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TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE

Meeting Date:	09/08/2015
Subject: CONSIDER Report on Local, State and Federal Transportation Related Legislative Issues and take ACTION as appropriate.
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:

This is a standing item on the Transportation, Water and Infrastructure Committee (TWIC) referral list and meeting agenda.

Referral Update:

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 and specific recommendations, if provided, are underlined in the report below.

This report includes three sections, 1) LOCAL, 2) STATE, and 3) FEDERAL.

1) LOCAL

The Contra Costa Transportation Authority's (CCTA) is in the process of developing both the 2014 Countywide Transportation Plan (CTP) and a Transportation Expenditure Plan (TEP). A TEP is a statutorily required component of a transportation sales tax. These items are standing item for the foreseeable future. New material below is shown in italics.talics

As the TWIC has discussed at past meetings, the development of the CTP resulted in a dialog regarding the need for additional revenue. The outcome of those discussions was to initiate the process to go to the ballot in November 2016 with a new transportation sales tax. The CCTA Board approved this activity at their March, 2015 meeting.

A discussion on this issue has been scheduled for the September 15, Board of Supervisors meeting. A verbal update will be given at the September TWIC meeting.

RECOMMENDATION: Discuss CCTA's CTP and TEP processes, and take ACTION as appropriate.

2) STATE

Legislation
The state report in September will largely be verbal, legislative activities are currently too fluid to make a written report practical. September 11, 2015 is the last day for any bill to be passed. Due to the compressed time schedule caused by the special session, staff will recommend taking any positions directly to the Board of Supervisors with any position statements being transmitted to the Governor who has until October 11, 2015 to sign or veto any bills.

In order to facilitate discussion and potential action, the following documents are attached:

Special Session on Transportation -9-1-15 Quick Update: Update made available by Mark Watts just prior to publishing report.
September TWIC Report: August 18, 2015 report from Mark Watts
Special Session Bills: A listing of Special Session Bills only
Positions on Legislation of Interest - 2015: A listing of bills discussed or specifically tracked by TWIC and the positions of other agencies on those bills
All Legislative Tracking: A comprehensive listing of all bills being tracked by the TWIC

Iron Horse Corridor A verbal report will be provided.

RECOMMENDATION: Discuss state legislative activities of interest to the County and take ACTION as appropriate.

3) FEDERAL

Expiration of MAP-21: Federal transportation funding authorization was extended until Ocrober 29th.

RECOMMENDATION: DISCUSS that status of federal transportation funding legislation and take ACTION as appropriate.

Recommendation(s)/Next Step(s):

CONSIDER Report on Local, State, and Federal Transportation Related Legislative Issues and take ACTION as appropriate including CONSIDERATION of specific recommendations in the report above.

Fiscal Impact (if any):

There is no fiscal impact.

Attachments
Special Session on Transportation -9-1-15 Quick Update-
Special Session Bills
Positions on Legislation of Interest - 2015
September TWIC Report
All Legislative Tracking