most of the other Measure A projects are . delayed until beyond 2030. If bonding costs are included or if' more conservative revenue or cost projections are used, these Measure A projects could faIl off the list ~ . entirely. Caltrain electrification and new corridors are not included at all: Yet, the VTP 2020 travel forecasts showed the largest increase in travel demand in the northwest area of the county. We respectfully request the Board allocate funding within the 25-year VTP 2030 plan for projects that are important to supporting the needs of our area: -Bus Rapid Transit ($33M) - Caltrain Service Upgrades ($1551Vn -Dumbarton Rail ($44M) • - Caltrain electrification ($233M) -Palo Alto Intermodal Center ($50) These total $505 nvllion or approximately one-eighth of the Measure A revenue projection for the next 25 years. We also request a reasonable fraction be implemented within the expenditure plan for the next ten years. Next, as the criteria for ranking VTA projects was •developed in 2001, and .our financial outlook has changed dramatically since then, we recommend that: 1) . Criteria be developed which measures cost-effectiveness of each project under consideration (e.g. cost/ rider vs. increasing ridership regardless of cost). • 2) That the VTA assign more than~5 points, out of 100 points, to reasonable assurance of funding. We realize that by revising the criteria, project rankings may change, However, if we expect to go to our taxpayers with another tax measure, we believe it vital to be forthright about the true range of options, trade-offs and risks. In sum, VTP2030 is not a routine update of the Iast plan. ~ Measure A was supported . county-wide because it promised many projects including BART, clean air buses, light rail, expansion and electrification of Caltrain and other projects. The VTA still faces a fiscal crisis, even with reduced operations. Compounding this issue is an uncertain future for federal and state funding for maintenance and capital improvements.. We need to look.at the painful facts candidly, and make new choices in this constrained environment. Although we expect the economy to.improve in time, our transportation system must be trim, flexible, and smart to ensure success for the entire County through f uture business cycles to come. Sincerely yours, We look forward to a constructive dialogue: ~ p~~~ ~ "~" ~~' { • SA1tATOGA CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: October 20, 2004 ORIGINATING DEPT:. City Manager's Office PREPARED BY: Cathleen Boyer, Ci Clerk AGENDA ITEM• CITY MANAGER: ~~'~-~ '~""' _r~ DEPT HEAD: SUBJECT; Proposal. from the Rotary Club of Saratoga to Sponsor the 3~d Annual Mustard Walk RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept report and direct staff accordingly. Adopt budget resolution. REPORT SUMMARY: On October 6, 2004-the Rotary Club of Saratoga submitted the attached proposal under Written Gommuriications for Council consideration. Due to the Brown Act Council could not take any action on the proposal at that time. Staff was directed to bring it back on tonight's agenda. The Rotary has requested that the City Council allow the Rotary to sponsor the 3'~ Annual Mustard Walk, waive any permit fees, use of the Warner Hutton House, Heritage Orchard, and City parking lot. The Rotary has also requested a monetary contribution of $1000. FISCAL IMPACTS: A contribution of $1,000 could be appropriated, out of City Council Contingency. CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED ACTION: Depends upon the options selected the 3rd Annual Mustard Walk would not take place. Or funding could come from elsewhere. ALTERNATIVE ACTION: 1.I Allow the Rotary to sponsor the event, waive fees and deny the $1,000 contribution. 2. Allow Rotary to sponsor the event, waive fees, and to request the $1,000 from die Rotary Community Grant Fund. 3. Allow the Rotary to sponsor the event, waive the fees, and refer them to the Saratoga- Monte Sereno Community Foundation for Grant Funding. FOLLOW UP ACTION: N/A ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT: Posting of the agenda.. ATTACHMENTS: Attachment A -Proposal from the Rotary Club of Saratoga. Attachment B -Resolution • • • 2 of 2 (a D, SEP 2 ~ 2004 The Rot CI1~Y Of SARATOGA ary Club of Saratoga ~~ ~ ~~~.~ POST OFFICE BOX 96 • SARATOGA, CALIFORNIA 95071 ~~~ CXL~1 ~- September 23, 2004 Dear Mayor Waltonsmith: The Rotary Club of Saratoga would like the Council to review a request for a Temporary Use Permit to conduct a Mustard Walk on Sunday, February 13, 2005, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. The Rotary Club will be sponsoring the event and would like permission to use the Warner Hutton House, Heritage Orchard and the City parking lot. The Rotary Club requests that the Council contribute $1000.00 to this event. We also request that any permit fees be waived. This event will showcase the Warner Hutton house and the Heritage Orchard and will include local artists, musicians, antique cars, donkey cart rides and docent tours. Free wine tasting and food items will be provided. The Rotary Club would like permission to have a promotional banner placed on City property in front of the library at the corner of Fruitvale and Saratoga Avenue two weeks prior to the event. Sincerely, ~~ 3 Dan W. Floyd Saratoga Rotary Club, President SARATOGA ROTARY ART SHOW • FIRST SUNDAY IN MAY • WEST VALLEY COLLEGE • SARATOGA • RESOLUTION NO. 04- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA AUTHORIZE AN AMENDMENT TO THE 2004- 2005 BUDGET FOR AN APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS TO BE ALLOCATED TO SUPPORT THE 3RD ANNUAL MUSTARD WALK WHEREAS, the Rotary Club of Saratoga wishes to sponsor the 3rd Annual Mustard Walk; and WHEREAS, the City Council acknowledges that the Mustard Walk has become an important event in the City of Saratoga that teaches the community about the City's history and also brings the community together at the Heritage Orchard and Warner Hutton House; and WHEREAS, it is the Council's desire to grant the Rotary's request to contribute a monetary contribution of $1000 to the event from the Council's Contingency (account #001-1010-511-5002). NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the C ty Council of the City of Saratoga hereby authorize the appropriation of $1,000 to be used by the otary Club of Saratoga for the 3rd Annual Mustard Walk. The above and foregoing resolution was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Saratoga City Council held on the 20th day of October 2004 by the following vote: AYES NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Ann Waltonsmith, Mayor ATTEST: Cathleen Boyer, City Clerk • i~ SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: October 20, 2004 ORIGINATING DEPT: Public Works PREPARED BY: John Cherbone AGENDA ITEM: ~~ ~ CITY MANAGER: DEPT HEAD: SUBJECT: Park Rental Fee In~'ormation RECOMMENDED ACTION(S): Accept Report. REPORT`SUMMARY: Per Council Member Bogosian's request please find below a summary of the fees collected by the Public Works Department for park rentals for fiscal year 03/04 and revenues collected to date in the current fiscal year. • Park Rental Fees (excluding group use fees) collected in F.Y. 03/04 = $12,502 • Park Rental Fees (excluding group use fees) collected to date in F.Y. 04/OS = $1,725 FISCAL IMPACTS: NiA. CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED ACTION(S): N/A. ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S)': N/A. FOLLOW UP ACTION(S): None. ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT: Nothing additional. ATTACHMENTS: None. L • 2 of 2