PC Agenda 05/02/2012

A. CONVENE MEETING: Jim Frazier, 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 April 4, 2012. (Attachment - Action [PDF-200 KB])

1.0 Approval of Amendment No. 1 to Cooperative Agreement 18.CO.01 between Sonoma County Transportation Authority (SCTA), CCTA, and the Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM) to Conduct a Real-Time Ridesharing Pilot Program. This amendment reduces the local matching requirement for federal funds applied to this project. Initially, the local match was set at 11.47 percent for the preliminary engineering portion of the work. As the project transitions to deployment, the local match requirement is reduced to zero-percent. The proposed amendment reflects the elimination of a local matching requirement along with other minor "clean up" modifications to align the scope of work with the deployment phase. Staff Contact: Martin Engelmann (Attachment - Action [PDF-597 KB])

2.0 Approval of the City of Brentwood's Calendar Years (CY) 2010 & 2011 Growth Management Program (GMP) Compliance Checklist. The City of Brentwood has submitted its CY 2010 & 2011 GMP Checklist. An allocation of $683,158 in 18 percent Local Street Maintenance (LSM) and Improvement funds will be paid out for FY 2011-12 subject to the Authority making a findings of compliance with the Measure J GMP. Staff contact: Martin Engelmann (Attachment-Action [PDF-3.3 MB]) (Complete Brentwood Checklist)

REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS

3.0 Approval of the Contra Costa County's Calendar Years (CY) 2010 & 2011 Growth Management Program (GMP) Compliance Checklist. Contra Costa County has submitted its CY 2010 & 2011 GMP Checklist. An allocation of $1,950,297 in 18 percent Local Street Maintenance (LSM) and Improvement funds will be paid out for FY 2011-12 subject to the Authority making a findings of compliance with the Measure J GMP. Staff contact: Martin Engelmann (Attachment-Action [PDF-2.7 MB]) (Complete County Checklist [PDF-4.6 MB])

4.0 Approval of the Lifeline Transportation Program (LTP) Cycle 3 Draft Program of Projects. On January 19, 2012 the Authority authorized the release of the LTP Cycle 3 Call for projects. Ten applications were received requesting $8.3 million; $2.8 million more than is available for the program. The LTP Application Review Committee reviewed and scored the applications then met on March 20, 2012 to discuss the applications and recommend a draft program of projects (POP). The draft POP was presented to the Planning Committee and Authority in April for preliminary review. No issues were raised at that time from any of the project sponsors. Resolution 12-20-G. Staff Contact: Peter Engel (Attachment - Action [PDF-533 KB])

5.0 Approval of Draft Programming Plan for Measure J Program 12. Transportation for Livable Communities, and Program 13, Pedestrian, Bicycle and Trail Facilities, for FY 2010-11 through 2014-15 . Measure J established four "countywide capital and maintenance programs", two of which are Program 12, Transportation for Livable Communities (CC-TLC), and Program 13, Pedestrian, Bicycle and Trail Facilities (PBTF). Authority staff has developed a draft programming plan for allocating funding through the two programs through FY2015. The draft programming plan builds on and incorporates the recommendations of the RTPCs (for the CC-TLC program) and the CBPAC (for the PBTF program). Staff Contact: Brad Beck (Attachment - Action [PDF-1.3 MB])

6.0 Discussion of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's (MTC) Proposed One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) Program. The joint MTC Planning/ABAG Administrative Committee is scheduled to review policies and procedures for the OBAG funding program on May 11, 2012 and MTC is scheduled to adopt it on May 23, 2012. Authority staff has reviewed the draft proposal and identified a number of issues. Staff suggests entering into a dialogue with our MTC representatives to discuss alternative strategies. Staff Contact: Brad Beck (Attachment - Action [PDF-798 KB])

7.0 SB 375 Implementation Update. Staff will report on recent meetings and events pertaining to the implementation of SB 375 and the development of a Sustainable Communities Strategy for the Bay Area. Staff Contact: Martin Engelmann (Attachment - Information [PDF-139 KB]) CMA Function

8.0 Other Business.

9.0 News Clippings and Correspondence.

10.0 Adjournment to Next Meeting. The next regular meeting is proposed for Wednesday, June 6, 2012.

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