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San Joaquin Valley RegionalPlanning Agencies' Directors' Committee

Mr. IIams initiated roll call.

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2. Dnfi Oroulc for. ml'lc~ofdraft in April. The IISRA will rmeI" 1m groups and $hareholders over !he nUl few weeks 10 pin do""proposed ..'esc Ilanfonl.'ignment 10 include in !heir O«ember ploposaJ 10 their ao.rd.

M~ Bryn Forl\an IlftKlIlcd an updale on their business plan.. The HSRA rdeaed the: business plan onT~y and has reccind much lnNi. amnii.... 'J'tw: businl:S1ll plan i$ unlike prior pbn$; this _ recmIplan is urnlined and has taken a new approac:h. The Central Valley coninues 10 be. critical put ofthc:HSR project ... i\h Wf\SIrUCUon lqinning ~"t year and finishing in 20 17 .... itll • price lag ofS6 billion.

Mr. Vince Ilarris upn::sscd concern allhe notable increase in price pro~idcd by lhe HSRA. Ms. Forhanrespondcd Ihat the HSRA now knows more aboul whal is r\CCded in lerms of trenching, ~iadl>CU. aerialand raised lTllcks ha~e all impacted Ihe price increase. The IISRA has become more granular about supplyCOSIS ofsteel, cOr.

Khcduk l;OQSislmt with~ 2011 FTIP update "'hkh means "'e would~ lilt FTIP lIIplble in fettn..y2012 and falillflfkr f..MfAC 2007 "'ith adoption in July 2012.

from Jul)' 10 IkcmlooCaltrans will &0 through lilt fSTlP publk panldpalion process indudinl~ and eommenlS. Amkipattd approval of lilt fSTl P is IkI;:nnber 2012.

Mr. Vinc( Iiams rc:itC1lIl00~ iSlOm( risk involved. Mr. Jmnaine Hant>Ottling with ARB~ing LIIi"l EMFAC 2011 and ensuring the dauo in EMFAC 2011 is lhe u.nsponation dauo provided.

SB J75 S.bcom.iulN' T. Taylor

Ms. Tanisha Taylor provided. handout on !he eighl MPOKlion$WI OC(urm! 0'0'

Kinp Coonty cannot mtt1 thrirtIJ'gU.

6. C.liforlli. PIlrtunhip (mc/oswn)

Ms. Slade Dabbs provided. handout on the SJV Rurnl Development Center suucmre and servicesoffered where lhe Cal ifomia I'artnership acl$ a$ a mezzanine-con$ulLin& fiml. The Cenler is for alilherural communitie, and Cil;e$ with population under 50,000. If lhere are any questions, please contactIsmael HelTCrn (559) 278-0519 or ishelTCrn@esufresno.edu. Ms. Dabbs thanked the Direclors foro;oordjnal;ng neXI month's meeting wilh the California Partnc:rsltip meelin&. [)ecc,mber 9" in TuriocJi::. Mr.Michael Sipla is to ..ortc "'ith Ms. Dabbs and Supervisor Ishida who ,,'ill make a shoo presentation atthe California Pannenhip mtt1ing.

Ms, Dabbs abo arIfIOI.IO«d~ are "'"0 IlC'W job openings "'ith the California Pannmhip - Go>"mm>mIAtrail'$lWortc O.....p Coon.!inatorand Communications Direc:lOn.

Following the mffiing. Ms. Dabbs senl lhe following infonnalion via e-mail:

On behalf ofthe California Partnership for the San Joaquin Valley and lhe San Joaquin ValleyRegional Policy Council, I would like to invite you to panidp,lue in an UPCOm,nll meeling of theSustainable Communities Woo Group· Thursday, NO\"fm~r 171h from IOall,.llpm at theStanislaus Council ofGovernments. 1111 I Slr'Cft, Sui", 308, MooksIO.

In atlempl 10 obuIin input from throu&houi the San J,*!uin Valle)' on the ..·ortc &J'OUIl's idtnliflCdpriorities. we have held mCClinp in tIfte valle)' locations in 2011- Fruno (June). Bakenfirid(Scplember) and ModnIO{Novcmber). Your participation in this retioNl con...-tion would beofiJUI value as the work group scd

throu&hoot the: SlV. IlOl jUSl in Kinp Count)'. "'it/>out dilUlilli the: f()f;US on SR99. Mr. Tony Boreninsislw. thaI f()f;US nttd:s 10~in on SR 99 lIS il is the SlV -bread...d bulle'r.M

Mr. Assmli closed "'im oflhilli uUfti's (ofCTq help 10 fin out pnl applglions mon: thorou&hIy. Intlw: pasl he: &/lid we have miS¥d out on monies hccause of lhe: lOlly we resfJOIlded 10 questions on &'lintapplglions and u..el is happy 10 hc:lp wort: OUIIll)' issues in gellinll our fair shan ofdollars.

7. M. Bilner

Mr. Michael Llimer explained lhal he plans 10 begin providing dClails on lhe modcl at the Del:cmber 8'"meetini: includinll documenlalion and script. He tonlinucs 10 ....011; on gening a meeling pullOge1hcrei1her by phooe or in-person. Mr. Vince Harris lhanked lhe: learn for fruilfuJ I.Ilks on ....he:n w'e are inStanislaus.

Ms. Terri Kine ime.jcaed IhIoI she: had hoped the Cal COG Modeling 101 for Dim:lOfS{al the Cal COODim:lor" MMine) had beo:tI mon: helpful. Mr. Billlligcins n::spondcd Ihc CO\lf$C focused on CaluansModeril1& 101 and offered~ionson IIw top;c.

Mr. Andy Chesley, dirccling his (Om......!.'i 10 Mr. Ilarril and Mr. Jesse Brown. said lhc:y had had a &oodmttlins (via conference tall) wilh their modelers Lut wttk and would do well 10 ha,"C another nl«linswith the modelcl'I.lpCin preparin!> dates, etc.

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Mr. Miehlod Sipla reponed the fil'$l six wb oflhe project are ongoing tIvou&h February. The Dim:ton'Commitlcc should =ci'·c I deliverable this ..·ed on fCOIlOIUK:s. derno&r'aPhks and cireulation. Theseo;ond quanerty report will be submillcd 10Callnnl this wed ..·ith the: I'CllI ~fercnce

M,. &rWn Stcc:l< aIIfIOI.In«d the Valkywido: BllI\'pOm pac:bgc$ have been Jent OUllO everyone fordisuib.nion. MJ. Stcc:k a$.ked the Dircwn lO pIA 0UI1 wide distribution of the VIlIey..'ilk Blurprinlmalmlls. The smtcgic: OI'O\ll'1ll Coond1 will be releasi", round lWO ofgranu. fresno COG is manIlli"&Proposition 84 for~ MPOs within OlD" thm:-pan proJrmn. M,.. Steck his n:acbed OUIlO!heir projectrn.ana&cn for help for that $Cope of ..-ort "'illl I deadline offdJruary IS, 2012.

Mr. Rob Terry n:poncd the Vllleywide 81urpri.. r«ei~ Ihree proposals on Ol:lober"" for !heirBlurprim Intevalion I'rojecL TIle Klection oornmiuee chose URS lOac! 1II1he consuJtill& finn. URS willwort undct" I 14-monlll conlnlCl for JUS! over $460,000 lO provide cireuilpl~ ..orting in 46 SII\I11ercommuni lies lhrou&hool SJV ,",'here lhe Blueprint principles need lcadcnhip. URS hid I greal prop

Mr. Vince Harri$ opena;llhe diKuWon willi I briefbaekpound expllinin& thai SANDAG lOOk~ leadon this project 10 build a Slate..·ido: Needs AsKs!Jment "'illl the helpoflll the MPOs. The final produel"'11I vel)' lIitt report IIld pn:smlcd II ercs IISI meeting. The report ereated some bun panicubrly thepolicy implications and some ctw-g.ed wonline in the doeumenL panieulll1y ChapIer 1. policy 110. 4 thatimplies crelling a foeus of the six I.argesI~itan .-cas in that funds eouId be divenftllO thooe al'Cl$.Re-poning on l:w ..eek's erc meeting, Mr. Ilam.)ald the Slate COG Di=_ expo ..... concerns raiKdabout smaller rqions.. It is IIIlicipated there will be rewrite of the Needs ASKUmelIt It the next ere-....Mr. Andy CMsJcy spoke lO Ihis issue sllliing the n«d for a letter "'ith each Director's name on iL Mr. 6illHiggins reported that ell COG inlenlionally did not talr.e ICtion at their wt medina because somemembers were involved in authoring lhe Needs Assessment. Mr. Higgins does nollllticipale Cal COOwriling any kind of letter bUI he encouraged the Direclors 10 do 50. Mr. Michael Sigala, speaking on hisconversalion with Bob Leiter at SANDAG. suggeSled the Direclors' Commillee add a map oflhe CentralValley with projeelS -similar 10 the Goods Movement project. Mr. Ilarr;s imerjcClcd Illallhe NeedsAssessmcnl team never asked for any kind ofmlp from the Cemral Valley and fUl'lher. only lhe largestmctropolitan areas have maps in Ihe Needs Assessment repan.Ms. Lindsey MOIIlC' staled Illal Fresno COG did pro~ide I VaJleywide projecllist Ind projKt map to theNeeds Assessmenl oornmillee. Ms. Monge then followed-up "'ith Mr. L.citer and did nol rec:ei"e anyfeedbaek or further inslJUClion.

Mr. Harris concluded discus.sions willi the undenundi"& Ihai .1el.Ier ..ould be "'rillen forthe Diredors 10sign. Mr. Jesse Brovo'n SU&llCSted ISKl11bling a package willi a signed IettCT including policym;ommendltions, Vllleywidc: project lis!: and map. Mr. ChcsIey made the moIion ear1iCT in the diseuuionand Mr. Brovo'n seconded. MOIion CII'ricd.

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Mr. Tony Boren stated lhis significanl piece of legislation has been signed by lhe Governor and we areaUlhorized 10 move forward (alleaSI five members of the lJoard). Mr. Boren pressed thai al some lime inlhe near fUlure Ihe Direclors need 10 sit-down and fonnalize a IPA. He felt unSure about whether loday'smeeting Was the lime 10 discuss a drafl JPA but he did PI"eS'5 thai discussions On lhis need 10 stanimminenlly. Mr. Jesse IJrown agreed with Mr. Boren that discussions on the JPA need to begin bUI shouldbe addressed at a separate meding. Mr. Vince Harris assigned Mr. Michael Sigala to work wlth Mr.Boren on scuing up a meeling for this issue. Mr. Boren asked who was the author ofSBJ25 as thai figureshould be included in these talks. Mr. Ted Smalley feilihat an infonnal documem need, to be laid out toinclude alilhe steps and direction of our wor1< from the stan, Mr. Smalley stated he is willing to workwith Rob _ or a designee - on pUlling together such a document Mr. Smalley wanted to set a goal ofaJanuary mceting On this issue with JPA finished in summer 2012.

Ms. Terri King added that an alanning rail study has recently come out specifically regardinllthe cross_Valley rail. Thl\.'C counties joined IOgcther to update these rail lines but they have instituted a railcar fee,She urged the Goods Movement to incorporate this infonnation as well. Mr. Ted Smalley echoed Ms,King's concerns that sOme ofthcir local rail companies have already made the SWilCh to Hucks.

". Fen Bill P. TaylorMs. Patricia Taylor reponed that they mel with Congressman Denham to speak on the populationthreshold aod improved communication belween his office and the Directors, Congressman Denhamasked for any kind ofte

b. Mr. Michael Sigala sllared lhal he is wOfting on a conf~ call with Senator BoKcr on MPOissue. Ms. Palricia Taylor responded SO,OOO-200,OOO is w population size: for MPOs .... ilh case-by-e:asc c,,:~p.ions. Mr. Chesley lISted Mr. Sigala 10 maintain pending conferen« call withSenator Boxer 10 clarify ~cue-by-cascw CKccpion Crilma. Mr. Sipll has set "'I lunch meeting"'ith Supervisor Ishida and Mr.llaml forroo:xl ..-ed, IOdi$cuss the upcoming yUl. A ..'ebsilelubeommin... has been fanned 10 rrw:t:I monthly and ens_ that In rdcVlm "'ebsilcs ha'-e cunnninformltion. Mr. Sipla provided I SR99 Bond s..vings list; if~ il any feedbK-k pleasecorl\If:I him with updatn or eorreclions.

Mr. Al WillS mated IS an outsider thaI the eommillee uses ilS own lang... and SlI&&""''''Cl thai an indexofacronymI be made: lvailable 10 lhe public. Ms. Ki,,&olTtmllO provide her acronym list 10 w public.

Meetingadjoumed II 12:10 pm.

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Appendix A: List ofQthcrs Allcnding

Darius Assemi, ereDerek Winning, MCTeNeil Bretz, CalTransSharri !lender Ehlen, CahransJefT Abercrombie, HSRABryn Forhan, HSRAMichael Sigala, Sigala Inc,Rebecca Caporale, Sigala Inc.Elizabeth Wright, TCAGTanisha Taylor, SJCOGBarbara Steck. Fresno COGRob Terry, Fresno COGLindsey Monge, Fresno COGRosa I'ark. Stan COGCarlQS Yamzon, Stan COGCindy Malckos, Stan COGTom Jordan, SJVAPCDElizabeth Johanson. Coalition forClean AirJcrmaine Hannon, ARB (phone)Bill Higgins, Cal COG (phone)Stacie Dabbs, CA Parlnership (phone)AI WallS. TulareRick Farinelli, Madera County

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