MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA LOSSAN RAIL CORRIDOR AGENCY JOINT POWERS BOARD The Board may take action on any item appearing on this agenda. Friday, August 23, 2013 1 to 3 p.m. SANDAG, Board Room, 7th Floor 401 B Street San Diego, CA Lunch Provided at 12:30 p.m. Alternative Location: 500 E. Temple St., Room 259 Los Angeles, CA 90012 SANDAG Staff Contact: Linda Culp (619) 699-6957 [email protected] AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS • SELECTION OF THE LOSSAN MANAGING AGENCY • PROPOSED APPROACH TO NEGOTIATIONS ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AGREEMENT WITH THE LOSSAN MANAGING AGENCY • UPDATE ON LOSSAN CORRIDOR CAPITAL PROJECTS www.lossan.org MEETING LOCATION The meeting will be held at the San Diego Association of Governments, 401 B Street, between 4th and 5th Avenues, Downtown San Diego in the Board of Directors Conference Room, 7th Floor. The main phone number is (619) 699-1900. Lunch will be available starting at 12:30 p.m. Parking is accessible below the building from 4th Avenue. Please bring the parking ticket with you for validation. The building is accessible via the Blue and Orange Line Trolleys from the 5th Avenue Station and is a 12- to 15-minute walk from the Santa Fe Depot. There will be an informal welcome event following the meeting at the Matisse Bistro at One America Plaza beginning at 3:15 p.m. (no-host bar/light appetizers). In addition, there is a group attending the Padres baseball game at 7:10 p.m. Please contact Linda Culp with questions on either of these events. 2 LOSSAN RAIL CORRIDOR AGENCY JOINT POWERS BOARD August 23, 2013 ITEM # RECOMMENDATION 1. CHAIR’S REPORT Welcome and Introductions 2. PUBLIC COMMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS Speakers are limited to three minutes each. 3. RECOGNITION OF FORMER BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBER JACKI BACHARACH CONSENT (Items 4 through 6) +4. JULY 17, 2013, MEETING MINUTES (Linda Culp, SANDAG) APPROVE The meeting minutes are included for approval. +5. CORRIDOR TRENDS (Danny Veeh, SANDAG) INFORMATION Current statistics on corridor on-time performance, ridership, and revenue are attached. +6. CORRIDOR MARKETING UPDATE (Danny Veeh, SANDAG) INFORMATION The meeting summary from the member agency joint marketing staff meeting for July 11, 2013, is attached. REPORTS (Items 7 through 12) +7. SELECTION OF THE LOSSAN MANAGING AGENCY (Art Brown, APPROVE Selection Committee Chair; Linda Culp, SANDAG) At the April 17, 2013, meeting, the Board of Directors approved a Request for Proposals for Member Agencies interested in serving as the LOSSAN Managing Agency. The Chair then appointed a screening committee to review the proposals. The Screening Committee members first individually reviewed each proposal and then collectively developed a recommendation that the Board of Directors enter into negotiations of an Administrative Support Agreement with the Orange County Transportation Authority with the intent to serve as the LOSSAN Managing Agency. At the invitation of the Chair, each of the proposing agencies has the opportunity to provide an overview of their proposal to the Board of Directors. 3 ITEM # RECOMMENDATION +8. PROPOSED APPROACH TO NEGOTIATIONS ON THE APPROVE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AGREEMENT WITH THE LOSSAN MANAGING AGENCY (Linda Culp, SANDAG; Tim McNulty, County of San Luis Obispo) Pending the action of the Board of Directors on Agenda Item #7, staff has developed a proposed approach to negotiations with the future Managing Agency. An initial outline of this agreement also is provided. The Board of Directors is asked to consider both the proposed approach and initial agreement outline and provide direction to staff in terms of initiating these negotiations. This item was not ready at time of mail out and will be available under separate cover when completed. +9. CALIFORNIA PASSENGER RAIL PROGRAM GUIDING PRINCIPLES INFORMATION (Fred Strong, Chair) One of the joint initiatives of the intercity rail board Chairs and Vice Chairs is to develop a set of overall principles to guide future joint efforts for an integrated statewide rail network. Additional changes have been made to these principles based on the Board of Directors discussion on July 17, 2013, and subsequent meetings. These changes are presented to the Board as information, with the intent to request approval at the September 25, 2013, meeting. +10. UPDATE ON LOSSAN CORRIDOR CAPITAL PROJECTS (Linda Culp INFORMATION and Bill Prey, SANDAG) The Board has requested a recurring update on the status of capital improvement projects in the corridor. Staff will provide a status of projects in the corridor highlighting those currently in or nearing the construction phase. 11. BOARD MEMBER UPDATES INFORMATION 12. NEXT MEETINGS APPROVE The next Board of Directors meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 25, 2013, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., at LA Metro. The Board is asked to consider moving the October 16, 2013, meeting from LA Metro to OCTA in Orange, CA, and revising the time to 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. + next to an item indicates an attachment 4 2013 BOARD OF DIRECTORS County Members Alternates San Luis Obispo: Fred Strong (Chair) Jan Howell Marx 1 vote Council Member, Mayor, City of Paso Robles City of San Luis Obispo President, Member, San Luis Obispo Council of Governments San Luis Obispo Council of Governments Santa Barbara: Salud Carbajal Helene Schneider 1 vote Supervisor, Mayor, County of Santa Barbara City of Santa Barbara Member, Member, Santa Barbara County Association of Santa Barbara County Association of Governments Governments Ventura: Keith Millhouse Brian Humphrey 1 vote Councilmember, Member, City of Moorpark Ventura County Transportation Commission Member, Ventura County Transportation Commission Los Angeles: David Golonski Karen Heit 2 votes Representative, Representative, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Transportation Authority Diane DuBois Beatrice Proo Mayor, Representative, City of Lakewood Los Angeles County Metropolitan Member, Transportation Authority Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Orange: Bill Campbell 2 votes Representative, Orange County Transportation Authority Patricia Bates Supervisor, County of Orange Member, Orange County Transportation Authority 5 County Members Alternates Riverside: Greg Pettis Karen Spiegel 1 vote Council Member, Mayor Pro Tem, City of Cathedral City City of Corona Member, Chair, Riverside County Transportation Riverside County Transportation Commission Commission San Diego: Chris Orlando Tony Kranz 2 votes Councilmember, Councilmember, City of San Marcos City of Encinitas Alternate, Member, North County Transit District North County Transit District Jerry Rindone (Vice Chair) Harry Mathis Representative, Chair, San Diego Metropolitan Transit System San Diego Metropolitan Transit System Ernest Ewin Vice Mayor, City of La Mesa Member, San Diego Metropolitan Transit System Jim Janney Lesa Heebner First Vice Chair, Councilmember, San Diego Association of Governments City of Solana Beach Member, San Diego Association of Governments Ex-Officio Members: Amtrak Jonathan Hutchison Amtrak Caltrans Bill Bronte Division of Rail, California Department of Transportation California High- Michelle Boehm Speed Rail Authority California High-Speed Rail Authority Southern California Art Brown Association of Councilmember, Governments City of Buena Park Member, Southern California Association of Governments 6 Los Angeles – San Diego – San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency JOINT POWERS BOARD August 23, 2013 AGENDA ITEM NO.: 4 Action Requested: APPROVE JULY 17, 2013, MEETING MINUTES File Number 3400600 The LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency Joint Powers Board met on July 17, 2013, in Los Angeles. In attendance were: Fred Strong, SLOCOG, Chair Lesa Heebner, SANDAG Jerry Rindone, SDMTS, Vice Chair Jonathan Hutchison, Amtrak Brian Humphrey, VCTC Art Brown, SCAG Bill Campbell, OCTA Chris Orlando, NCTD Via Teleconference: Diane DuBois, Metro Helene Schneider, SBCAG David Golonski, Metro Karen Heit, Metro CEOs/Staff: Beatrice Proo, Metro Tim McNulty, Counsel Karen Spiegel, RCTC Linda Culp, LOSSAN Staff Ernest Ewin, SDMTS Linda Bohlinger, HNTB Public Comment and Communications None. June 19, 2013, Meeting Minutes Approved Approved. LOSSAN Amended Joint Powers Agreement and Bylaws Linda Culp (SANDAG) provided an overview of this item and noted that all Member Agencies have approved the amended Joint Powers Agreement (JPA). She also reviewed the overall changes to the JPA. The Board of Directors unanimously approved the amended JPA and directed staff to file the necessary documents with the State of California. Status Update from the Managing Agency Proposal Screening Committee Board Member Art Brown (SCAG) gave an update on the Screening Committee’s role to review the proposals for the new LOSSAN Managing Agency and make a recommendation to the Board at its August meeting. To date, the Committee has held one kick-off meeting to discuss logistics. The next meeting will take place on July 22, 2013, where members of the Committee will provide their 7 individual evaluation scores and formulate a recommendation that will be reviewed by the CEO group and passed along to the LOSSAN Board. All applications will be available to the LOSSAN Board for review along with the Screening Committee’s recommendation. Corridor Trends Ms. Culp presented this item which discusses ridership, revenue, and on-time performance (OTP) for the Pacific Surfliner, Metrolink, and COASTER services. For the month of June, Surfliner ridership was down, revenue was up, and OTP was