In developing transportation related 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 four sections, 1: LOCAL, 2: REGIONAL, 3: STATE, and 4: FEDERAL.
The standing TWIC grant tracking list is also attached to this report. Specific grant recommendations from staff will be brought as a standalone item(s).
1. LOCAL
1.1: Accessible Transportation Strategic (ATS) Plan:
Background: With assistance from Contra Costa County staff, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) submitted a grant to Caltrans under the Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant program in February 2017. This is the second jointly prepared grant under this program submitted by CCTA and the County. The first was denied in 2017, this second application (for $340,000) was successful. CCTA and County staff have initiated the administrative process to begin study including finalizing a scope of work, establishing a proposed oversight structure, developing a memoradum of understanding with study participants, etc.
Update: CCTA and County staff presented the ATS Plan to the CCTA Citizen's Advisory Committee (CAC) on June 27th. The presentation is attached. The CAC thanked staff for the presentation and expressed: 1) concern for the complexity of the issue considering the number and diversity of interested parties, and 2) their own experiences which confirmed the need for the study.
The CCTA Planning Committee and full Board will be asked to approve the Caltrans Agreement and related documentation in July. Staff will bring a presentation on the ATS Plan to the full CCTA Board in July.
RECOMMENDATION: DISCUSS any local issues of note, and take ACTION as appropriate.
2. REGIONAL
No Regional report this month.
3. STATE
3.1: Legislative Report
The July State Legislative Report from the County's advocate, Mark Watts, is attached. Mr. Watts is unable to attend the July meeting due to a schedule conflict. The report covers the following issues:
- Status: Proposition 69 and SB1 Repeal
- Proposition 68: Parks, Environment, and Water Bond
- New Tax Supermajority Effort
- State Budget
- Iron Horse Corridor update
Note from County Staff: Please see attached memo 6-29-18 memo from the California Secretary of State to County Clerks/Registrars: re: General Election: Proposition Numbering. The SB1 Repeal will be presented as follows:
Proposition 6
Eliminates Recently Enacted Road Repair and Transportation Funding by Repealing Revenues Dedicated for Those Purposes. Requires Any Measure to Enact Certain Vehicle Fuel Taxes and Vehicle Fees Be Submitted to and Approved by the Electorate. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.
3.2 Joint California Air Resources Board and California Transportation Commission Meeting
Mark Watts provided the following report on this "historic" meeting. See attached Streetsblog article regarding the same event, "Californians Must Drive Less, Says ARB at Historic First Joint Meeting with CTC".
Mark Watts Report
I monitored the Joint CTC/ARB meeting that was conducted yesterday.
I would characterize the actual interaction at this first joint session of the two agencies as one of getting to know one another, as a step towards fostering future collaboration.
Several times it was noted that there are cultural differences between them that they need to better understand: i.e., ARB is a regulatory agency while the CTC is essentially a project programming and funding entity.
I did pull the presentation URLs from ARB’s website in case you wanted to see a bit more of their respective views:
3.3: Listing of State Legislation.
Attached is a listing of state legislation that may be of interest to the Committee.
RECOMMENDATION: DISCUSS any state issues of note and take ACTION as appropriate.
4. FEDERAL
No written report in February.
RECOMMENDATION: DISCUSS any federal issues of note and take ACTION as appropriate.
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