RECOMMENDATION(S):
AUTHORIZE the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to sign a letter to the Contra Costa Transportation Authority requesting that the County be included in the annual rotation of the Chair and Vice Chair of the Board of the Authority.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa Transportation Authority (Authority) is an agency formed by the Board of Supervisors under the Local Transportation Authority and Improvement Act of 1987 (Attachment 1). Contra Costa County, along with the nineteen cities, is a member agency of the Authority. The Authority manages the county's transportation sales tax program in addition to statutory, county congestion management obligations. The current transportation sales tax is Measure J (2004) which came in to effect in 2008 after the original county transportation sales tax, Measure C (1988), expired.
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