PC Agenda 12/07/2011
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Planning Committee Meeting Agenda
COMMISSIONERS David Durant, Chair Don Tatzin, Vice Chair Janet Abelson Genoveva Calloway
Jim Frazier Federal Glover Dave Hudson Karen Mitchoff Julie Pierce Karen Stepper
Robert Taylor
ALTERNATES Newell Arnerich John Gioia Dave Hudson Brian Kalinowski Kristina Lawson
Mike Metcalf Mary Piepho Jeff Ritterman Kevin Romick Bill Shinn Gayle Uilkema
EX-OFFICIOS Amy Worth, MTC Joel Keller, BART Nancy Parent, Public Transit Bus Operators
Executive Director Randell H. Iwasaki
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DATE: |
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 |
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TIME: |
6:00 pm |
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MEMBERS: |
Janet Abelson, David Durant, Jim Frazier, Karen Mitchoff and Don Tatzin |
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PLACE: |
Contra Costa Transportation Authority |
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 Committee Minutes of November 2, 2011. (Attachment-Action [PDF-152 KB])
CONSENT CALENDAR1.0 Proposed Actions to Various Funding Resolutions. Consistent with Authority policy, appropriation resolutions may be modified to extend their expiration date or be terminated if the activity that was funded has been completed. Recommended changes are summarized. Staff Contact: Martin Engelmann (Attachment-Action [PDF-114 KB])
2.0 Approval of FY 2011-12 Measure J Allocation for the West County Additional Bus Service Enhancements Program (Sub-Regional Program 19b). The 2009 Measure J Strategic Plan establishes the West County Additional Bus Service Enhancements Program (Program 19b) at 2.16% of sales tax revenues. As a sub-regional program the funds are programmed by WCCTAC. At its December 9, 2011 meeting WCCTAC will take action on programming the funds to AC Transit and WestCAT. Resolution 11-52-G. Staff Contact: Peter Engel (Attachment - Action [PDF-157 KB])
3.0 Approval of Cooperative Agreement 12C.02 and Funding Resolutions 11-43-G and 11-44-G for City of Martinez CC-TLC Projects. On June 9, 2011, TRANSPAC approved the use of $305,000 of its subregional share of CC-TLC funds for the Shell Avenue Pedestrian/Bicycle Improvement Project and $75,000 of those funds for the Alhambra Valley Road Sidewalk Gap Closure Project. Both projects are in the City of Martinez. The first project would add curb, gutter and sidewalk along Shell Avenue west from Pine Street. The second would install 600 feet of 5-foot wide sidewalk behind an existing curb along John Swett Elementary School frontage. Staff Contact: Brad Beck. Cooperative 12C.02 and Resolutions 11-43-G & 11-44-G (Attachment-Action [PDF-514 KB]) (Complete Cooperative Agreement 12C.02 [PDF-245 KB])
End of Consent Calendar
REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS
4.0 Cycle 3 Lifeline Transportation Program Update. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) has released draft guidelines for the Cycle 3 Lifeline Transportation Program (LTP). The LTP provides funding to transportation projects that serve MTC - Defined Communities of Concern. Staff will update the Planning Committee on recent changes to the guidelines and schedule as well as changes in program funding. Staff Contact: Peter Engel (Attachment-Action [PDF-271 KB]) CMA Function
5.0 Approval to Issue the Annual Urban Limit Line (ULL) Policy Advisory Letter. Staff has prepared a draft ULL policy advisory letter for Authority review and approval. Adopted Authority policy requires that all local jurisdictions be advised annually in writing of the requirements for compliance with the Measure J ULL. Staff Contact: Martin Engelmann (Attachment-Action [PDF-567 KB])
6.0 Preliminary Review of the Calendar Year 2010 & 2011 Measure J Growth Management Program (GMP) Biennial Compliance Checklist. The next GMP compliance reporting period will cover Calendar Years (CY) 2010 & 2011. It will be the first Checklist that pertains entirely to the Measure J GMP. The full Measure J Checklist will be released to local jurisdictions in early 2012. Staff recommends that the Planning Committee delegate the detailed discussion of the Measure J Checklist to the Growth Management Program Task Force. Concurrently, the Authority's Citizen's Advisory Committee is also reviewing the Checklist. Staff Contact: Martin Engelmann (Attachment-Action [PDF-393 KB])
7.0 2013 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) Update - Proposed Revision to the Project Lists.
7.1 RTP Project Evaluation Results. Following the Call for Projects, MTC staff evaluated the projects submitted to determine which to include in the financially constrained element of the RTP. Projects that are not "committed" were subject to this project-level evaluation. Staff will present the results of MTC's evaluation. Staff Contact: Brad Beck. (Attachment - Information [PDF-143 KB]) (Attachments A-E [PDF-2.6 MB])CMA Function
7.2 RTP - Proposed Revision to the Financially-Constrained Project List Based on MTC's Revised Fund Estimate. Now that Contra Costa's funding share has been released by MTC, there is approximately $509 million in additional funding mainly from sales tax revenues expected from a potential renewal of Measure J in 2034. Consistent with the Authority's direction, staff recommends moving 11 projects from the "vision" list to the "financially-constrained" list. Resolution 11-51-G. Staff Contact: Hisham Noeimi. (Attachment -Action [PDF-412 KB]) CMA Function
8.0 Applications Received through the CC-TLC and PBTF Call for Projects. In September, the Authority released a call for projects for the Measure J Transportation for Livable Communities (CC-TLC) and Pedestrian, Bicycle and Trail Facilities (PBTF) programs. In response, sponsors submitted 22 applications for the CC-TLC program requesting about $16.6 million in funding and 14 applications for PBTF program requesting about $8 million in funding. Requests for the CC-TLC program exceed expected funds by about $1.7 million and requests for the PBTF program exceed expected funds by about $4.0 million. Staff Contact: Brad Beck (Attachment-Information [PDF-584 KB])
9.0 SB375/SCS Implementation Update. Staff Contact: Martin Engelmann (Attachment-Information [PDF-759 KB]) CMA Function
10.0 Other Business.
11.0 News Clippings and Correspondence.
12.0 Adjournment to Next meeting. The next regular meeting is proposed for Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 6:00p.m.
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