REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action on the City's Response to the June 2019 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury Report: "Inquiry into Governance of the Valley Transportation Authority"
Report
BACKGROUND
The Santa Clara County Grand Jury ("Grand Jury") initiated an investigation of the governance of the Valley Transportation Authority ("VTA") and on June 13, 2019, the Grand Jury transmitted a letter to the City along with a report (Report) entitled "Inquiry Into Governance of the Valley Transportation Authority" (Attachment 1).
California Penal Code ? 933(c) requires that a governing body of a particular public agency or department, which has been the subject of a Grand Jury final report respond within 90 days to the presiding judge of the Superior Court on the findings and recommendations pertaining to matters under the control of the governing body. California Penal Code ? 933.05 contains guidelines for responses to Grand Jury findings and recommendations.
As stated in Penal Code ? 933.05(a), the City of Santa Clara's governing body is required to "Agree" or "Disagree," in whole or in part, with each applicable Finding. To be clear, the options for the response to Findings are:
1. Agree in Whole
2. Partially Agree
3. Disagree in Whole
4. Partially Disagree
As stated in Penal Code ? 933.05(b), the City of Santa Clara's governing body is required to respond to each applicable Recommendation with one of four possible actions:
1. The recommendation has been implemented, with a summary of the possible implemented action;
2. The recommendation has not yet been implemented, but will be implemented in the future, with a timeframe for implementation;
3. The recommendation requires further analysis, with an explanation and the scope and parameters of an analysis or study, and a timeframe for the matter to be prepared for discussion by the officer or head of the agency or department being investigated or reviewed, including the governing body of the public agenc...
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