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RESOLUTION NO. 03-047
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA
SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED RESTRUCTURING OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY
VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS
WHEREAS, the Santa Clara County Valley Transportation Authority (VT A) was created in 1995 by the
California State Legislature by adoption of the Santa Clara County Transit District Act; and
WHEREAS, the VT A is authorized to develop, operate and maintain the County's bus and light rail system and to
reduce congestion and improve air quality through a combination of highway and transit capital improvements, lessened
demand on the transportation system and improved land use plamring; and
WHEREAS, Article 1 of Chapter 4 of the Santa Clara County Transit District Act; created the VT A Board of
Directors as a 12 member body representing Santa Clara County, the city of San Jose and the remaining cities located in
Santa Clara County; and
WHEREAS, for purposes of Board representation, the non-San Jose cities are organized into the following
groupings and Board membership:
3 members Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara and Sunnyvale
1 member Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno and Saratoga
I member Milpitas, Gilroy and Morgan Hill; and
WHEREAS, at anyone time more than half of the non-San Jose cities have a representative from another
jurisdiction representing their concerns on the VT A Board; and
WHEREAS, the VT A is responding to critical financial issues and major transportation construction projects that
affect the services, costs, and traffic congestion experienced by residents from all local jurisdictions throughout Santa Clara
County; and
WHEREAS, VT A Board actions affecting service levels, revenue sources, legislative initiatives, and transportation
construction projects will have broader and deeper county support and ownership by the direct participation of all local
jurisdictions in the decision-making processes; and
WHEREAS, since its inception, the VT A organization has matured and developed a reputation for high quality
transportation planning, services and project construction and direct VT A Board representation will allow all jurisdictions
to participate in VT A's many successes; and
WHEREAS, direct VTA Board representation for all Santa Clara County jurisdictions will allow individual cities
to more actively participate in VT A actions and proactively respond to the changes within that city; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA,
CALIFORNIA to submit a proposal that the VTA Board have 21 voting members with five seats for the city of San Jose
and two seats for Santa Clara County and the remaining seats distributed equally to the non-San Jose cities to provide direct
VT A Board representation for all jurisdictions_ Additionally, the proposal would maintain the existing proportional vote
representation for the city of San Jose and Santa Clara County by according their individual votes a weight of "three"; and
RESOLVED FURTHER, to encourage our fellow Santa Clara County jurisdictions to begin a public discussion
on restructuring the VT A Board for the purpose of providing direct representation on the Board for all Santa Clara County
jurisdictions_
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 16th day of July 2003, by the following vote:
AYES:
Councilrnernber Kathleen King, Nonnan Kline, Vice Mayor Ann Waltonsrnith, Mayor Nick Streit
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
Councilrnernber Stan Bogosian
ABSTAIN:
None
APPROVED:
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Nick Streit, Mayor