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TRANSPORTATION AGENCY FOR MONTEREY COUNTY Memorandum | |
| | | | | | | | | To: | Board of Directors | | From: | Michael Zeller, Director of Programming & Project Delivery | | Meeting Date: | March 22, 2017 | | Subject: | Marina - Salinas Multimodal Corridor MOA |
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| | | | | | | | | RECOMMENDED ACTION: | Marina - Salinas Multimodal Corridor Memoranda of Agreement:
- FIND that the proposed actions are within the scope of the Marina-Salinas Multi-Modal Corridor Plan, which was identified and reviewed as part of the Monterey County Regional Transportation Plan and the 2035 MPT/SCS, and that no new environmental documentation is required.
- APPROVE the Memorandum of Agreement to terminate the 2010 agreement on the Marina-Salinas Mulitmodal Corridor; and
- APPROVE the Memorandum of Agreement to establish the revised alignment for the Marina-Salinas Multimodal Corridor.
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| | | | | | | | | SUMMARY: | The Fort Ord Base Reuse Plan calls for the development of a multi-modal transit corridor to facilitate transportation between Highway 1 and the City of Salinas. The Agency has coordinated with the relevant partner agencies and local jurisdictions to develop a revised alignment for the Marina-Salinas Multimodal Corridor that satisfies all parties. These Memoranda of Agreement would (1) terminate the 2010 agreement on the previous alignment, and (2) describe a revised alignment as the preferred alternative that all parties would work towards implementing. |
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| | | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT: | The total estimated cost to fully implement and construct the Marina-Salinas Multimodal Corridor is $169,798,000 and is expected to be implemented in phases over the next 15 – 20 years. The second of the Memoranda of Agreement seeks to confirms the planned alignment of the project, but does not commit the Agency or any jurisdiction to a construction or funding action at this time.
The total estimated cost to fully implement and construct the Marina-Salinas Multimodal Corridor is $169,798,000 and is expected to be implemented in phases over the next 15 – 20 years. |
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| | | | | | | | | DISCUSSION: |
The Fort Ord Reuse Authority hosted a series of stakeholder meetings in 2006 to advance adjustments and refinements to the proposed multi-modal corridor plan along Intergarrison / Reservation Road / Davis Road serving traffic from the Salinas Area to Marina. Stakeholders included the Transportation Agency, Monterey-Salinas Transit, the Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA), City of Marina, Monterey County, California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB), and the University of California Monterey Bay Education, Science and Technology Center (UCMBEST). The stakeholders entered in to a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) outlining the multi-modal alignment plan line in February 2010.
Since that time, several stakeholders, including CSUMB, requested that the alignment be reevaluated. The Transportation Agency prepared the analysis of alternative alignments, utilizing grant funds, local match, and a $15,000 FORA contribution. After a series of stakeholder meetings and community workshops, Agency staff proposed a preferred multi-modal corridor route and a conceptual plan along 8th Street / Imjin Parkway / Reservation Road / Davis Road / Alisal Street which culminated in the Marina-Salinas Multi-Modal Corridor Plan (Plan). In June, 2015, the Transportation Agency Board approved the Plan and adopted Resolution 2015-15 determining that the Plan is within the scope of the 2014 Monterey County Regional Transportation Plan’s Environmental Impact Report certified by the Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG). Further environmental review will be needed by affected jurisdictions at the project-level to develop environmental disclosure and potential environmental impacts for individual projects.
Proposed improvements along the corridor identified in the Plan include:
- Roadway widening – widen existing roadways to increase capacity for cars, trucks, transit, and bicyclists
- Roundabouts – proposed roundabouts along Imjin Parkway
- Bicycle facilities – green lanes, buffered lanes, protected/separated paths, bicycle phase/signals
- Sidewalks and multiuse paths
- Transit stops/shelters
- Transit prioritization at signalized intersections
- Dedicated bus rapid transit facilities
- Pedestrian crossing enhancements
The total estimated cost to fully implement and construct the Marina-Salinas Multimodal Corridor is $169,798,000 and is expected to be implemented in phases over the next 15 – 20 years. The greatest expense is related to roadway widening designed to benefit all modes of travel. The County’s Davis Road bridge and widening project makes up the bulk of the cost (~$70 Million), for which environmental review funding is already underway. The bicycle, pedestrian and transit-only improvements identified in the plan would be good candidates for state and federal grants. Transportation Agency staff will work with partner agencies to secure as much outside funding as possible to implement the plan.
In order to confirm the new preferred alignment and the parties’ agreement to work in good faith to consider and integrate aspects of the Plan into their own documents and efforts, Agency staff is requesting approval of the Termination MOA (Attachment 1) to terminate the Memorandum of Agreement dated November 2, 2010, and approval of a new Memorandum of Agreement (Attachment 2) between the partner agencies that agrees to work towards the new preferred alignment. The attached Memoranda of Agreement were circulated for review and comment from August 2016 to February 2017, and the participating agencies are now scheduling the agreements for approvals. |
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