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TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	11/14/2019
Subject: DISCUSS and REVISE the County's 2020 State and Federal Legislative Platforms (Limited to TWIC Referrals)
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)674-7833

Information

Referral History:

The Transportation, Water, and Infrastructure Committee (TWIC) annually reviews the State and Federal Legislative Platforms for revisions to sections under its purview. The full Board of Supervisors then adopts the platforms in January.

Staff with responsibility for items on TWIC's referral list are provided the option to bring platform revisions to either TWIC or the Legislation Committee given the dual responsibility for the platform update. In the event that legislative platform modifications for TWIC referred items are brought to the Legislation Committee, staff is requested to inform TWIC of the changes.

Lara Delaney, the County's staff lead on legislation, sent out a request for review and comment on the platform. This item is in response to that request. Initial comments are included in the attached and additional staff comments and recommendations may be brought or proposed at the Committee's November meeting.

Referral Update:

The 2020 Platform update is more comprehensive than we have had in the past. In addition to the annual updates the decision was made to make more substantial changes to the document. These changes are intended to result in a more streamlined, concise document that includes greater prioritization.

The Legislation Committee considered a full report on the decision and process that resulted in the decision to conduct a comprehensive platform update. That report can be viewed at this link but in summary the update will result in:

A two-year document to coincide with the legislative cycles.
Inclusion of introductory text and demographic information about the County.
Inclusion of the County's mission, vision and values
Transition away from specific policy based platforms to principle-based platforms.
Retention of existing Platform detail in an appendix to preserve any necessary history or context.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

DISCUSS 2020 State and Federal Legislative Platform Development, REVISE as appropriate, and RECOMMEND that the Board of Supervisors include the revisions in the County's final 2020 State and Federal Legislative Platforms.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

None.

Attachments
DRAFT 2020 TWIC Legislative Platform Revisions