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Alameda County Congestion Management Agency Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority Merger Implementation Plan coupled with timing and logistical considerations. The Merger Implementation Plan has been reduced to two major phases with the consolidation of the independent organizations into a single operating entity in the first phase and office space consolidation in the second. The plan identifies several keys steps occurring at particular times. The completion of these steps by the indicated timeline will be necessary to reach the goal dates. If the Boards of Directors of ACTIA and CMA make choices other than those anticipated in the plan, they may have an effect on the timing or ultimate outcome. Several fundamental assumptions evolved as the design of the plan emerged. They are important for understanding the context of the proposed merger. With any major organizational change there is uncertainty in the process. A complex merger such as this almost guarantees that a precise course of action may not proceed exactly as predicted. However, the Boards have clearly indicated their interest in the capital projects and other activities of the agencies proceeding smoothly and in a timely manner during the transition. The plan is intended to minimize a negative impact on the continued successful implementation of the capital projects for which each agency is responsible. A joint powers authority (JPA) is proposed to be formed as the service organization, employing staff and executing the services required of ACTIA and CMA. To enable a successful transition of the agencies, their staff, programs and projects, the JPA should be developed and approved by the member agencies and Boards of Directors by late July 2010, with the JPA going into start-up operations by September 1, 2010. 3. The ACTIA and CMA Boards are presumed to continue to exist for a period of time because of statutory references to each Agency, but will modify their organizational documents, with the requisite approvals, so that their Boards are the same as the Board for the new JPA. ACTIA and CMA will be members of the new JPA and it will fulfill their purposes, projects and programs. The Alameda County Transportation Agency (ACTA) may also join the new JPA or it may remain separate and contract with the new JPA as it does with ACTIA now. The Action Plan will not be significantly affected if this occurs. 4. The Citizen's Watchdog Committee for ACTIA would continue under the new proposed JPA, serving in the same or similar role as they do currently. Management Partners, Inc.