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ACTC -Joint Powers Agreement 3 June 21, 2010 In February 2010, the joint Boards approved a draft JPA and directed staff to present it to the Board of Supervisors, the City Councils for all 14 cities in the County, and the Boards of AC Transit and BART. ACTIA and CMA staff sought approval of the new JPA and the necessary parallel changes to the CMA JPA. As of this date, a majority of the cities that represent a majority of the population, as well as the Board of Supervisors, have approved the new JPA. ACTIA and CMA staff presented this proposal to the San Leandro City Council at the May 17, 2010 Council meeting. Following a 45-day review period, the ACTIA Board will take steps to amend the 2000 Transportation Expenditure Plan to change the composition of the ACTIA Board so that it is the same as that of the proposed new commission (ACTC). Steps will also be taken to terminate ACTA and transfer its assets and liabilities to ACTC. Neither of these two steps requires individual action by member agencies. The goal is to achieve all the necessary approvals by July with the new commission launching in September 2010. Proposed New JPA (Alameda County Transportation Commission) Board Composition: An Ad Hoc Committee of the joint Boards of Directors considered several different scenarios for composition of the new Board, including both membership and allocation of votes. A guiding principle was that all the cities and the County needed to be represented, along with some representation from the transit operators. Votes based on population that change over time following the CMA model were considered. The joint Boards of Directors approved an approach recognizing the interests of the largest (by population) cities and including both AC Transit and BART. The proposed new twenty-two member JPA Board (and the separate Boards of ACTIA and CMA) will be composed of: • Each member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors who shall each have one vote, except the longest serving Board member in attendance at the meeting shall have two votes • Two members representing the City of Oakland, with one member (the longest serving Councilmember on ACTC or previously CMA or ACTIA) having three votes and the other member having one vote • One member representing the City of Fremont and one representing the City of Hayward, each of whom shall have two votes • One member from each of the other 11 cities who would each have one vote • One representative of BART and one representative of AC Transit, each of whom shall have one vote Only members of the bodies who have paid or allocated fees set by the ACTC Board shall be entitled to be members of the ACTC Board. If the relative populations of the cities or the unincorporated areas change significantly in the future, the (JPA) could be amended to fairly adjust this voting allocation. ACTIA and CMA will continue in existence and will be members of the new commission until such time as state legislation specifically naming those agencies can be amended, however, neither agency will have separate representation on the new Board.