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Supervisor Mary N. Piepho, Chair
Supervisor Candace Andersen, Vice Chair |
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1. | Introductions | |||||||
Please see attached sign-in sheet, hand-outs and "Attendees" section, above. |
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2. | Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes). | |||||||
3. | Administrative Items, if applicable. (John Cunningham, Department of Conservation and Development) | |||||||
4. | REVIEW record of meeting for March 10, 2016, Transportation, Water and infrastructure Committee Meeting. This record was prepared pursuant to the Better Government Ordinance 95-6, Article 25-205 (d) of the Contra Costa County Ordinance Code. Any handouts or printed copies of testimony distributed at the meeting will be attached to this meeting record. (John Cunningham, Department of Conservation and Development) | |||||||
The Committee unanimously approved the March 10, 2016 Meeting Record. | ||||||||
5. | CONSIDER selected recommendations in the Pipeline Safety Trust report directed at the County or County Departments, and DIRECT staff as appropriate. (Michael Kent, Contra Costa Health Services) | |||||||
The Committee received the report, and DIRECTED Staff from the Department's of Conservation and Development and Public Works to review recommendations 1-7 in the Pipeline Safety Report and develop a report to TWIC/BOS on how they could be implemented at the County. The report is to include: 1) examples of how other jurisdictions respond to similar issues, 2) identification of processes/coordination that are already in place, 3) identification of processes that need to be established or incorporated in to existing functions, and 4) outreach to (and the policies of) other agencies as appropriate including San Ramon, Danville, Contra Costa Health Services, San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, and the Contra Costa Office of Emergency Services. An update on the status of the effort will be brought to TWIC in June. |
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6. | ACCEPT report on the impacts to County transportation projects from the declining State gas tax; DIRECT the Public Works Director to make modifications to the current draft of the Capital Road Improvement and Preservation Program currently being routed for review to reflect the reduced gas tax revenues; and ACKNOWLEDGE that unless the State approves a transportation funding fix, the projects currently recommended to be delayed, will be deferred indefinitely, road deferred maintenance will continue to increase and our aging transportation infrastructure will be more costly in future. (Steve Kowalewski, Department of Public Works) |
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The Committee accepted the report and and approved the staff recommendations. | ||||||||
7. | CONSIDER report on Local, State, and Federal Transportation Related Legislative Issues and take ACTION as appropriate including CONSIDERATION of any specific recommendations in the report above. (John Cunningham, Department of Conservation and Development) | |||||||
The Committee unanimously accepted the report. | ||||||||
8. | PLEASE NOTE DIFFERENT TIME SCHEDULED FOR NEXT TWIC MEETING, AS FOLLOWS: the next meeting is currently scheduled for Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. | |||||||
9. | Adjourned the afternoon of Thursday, April 14, 2016. | |||||||
The Transportation, Water & Infrastructure Committee (TWIC) will provide reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities planning to attend TWIC meetings. Contact the staff person listed below at least 72 hours before the meeting. Any disclosable public records related to an open session item on a regular meeting agenda and distributed by the County to a majority of members of the TWIC less than 96 hours prior to that meeting are available for public inspection at the County Department of Conservation and Development, 30 Muir Road, Martinez during normal business hours. Public comment may be submitted via electronic mail on agenda items at least one full work day prior to the published meeting time. |
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Glossary of Acronyms, Abbreviations, and other Terms (in alphabetical order): Contra Costa County has a policy of making limited use of acronyms, abbreviations, and industry-specific language in meetings of its Board of Supervisors and Committees. Following is a list of commonly used abbreviations that may appear in presentations and written materials at meetings of the Transportation, Water and Infrastructure Committee:
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