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STAFF REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
DATE: December 19, 2017
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM:
Christopher L. Foss, City Manager
SUBJECT:
Appointment to Board of Directors for the Tri-Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Regional Rail Authority
Prepared by: Caroline P. Soto, City Clerk/Records Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City Council will consider the Mayor's appointment to serve on the Board of
Directors for the Tri-Valley - San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Approve Mayor Haubert's recommendation of Vice Mayor Biddle to serve on the Board
of Directors for the Tri-Valley - San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no financial impact.
DESCRIPTION:
In the 2017 legislative session, Governor Brown signed AB 758 (Eggman/Baker)
establishing the Tri-Valley - San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority effective
January 1, 2018, for planning and constructing a cost -effective and responsive rail
connection between BART and ACE in the Tri-Valley. The members of the new
Authority include the following organizations:
City of Dublin
Town of Danville
City of San Ramon
City of Pleasanton
City of Livermore
City of Tracy
City of Manteca
City of Lathrop
City of Stockton
Mountain House Community Services District
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County of Alameda
County of San Joaquin
Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority
Bay Area Rapid Transit District
San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission
It is anticipated that the new Authority will meet monthly, with the first meet ing on
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 from 2pm to 4pm at the LAVTA Administrative Offices at
1362 Rutan Court in Livermore. At the first meeting the Board will consider their 2018
calendar, but it is expected that the Board will consider the second Wednesday of each
month and alternate meetings between a location in the Tri-Valley and the Northern San
Joaquin Valley (likely City of Tracy).
The City Council has been asked to appoint the City’s representative to the Authority’s
Board of Directors. The agency is not asking for the appointment of an alternate. Mayor
Haubert is recommending Vice Mayor Biddle serve on the Board of Directors for the Tri -
Valley - San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
A copy of the staff report has been provided to the Tri-Valley - San Joaquin Valley
Regional Rail Authority.
ATTACHMENTS:
None.