PC Agenda 07/06/2011

A. CONVENE MEETING: Janet Abelson, Chair

B. PUBLIC COMMENT: Members of the public are invited to address the Committee regarding any item that is not listed on the agenda. Please complete one of the speaker cards in advance of the meeting and hand it to a member of the staff.

C. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Planning Minutes of June 1, 2011. (Attachment- Action [PDF-161 KB])

CONSENT CALENDAR

1.0 Approval of the Town of Danville's Calendar Years (CY) 2008 & 2009 Growth Management Program (GMP) Compliance Checklist. The Town of Danville has submitted its CY 2008 & 2009 GMP Checklist. An allocation of $487,017 in 18% Local Street Maintenance and Improvement funds will be paid out for FY 2009-10 subject to the Authority making a findings of compliance with the Measure C/J GMP. Staff Contact: Martin Engelmann (Attachment-Action) [PDF-976 KB] (Complete Danville Checklist [PDF-1.9 MB]) (CAC 6/22/11 Handouts [PDF-3.7 MB])

2.0 Approval of the City of Orinda's Calendar Years (CY) 2008 & 2009 Growth Management Program (GMP) Compliance Checklist. The City of Orinda has submitted its CY 2008 & 2009 GMP Checklist. An allocation of $309,191 in 18% Local Street Maintenance and Improvement funds will be paid out for FY 2009-10 subject to the Authority making a findings of compliance with the Measure C/J GMP. Staff Contact: Martin Engelmann (Attachment-Action) [PDF-1.3 MB] (Complete Orinda Checklist [PDF-1.8 MB])

3.0 Approval of the City of Martinez's Calendar Years (CY) 2008 & 2009 Growth Management Program (GMP) Compliance Checklist. The City of Martinez has submitted its CY 2008 & 2009 GMP Checklist. An allocation of $415,888 in 18% Local Street Maintenance and Improvement funds will be paid out for FY 2009-10 subject to the Authority making a findings of compliance with the Measure C/J GMP. Staff Contact: Martin Engelmann (Attachment-Action) [PDF-775 KB] (Complete Martinez Checklist [PDF-4.1 MB])

4.0 Approval of the City of Clayton's Calendar Years (CY) 2008 & 2009 Growth Management Program (GMP) Compliance Checklist. The City of Clayton has submitted its CY 2008 & 2009 GMP Checklist. An allocation of $206,839 in 18% Local Street Maintenance and Improvement funds will be paid out for FY 2009 -10 subject to the Authority making a findings of compliance with the Measure C/J GMP. Staff Contact: Martin Engelmann (Attachment-Action) [PDF-1.6 MB] (Complete Clayton Checklist [PDF-7.3 MB])

5.0 Approval of FY 2011-12 Measure J Allocation for the Central County Safe Transportation for Children Program (Sub-Regional Program 21a). The Measure J Expenditure Plan established the Central County Safe Transportation for Children Program (Program 21a) at 0.5% of sales tax revenues. As a sub-regional program, the funds are programmed by TRANSPAC. At its April 21, 2011 meeting, TRANSPAC took action on programming a portion of available funds to Central County 511 Contra Costa program for the provision of various programs and projects that will improve children's safety in getting to and from school. Resolution 11-27-G. Staff Contact: Peter Engel (Attachment-Action [PDF-223 KB])

6.0 Approval of FY 2011-12 Measure J Allocation for the Central County Additional Bus Service Enhancements Program (Sub-Regional Program 19a). The Measure J Expenditure Plan established the Central County Additional Bus Service Enhancements Program (Program 19a) at 1.2% of sales tax revenues. As a sub-regional program, the funds are programmed by TRANSPAC after consultation with County Connection. At its May 12, 2011 meeting, TRANSPAC took action on programming the funds to County Connection for the continued support of routes #16 and #316. Resolution 11-28-G. Staff Contact: Peter Engel (Attachment-Action [PDF-195 KB])

7.0 Allocation of Additional CMA Block Grant Funding to the Downtown Lafayette Pedestrian, Bicycle & Streetscape Improvements Project. In June, the Authority approved the reallocation of $900,000 in 2010 CMA Block Grant Funding from the City of Hercules' Complete Street for Hercules New Town Center Project to the following eligible projects: 1) $325,000 in CMA Block Grant funds to the Downtown Lafayette Pedestrian, Bicycle & Streetscape Improvements, and 2) $500,000 to the Moraga downtown streetscape project. The remaining $75,000 was to be allocated to other projects approved through the block grant process. Because bids for the Lafayette project, however, were higher than the engineer's estimate, the City has need for additional funds. Staff recommends allocating the remaining $75,000 in Block Grant funds to the Lafayette streetscape project. Staff Contact: Brad Beck (Attachment-Action) [PDF-122 KB] CMA Function

8.0 Approval of FY 2011-12 Measure J Commute Alternatives Program Allocation (Program 17). Previous Authority policy has been to augment Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA) funds with transportation sales tax funds through the Commute Alternatives program to the four RTPCs, to cover costs associated with the implementation of the countywide transportation demand management (TDM) program that are not eligible for TFCA funds. It is anticipated that this practice will continue as part of Measure J through the Measure J Commute Alternatives program (Program 17). Resolution 11-15-G. Staff Contact: Peter Engel (Attachment - Action [PDF-268 KB])

End of Consent Calendar

REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS

9.0 Approval of Consultant Agreement No. 324 with Dyett & Bhatia for the Ongoing Planning-Related Consultant Services for Contra Costa's Congestion Management and Growth Management Programs. Staff seeks Authority approval to enter into an agreement with the Dyett & Bhatia consultant team in an amount not to exceed $400,000 for ongoing planning-related consultant services. The Dyett & Bhatia team was selected following a competitive selection process through Authority RFP 11-3. A selection committee reviewed four qualified proposals, of which the Dyett & Bhatia team was selected as the most qualified to perform the required services. Staff Contact: Martin Engelmann (Attachment - Action [PDF-244 KB])

10.0 Adoption of Resolution 11-30-G Finding FY 2011-12 TFCA Projects Meet Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Cost Effectiveness Criteria. On March 16, 2011 the Authority approved Resolution 10-8-G authorizing the submittal of the FY 2011-12 TFCA Program Manager Expenditure Plan to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. At that time the attached projects were approved by each RTPC and by the Authority, in concept, for budgeting purposes. Under the TFCA program policies, which provide more decision making authority to each county, each county program manager has the responsibility of determining cost effectiveness of approved projects. Pursuant to Board approval of expenditure plan projects, Authority staff will forward the Project Information Sheets and Cost Effectiveness Worksheets to the BAAQMD. Resolution 11-30-G. Staff Contact: Peter Engel (Attachment - Action [PDF-1.6 MB])

11.0 Adoption of Proposed Guidelines for the Measure J CC-TLC and PBTF Programs. Staff has prepared proposed guidelines for the Measure J Transportation for Livable Communities (CC-TLC) and Pedestrian, Bicycle and Trail Facilities (PBTF) Programs. The proposed guidelines were revised to respond to comments that were received from the RTPCs and the TCC on the draft guidelines that the Authority released in March of 2011. Staff Contact: Brad Beck (Attachment - Action [PDF-984 KB])

12.0 Release of Draft 2011 Congestion Management Program (CMP) Update. As the Congestion Management Agency (CMA) for Contra Costa, the Authority must prepare a Congestion Management Program (CMP) and update it every other year. Under MTC's proposed schedule, a CMP must be submitted to the Regional Agency by October 14, 2011. The 2011 CMP Update will focus on the seven-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) and consistency of the Authority's updated travel demand forecasting model with MTC's model, while making technical updates to various chapters and appendices in order to reflect the current status of related activities. (Attachment - Action [PDF-255 KB]) (Draft 2011 CMP Updated Chapters & CIP Project List [PDF-28 KB])-CMA Function

13.0 SB 375/SCS Implementation Update. Authority staff is continuing to work with local jurisdictions on a response to the Initial Vision Scenario released by ABAG/MTC last March 11. Staff has drafted a preliminary response for review and discussion. Staff Contact: Martin Engelmann (Attachment-Information) [PDF-643 KB] CMA Function

14.0 Other Business.

15.0 News Clippings and Correspondence.

16.0 Adjournment to Next Meeting. The next regular meeting is proposed for Wednesday, September 7, 2011.

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