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City Council Special Study Session Minutes
09/14/2021
City of Gilroy
City Council Special Study Session Minutes
September 14, 2021
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM by Mayor Marie Blankley.
1.1. Posting of the Agenda
Management Assistant Ruiz announced that the agenda had been posted on
Friday, September 10, 2022 at 1:17 p.m.
Attendee Name Title Status
Marie Blankley Mayor Remote
Rebeca Armendariz Council Member Absent
Dion Bracco Council Member Remote
Zach Hilton Council Member Absent
Peter Leroe-Muñoz Council Member Remote
Carol Marques Council Member Remote
Fred Tovar Council Member Remote
2. STUDY SESSION
2.1. Valley Transit Authority (VTA) Presentation - Transit and the Gilroy
Transit Center
Mayor Blankley announced that public comment would be taken twice: before the
VTA presentation and after the VTA presentation.
Public comments received prior to the presentation by: Swanee Edwards, Roland,
Michael Margarita, John Taft, and Catherine.
City Administrator Forbis introduced Community Development Director Karen
Garner, Public Works Director Daryl Jordan, and VTA representative's Jay Tyree
and Deborah Degang. Tyree and Degang presented on VTA Transit Service,
Caltrain Service and High-Speed Rail Service. Both City staff and VTA
representatives responded to Council Member questions.
Comments and concerns were expressed by both the public and council regarding
shared parking, removal of lateral parking, enough parking spaces for commuters
and highway congestion management. Council asked VTA representatives to take
into consideration how will Valley Transit Authority plan manage for future
commuter congestion.
Public comments received after the presentation by: Stefanie Elle, Connie Rogers,
Catherine, Michael Margarita, Eugene Bradley, Christina Watson, Swanee
Edwards, Cheryl Parks, Roland, Carolyn Tognetti, Bob Weaver, John Taft, Andrew
Ridley, and Lisa Mastroianni-Bender.
Degang thanked the Council for their time and to be able to bring this topic up for
discussion. She closed by stating the next steps for VTA is to assess the Valley
Transportation Plan (VTP) and address the transit's vision for the entire county and
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what this means post pandemic. VTP will also be focusing on how we should look
at the growing future congestion and where VTA wants to focus on multi-module.
Possible Action:
Receive report from VTA concerning the current status and future plans for
transit service and the long-term use of the Gilroy Transit Center.
3. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Blankley adjourned the meeting at 8:07 p.m.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing minutes were duly and regularly adopted at
a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Gilroy on June 20, 2022.
Thai Nam Pham, CMC, CPMC
City Clerk