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Agenda Item 6.

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TRANSPORTATION AGENCY FOR MONTEREY COUNTY
Memorandum
To: 

Rail Policy Committee

From:

Christina Watson, Director of Planning

Meeting Date:

March 6, 2017

Subject:

Coast Corridor Project Update


RECOMMENDED ACTION:
RECEIVE update on the planned increase in passenger rail service along the coast corridor between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
SUMMARY:
Progress since the last update on the coast rail project to this Committee on February 6, 2017 includes a meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee on February 17, 2017.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:

The project costs are still under evaluation.

DISCUSSION:

On February 17, 2017, the Coast Rail Coordinating Council (CRCC) Technical Committee discussed the following items: 

  1. Summary of Sacramento meetings January 23, 2017
  2. "Corridor strengthening”, potential Joint Powers Authority (JPA) structure
  3. State Rail Plan meeting January 24, 2017
  4. California Intercity Passenger Rail legislative activities 
  5. Status of reintroduction of corridor extension legislation
  6. Corridor Chairs & Legislative Day
  7. Santa Barbara-Ventura Retiming 
  8. Coast Starlight schedule and stops
  9. Salinas Rail Extension update
  10. Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) tour - possible dates: 6/29, 8/3, 8/10
  11. Fiscal year 17/18 CRCC administration budget
  12. Other dates/Announcements
  • CA Passenger Rail Summit 4/18-19 (Sac)
  • CRCC TAC 3/10, Policy 4/7 in Santa Barbara
  • APTA 6-11 to 14 in Baltimore

    13. Awaiting grant request notification

 

Staff will present a verbal update at the meeting.