Transit Coordinating Committee

Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Sacramento Area Council of Governments
3rd Floor — SACOG Rivers Room
1415 L Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

Alternate location(s) via conference call:

Yuba-Sutter Transit
2100 B Street
Marysville, CA 95901

Members of the public may comment on any agenda item when it is taken by the Committee. Members of the public should come forward to be recognized by the Chair and keep their remarks brief.

This will be the first TCC meeting where the 1st hour will be dedicated to a General Transit Manager's Forum.

1. General Manager's Forum (Jackson/All, 1 hour)
   1. FTA Triennial Review recommended emergency drill table top exercises. What can the TCC members do as a group?
   2. Should the TCC develop a mutual aid agreement?
   3. Downtown Sacramento transit stop signs. YCTD has a grant for universal signage where YCTD operates. How can the TCC best get those affected together to get this worked on?
   4. Other items of interest
2. Approve minutes from the April, July and September 2009 TCC meetings (Jackson/All)
3. Introductions and Brief Round Table Operator Discussion (Jackson/All, 20 minutes)
   1. Discussion of effect of discontinuation of STA funding and Unmet Transit Needs (Jackson/Gordon Arruda (Caltrans)/All)
   2. Sacramento Regional Transit transfer agreements' status and discussion
   3. Upcoming service changes, coordination or joint purchase opportunities
   4. H1N1 (Swine Flu) — Any new issues or actions taken related to 'the flu'?
   5. Discussion of future topics of interest to TCC members
   6. Other items of interest
4. "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" (Brown/Taylor/All 10 minutes)
   1. Status report on FTA approval of ARRA grants and subrecipient agreements.
5. Update on State Budget and Federal Updates (Brown/All 20 minutes)
   1. Update on California Transit Association STA Litigation
   2. Status of the State Budget — Is there anything new that we should be aware of?
   3. Federal Updates — Is there anything new we should be aware of?
   4. Status report on "Reauthorization", continuing resolutions and extensions
   5. Review of recommendations on the Sacramento urbanized area JARC and New Freedom grant program applications.
   6. Other issues of importance or concern
6. SACOG Fall/Winter SACOG Programming Cycle: Discussion of the upcoming funding call for projects for the regional funding programs in the Four County RTPA area including RSTP, CMAQ and STIP target funding amounts (Brown/Crow, 10 minutes) (Attachment)
7. Charge/Mission of the Transit Coordinating Committee (VaughanBechtold/All 5 minutes)
8. Status Report on MTIP (Caceres/Brown 5 minutes)
9. TDA Triennial Performance Audit Contractors selected and potential audit schedule. (Coviello 5 minutes)
10. Update on Local Transportation Fund Sales Tax Revenues (Brown, 5 minutes)
11. Update on Long Range Transit Plan Project (Brown, 5 minutes)
    1. Discussion of project objectives and schedule
    2. Discussion of operator participation
    3. What do operators do with the LRTPs?
12. Set Next Meeting Dates (Brown/Jackson)
    1. TCC — November 10, 2009 (Tuesday prior to Veterans' Day holiday), December meeting needed? December 9th.
    2. Other meetings or events
13. Other Matters (5 minutes)
14. Adjournment

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