TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE
COMMITTEE

  RECORD OF ACTION FOR
November 8, 2021
 
Supervisor Candace Andersen, Chair
Supervisor Diane Burgis, Vice Chair
 
Present: Candace Andersen, Chair  
  Diane Burgis, Vice Chair  
Attendees: Rochelle Johnson, Vicki Kretsinger, Will Halligan, Lisa Vorderbruggen, Jan Warren, Jamar Stamps, Gus Amirzehni, John Kopchik, Alicia Nuchols, Jerry Fahy, Mark Watts, Savannah McCarthy, Will Nelson, Mike Moore, Paul Detjens, Allison Knapp, Jeff Valeros, Anonymous Call In Participant, Craig M. Standafer, Robert Sarmiento, Jody London
 
               
1. Introductions
 
2. Public comment on any item under the jurisdiction of the Committee and not on this agenda (speakers may be limited to three minutes).
 
  No public comment.
 
3. CONSIDER Administrative items and Take ACTION as appropriate.   
 
  No administrative items were discussed. 
 
4. Staff recommends approval of the attached Record of Action for the October 11, 2021, Committee Meeting with any necessary corrections.   
 
  The Committee unanimously APPROVED the meeting record.
 
5. CONSIDER the report, provide COMMENT and DIRECT staff as appropriate.    
 
  The Committee RECEIVED the VMT/SB743 implementation status report and directed staff to check back in every six months. Discussion/questions included a need to determine how consistent the County is with other jurisdictions, how certain carbon reduction approaches had unintended consequences (heavier electric cars increase road maintenance costs), and that CCTA should consider reconvening the Growth Managment Task force to establish an understanding on how other jurisdictions are implementing SB743.

Lisa Vorderbrueggen (Building Industry Association of the Bay Area) had concerns with increased costs and how smaller projects that are not adjacent to transit, could be better accommodated. 
 
6. 1) RECEIVE the report on the East Contra Costa Groundwater Sustainability Plan dated October 15, 2021, attached Exhibit “B”; and

2) CONSIDER recommending the Board of Supervisors, as the Groundwater Sustainability Agency for portions of the East Contra Costa Subbasin (DWR Basin 5-22.19), adopt the East Contra Costa Groundwater Sustainability Plan dated October 15, 2021, at a public hearing on December 7, 2021; and

3) AUTHORIZE the Director of Conservation and Development, or designee, to take such actions as may be reasonably necessary to submit the East Contra Costa Groundwater Sustainability Plan, dated October 15, 2021, to DWR by January 31, 2022.		   
 
  The Committee UNANIMOUSLY approved the staff recommendations and directed staff to bring the item to the Board of Supervisors. 

Mike Moore (Sustainability Commission, District 3) urged adoption. 
 
7. RECIEVE and COMMENT on the status report on the street light service coordination effort between PG&E and the County Public Works Department and Cities for street light maintenance.   
 
  The Committee RECEIVED the report and indicated support for the direction of staff. 
 
8. ACCEPT the draft of the Final Vision Zero Report dated October 2021, and DIRECT Public Works staff, on behalf of the County, to incorporate comments and present to the full Board of Supervisors.   
 
  The Committee UNANIMOUSLY approved the staff recommendations. 
 
9. RECEIVE and consider public comments on the Plan, ACCEPT the Plan, and RECOMMEND adoption of the Plan by the Board of Supervisors, as the governing board of the District.   
 
  The Committee unanimously APPROVED the staff recomendations on the draft Flood Control Capital Improvement Plan.
 
10.
CONSIDER report on Local, Regional, State, and Federal Transportation Related Legislative Issues and take ACTION as appropriate.
   
 
  The Commitee RECEIVED the report. 
 
11. RECEIVE information and DIRECT staff as appropriate.

 		   
 
12. The next meeting is currently scheduled for Monday, December 13, 2021.
 
13. Adjourn
 
 
 

For Additional Information Contact:

John Cunningham, Committee Staff
Phone (925) 674-7833, Fax (925) 674-7250
john.cunningham@dcd.cccounty.us