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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Date:	April 12, 2016

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Letter to the Contra Costa Transportation Authority Regarding Rotation of the Chair of the Board

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 04/12/2016

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: April 12, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

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.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The current practice at the Authority relative to election of officers is to rotate the Chair and Vice Chair through all member agencies excepting the County. At the February 17^th Authority Board meeting during the annual rotation of the Chair and Vice Chair, Supervisor Karen Mitchoff commented that the County wished to be included in the Officer rotation.

The issue was subsequently raised at the March 8^th Board of Supervisors meeting during the Transportation Expenditure Plan discussion. The Transportation, Water, and Infrastructure Committee took the issue up at their March 10^th meeting directing staff to bring the attached draft letter to the full Board of Supervisors for consideration.

Two documents potentially address the protocol by which the Authority selects officers, the aforementioned Local Transportation and Improvement Act of 1987 and the Authority's Administrative Code (See relevant section as Attachment 2, full document available here: http://ccta.net/about/download/54ac708913f19.pdf ). Consistent with Supervisor Mitchoff's testimony at the February 17^th Authority meeting, both documents appear to be silent on eligibility of members to serve in the Chair/Vice Chair capacity.

A draft letter (Attachment 3) is attached for consideration by the Board of Supervisors.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If the subject letter is not sent, the Authority is unlikely to consider including the County in the Chair/Vice Chair rotation.