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11.

TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	10/09/2017
Subject: CONSIDER report on Local, State, and Federal Transportation Related Legislative Issues and take ACTION as appropriate.
Submitted For:	TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Department:	Conservation & Development
Referral No.:	1
Referral Name:	REVIEW legislative matters on transportation, water, and infrastructure.
Presenter:	John Cunningham, DCD	Contact:	John Cunningham (925)674-7883

Information

Referral History:

This is a standing item on the Transportation, Water, and Infrastructure Committee referral list and meeting agenda.

Referral Update:

In developing transportation related legislative issues and proposals to bring forward for consideration by TWIC, staff receives input from the Board of Supervisors (BOS), references the County's adopted Legislative Platforms, coordinates with our legislative advocates, partner agencies and organizations, and consults with the Committee itself.

Recommendations are summarized in the Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s) section at the end of this report. Specific recommendations, if provided, are underlined in the report below. This report includes three sections, 1) LOCAL, 2) STATE, and 3) FEDERAL.

1) LOCAL
No Report in October.

RECOMMENDATION: DISCUSS any local issues of note and take ACTION as appropriate.

2) STATE
Legislative Report
The legislative report from the County's legislative advocate, Mark Watts, is attached (October 2017 TWIC Report). Mr. Watts will be present at the October meeting to issues of interest to the Committee.

The Committees legislative tracking table is attached for the Committees reference.

The Committee and the Board of Supervisors discussed SB 595 (Beall - Bridge Tolls) in September. Attached is a letter from the Bay Area Congestion Management Agencies on the legislation.

RECOMMENDATION: DISCUSS any state issues of note and take ACTION as appropriate.

3) FEDERAL
No written report in October.

RECOMMENDATION: DISCUSS any federal issues of note and take ACTION as appropriate.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

CONSIDER report on Local, State, and Federal Transportation Related Legislative Issues and take ACTION as appropriate including CONSIDERATION of any specific recommendations in the report above.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

There is no fiscal impact.

Attachments
October_StateReportToTWIC
TWIC Legislative Tracking Table (October 2017)
BayAreaCMA SB595_Support_Letter 09-11-17