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Transit Coordinating Committee

Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 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

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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.

  1. General Manager's Forum (Wixon/All, 1 hour)
    1. ADA Advocacy Issues (Terry Bassett, All, 5 minutes)
    2. Update on Downtown Signage (All, 10 minutes)
    3. Discussion of Governor's Proposed 2010/11 Budget and relationship to CTA court case. Where do we go from here?
    4. Transit Operator report on ridership and farebox FY 2009-10 YTD (All, 15 minutes)
    5. Upcoming route or service changes (All, 15 minutes)
    6. Operator Responses to declining sales tax revenues (All, 10 minutes)
    7. Other items of interest (All, 5 minutes)
  2. Approve minutes from the December 2009 TCC meeting (Wixon/All)
  3. Introductions and Brief Round Table Operator Discussion (Wixon/All, 20 minutes)
    1. Status of vehicle procurement, on-going and up-coming
    2. Upcoming service changes, coordination and other joint purchase opportunities
    3. Discussion of future topics of interest to TCC members
    4. Status TDA Triennial Performance Audits and Fiscal Audits
    5. Other items of interest
  4. Update on State Budget and Federal Updates (Brown/All 20 minutes)
    1. Status of the State Budget — Is there anything new that we should be aware of?
    2. Federal Updates — Is there anything new we should be aware of? Have the 2010 Apportionments been posted; what is the status of the continuing resolutions and/or extensions; any news on reauthorization
    3. CTA Lawsuit — status of negotiations, any news?
    4. Update on LTF Sales Tax Revenues and Findings of Apportionment
    5. Other issues of importance or concern.
  5. Discussion of Possible Second Round of Economic Stimulus Funding - ARRA II
    (Brown, All 15 minutes)
    1. Discussion of what we know about the program
    2. Review of projects submitted in response to Caltrans survey
    3. Review of approach, development of project list, process, MTIP amendment and schedule.
  6. SACOG Spring Programming Cycle (Brown/Taylor/VaughanBechtold, 20 minutes)
    1. FTA Funding 5307, 5309, 5311, 5316, 5317 etc.
    2. FTA Discretionary Grant Programs — Applications due February 8, 2010: Urban Circulator (5309 New Starts) and Section 5309 Bus and Bus Facilities Livability Initiative Program Grants. Is anyone applying for these grants? Does anyone want to collaborate on a joint project/application?
    3. PTMISEA Program Cycle and Process; Relationship to 10 Year Plans
    4. Safety and Security Program Cycle and Process
  7. Update on Long Range Transit Plan Project (Brown, 5 minutes)
  8. Caltrans Discretionary Transportation Planning Grants FY 2010-2011 (McCrary, 10 minutes)

    A discussion of proposed SACOG projects and projects requested or being proposed by the area transit operators. Applications Due March 1, 2010. SACOG action in February cycle.

  9. Regional Transit Emergency Services Contact List Status report. (Brown/All 5 minutes)
  10. Status Report on MTIP (Caceres/Brown 5 minutes)
  11. Set Next Meeting Dates (Brown/Wixon)
    1. TCC — February programming meeting, February 3, 10, or 17, 2010.
    2. Other meetings or events
  12. Other Matters (5 minutes)
  13. Adjournment

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