Agenda

Return

C. 1

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Brian M. Balbas, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	June 2, 2020

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Allocation of Transportation Development Act, Article 3 Funds for Fiscal Year 2020/2021

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 06/02/2020

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Jerry Fahy, 925.313.2276

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: June 2, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Resolution No. 2020/147 approving the submission of a claim to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to seek Fiscal Year 2020/2021 Transportation Development Act (TDA) funding in the amount of $557,700 for bicycle and pedestrian projects sponsored by the County and the cities of Danville, Hercules, Lafayette, Orinda, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, and San Ramon; and DIRECT the Public Works Director, or designee, to forward the claim to MTC for final approval and final allocation of funding, effective July 1, 2020, Countywide.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% Transportation Development Act, Article 3 Funds

BACKGROUND:

Article 3 of the TDA, Public Utilities Code (PUC) Section 99200 et seq., authorizes submission of claims to a regional transportation planning agency for the funding of projects exclusively for the benefit and/or use of pedestrians and bicyclists. The MTC, as the regional transportation planning agency for the San Francisco Bay region, has adopted MTC Resolution No. 4108 delineates procedures and criteria for submission of requests for the allocation TDA Article 3 funds. Each claimant whose project or projects have been prioritized for inclusion in the Fiscal Year 2020/2021, TDA Article 3 Countywide coordinated claim is required to submit a resolution from its governing body to MTC requesting an allocation of TDA Article 3 funds.

On February 25, 2020, four members of the City-County Engineering Advisory Committee (CCEAC), and three members of the Countywide Bicycle Advisory Committee (CBAC) performed a field review of the project applications. At that time, the allocation from Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) was estimated at $845,000. The funding recommendations for those projects were approved by the CCEAC at their April 16, 2020 meeting, and subsequently approved at the Contra Costa Mayor’s Conference at their May 7, 2020 meeting. The County was recently notified by MTC that due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the allocation is estimated at $557,700, a reduction of almost 33%. For this reason, the recommended funding listed in Attachment A are approximately 33% less than the funding recommendations approved by CCEAC and the Contra Costa Mayor’s Conference.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Failure to approve the recommendation and forward the list will eliminate a potential funding source.