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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	John Kopchik, Director, Conservation & Development Department
Date:	November 3, 2015

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Comments to CCTA on the Development of a Transportation Expenditure Plan for a Potential Sales Tax Ballot Measure in November 2016

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 11/03/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

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

Contact:

John Cunningham (925)674-7833

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: November 3, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

AUTHORIZE the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to sign a letter to the Contra Costa Transportation Authority providing comments on their development of a Transportation Expenditure Plan for a potential sales tax ballot measure in November 2016.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None. The recommendation addresses an outside agency's actions.

BACKGROUND:

The Contra Costa Transportation Authority (Authority), on behalf of its member agencies, is currently developing a Transportation Expenditure Plan (TEP) for inclusion in a possible 2016 ballot measure for a new transportation sales tax. The proposed sales tax would be for 25 years (expiring in 2042), for ½ cent, running concurrently with Measure J (which expires in 2034) and is forecasted to generate $2.3 billion.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

As established in the October 21, 2014 letter to CCTA regarding the TEP and Countywide Transportation Plan (and reaffirmed in the attached draft letter), the Board of Supervisors (Board) has not yet endorsed the proposed transportation sales tax. That broader issue will be addressed at a future meeting of the Board.

HISTORY
Reports on this issue have been brought to previous Board meetings. Those reports included a substantial amount of background information and are available at the links below:

October 20, 2015
http://64.166.146.245/docs/2015/BOS/20151020_648/658_10-20-15_1705_AGENDApacket.pdf#page=121
September 15, 2015
http://64.166.146.245/docs/2015/BOS/20150915_640/650_09-15-15_826_AGENDApacket.pdf#page=128
June 16, 2015
http://64.166.146.155/docs/2015/BOS/20150616_591/601_6-16-15%20BOS%20Packet.pdf#page=1222

UPDATE
At the September 15, 2015 Board meeting a report was provided with recommendations related to the Authority’s TEP. All staff recommendations were approved and staff was instructed to return with a draft letter to the Authority communicating the recommendations.

Staff returned on October 20, 2015 with a draft letter. The Board provided several revisions which are reflected in the attached draft letter and summarized below:

Local Streets and Roads
Additional emphasis and explicit support for complete streets concepts were added.

Bicycle Transportation Issues
Support for further development or enhancement of Class I/separated bicycle facilities including the concept of a bicycle expressway was added.

Major Projects
The Marsh Creek Trail concept was added to the “Major Project” section of the letter.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: