SACOG Board of Directors
3rd Floor - 1415 L Street, Suite 300
Sacramento, CA 95814

Listen to the meeting (2:36 hours, 32k)

Thursday, March 16, 2006 - 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

The Board may take up any agenda item at any time, regardless of the order listed. Members of the public coming for a specific agenda item are encouraged to arrive earlier than the schedule time. Public comment will be taken on the item at the time that it is taken up by the Board. We ask that members of the public complete a request to speak form, submit it to the Clerk of the Board, and keep their remarks brief. If several persons wish to address the board on a single item, the chair may impose a time limit on individual remarks at the beginning of the discussion. Action may be taken on any item on this agenda.

Pledge of Allegiance

(Any person wishing to address the Board on any item not on the agenda may do so at this time. After ten minutes of testimony, any additional testimony will be heard following the Action items.)

Presentation: Regional Blueprint Planning Grant by Sunne McPeak, California Business, Transportation & Housing Secretary

Consent Calendar: ‡ (Items are acted upon as one unit unless discussion is requested)

1. Minutes of the February 16, 2006 Meeting †
2. Overall Work Program/Budget Amendment #6 †
3. Request to Amend SACOG 2006 Regional Transportation Improvement Program †
4. Request for Allocation of State Transportation Improvement Program Funds †
5. Award of Consultant Contract for Regional Goods Movement Study Phase 1 †

Action Items: ‡

6. Air Quality Conformity Determinations on the 2006 Metropolitan Transportation Plan and the 2006/08 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program † (Mr. Young)
7. Public Hearing and Adoption of the 2006 Metropolitan Transportation Plan and Addendum to the Environmental Impact Report for the Metropolitan Transportation Plan for 2025 † (Ms. Kays)
8. Public Hearing and Adoption of 2006/08 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program † (Mr. Caceres)
9. Programming of Projects for 2005-07 Community Design Program † (Mr. Chew)
10. CEQA Reform AB1387 (Jones) † (Mr. McKeever)
11. Flood Control Issues and Legislation Update † (Mr. Shabazian)
12. State Infrastructure Bond Project List † (Mr. Hathaway)

Workshop:

13. Metropolitan Transportation Plan Issue Paper: Non-Motorized Issues † (Mr. Hathaway)

Reports:

14. Chair's Report (Chair Fargo)
15. Board Members' Report
16. Executive Director's Report † (Mr. McKeever)

Receive and File:

17. Elk Grove-Rancho Cordova-El Dorado Connector Project Update †
18. Metropolitan Transportation Plan 2030 Placer County Workshops Update †
19. Air Quality Earmark Update †
20. Audited Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 04-05 †

Adjournment: To ensure a quorum, we request board members schedule this meeting until 12:00 noon. The next regular meeting of the SACOG Board will be held on April 20, 2006 at 9:00 a.m. in the SACOG Board Room located at 1415 L Street, Suite 300, Sacramento, CA.

† - Attached to Director's Agenda
‡ - Action Item

Prepared by:
Mike McKeever
Executive Director

Approved by:
Heather Fargo
Chair

This agenda and most attachments are available on SACOG's website at www.sacog.org.

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