Board of Directors meetings are now available on live streaming video.

SMART Locates Operations and Maintenance Facility Near Sonoma County Airpor: Press Release

As SMART moves closer to selling its bonds in the next two weeks, two ratings agencies have examined SMART’s financials and issued “AA” & “A” ratings respectively, saving SMART taxpayer dollars. Press Release

SMART announces Stacy & Witbeck/Herzog, JV will build Phase 1 from Santa Rosa and San Rafael.
Press Release

Here is the SMART Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011: FY 11-12 SMART Financial Report

FY 11-12 Budget

Ordinance No. 2011-02 Adopting Election Procedures As Amended

SMART will be providing a construction information briefing to the West End Neighborhood this coming Thursday evening, April 19, 7:00PM, at the DeTurk Round Barn, at 819 Donahue Street in Santa Rosa. SMART Community Outreach Coordinator Matt Stevens will be joined by Project Manager Keith Tarkalson of Stacy and Witbeck (SMART’s design-build contractor). Our agenda will be to share a Power Point presentation about construction activities, followed by a question and answer session. We look forward to meeting with West End Neighborhood.

2012 Board of Directors Regular Meeting Schedule December 27 - 6:07 PM

Board of Directors Meeting May 16 - 1:30 PM

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Supplemental Information for CalPERS Item

Supplemental Information for CalPERS Item 2

SMART’s Citizen Advisory Committees

Measure Q, approved by nearly 70 percent of voters in Marin and Sonoma Counties in the Nov. 4, 2008, general election, requires the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District to establish a Citizens Oversight Committee with specific duties as spelled out in the ballot measure. In addition, the SMART Board of Directors may establish ad-hoc citizen committees to help plan other elements of the 70-mile passenger train and pathway project. The following are brief descriptions of the Citizens Oversight Committee and other possible citizen committees of SMART.

For an application for appointment to any of these committees, click here.

Citizens Oversight Committee – The Measure Q Expenditure Plan requires this committee as part of its Implementing Guidelines, specifically: “A Citizens Oversight Committee will be established by the SMART Board to provide input and review on the Strategic Plan and subsequent updates.” The plan goes on to state that “SMART will prepare a Strategic Plan, based on the commitments in this Expenditure Plan, prior to July 2009. The Strategic Plan will identify planned investments in capital implementation, operations and maintenance for the duration of the tax. The Strategic Plan will be updated at least every five years and approved by the SMART Board of Directors. The Strategic Plan will be developed with input from the public and the Citizens Oversight Committee.”

Vehicle and Station Advisory Committees – Due to the critical timing of procurement of SMART's fleet of vehicles, the Operations Committee of the SMART Board of Directors in fall 2009 decided not to create a Vehicle Advisory Committee, but to hold a series of public workshops and meetings to gather input regarding such issues as seating configurations, bicycle storage and other on-board amenities. These meetings will continue until the vehicle Request for Proposals is issued in April 2010. A similar decision was made regarding an advisory committee for stations. In order to encourage broad public participation on station design issues, SMART in early 2010 scheduled a series of public workshops in every community along the rail corridor to solicit input regarding the project's 14 rail stations. The first round of public workshops took place in February. A second round -- again in every city along the corridor -- will be scheduled in the spring of 2010.

Ad-Hoc Transit Coordinating Committee – SMART wants to closely coordinate its train and shuttle service with transit services available from other providers in the North Bay, including local and regional bus transit agencies, the Golden Gate Ferry and others. This committee will advise the Board on how best to achieve a seamless transportation network in Marin and Sonoma Counties. This committee is expected to begin meeting in 2011.