MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA
WEST CONTRA COSTA
TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS SPECIAL MEETING
TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2008
NOTE TIME CHANGE –
8:00 AM to 9:15 AM (approximately)
LOCATION: City of
(Accessible by AC Transit lines #72 and #72R)
Additional Parking is available in the City lot two blocks
south of City Hall at
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1. Call to Order and Self-Introductions – Chair
2.
Public Comment –
Please fill out a speaker card and hand it to the Chair/Staff
At this time,
the public is welcome to address the WCCTAC on any item which does not otherwise
appear on the agenda. With a full
agenda, comments may be limited to three minutes per speaker. Speakers shall follow the rules of common
courtesy and decorum.
3. Update
on the Subregional Transportation Mitigation Fee Financing Program – Staff and
Piper Jaffray Staff – HANDOUT – 15 minutes
Several
developments have taken place in the last month regarding the financing:
a. In
December, the Richmond Finance Committee was going to review the STMP Financing
program, however, due to unresolved questions; the item was pulled from the
agenda. The Finance Team met with the
City of
b. Based
upon discussions at the
c. The
workshop scheduled for Wednesday, January 30th at 5 pm to discuss
the financing has been cancelled. The
new outreach strategy includes individual meetings with committees, City
Councils, and Boards to address specific concerns and issues regarding the
program.
Piper Jaffray
staff will be at the meeting to answer questions or to provide additional
information on these new developments.
Staff Recommendation: Discuss; Board action as appropriate.
4. Twenty-Five
Year Program for Contra Costa’s State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)
Funds and Relationship to the 2009 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) – Staff and
CCTA Staff – ATTACHMENT and HANDOUT – 60 minutes
Currently, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) is updating the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP). Part of that effort includes determining which projects – a financially constrained list – will be included in the 2009 RTP. If MTC determines the list of projects based upon a certain set of criteria, it may affect Contra Costa’s discretion over certain funds, primarily the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) funds.
As noted at the December WCCTAC meeting, rather than have MTC determine the performance criteria for project inclusion and project priorities, CCTA is requesting that the Regional Transportation Planning Committees (RTPCs) and transit operators – and potentially other County Congestion Management Agencies - instead develop a 25-year STIP project list.
The Call for Projects was issued by MTC; and projects are due on March 5, 2008.
At the January 9th CCTA Planning Committee meeting, further information was presented regarding the RTP and project submittals, to include four funding categories in addition to the STIP: Interregional Transportation Improvement Program funds (ITIP), Transportation Enhancement funds (TE), Regional Surface Transportation and Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality funds (RSTP/CMAQ), and State Transit Assistance funds (STA).
At the January 10, 2008 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) meeting, the TAC discussed the project list, project cost estimates and potential funding sources, and how to prioritize the list. First, the Project Sponsors, if they have more than one project on the list, agreed to prioritize their list by Wednesday, January 16th. Second, WCCTAC staff is working with the Project Sponsors on updating the project information. Third, three columns have been added to the project spreadsheet: “Agency priority order;” “funding prior to 2014;” and “other funding sources” that will further clarify the projects’ needs.
Based upon the information received on January 16th, the priorities identified by the Project Sponsors, and the WCCTAC Executive Director’s limited time in the office the week of January 14th, the revised spreadsheet will be the basis of the discussion at the January 22nd meeting (HANDOUT).
Background information is attached.
Staff Recommendation: Discuss; direction to staff on projects to be included in the 25-year STIP list and/or Board action as appropriate; possible further discussion at the January 25, 2008 Board meeting.
5.
Other
Business
ADJOURN TO
THE REGULAR JANUARY MEETING:
January,
25, 2008
7:30 AM