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Proposed New JPA (Alameda County Transportation Commission) Board Composition: An Ad Hoc Committee of the joint Boards of Directors considered several different scenarios for composition of the new Board, including both membership and allocation of votes. A guiding principle was that all the cities and the County needed to be represented, along with some representation from the transit operators. Votes based on populations, which change over time, following the CMA model were considered. The joint Boards of Directors approved an approach that recognized the interests of the largest cities (by population) and included both AC Transit and BART. The proposed new twenty -two member JPA Board (and the separate Boards of ACTIA and CMA) would be composed of: Each member of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors who shall each have one vote, except the longest serving Board member in attendance at the meeting who shall have two votes; Two members representing the City of Oakland, with one member (the longest serving Councilmember on ACTC or previously ACCMA or ACTIA) having three votes and the other member having one vote; One member representing the City of Fremont and one representing the City of Hayward, each of whom shall have two votes; One member from each of the other 11 cities who would each have one vote; and One representative of BART and one representative of AC Transit, each of whom shall have one vote. Only members of the bodies who have paid or allocated fees set by the ACTC Board shall be entitled to be members of the ACTC Board. If the relative populations of the cities or the unincorporated areas change significantly in the future, the Joint Powers Agreement could be amended to fairly adjust this voting allocation. ACTIA and CMA would continue in existence and would be members of the new JPA until such time as state legislation specifically naming those agencies can be amended, but they would not have separate representation on the new Board. Technical Advisory Committee and the Citizens' Watchdog Committee: The proposed JPA designates the current Alameda County Transportation Advisory Committee (ACTAC) to continue to function as the technical advisory committee to the new ACTC. Additionally, the JPA appoints the current Citizens' Watchdog Committee as described in the Alameda County 2000 Transportation Expenditure Plan which will continue to have the powers as specified in that Plan regarding the expenditure of ACTIA funds. While not mentioned in the Joint Powers Agreement, the other outside committees of each Agency would continue for the present; however, there may be some consolidation of the existing standing committees of each agency.