Transit Coordinating Committee

Wednesday, July 8, 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

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. Introductions and Brief Round Table Operator Discussion (Wixon/All, 20 minutes)
   1. Service changes and coordination opportunities etc.
   2. Discussion of service and fare structure changes in response to economic stagnation and state budget
   3. Friday furloughs (three and counting), their impact and how operators may respond
   4. Possible tax assessments against publicly owned facilities used by private contractors
   5. How state, federal and regional agency actions could affect transit agency cash flow
   6. Discussion of future topics of interest for TCC members
   7. Other items of interest
2. Update and Status Report on the Fare and Transfer Agreements between RT and Other Operators and Impacts of RT Board Action on June 22, 2009 to Eliminate Transfers (All 10 minutes)
3. Update on "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" (Brown/Crow/Taylor All 20 minutes)
   1. Discussion of individual projects and status of grant applications
   2. Discussion of Use of Up to 10% of ARRA funds for "operations". Do any operators wish to amend their ARRA project list to include operations instead of currently approved projects? There are no new or additional funds.
   3. Update on the TIGGER Grant Applications report
   4. Discussion of TIGER Program — Recommended Projects and Schedule
4. Update on State Budget and Federal Updates (Brown/All 15 minutes)
   1. Status of the State Budget — Is there anything new that we should be aware of?
   2. Update on STIP Request to advance projects to FY 2009/10
   3. Federal Updates funding levels for 2008/09 and 2009/10; reauthorization, etc.
   4. Discussion of programming and grant application cycle for FY 2009 funding (the "Regular" FTA Program for 5307 and 5309", JARC, New Freedom, 5311, 5310, etc. — What's New — What's on the Horizon)
   5. Other issues of importance or concern
5. Update on California Transit Association Lawsuit — Appeals Court Decision on State Raid of PTA funds (Brown, All, 5 minutes)
6. TDA Triennial Performance Audit Schedule — Do the transit operators have specific areas of interest that they want the performance auditors to look at? (Coviello/VaughanBechtold, 10 minutes)
7. Update on Long Range Transit Plan Grant/Project (Brown, 5 minutes)
8. Update and Discussion of Proposition 1 B Transit Bonds / PTMISEA (Taylor, 5 minutes)

   Status of funding for the program, status of applications, schedule for next round of applications.

9. Status Report on MTIP (Caceres/Brown 5 minutes)
10. Set Next Meeting Dates (Brown/Wixon)
    1. TCC — August 12, 2009 or September 9, 2009?
    2. Other meetings or events
11. Other Matters (5 minutes)
12. Adjournment

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