REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on Appointing a City of Santa Clara Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee Member to Serve as the City's Representative on the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee
Report
BACKGROUND
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) requests that cities appoint members to its Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC). The VTA BPAC is comprised of one representative from each of the sixteen member agencies which includes the City of Santa Clara. VTA BPAC members serve two-year terms starting on July 1st and ending on June 30th of the second year and may serve successive terms. The VTA BPAC advises the VTA Board on matters pertaining to funding and planning issues for bicycling and pedestrian projects and serves as the countywide bicycle advisory committee for Santa Clara County. Typical duties involve review of regional plans related to bicycling and walking, review of funding proposals for projects, and consideration of specialized issues of regional or cross-jurisdictional significance.
DISCUSSION
Thomas Granvold, a Santa Clara BPAC member, has indicated he will no longer be a member of the VTA BPAC after the completion of his term which expired on June 30, 2018. As a result, VTA has requested that Santa Clara appoint a City representative to the VTA BPAC. The appointee will serve a term which will begin after the VTA Board of Directors ratifies the appointment and end on June 30, 2020. Members must live and/or work in Santa Clara County during their term. VTA requires that the appointee be either a representative of the City's BPAC or an individual interested in bicycle or pedestrian issues and not a City or VTA staff person.
At the June 25, 2018 BPAC meeting, the Santa Clara BPAC unanimously voted to recommend to Council that member Rafael Rius serve as the City of Santa Clara's VTA BPAC representative. Rafael Rius' membership on both the City's BPAC and VT...
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