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HomeMy Public PortalAbout12 December 11, 2002 Exeuctive06 8? RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (COMMISSIONERS BOB BUSTER, DICK KELLY, ROBIN LOWE, TOM MULLEN, RON ROBERTS, JEFF MILLER, JOHN TAVAGLIONE, JIM VENABLE, ROY WILSON) 8:00 A.M. Wednesday, December 11, 2002 RCTC CONFERENCE ROOM A County of Riverside Regional Center 4080 Lemon Street, 3rd Floor, Riverside 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 4. STATUS OF METROLINK NORTH MAIN CORONA STATION FARE Overview At the November 13th meeting, the Commission took action to request the SCRRA Board, through Vice Chairman Ron Roberts, who represents RCTC on the SCRRA Board, to maintain the same fares for the West Corona and North Main Corona Stations. Staff will provide an oral presentation on the status of the request. 5. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CONTRACT Overview This item is to consider, discuss and/or take action on the terms of the Executive Director's contract. 6. ADJOURNMENT The next meeting will be held at on January 8, 2003 in the Commission's Conference Room "A", Third Floor, 4080 Lemon Street, Riverside. AGENDA ITEM 3 Minutes RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Minutes November 13, 2002 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairman John Tavaglione called the meeting to order at 8:09 a.m., on Wednesday, November 13, 2002, at the University of California, Board Room, 1200 University Avenue, Riverside, California 92501. Executive Committee Members Present: Bob Buster Dick Kelly Robin Lowe Tom Mullen Ron Roberts Jan Rudman John Tavaglione Jim Venable Roy Wilson 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments. 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES M/S/C (Lowe/Venable) to approve the minutes of the October 9, 2002 and November 13, 2002 Executive Committee meetings. 4. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. 03-016, "FINAL RESOLUTION OF AUTHORIZING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM (CaIPERS) AND THE RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION" M/S/C (Mullen/Lowe) to adopt Resolution No. 03-016, "Resolution Authorizing to Contract with the California Public Employees' Retirement System". 5. METROLINK FARE POLICY Eric Haley, Executive Director, informed the Committee members that the Metrolink fare zone pricing tariff was based on zones of approximately 11 miles. However, the station mileages do not always conform to an exact 11 -mile standard. The West Corona Station is located in Zone 4 and the new North Main Corona Station is proposed to be in Zone 5. Communications were received from Alex Clifford and other Metrolink users requesting that the fare for the North Main Corona Station be the same as the West Corona Station, 5236.25/month and $200/month, respectively. He continued and said that the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, not the Commission, set the fares. Since the subsidy is split amongst the members, any adjustment to the fares means additional costs to the members. He also noted that there will be a number of Metrolink users who currently board at the West Corona Station to change to the North Main Corona Station. Commissioner Tom Mullen stated that this is one more example of the JPA not working. The decision to have two stations in the community with differing fares does not take into consideration neighboring issues. Alex Clifford makes a good argument. He feels that the Commission should request that SCRRA consider this issue. Chairman Tavaglione agreed and said that the stations are only approximately three miles apart and for not having the same rate will divide the community. Commissioner Jeff Miller said that the issue is traffic to the east. He does not know the financial implications and how many passengers will be picked up. Stephanie Wiggins, Program Manager, informed the Committee that SCRRA will undertake a system -wide study that includes the fare structure. It will take 90 days for the consultant to be on board and anticipated six months for the consultant to return with the preliminary recommendation. Commissioner Venable cautioned Committee members of the precedence that it would set if the Commission got involved with setting fares. M/S/C (Tavaglione/Mullen) to request the Southern California Regional Rail Authority maintain the same fare for the two stations — West Corona Station and North Main Corona Station - until such time as the system -wide study is completed. 6. ADJOURNMENT There being no other items to consider, Chairman Tavaglione adjourned the meeting. Respectfully submitted, at&'•CkAl Naty Kopenhaver Clerk of the Board AGENDA ITEM 4 Oral Report AGENDA ITEM 5 RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION DATE: December 11, 2002 TO: Executive Committee FROM: Eric Haley, Executive Director SUBJECT: Performance Evaluation Attached is my Annual Review and salary consideration memo submitted to the Executive Committee on July 10, 2002. The Executive Committee concurred with the 2002-03 goals and endorsed the Performance Assessment presented, but deferred salary considerations until December 11, 2002. In the intervening five months, I played a daily role in guaranteeing positive public consideration of several sensitive Commission policy issues as they mesh with our new Measure A Expenditure Plan — most notably CETAP Corridor Hearings and staff recommendations, SR 79 improvement discussions, TUMF considerations, and OCTA's proposed SR 91 acquisition. On a daily basis, I also performed the public agency role of spokesperson on Measure A issues and, on my own time, acted as the liaison with the private sector Measure A campaign. We enjoyed a stunning victory — the only successful transportation sales tax effort of the five county transportation measures on California's November ballot. We now move into our new challenges assured of major local funding through 2039. We are in an extraordinarily strong position to initiate prospective funding partnerships with our neighboring counties and state and federal agencies. I have accomplished all of the goals established for me in my job interview, held by the Commission on March 11, 1998. I look forward to the upcoming major policy decisions that will link our two expenditure plans. I would appreciate two actions by the Executive Committee; a 6.5% base salary increase effective December 12, 2002 and a one year extension of my current contract through December 31, 2004. This request reflects my desire to extend my contract for a full two years; rather than have it terminate March 26, 2004, as requested last July. ATTACHMENT A RIVERSIDE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION DATE: July 10, 2002 TO: Executive Committee FROM: Eric Haley, Executive Director SUBJECT: Performance Evaluation This past year, 2001-02, was by far the most challenging of my 4.25 years as Executive Director. The highlight of the year was the development of our Measure A Expenditure Plan, with frequently intense negotiations between Commissioners and amongst our local communities, sister agencies, and interest groups. The new Measure A Expenditure Plan, supported by an outreach program, was formally and unanimously adopted at the May and June 2002 Commission meetings, bringing successful conclusion to over fifteen months of Commission efforts. Largely through the time pressures brought about by the imminent November 5, 2002 elections, great progress has been made in the last three months by WRCOG in gaining consensus on the implementation of a Western County Transportation Uniform Mitigation Fee; $900 million of which will match Measure A funding programs. CETAP, the transportation corridor portion of the Riverside County Integrated Project, will prove successful this coming Winter in adopting two new corridor alignments augmented by ongoing efforts to refine intercounty corridor alternatives to San Bernardino and Orange Counties. The extraordinary work of Cathy Bechtel continues to move the CETAP work forward. Our Measure A Construction Program, guided by Hideo Sugita, is poised to launch into the most aggressive period of its history; with the RT 74, the RT 60 HOV, and the 60/91/215 projects set to begin construction over the next eighteen months. Partnerships with our neighbors have been very productive. Agreements with OCTA led to the start up of new commuter rail service to Orange County and Los Angeles in May 2002. Funding agreements supported by RCTC, between OCTA and RTA, provide for new intercounty commuter bus services beginning this coming January. Our close partnership with SANBAG can be seen in their financial support of CETAP corridor work and our mutually supportive Alameda Corridor East advocacy commitments. Somewhat overshadowed by the Measure A renewal and Measure A Program implementation; the Metrolink programs have seen their greatest expansion in a decade. Along with new service, substantial station and parking expansion programs Page 2 are underway; the new Corona Main Station, the purchase of 21 plus acres at the La Sierra from Riverside Community College, and the expansion of parking at the Riverside Downtown Station. RCTC will easily double its existing parking capacity over the next three years. Looking Forward Two extremely important work efforts will comprise my primary assignments in the next year. The first will be my role as staff spokesperson for the Measure A extension efforts. Entirely utilizing non -compensated hours, I will provide a communication linkage with the private sector campaign. Following our November success, the staff will propose a strategic planning effort to integrate the planning, programming and financing requirements of the last six years of our 1989-2009 Expenditure Plan with the upcoming 2009-39 Measure A Program. This will be the major policy focus of calendar year 2003. Additionally, I anticipate late 2002 to Spring 2003 consideration of new debt issuance to finance early project development work in support of the 2009-39 program. While the November election and subsequent strategic planning will take center stage, three other issue areas deserve policy discussion at the Commission level. The first will be critically important to our Measure A regional arterial and new corridor program. With early adoption of a TUMF ordinance, many projects can be initiated in the 2003-09 period, providing much needed improvements earlier and giving evidence to Riverside County's citizens of our determination to accelerate our project delivery. A second area deserves substantial discussion and analysis, and will no doubt span several years. The heart of the issue is the role of Riverside and San Bernardino Counties within SCAG and our perspective on issues such as Goods Movement (including truck lanes, rail capacity, rail grade separations, etc.) and Inland Area airport expansion. Finally, of great importance, 2003 and possibly early 2004, will see a new Federal Transportation Bill, building on TEA 21. Many of the key interest groups are developing positions in anticipation of next year's debate. On both the categorical program and the "Member's Request" level, RCTC will play an active role in maximizing our return from this key legislation. Contract Requests The Executive Director compensation lies in the middle (5th) of the eight agencies used by the Commission for comparison purposes. The top tier, in descending order, includes SCAG, the Orange County Transportation Authority , SCRRA and SANBAG. The middle tier includes Sacramento, RCTC, and Ventura. The Caltrans District Director receives the Page 3 lowest executive compensation. The July 11, 2001 compensation adjustment and contract extension covered thirty months through December 31, 2003. The remaining salary action is a CPI increase on 1/1/03. I propose an extension of my contract through March 26, 2004; thus bringing my contract back into harmony with my anniversary date. As a compensation adjustment, I propose a 6.5% increase effective July 1, 2003. The timing and amount of my proposed salary increase reflects both the salary increases anticipated in 2002-03 for the best performers amongst our staff members, and also reflects the fiscal caution exhibited in this year's approved budget.