Yolo County Transportation District to Encourage Participation in the Meetings of the Board of Directors
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AGENDA (530) 661-0816 NOTICE If requested, this agenda can be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability, as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Federal Rules and Regulations adopted in implementation thereof. Persons seeking an alternative format should contact Kathy Souza, Administrative Assistant, for further information. In addition, a person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, in order to participate in a public meeting should telephone or otherwise contact Kathy Souza as soon as possible and preferably at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Kathy Souza may be reached at telephone number (530) 661-0816 or at the following address: 350 Industrial Way, Woodland, CA 95776. It is the policy of the Board of Directors of the Yolo County Transportation District to encourage participation in the meetings of the Board of Directors. At each open meeting, members of the public shall be provided with an opportunity to directly address the Board on items of interest to the public that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Board of Directors. Please fill out a speaker card and give it to the Board Clerk if you wish to address the Board. Speaker cards are provided on a table by the entrance to the meeting room. MEETING DATE: Monday, May 14, 2012 MEETING TIME: 7:00 P.M. MEETING PLACE: Woodland City Hall, Council Chambers 300 First Street Woodland, CA 95695 The Chairman reserves the right to limit speakers to a reasonable length of time on any agenda item, depending upon the number of people wishing to speak and the time available. tion/Action Time I Estimated Info/Discussion Delibera 7:00 PM 1. Call to order/roll call/Pledge of Allegiance X (Voting members: Woodland, Davis, West Sacramento, Winters, Yolo County) (Nonvoting members: Caltrans, UCD) 7:00 2. Consider Approval of Agenda for May 14, 14,2012 2012 meeting X 7:00 3. Comments from public regarding matters NOT on the Agenda, but within the purview of X YCTD CONSENT CALENDAR 7:00 4a. Approve YCTD Board Minutes for Meeting of March 12, 12,2012 2012 (Souza) (pp 1-4) X 7:00 4b. Authorize Amendment to Agreement for On-Call Engineering Services (Bassett) (pp X 5-8) REGULAR CALENDAR 7:03 5. Board Member Reports, Announcements, Appointment Nominations, Presentations (Oral X Reports) 7:05 6. Oral Update from Veolia Transportation (Carmen Alba,Alba, Veolia Veolia General Manager) X 7:08 7. Consider Request from City of Woodland and Sacramento/Yolo Mutual Housing X Association to Initiate Service in Spring Lake Development in Woodland ((E.E. Reit'!)Reitz) (pp 9- 11)) 7:23 8. Review Proposed 2012/2013 YCTD Budget (Kwai Reitz, Bassett) (p 13)) X 7:53 9. Receive Director’s Report (Bassett) (pp 15- 20 )) X a. Yolobus Breaks 30 Million Rides b. Report on Cap-to-Cap Trip c. West Sacramento/Sacramento Streetcar Update d. Facility Update e. Other Activities f. Oral Update g. Attachments i. Fixed Route and Paratransit Ridership Reports Through March, 2012 ii. APTA Newsletter of April 27, 2012 8:00 10. Adjournment X THE NEXT MEETING OF THE YOLO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL BE JUNE 11, 2012 AT A TIME AND LOCATION TO BE DETERMINED. The Board reserves the right to take action on all agendized items, including items under the Executive Director's Report, at any time during the meeting, except for timed public hearings. Items considered routine or non-controversial are placed on the Consent Calendar. Any Consent Calendar item can be separately addressed and discussed at the request of any member of the YCTD Board. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing agenda was posted on or before Friday May 11, 2012 at the Yolo County Transportation District Office (350 Industrial Way, Woodland, California). Additionally, copies were FAXED or transmitted electronically to the Woodland, Davis, West Sacramento and Winters City Halls, as well as to the Clerk of the Board for the County of Yolo. , YCTD Secretary Terry V. Bassett, Executive Director Item 4a 4a YOLO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING March 12, 2012 Woodland City Hall, Council Chambers 300 First Street, Woodland, CA Agenda Item 1 – Call to Order/Roll Call/Pledge of Allegiance Vice Chair Pimentel called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. He requested Ms. Souza call roll. He then asked Sonia Cortés to lead the assembly in the pledge of allegiance. The following representatives were in attendance: Davis – Sue Greenwald (Primary) arrived at 7:35 p.m. West Sacramento – Oscar Villegas (Primary) Winters – Harold Anderson (Primary) Woodland – Art Pimentel (Primary) Yolo County – Mike McGowan (Primary) arrived at 7:08 p.m. Not in attendance were representatives from Caltrans District 3 and UC Davis Staff present were Terry Bassett, YCTD Executive Director; Janice Phillips, YCTD Deputy Director; Paul Nguyen, YCTD Assistant Transportation Planner; Sonia Cortés, YCTD Legal Counsel and Kathy Souza, YCTD Administrative Assistant. Also present were Carmen Alba, Veolia Transportation; William Lowell, West Sacramento and Holly Wunder Stiles, Sacramento-Yolo Mutual Housing Association. Agenda Item 2 - Consider Approval of Agenda for March 12, 2012 meeting Vice Chair Pimentel asked if there were any changes to the agenda. Mr. Bassett responded there were none. Minute Order 2012-09 Director Villegas made the motion, seconded by Director Anderson, to approve the agenda for the March 12, 2012 meeting. Roll call resulted in: AYES: Anderson, Pimentel, Villegas NOES: None ABSENT: Representatives of City of Davis and County of Yolo ABSTAIN: None Agenda Item 3 - Comments from public regarding matters NOT on the Agenda, but within the purview of YCTD William Lowell, West Sacramento, stated the 42A buses were crowded even during non-commute times. He attributed the increased passenger load to the Los Rios Community College campus in West Sacramento. He suggested the District consider providing service every ½ hour on the route 42 to alleviate the crowding. He added he would attend Sacramento Regional Transit’s public hearing on its 5-year transit/renewal plan the following week to provide testimony. Agenda Item 4 – Consent Calendar Minute Order 2012-10 Director Villegas made the motion, seconded by Director Anderson, to approve the following items on the Consent Calendar: 4a. Approve YCTD Board Minutes for Meeting of February 13, 2012 4b. Authorize Invitation for Bids for Improvements at Woodland Transit Center Roll call resulted in: AYES: Anderson, Pimentel, Villegas NOES: None ABSENT: Representatives of City of Davis and County of Yolo ABSTAIN: None 1 Agenda Item 5 – Board Member Reports, Announcements, Appointment Nominations, Presentations Director Villegas reported the Port of West Sacramento had been awarded a $960,000 Federal Railroad Administration grant to build a railroad track loop to increase freight capacity and handling efficiency. Director Anderson announced he had brought in new crop oranges to share. Agenda Item 6 - Oral Update from Veolia Transportation a) General Manager Carmen Alba stated February 22 & 23, Jacob Ortiz of Veolia performed an audit of the safety and training department. She reported they received a higher score on the audit results than the previous year. b) Ms. Alba reported that Veolia continued to participate in the weekly construction meetings and that Veolia staff was grateful for and looking forward to the new, expanded facility. c) Ms. Alba informed the directors that the recent student protests in downtown Sacramento had caused numerous service disruptions that were capably handled by Veolia’s operations team. d) Ms. Alba reported Veolia had partnered with Kaiser Permanente to encourage employees to increase health awareness and adopt healthy lifestyles. She mentioned the new walking path would be beneficial in helping reach these goals. e) Ms. Alba stated Veolia had instituted daily pre-shift safety meetings to heighten awareness of safety issues and enable supervisory staff to communicate more effectively with operators. Director McGowan arrived. Director Villegas asked if Veolia had provided any student transportation during the recent protests. Ms. Alba responded there was none that she was aware of unless students had traveled on regular fixed route service. Agenda Item 7 – Public Hearing to Adjust Rural Bus Service for Knights Landing, Dunnigan Routes (continued from February 13, 2012 meeting) Ms. Phillips introduced Paul Nguyen, YCTD Assistant Transportation Planner. Mr. Nguyen reviewed the proposed changes with a PowerPoint presentation. He reported, as requested, staff had met with the Knights Landing community group. He stated that as a result of that meeting a survey was distributed within Knights Landing regarding service needs and passenger demographics. The results of the survey were contained in the staff report. Mr. Nguyen reported that, based on the survey results, as well as input from a meeting with Dunnigan residents, minor route and time changes had been made to the staff recommendations. Director Pimentel thanked staff for their outreach to the Knights Landing community. Chair McGowan asked if anyone wished to make any additional comments regarding the service adjustments. There being none, he closed the Public Hearing at 7:18 p.m. Minute Order 2012-11 Director Pimentel made the motion, seconded by Director Villegas, to adopt the following changes to the Dunnigan and Knights Landing rural bus service, designated as routes 216 and 217, Dunnigan: • Change service days to Tuesday & Thursday • Adjust route in Dunnigan & Yolo to minimize risk at a number of intersections • Adjust route in Woodland to provide service to La Superior Mercado, Ross, & Wal-Mart. Connections are available to all Woodland Local Routes along Court Street & Intercity Route 42 on E. Main Street. • Adjust morning schedule to arrive approximately 30 minutes earlier.