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Findings and Recommendations
1 findings
The VTA Board, currently made up exclusively of elected officials from the Santa Clara County, Board of Supervisor, the City of San Jose and other smaller cities in the County, suffers from: - A lack of experience, continuity and leadership; - Inadequate time for the directors to devote to their duties to the VTA Board due to their 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 system, resulting in VTA functioning largely as a staff-driven organization; - Domination, in terms of numbers, seniority and influence, by representatives of the Santa Clara 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 the one hand, and the political demands of their local elected positions, on the other Response to Finding 1: Per the discussion and input of the Governance and Ethics Committee, the City of Santa Clara City Council "AGREES" with Finding 1.
Related Recommendations (3)
As constituent agencies of VTA, each of the cities in the County should prepare and deliver to 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.
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 VTA (which potentially could include an increase in the director's term of service, the addition of term limitations and the inclusion of appointed directors who are not currently serving elected officials).
In order to provide more continuity in the leadership of the VTA Board, following the completion of the studies and reports specified in Recommendation 1a, 1b, and 1c, the County of Santa Clara and/or one or more of VTA's other constituent agencies, should propose enabling legislation amending Section 1000061 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.
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