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D. 7

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Date:	March 29, 2016

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Growth Management Element GPA for CCTA Correspondence Table

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/29/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor

Contact:

Will Nelson (925) 674-7791

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 29, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

1. OPEN public hearing, RECEIVE testimony, and CLOSE public hearing.


2. FIND, on the basis of the whole record before the County, for purposes of compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), that there is no possibility that the proposed General Plan Amendment will have a significant effect on the environment, and the project is therefore exempt from CEQA pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3); and

RECOMMENDATION(S): (CONT'D)

3. ADOPT the General Plan Amendment, County File #GP16-0001, adding the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) Correspondence Table and minor explanatory text to the 2005-2020 County General Plan Growth Management Element.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No impact to the General Fund. The proposed General Plan Amendment is being funded 100% from the Land Development Fund, FY 2015/2016.

BACKGROUND:

Pursuant to Measure J-2004, the County must comply with the requirements of the Growth Management Program administered by the CCTA, which includes submittal of the Growth Management Compliance Checklist, to receive its share of the transportation sales tax revenue allocation (also known as "return-to-source funds") for local street and road maintenance (approximately $2 million currently). The Checklist is submitted biennially and demonstrates how the County has complied with the Growth Management Program during the preceding two years.

At its February 7, 2012, hearing, the Board of Supervisors approved and authorized actions to fulfill compliance requirements of the Growth Management Program for the 2010/2011 reporting period. Following the Board’s action, County staff forwarded the Checklist to the CCTA for review.

As part of their review of the Checklist, CCTA staff compares the General Plans submitted by local jurisdictions to CCTA's adopted Model Growth Management Element. The CCTA's review of the County's Checklist identified a need to include a “correspondence table” illustrating how the County's General Plan is consistent with (corresponds to) the CCTA's Model Growth Management Element. County staff submitted the Correspondence Table to CCTA staff on June 21, 2012, who subsequently requested that the Board of Supervisors approve inclusion of the Table in the County's Checklist. The Board of Supervisors approved its inclusion on July, 10, 2012, and the CCTA Board accepted the Table at its July 18, 2012, meeting.

The County and CCTA previously agreed that the County would undertake a General Plan Amendment to incorporate the Correspondence Table into the County General Plan Growth Management Element. In addition to the Table, staff proposes adding the following heading and explanatory text at page 4-16 of the Growth Management Element, immediately following the “Central Business District/Major Commercial Center” definition:

Contra Costa Transportation Authority Model Growth Management Element Correspondence Table

Table 4-2 demonstrates how the policies contained in the County General Plan are consistent with (correspond to) the policies in the Contra Costa Transportation Authority Model Growth Management Element. These policies must be consistent for the County to qualify for Measure J transportation sales tax revenue.

On March 8, 2016, the County Planning Commission voted 5-0 to adopt Resolution #6-2016 (Attachment B) recommending that the Board of Supervisors finds the proposed project to be exempt from CEQA and adopts the General Plan Amendment, which consists of the Correspondence Table and minor explanatory text.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If the Board does not adopt the proposed General Plan Amendment, then it is possible that the CCTA will find the County to be non-compliant with the Growth Management Program. Such a finding could jeopardize the County's return-to-source funds.

CLERK'S ADDENDUM

CLOSED the public hearing; FOUND the project is exempt from CEQA; and ADOPTED the General Plan Amendment, County File #GP16-0001, adding the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) Correspondence Table and minor explanatory text to the 2005-2020 County General Plan Growth Management Element.