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CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL |
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2. |
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE |
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RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION |
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No closed
session items. |
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4. |
RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION |
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APPROVAL OF MINUTES |
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Approve
minutes from September 16, 2004 and
September 29, 2004 Board of Directors meetings. |
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6. |
PUBLIC
COMMENT |
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The
public may address the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments on any
subject within
the jurisdiction of the Board that is not included as part of the agenda.
Comments shall be limited
fifteen minutes, divided among those desiring to speak, but no person shall
speak longer than
three minutes. |
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7. |
APPROVAL OF CONSENT CALENDAR
(5
minutes) |
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Approve by roll call vote on one motion: |
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A.
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STATE
TRANSIT ASSISTANCE (STA) FUND ALLOCATIONS |
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Adopt a resolution
allocating $856,542 in State Transit Assistance (STA) funds to local
claimants for Fiscal Year 2004-2005. |
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B. |
SBCAG
MEDICAL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTION |
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Adopt a resolution
establishing the SBCAG employer's medical insurance contribution of
$325.00 per month, effective with the January 1, 2005 premium, under the
Public Employees' Medical and Hospital Care Act. |
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C. |
DISPOSAL OF RETIRED CLEAN AIR EXPRESS BUSES |
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Authorize the Executive
Director to sell four CNG engines from the retired Clean Air Express
buses to the South Coast Area Transit (SCAT) for approximately $10,000, and to sell the four retired chassis to Gem Equipment Company for
$1.00 each in lieu of their fee to remove and package the CNG engines
for purchase by SCAT. |
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TRAVEL
MODEL CONTRACT |
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Approve contract
amendment with Caliper Corporation in the amount of $68,400 for extra
services to upgrade the regional travel model. |
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8. |
CALTRANS DISTRICT DIRECTOR'S REPORT (10
minutes) |
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PUBLIC HEARINGS |
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No public hearings
scheduled. |
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ACTION
ITEMS |
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SOUTH
COAST TRANSIT PRIORITIES PROJECT (20 minutes) |
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Approve a Federal
Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP) amendment to change the scope
of the South Coast Transit Priorities Project to allow MTD to purchase
diesel and electric buses and fund three years worth of
transit operations using $7,252,260 in CMAQ funding. |
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B. |
Approve $331,200 in
CMAQ funding from the SCTP project to fund three years of operating
costs for the Santa Ynez Regional Transit Service project and require
MTD to provide annual reports to the SBCAG Board on ridership levels,
farebox recovery rate, and route, service or fare refinements. |
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Return the remaining $812,740 in CMAQ
funds from the SCTP project to the unprogrammed regional balance of
CMAQ funds to be made available for programming in the next FTIP funding
cycle. |
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MEASURE
D LOCAL ALLOCATIONS (15 minutes) |
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Review options for annual
apportionment of Measure D Local Allocations and provide direction to
staff. |
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BOARD
ORGANIZATION SUBCOMMITTEE (10 minutes) |
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Appoint a board
subcommittee to review SBCAG organization and structure. |
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INFORMATION ITEMS |
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12. |
AMTRAK
INTERCITY PASSENGER RAIL SERVICE (20 minutes) |
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Receive report from
Caltrans Division of Rail on proposed new Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train
and efforts to develop a cooperative strategic plan for the Coast Line
between Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo. |
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INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
(20 minutes) |
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Receive report from
Caltrans on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) strategies to
improve highway operations and management. |
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101 IN
MOTION PROJECT (20 minutes) |
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A. |
Receive status report
on 101 In Motion project. |
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B. |
Receive presentation on
how roadway capacity and traffic Levels of Service are defined. |
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COMMITTEE REPORTS |
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LOSSAN Board
Meeting-September 2004 |
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT |
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Propositions 68 and 70
and impacts of Indian gaming compacts on transportation revenues. |
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COMMUNICATIONS |
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ADJOURN |
The next Board meeting will be a joint meeting with the Southern
California Association of Governments, Ventura Council of Governments
and Ventura County Transportation Commission to be held on November 11,
2004 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Ventura.
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The next regular SBCAG board meeting will be
held on November 18, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Santa Maria. |
