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MTA Special Board Meeting – March 27, 2020

Mendocino Transit Authority

Board of Directors Special Meeting Agenda

March 27, 2020                                                                                             1:30 p.m.

MTA Board of Directors 

Saprina Rodriguez, Chair

Jim Tarbell, Vice Chair

Lloyd Cross

Bruce Richard

Dan Gjerde

Tess Albin-Smith

Maureen Mulheren 

Due to the Shelter In Place Order issued by Mendocino County Public Health on March 17, 2020, and pursuant to Governor Newsom’s Executive Orders N-33-20 and N-25-20, members of the MTA Board of Directors will participate in this meeting via teleconference or videoconference. 

Executive Order N-29-20 further provides that a legislative body that holds a meeting via teleconference and allows members of the public to observe and address the meeting telephonically or otherwise electronically, consistent with notice and accessibility requirements as set forth in the Order, shall have satisfied any requirement that the body allow members of the public to attend the meeting and offer public comment. Such a body need not make available any physical location from which members of the public may observe the meeting and offer public comment. 

Members of the public may participate by phone:

Call-in Number: United States (Toll Free): 1-877-309-2073

Access Code: 122-037-981

Please press mute on your phone until public comments are open. The public may also submit questions via email by 11:30 a.m. on March 27, 2020.  Email comments to heather@mendocinotranisit.org and these comments will be read aloud during the public comment section of the meeting and be made part of the official record of the meeting. 

Please visit https://mendocinotransit.org/board-of-directors/ to view any available agenda documents.

AGENDA ITEMS 

  1. Call to Order and Roll Call
  1. Public Comment

MTA Board of Directors welcomes participation in its meetings. Comments shall be limited to three (3) minutes per person so that everyone may be given an opportunity to be heard. To expedite matters and avoid repetition, whenever any group of persons wishes to address the MTA Board of Directors on the same subject matter, the Chair may request that a spokesperson be chosen by the group. This item is limited to matters under the jurisdiction of the Mendocino Transit Authority which are not on the posted agenda. Public criticism of the MTA Board will not be prohibited. No action shall be taken.

Members of the public can also submit their comments to heather@mendocinotransit.org by 11:30 a.m. on March 27, 2020.

All public comments will be made part of the official record of this meeting.

  1. ACTION & DISCUSSION

A. Status Update from MTA Executive Director Regarding Agency Engagement Relative to the Covid-19 Public Health Emergency.

  1. ADJOURN

Anticipated adjournment is 3:30 p.m.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Compliance

The Mendocino Transit Authority complies with AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA).  Upon request, MTA will attempt to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities by making meeting material available in appropriate alternate formats (pursuant to Government Code Section 54953.2). Anyone requiring reasonable accommodation to participate in the meeting should contact the Mendocino Transit Authority by calling (707) 234-6447 at least five days prior to the meeting.