⚠️ Aviso de traducción:
Este contenido ha sido traducido automáticamente. El texto original en inglés es la versión oficial. La traducción puede contener errores.
⚠️ Este contenido ha sido traducido automáticamente. El texto original en inglés es la versión oficial. La traducción puede contener errores.
Findings and Recommendations
1 findings
The VTA Board, currently made up exclusively of elected officials from the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, the City of San Jose, and the other smaller cities in the County, suffers from: A lack of experience, continuity, and leadership; Inadequate time for directors to devote to their duties to the VTA Board due to their 0 primary focus on the demands of their elected positions; A lack of engagement on the part of some directors, fostered in part by the committee 0 system, resulting in the VTA functioning largely as a staff-driven organization; Domination, in terms of numbers, seniority, and influence, by representatives of the Santa . Clara County Board of Supervisors and the City of San Jose; and Frequent tension between the director's fiduciary duties to the VTA and its regional role on 0 the one hand and the political demands of their local elected positions on the other. Response: The City of Mountain View agrees with this finding.
Related Recommendations (3)
As constituent agencies of the VTA, each of the cities in the County should prepare and deliver to the VTA and the County Board of Supervisors a written report setting forth its views regarding VTA governance with specific reference to the elements listed in Recommendation 1a. These reports should be completed and delivered prior to December 31, 2019. Response: The recommendation will not be implemented because it is not reasonable. DSC/TS/6/PWK 943-09-03-19L-Encl 1 of 3 Recycled Paper
following the completion of the studies and reports specified in Recommendations 1a, 1b, and 1c, the County of Santa Clara and/or one or more of VTA's other constituent agencies should propose enabling legislation, including appropriate amendments to Sections 100060 through 100063 of the California Public Utilities Code, to improve the governance structure of the VTA (which potentially could include an increase in the directors' term of service, the addition of term limitations, and the inclusion of appointed directors who are not currently serving elected officials). <b>Response:</b> The recommendation requires further analysis. While the County or one or more of the VTA's constituent agencies may ultimately propose amendments to Sections 100060 through 100063 to improve VTA's governance structure, it is premature to recommend such a proposal prior to the preparation and analysis of the study recommended in Recommendation 1a.
In order to provide more continuity in the leadership of the VTA Board, following the completion of the studies and reports specified in Recommendations 1a, 1b, and 1c, the County of Santa Clara and/or one or more of the VTA's other constituent agencies should propose enabling legislation amending Section 100061 of the California Public Utilities Code to provide that the Chairperson of the VTA Board shall be elected for a term of two years rather than one. <b>Response:</b> The recommendation requires further analysis.
No Responses Found
2
Government entities assigned to respond to this report. No response documents have been linked in our database.
