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
Accessible Transit Update
Staff will update the Committee on the status of the countywide accessible transit study original proposed in the 2016 Measure X effort. Staff from multiple agencies and organizations continue to discuss how to proceed with the study in the absence of the Measure X revenues.
2) STATE
Legislative Report
The legislative report from the County's legislative advocate, Mark Watts, is attached (May TWIC State Legislative Report). Mr. Watts will be present at the May meeting to discuss issues of interest to the Committee.
Attached is the following information which may be referenced by staff or Mr. Watts during the Committee discussion:
- Senate Bill 1 (Beall) Transportation Funding: A variety of documents from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), the California State Association of Counties, and Mark Watts describing how SB1 will function and the revenue estimates (SB 1 Docs.pdf).
- A report from Mark Watts on Autonomous Vehicle Legislation (Mark Watts_AutonomousVeh Legislation.pdf)
- SB 595 Fact Sheet (RM 3 Fact Sheet 2017_April14.pdf): As referred to in Mark Watts legislative report and the TWIC Legislative Tracking List, SB 595 proposes a new increase in bridge tolls to fund improvements in the bridge corridors. Ultimately, the MTC would have to place a measure on the ballot in all nine Bay Area Counties.
- TWIC Legislative Tracking List (TWIC Legislation Tracking.pdf): A comprehensive list of legislation being tracked by staff.
3) FEDERAL
No staff report in May.
Attached is a broad update on federal issues (CSAC FedUpdateApr2017.pdf) provided by the California State Association of Counties.
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