DRAFT MINUTES

Special Operations Committee Meeting

Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District
Wednesday, October 6, 2004

1:00 p.m.

[Tape 1]

Operations Committee Members:

Joe Bischofberger, Chairperson

Director Rebecca Kaplan

Director Dolores Jaquez

Roll Call

Committee Members Present: Directors Kaplan (arrived at 1:14 p.m.), Jaquez and Chairperson Bischofberger.

Also Present: General Manager Rick Fernandez, Deputy General Counsel Carol Babington, and District Secretary Rose Martinez.

Chairperson Bischofberger called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.

Public Comments - None

INFORMATION ITEM(S) (Consent Calendar)

[Items listed under the Consent Calendar may be enacted by one motion/one vote. If discussion is desired, an item may be removed from the Consent Calendar and will be considered individually.]

  1. Consider approving Operations Committee minutes:
    a.September 1, 2004

b.September 7, 2004 (Special Meeting)

MOTION: JAQUEZ/BISCHOFBERGER to approve and forward minutes to the Board of Directors for receipt (2 – Kaplan, absent).

BRIEFING ITEM(S)/ACTION ITEM(S):

  1. Update on installation of Nextbus on Adshel bus shelters in Oakland (verbal) (Continued from 7/7/04 meeting).

Received update; agreement is currently being routed for signature.

  1. Consider East Bay Paratransit Consortium (EBPC) Customer Satisfaction Survey Management Report (GM Memo No. 04-308). [Director Kaplan present.]

Consensus to forward to the Board of Directors for information (3-0). [Staff will return with analysis on operating performance at a future date.]

  1. Consider recommending letters of appreciation for support received in advancing the Transbay Terminal Project (GM Memo No. 04-316) [Request to forward to the Board of Directors for actionon the same day per Board policy.]

MOTION: KAPLAN/JAQUEZ to forward to the Board of Directors recommending approval as recommended (3-0).

5.Discussion related to goal settings established at the September 7, 2004
Operations Committee workshop (verbal) [Tape 1 – 0878]

The Committee will wait until the Board receives the report (November 17) on the current goals in the SRTP and determines if any changes need to be made. Based on that review the Operations Committee can select a project to pursue that would fall under the committee’s responsibilities. The question was raised whether the Committee wanted to proceed with a project such as the fixed route issue. It was determined to have the Accessible Services Manager and the Training Center report on the current outreach efforts that are in place at a future meeting.

Agenda Planning

November 2004

• Consider report on the use of solar panels for District facilities
(Requested by Director Kaplan/Harper – 10/15/03).

•Consider report on bus stop removals (Requested by Staff - 9/14/04).

•FY 04-05 - 1st Quarter Reports:

√Customer Complaints

√Operations Performance

  • Consider update on San Pablo Corridor (continued from - 7/7/04
    meeting).
  • Update on Telegraph and East 14th implementation schedule (Staff request - 10/6/04).

January 2005

•Semi-annual report on Environmental Sustainability Plan

Pending – Not Scheduled

  • Review parking policies to ensure that policies do not provide an incentive to drive
    vs. use of public transit (Requested by Director Kaplan – 5/5/04).
  • Review ways to improve bicycle parking facilities at the General Office
    (Requested by Director Kaplan – 5/5/04).
  • Consider updates on Memorandum of Understanding between AC Transit and
    the City of Emeryville regarding Division 2 facility (Requested by Committee -
    6/2/04).

●Review structure of the Accessibility Advisory Committee (AAC) as it pertains to
quorums and committee by-laws (Requested by Directors Jaquez and
Bischofberger - Board 7/21/04).

●Discussion regarding bus-seating configuration on new buses (Requested by
President Wallace - Board 9/1/04).

Pending Discussions with Staff:

 Report on potential use of a District car pool program (Requested by Director Kaplan – 3/20/03
(Gleich)).

  • Report related to NX problems (Requested by Director Peeples - /3/04) (Schlenker/Fernandez)

Board/Staff Comments (Government Code Section 54954.2)

Adjournment

There being no further business to come before the Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 2:00 p.m. The Committee will hold a special meeting on Wednesday, November 17, 2004.

Rose Martinez

District Secretary

AC Transit District

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