WCCTAC
West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory
Committee
DRAFT MEETING NOTES
June 25, 2004
The meeting
of the West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee was not called to
order as a quorum of the members was not present. Chair Valstad requested staff present informational items to
those members and guests present in the City Council Chambers of the City of
San Pablo, 13831 San Pablo Avenue (at Church Lane), San Pablo, California.
1. Call to Order and Self-Introductions
PRESENT: Chair Kris Valstad (Hercules), Janet
Abelson (El Cerrito), Sharon Brown (San Pablo), Jerrold Parsons (WestCAT), Tom
Butts (Richmond)
ABSENT: Lynette Sweet (BART), Mindell Penn
(Richmond), Maria Viramontes (Richmond), Joe Wallace (AC Transit), Maria
Alegria (Pinole), John Gioia (Contra Costa County)
STAFF: Lisa Hammon, WCCTAC Managing Director
Linda Young,
WCCTAC Transportation Project Specialist
Nancy Cuneo,
WCCTAC Administrative Analyst
Hisham
Noeimi, CCTA Staff
2. Public Comment
Kristine
Solseng, Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency, stated she is working on the
TLC grant for West County and the waterfront sites. Currently Redevelopment staff is in the process of a Phase I and
II Feasibility Plan to determine what type of dredging needs to be done and the
land use plan for the marina. Kristine
added that Richmond has also applied for a TLC grant for capital improvement,
and San Pablo has applied for a construction grant.
Jerrold
Parsons requested the members’ support Ms. Solseng’s efforts as these proposed
improvements will also help with the Bay Trail. Chair Valstad requested the Managing Director draft a letter of
support from the WCCTAC Board.
3. Minutes
and Sign-In Sheet from the May 10, 2004 Meeting –ATTACHMENTS
The minutes and sign-in sheet from the May
meeting are attached.
Staff Recommendation: Approve the May 2004 minutes.
4. Staff
Reports – ATTACHMENTS
Employee Staff Reports from the Managing Director
and the Transportation Project Specialist are attached.
Staff Recommendation: Accept the reports.
5. Subregional
Transportation Mitigation Program (STMP) Fees for VBN Architects
Staff is negotiating a new contract with
VBN Architects for services related to the final design and construction of the
station building at the Richmond Intermodal Station/Transit Village. Until the contract is finalized, as the
project architect, VBN will be performing work related to the construction of
the Nevin Walkway and other coordination functions. Staff is seeking the Board’s approval to use up to $5,000 in STMP
fees for these services. Over $50,000
is available in STMP fee revenue for the Richmond Intermodal Station Project.
Staff Recommendation: Approve the request.
6. Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TFCA)
Additional Funds for Projects
Approximately $101,000 of additional TFCA
funds is available for projects in West County. Staff solicited projects from the member agencies and received
ten requests totaling nearly $400,000. Staff and the TAC discussed funding for
the projects from the additional funds, as well as from WCCTAC’s existing
Program Manager funds. Staff is
reviewing the TFCA criteria, particularly the cost effectiveness, and it appears
that most projects can be funded through TFCA.
Several larger projects will be recommended for funding through WCCTAC’s
Regional Studies budget, the Transportation for Livable Communities program,
and/or the TFCA Regional funds.
Staff /TAC
Recommendation: No recommendation;
for information only at this time.
7. Agreement for Professional Consultant
Services Between WCCTAC and TJKM – ATTACHMENTS
Attached is a
new contract with WCCTAC’s technical consultant, TJKM. WCCTAC’s advising attorney has advised that
the Agreement is satisfactory. Subject
to approval by TJKM, the Agreement can be executed.
Staff
Recommendation: Following approval
by TJKM, authorize the Chair to sign the Agreement.
8. Subregional Transportation
Mitigation Fee Program (STMP) Update – ATTACHMENT
TJKM (WCCTAC’s technical
consultant) is working on the update to the STMP – the developer fee
program. The attached Memorandum
summarizes the work currently underway on the update.
Staff Recommendation: No recommendation; for information only.
***** END OF CONSENT ITEMS *****
ACTION ITEMS:
9. Date for July/August Meeting – Staff - 5
minutes
ACTION ITEM
The WCCTAC
Board typically meets only once in July/August. Staff is proposing the following dates for the summer meeting: Either July 30th or August
6th.
The members
present agreed to schedule the next meeting for August 6, 2004. The Managing Director will poll the absent
directors and advise the full Board of the next scheduled meeting.
10. WCCTAC Budget, Dues, Scope of Work, and
Employment Agreements for FY
04-05 – Staff – SEPARATE ATTACHMENT – 20 minutes
ACTION ITEM
The following
budget-related items are attached (new/revised documents are highlighted):
Comprehensive
WCCTAC budget (including comparison to FY 03-04) with minor changes noted since
first presented in April 2004;
Job
descriptions for WCCTAC Staff (including changes to the Transportation Project
Specialist’s salary range noted in the Memorandum to the Board);
Staff Report
with background information;
Summary of
TSM projects;
Adopting
Resolution outlining the dues structure for the member agencies;
Accomplishments
in relationship to the FY 03-04 Scope of Work;
Scope of Work
for FY 04-05;
Employment
Agreements for WCCTAC Staff (copies included for Board members only;
others who would like copies may call Lisa Hammon at 510.215.3044).
Staff has not
received any comments on the budget or related documents. Staff will highlight the minor changes
proposed since April and will briefly discuss the Job Descriptions/Employment
Agreements.
Staff
Recommendation: Discuss and
approve the items; direct staff to: (1) have the Employment Agreements signed
once approved by WCCTAC’s advising attorney; and (2) bill the member agencies
for FY 04-05 dues.
11. WCCTAC Travel Policy – Staff –
ATTACHMENT – 10 minutes
ACTION ITEM
Staff has
drafted a Travel Policy for WCCTAC based upon the City of San Pablo’s policy
and comparison to other local jurisdictions’ policies. [The
Managing Director would like to thank Administrative Analyst Nancy Cuneo for
researching and drafting the Travel Policy.]
Staff
Recommendation: Discuss and provide
comments on the Travel Policy; adopt and/or action as appropriate.
12. Update on the Measure C Transportation Sales
Tax Renewal – Staff – SEPARATE ATTACHMENT – 20 minutes
ACTION ITEM
Attached is
the “Final Draft – The Measure C Extension:
Contra Costa’s Transportation Sales Tax Expenditure Plan” adopted by the
Contra Costa Transportation Authority on May 26, 2004. The cities are currently looking at the
document and taking action on it.
Staff has
prepared a draft document that outlines the benefits of the Expenditure Plan
projects and programs by West County jurisdiction. Staff is seeking comments from the Board.
Later this
month, staff will send information on the Expenditure Plan, the Urban Limit
Line, and the Growth Management Program to the nineteen agencies/community
based organizations who have participated in the Measure C outreach program.
Staff will
provide a verbal update on the process.
The WCCTAC local jurisdiction representatives may want to provide a
status report on City Council actions that have taken place in the month of
June.
Staff
Recommendation: No recommendation;
action(s) to be determined.
INFORMATION
ITEMS:
13.Update on San
Pablo Avenue Activities – Staff – SEPARATE ATTACHMENT – 20 minutes
The attached
Memorandum summarizes two efforts that are currently underway on San Pablo
Avenue: the San Pablo Avenue SMART
Corridors project (including the AC Transit Rapid Bus Project); and the San
Pablo Avenue Visioning Project that was spearheaded by Assemblywoman Loni
Hancock and elected officials from the local jurisdictions and agencies.
The Managing
Director noted Caltrans has a pavement rehabilitation project on San Pablo
Avenue and also in Alameda County. The
Contra Costa County work is scheduled to begin in the Spring of 2005, and
Caltrans has special construction provisions for the project. Completion is expected in the Spring of
2006.
The Managing
Director also stated the San Pablo Regional Planning Process included a bus
tour along the corridor. She stated it
was interesting to see all the improvements, as well as hear of all the plans
for the corridor. Loni Hancock is
working closely on this project and is working to have all affected
jurisdictions work together.
14.
Correspondence/Other Information:
Incoming:
TRANSPAC
meeting summary, May 26, 2004.
State budget
information – Report to CCTA’s APC Committee – June 16, 2004.
Outgoing:
Letter to
Robert McCleary re: Amendments to the Measure C Expenditure Plan (5.10.04).
Letter to
Robert McCleary re: MTC’s “Big Tent”
Projects (5.10.04).
Letter to
Robert McCleary re: Measure C Renewal
Project and Program Descriptions (5.10.04).
Letter to
Connie Peterson, Vali Cooper & Associates re: Richmond Greenway (5.11.04).
Memo to Bob
McCleary re: Outreach (5.12.04).
Letter to
Governor Schwarzenegger re: Budget Cuts for AC Transit (5.20.04).
Newspaper/Internet
Articles (all articles from West County Times unless stated otherwise):
“Running a
Railroad,” Planning Magazine – May 2004.
“Blueprint
for a Valley,” Planning Magazine – May 2004.
“BART,
SamTrans Settle SFO Extension Dispute” – May 14, 2004.
“Budget Deal
Hits East Bay Transit Hard” – May 15, 2004.
“Stealthy,
Effective: the Bicycle Cop” – May 17,
2004.
“Public
Defender Stays Fit/Sharp” – May 17, 2004.
“Day Laborers
Find Bicycles Practical” – May 17, 2004.
“When Biking
is Second Nature” – May 17, 2004.
“Crossers
Praise Zampa’s Bridge” – May 17, 2004.
“Tech Targets
Tangled Traffic” – May 19, 2004.
“Street
Smarts Seeks Pedestrians’ Safety” – May 19, 2004.
“Transit
Official Proposed Hercules Trans-Bay Ferry” – May 28, 2004.
“Transit
Officials’ Vote Favors Urban Limit” – May 29, 2004.
“Richmond
Greenway Project Begun” – May 31, 2004.
“BART After
Retrofit Funds Again” – June 11, 2004.
“Rising Hope
for Hodgepodge” – June 13, 2004.
“The Bus
Stops Here” – SF Chronicle, June 14, 2004.
“Budget Will
Cost Bay Transit Much Less” – June 16, 2004.
“State’s
Budget Help for Transit Has a Price” – June 17, 2004.
15. Board Member Comments/Reports
None.
16.
Other Business
None.
Respectfully
submitted,
Lori D’Orazi,
Stenocaptioner