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Home My WebLink About3.2 LAVTAWheelsAccessible . . . " CITY CLERK File # O[Z][l]0J-[3][Q] AGENDA STATEMENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: June 16, 1998 SUBJECT: Appointment of Dublin Member to LA VT A's 'Wheels Accessible Advisory Committee" (W MC) ff"t- Report prepared by Kay Keck, City ClerkU'A- E:x.'"BIBITS ATTACHED: A) Letter from Wheels General Manager dated May 4, 1998 B) Bylaws ofthe WAAC C) Application of Paul C. Moffatt RECOMMENDATION: Confirm Mayor's appointment of Paul C. Moffatt to W AAC and direct Staff to notify LA VT A. FINANCIAL STATEMENT: None DESCRIPTION: In February of 1996, Dublin resident Mary Gibbert was appointed as a member to LA VTA's Wheels Accessible Advisory Committee. In December oflast year, Ms. Gibbert passed away. In accordance with the Bylaws of the W AAC, LA VT A solicited applications and Dublin resident Paul C. Moffatt applied. Staff recommends that the City Council confirm the Mayor's appointment of Paul C. Moffatt to LA VT A's Wheels Accessible Advisory Committee and direct Staff to notify LA VTA of this appointment. COPIES TO: Paul C. Moffatt 1.~ ITEM NO. HI cc-forms/agdastmt. doc I ../ / i I 'J May 4, 1998 RECEIVED Mr. Richard Ambrose, City Manager City of Dublin 6500 Dublin Boulevard P.O. Box 2340 Dublin, CA 94568 , . .." "098' ",'," ' ."" ". ' .\...-,1 1,-" ,-"\ ~'.' ; 'r U' '; iSI ird \-J' f II, ~ .....,..c -...,v Dear Richard, The City Council appointed Mary Gibbert as a member of the LA VTA's WHEELS Accessible Advisory Committee (W AAe). . Late last year Mary Gibbert passed away. LA VTA solicited applications for membership of this committee to represent the City of Dublin as per Section 3.3 (d) (IV) of the Committee Bylaws, and Mr. Paul Moffatt has applied. In accordance with Section 3.3 (d) (i) of the Bylaws, it is requested that the Dublin City Council consider appointing Mr. Paul Moffatt to the Committee. With my best wishes. Sincerely, /) . k / 1', .,~7 It.. ;~~ ~ . c Soo' ;General Manager VS/rs vs5498AmbroseLtr.doc Attachments: 1. Bylaws of LA VTA's 'WHEELS Accessible Advisory Committee 2. Application of Mr. Paul Moffan . Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority 7362 Rutan Cour; Suite 100. Livermore. CA 94550 . 510.455.7555 FAX 510.44313, EX,.../ v TrT'rrBIT A' ;""l ~~! Ii . ~ I \ ~~~~ ~ I, March 30, 1994 b.TTACHMI::~'l' I, . ;: ,'. ' r' ,7'" . /' .... BYLA WS OF mE WHEELS ACCESsmLE ADVISORY COMM.nTEE rVHIBIT Q) ~,:'i UJ . . . ~ ~ . BYLA WS OF mE WHEELS ACCESSIBLE ADVISORY COM:MITTEE ARTICLE 1 NAME The name of this committee shall be the "WHEELS ACCESSIBLE ADVISORY COMMITI'EE" . ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS The terms defined in this Article shaD have the following meaning: . SECTION 2.1. "LAVTA" refers to the Livermore/Amador Valley Transit Authority, created pursuant to Government Code 6500 et. seq., which provides public transportation services within the cities of Dublin, Livermore and Pleasanton, and portions of unincorporated areas in Eastern Alameda County. SECTION 2.2. "BOARD OF DIRECTORS" or Board, means the governing board of LA VTA. SECTION 2.3. "PARA TRANSIT" refers to any fonn of transportation for persons unable to use rlXed route public transit. SECTION 2.4. "PERSON WITH DISABILITIE5" refers to any person whose disability prevents him/her from accessing to public transportation pursuant to 49 CFR 37. SECTION 2.5. "ELDERLY" is defined as any person who is sixty (60) years of age or older. SECTION 2.6. "COMPLEMENTARY PARA TRANSIT SERVICE" refers to comparable paratransit service to fixed route transit service as mandated by the Americ.ans with Disabilities Act (49 CFR 37.125). . SECTION 2.7. "LOCAL PARA TRANSIT SERVICE" refers to paratransit services that are not mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act, and that are defined by individual transit operators. 1 if -1" ; { BYLA WS - WHEELS Accessible Advisory Committee . SECTION 2.8. "TRANSPORT A nON DEVEWPMENT ACT - ARTICLE 4.5 refers to State funding for paratransit service generated from the 1/4 cent sales tax. SECTION 2.9. "ALAMEDA COUNTY l\fEASURE B" refers to local funding for paratransit service generated by the oDe-half percent (0.5%) transportation sales tax in Alameda County. SECTION 2.10. "AMERICANS WI1H DISABILITIES ACT" (ADA) refers to the Federal law which provides equal access to buildings, services and public transportation to persons with disabilities (Public Law 101-336). Among its provisions, the ADA mandates that public transit operators provide complementary paratransit service to persons whose impairment(s) prevents them from using regular nxed route transit service. SECTION 2.11. Committee" . "COMMlTI'EE" refers to "WHEELS Accessible Adv60ry SECTION 2.12. "MEMBER n is defined as a Member of the Committee, who resides in the LA VT A member jurisdictions and represents the interests, concerns and suggestions of the elderly and disabled persons. This person mayor may not have . disabilities, or who mayor may not be sixty years of age or more. SECTION 2.13 "FISCAL YEAR" means the period from July 1 to and including the fonowing June 30. SECTION 2.14. "FIXED ROUTE SERVICE" refers to service that operates along prescribed routes according to fIXed schedules. ARTICLE 3 GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION 3.1. MISSION. The Mission of the Committee is to: (a) Provide a forum to discuss matters relating to system accessibility as they pertain to the elderly and persons with disabilities; and (b) Advise the Board of Directors on matters relating to system accessibility as they pertain to the elderly and persons with disabilities. . 2 .c ./ ji -" r"-. -" . BYLA WS - WHEELS Accessible Advisory Committee SECTION 3.2. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COJ\.fMITI t:E. lbe Committee shall have the following responsibilities: (a) Advise the Board of Directors on matters relating to system aCCC5ibility on LA VT A's fIxed route and paratransit services as they pertain to the elderly and persons with disabilities. (b) To solicit infonnation from paratransit users, and also rfiCCPlftinAte infonnation to the paratransit and nxed route users. (c) To make recommendations to the LA VTA Board of Directors. (d) To represent the interests of elderly and persons with disabilities who depend upon accessible public transit service(s). SECTION 3.3 COMMIJT~E (a) ComDosition. The Committee shall be composed of seven (7) members. Each city in the LA VTA jurisdiction shall have two members, and the County of Alameda one member, who is a resident in the LA VT A service area. . (b) Alternate. Each City and the County shall have one (1) alternate member. (c) Oualifications of Members and Alternates. The members and alternates must be able to demonstrate: (i) That they reside in the City they represent and in the case of the County, they reside in the LA VT A service area. (ii) They can solicit and disseminate infonnation to their constitutents. (Hi) Meet .regularly during nonnal business hours. (iv) Analyze complex issues, reports, etc., and make objective conclusions relating to the issues and reports. (d) ApDointment Process . (i) The City Councils of the Cities of Dublin. Livennore and Pleasanton shall each select and appoint two (2) members and one (1) alternate member to the Committee. 3 :;J; / j t .../ BYLA WS - WHEELS Accessible Advisory Committee . (ill) (vi) (vii) ( viii) (ii) The Alameda County Board of Supervisors shall select and appoint one (1) member and one (1) alternate member to the Committee. The Board of Directors of LA VTA shall ratify as Committee members, the appointments made by the City Councils of the Cities of Dublin, Pleasant on and Livermore and by the Alameda County Board of Supervisors. (iv) LA VT A shall advertise for any vacancy or vacancies on the Committee in local newspapers and shall submit the name(s) of the applicants to the appropriate City Council or Alameda County Board of Supervisors. The Cities and the Board of Supervisors may solicit applications if they so desire. (v) Every interested person shall complete a LA VT A application form. LA VTA shall send an acknowledgement letter to the applicant(s). The process of making appointments of alternate members sball be the. same as for regular members. A member unable to attend a Committee meeting shall notify tbe member's alternate to attend the meeting. (e) Vacancies on the Committee. When there is a vacancy on the Committee, tbe alternate member shall fill in as an interim member, and sball Dot automatically become a full voting permanent member. The alternate member may apply for the vacancy. If the alternate member is appointed to nn the vacancy, the alternate position shall be nlled accordingly. SECTION 3.4. TERM OF APPOINTMENT OF COMMITfEE MEMBERS. (a) The term of. appointment of each committee member and alternate shall be for a period of two (2) nscal years. (b) Each member shall serve for a maximum of two consecutive terms (Le., four (4) consecutive fIscal years). Any member may serve more than two consecutive terms if no applications for the position are received, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors. (c) The tenns of members from each city shall be offset; i.e., staggered by one . fIScal year. 4 . . . 7~i ../ BYLA WS . WHEELS Accessible Advisory Committee SECTION 3.5. REMOVAL AND RESIGNA TJON OF MEMBERS. (a) Appointed members may be removed automatically from the Committee by the Board of Directors if: (i) The member is absent for three (3) consecutive regular meetings without excuse; (li)The member has missed sixty percent of the meetings during a rlSall year. (ill) A member may resign from the Committee by 8 letter of resignation to the LA VTA General Manager, who shall notify the Board of Directors of the resignation. SECTION 3.6. COMMnT~E OFFlCERS AND THEIR DUTIES (8) The Committee shall elect a Chair and Vice Chair from among its members. (b) The Chair and Vice Chair shall be elected at the last meeting of each rJSC:al year and assume office at the rll'St meeting of the new fISCal year. (c) The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Committee, call special meetings, and act as spokesperson of the Committee with the authorization of the Committee pursuant to Section 4.1 of these Bylaws. (d) The Vice Chair shall assume all duties of the Chair in the absence of, or upon request of, the Chair. (e) The Chair or his/her designee shall make an oral report at the meeting of the Board of Directors following the Committee's meeting. The designee shall be the Vice Chair of the Committee or a Committee member. (0 In the absence of the Chair and Vice Chair, the Committee shall appoint a Chair Pro- Tern to fill the duties of the Chair. SECTION 3.7. COMMITTEE SECRETARY. A LA VTA staff person shall serve as Secretary and shall have no vote on matters before the Committee. The Secretary shall keep minutes of all regular and special meetings, and submit them to the Committee for approval; maintain a record of attendance, record all roll call votes; and assist with clerical and administrative tasks pertaining to the Committee. 5 9 5_'':/ ,./ ,./' BYLA WS - WHEELS Accessible Advisory Committee (d) (e) (0 (g) . SECTION 3.8. COMM.J ITI:::E MEETINGS. (a) R~lhr MIP.fIti... Site. Sche:cIU and Time. The Committee sball meet a minimum oC one time per f....sc:al quarter. The Committee shall establish the meeting schedule, meeting time, meeting sites Cor the regular meetings at the rll'St regular meeting oC the I1scal year. (b) R~I"r MfIII'Ifi.... All regular meetings shall have a published agenda. OnJy items on the agenda sball be ad~d at the meeting. Items Cor a regular meeting agenda may be submitted by any member oC the Committee at least two (2) weeks prior to the meeting. The Committee Secretary may submit items Cor the agenda. Any supportive material Cor an agenda item shall be submitted at the same time. The Chair and the Committee Secretary shall agree on the I1nal agenda. (c) Al!ellrlste The agenda shall contain at least the Conowing: call to order; approval oC minutes; Committee Secretary's Report; old business; new business; public comment and adjournment. Copies oC the agenda, with supporting material and past meeting minutes, shan be mailed or delivered to the Committee members. . Notice.. Notice oC regular and special meetings shan comply with the Ralph M. Brown Act, Government Code Section 54950, et seq. Notices shan be mailed or delivered to the appropriate locations in the LA VT A jurisdiction. Notices may be mailed to the public upon request. All requests for additional infonnation Cor regular and special meetings shan comply witb LA VT A's Access to Public Infonnation Policy. All notices of regular and special meetings shall be posted 72 hours prior to the meeting. SoeciaI Meetin~. Special meetings may be called by the Chair, by the Committee Secretary, or by the request of I1ve members of the Committee. Special meetings may include regular business in nature and/or time-urgent items. Special meetings shall comply with the same requirements of regular meetings. Accessibility. All meetings shall be conducted in the LA VTA jurisdiction, and shall be in a location accessible by public transportation and accessible to persons with disabilities. Quorum. A quorum must be present to conduct a meeting and shall consist of five (5) members. . 6 ~ ,/ /f I .;) . BYLA WS - WHEELS Accessible Advisory Committee (h) AlIinnAtive Vote. An afrumative vote by the majority of the nlled positions of the Committee is required for an action to be approved, and a quonun must be present in the room in order for a vote to be taken. If a quorum is not present, the Chair would adjourn tbe meeting. (i) ComnPft.Oli::lltiOD. Committee members sball not receive compt"lI$SItion for attending regular and special meetings. Please refer to Section 4.2. (j) PIIrfn."1CIItan' Pr~~ Meetings shall be conducted in accordaDce with Robert's Rules of Order, Revised, The Classic Edition, General Heary M. Robert ill. (k) Minutes of WAAC MP9'4I;"~"L Minutes of the WAAC meetings shall be included in the Board of Directors Agenda Package.. ARTICLE 4 MISCELLANEOUS . SECTION 4.1. PUBLIC STATEMENTS. The Chair of the Committee sball be the spokesperson of the Committee. In the absence of the Chair, the Vice Chair shall act as the spokesperson. In the absence of the Committee's Chair and Vice Chair, a spokesperson shall be appointed by the Committee Chair.. Furthermore, no member of the Committee shall speak as a spokesperson for LA VT A without authorization by majority vote of the Board of Directors of LA VT A. SECTION 4.2. EXPENSES. The Committee is strictly on a volunteer basis; therefore, members shall not be reimbursed for any expenses relative to the Committee's activities and functions. However, LA VT A will provide paratransit sen'ice to/from regular and special meetings for Committee members upon request. Members of the public must provide their own transportation. SECTION 4.3. AMENDMENTS. Proposed amendments to these Bylaws shaD be submitted to the LA VT A Board of Directors by the General Manager with an explanation of the proposed changes. Amendments shall be incorporated into these Bylaws upon a maj ority vote of the LA VT A Board of Directors. . 7 ATTACHMENT 2 Livennor~Amador Valley Transit Authority 1362 Rutan Court, Suite 100 Livermore, CA 94550 APPI.JCA nON FOR MEMBERSHIP OF LA VTA 'S "WHEELS ACCESSffiLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE" (W AAe) OF THE LIVRMORE VALLEY TRANSIT A UTHORI'IT. posmON: RESIDENT CHECK ONE Dublin Resident xx Plcasanton Resident Livermore LA VTA Service Area Resident (For Alameda County Resident) GENERAL INFORMA nON Name: Paul C Moffatt .l\Odress: ] ] 747 Solana Dr City: T)nhlin Home #:828-0936 \-Vork: Are you a senior (60 years of age or older)? ves Position (Check Onej: X')( Senior Disabled Other ENDORSEMENTS NamelOr~anization Dublin Lions Club Contact Al Hunter Address PO Box 2035 Dublin Phone 828-5991 1. '1 Boy Scouts of America Larry Clark 4. 8480 Enterprise, Oakland 94621 510-638-3600 ., Knights of Columbus Tom Hamby .). PO Box 2614. Dublin 1308-3715 ASSOCIATIONS NamelOrnanization Contact Address Phone L Dublin Senior Center Foundation B. Cocilova 7437 Larkdale, Dublin 829-2137 2. Calif. Pharm. Assoc. Carlo Michetloni 1112 I St., Sacramento CA 916 444-7811 3 Dublin Cham.ofCommerence Nancy Feeley 7080 Donlon Way, Dublin 828-6200 w.A....A.C ADolic.ation /~ cf (I RECEIVED" APR 8 - 1998 uvriRMORElAMAOOR v~ TRANSrr AUTHORITY . . . E" v' H:r: J:t) "[1 ?II C' ~l,. '_tD) 1_ ..,: ~ , . . . -/ ,I ......__. L Do you use dial-a.ride? If yes, how often? yes....Once in a while every 2 to 3 months. 2. Please explain briefly your qualifications for membership on this Committee Presently a Board Member of the Dublin Seruor Center Foundation, past Board Member of LA VTA, and former Mayor of Dublin. 3. In a single statement, Why do you want to be on this Committee? I have a keen interest in transit fulfilling the American Disability Act. 4. What attributes or qualities do you have to offer the Committee? Knowledge of transit operations and the American Disability Act. 5. Will you be able to attend meetings during regular business hours? How flexible is your scheduj e? My time is very flexible and I am available during regular business hours, Please include any additional information that may assist the decision making process. PLEASE DO NOT 'WRITE L~ THIS SPACE W AAC Application 2