13. VTA Joint Powers agreement congestionCUPERTINO
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
SUMr~IARY
AGENDA ITEM ~ 3
AGENDA DATE January 19, 2009
SUBJECT AND ISSUE
Adoption of Resolution 10- QOM, authorizing the Mayor to execute an Amendment to the Joint
Powers Agreement for the Administration of tl~e Santa Clara County Congestion Management
Program, and request that the City Clerk forward the executed Amendment to the Santa Clara
Valley Transportation Authority (VTA}.
BACKGROUND
At its November 5, 2009, regular meeting, the VTA Board of Directors voted to reconfigure the
small city groupings of its member agencie:~ to include a new city group comprised of
Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Milpitas. in order to make this change to VTA's governance
structure, the attached Amendment to the Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) was adopted by
resolution by the Board at its December 10, 2009, meeting.
All amendments to the JPA require the approval of the VTA Board of Directors, the County
Board of Supervisors and a majority of the member agencies.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Council adopt Resohtion 10- 00` ,authorizing the Mayor to execute
an Amendment to the Joint Powers Agreement for the Administration of the Santa Clara County
Congestion Management Program, and request that the City" Clerk forward the executed
Amendment to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority.
Submitted by:
~~..Ralph A. Qualls, Jr.
Director of Public Works
Approved for submission:
David W. Knapp
City Manager
Attachments:
A. Resolution
B. Amendment
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RESOLUTION NO. 10-009
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTTNO
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE JOINT' POWERS
AGREEMENT FOR ADMINISTRATION OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY
CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, Section 6 of the Joint Powers Agreement, pursuant to California Public
Utilities Section 100060, established the groupings of the Cities within the County of Santa
Clara, other than the City of San Jose, for the appointment of members to the Santa Clara County
Transit District (now the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority) Board of Directors; and
WHEREAS, on November 5, 2009, the VTA Board of Directors approved the
reconfiguration of the groupings of the Cities within the County of Santa Clara, other than the
City of San Jose, to include a new city group comprised of Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Milpitas,
that would appoint two Board members and one alternate; and
WHEREAS, to implement such reconfiguration, the Agreement must be amended
through the adoption of resolutions by VTA, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, and a
majority of the Member Agency parties to the Agreement (other than Santa Clara County)
representing a majority of the population in Santa Clara County, pursuant to Section 15 thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Cupertino
hereby authorizes the Mayor to execute the attached Amendment to the Joint Powers Agreement
for the Administration of the Santa Clara County Congestion Management Program, and
requests that the City Clerk forward the executed Amendment to the Santa Clara Valley
Transportation Authority.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Cupertino this I9~' day of January, 2010, by the following vote:
Vote Members of the Ci Council
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
City Clerk Mayor, City of Cupertino
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AMENDiVIENT TO
JOINT POWERS AGREEMENTFOR THE ADMINISTRATION
OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
THIS AMENDMENT TO JOINT POWERS ~~GREEMENT (hereinafter "Amendment") dated
as of December 10, 2009 is made and entered into between Cities within the County of Santa
Clara, the County of Santa Clara and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (formerly
known as the Santa Clara County Transit District).
REC'.ITALS
WHEREAS, the parties hereto entered into a JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR
THE ADMIlVISTRATION OF THE Sr~NTA CLARA COUNTY CONGESTION
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (hereinafter "Agreement"} dated December 1, 1994;
WHEREAS, Section 6 of the Agreement, pursuant to California Public Utilities Section
100060, established the groupings of the Cities within the County of Santa Clara, other than the
City of San Jose, for the appointment of merrihers to the Santa Clara County Transit District
(now the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority) Board of Directors;
WHEREAS, the parties now desire to ,.mend Section 6 to reconfigure the groupings of
the Cities within the County of Santa Clara, other than the City of San Jose, to include a new city
group comprised of Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Milpitas, that would appoint two $oarcl
members and one alternate;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follaws:
(1) Section 6.A.1 of the Agreement is hereb:~ amended to read as follows:
The five (5) city council members and tY-ree (3) alternates to be appointed as Directors by
all the cities in Santa Clara County {.xcept the City of San Jose shall be selected
according to the following groupings:
City Grouping Re~~resentatives
a. Los Altos 1 rE;presentative
Los Altos Hills 1 alternate
Mountain View
Palo Alto
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b. Campbell
Cupertino
Los Gatos
Monte Sereno
Saratoga
c. Milpitas
Santa Clara
Sunnyvale
d. Gilroy
Morgan Hill
1 representative
1 alternate
2 representatives
1 alternate
1 representative
1 alternate
{2) This Amendment shall become effective on January 1, 2012, if approved by~resolutions
adopted by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, a majority of the Member
Agencies (other than Santa Clara County) representing a majority of the population in
Santa Clara County and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, as provided in
Section 15 of the Agreement.
(3} As hereby amended, the terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this Agreement on the date shown
below.
CITY OF CAMPBELL
By:
CITY OF GILROY
Date
CITY OF CUPERTINO
By:
CITY OF LOS ALTOS
By: By:
Date
TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS
By:
Date
TOWN OF LOS GATOS
By:
Date
Date
Date
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CITY OF MH.PITAS
By:
Date
CITY OF MORGAN HILL
By:
Date
CITY OF PALO ALTO
By: -
Date
CITY OF SARATOGA
By:
Date
CITY OF SANTA CLARA
By:
Date
CI`CY OF MONTE SERENO
By:
Date
CI'CY OF MOUNTAIN 'VIEW
By;
Date
CITY OF SAN JOSE
By:
Date
By:
Date
CI7CY OF SUNNYVALE
By:
Date
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA
By:
Date
SANTA CLARA VALLEY TRANSPORTAT[ON AUTIIORITY
By:
Date
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