| | | | | | | | AGENDA TRANSPORTATION AGENCY FOR MONTEREY COUNTY SERVICE AUTHORITY FOR FREEWAYS EMERGENCIES AND MONTEREY COUNTY REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE JOINT POWERS AGENCY |
| | | | | | | | Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Agricultural Center Conference Room 1428 Abbott Street Salinas, California **9:00 AM** |
| | | | | | | | | (Agendas are on display and are posted 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting at the Transportation Agency office and at these public libraries: Carmel, Monterey, Salinas Steinbeck Branch, Seaside, Prunedale, King City, Hartnell College, Monterey Peninsula College, and Cal State University Monterey Bay. Any person who has a question concerning an item on this agenda may call the Transportation Agency office at 831-775-0903 to make inquiry concerning the nature of the item described on the agenda.) The agenda and all enclosures are available on the Transportation Agency website: www.tamcmonterey.org, by clicking on Transportation Agency Board, meetings and agendas, click on agenda item and open it, click on report attachments listed at end of report. | |
| | | | | | | | | 1. | QUORUM CHECK – CALL TO ORDER |
| | | | | | | | | 1.1. | ADDITIONS or CORRECTIONS to the agenda. |
| | | | | | | | | Any person may address the Transportation Agency Board at this time. Presentations should not exceed three minutes, should be directed to an item NOT on today's agenda, and should be within the jurisdiction of the Transportation Agency Board. Though it is not required, the Transportation Agency Board appreciates your cooperation in completing a speaker request form available on the table at the entrance to the meeting room. Please give the completed form to the Transportation Agency Administrative Assistant. If you have handouts, please provide 30 copies for the entire Board before the meeting starts or email to Agency Administrative Assistant 24 hours in advance of the meeting. | |
| | | | | | | | | Approve the staff recommendations for items listed below by majority vote with one motion. Any member may pull an item off the Consent Agenda to be moved to the end of the CONSENT AGENDA for discussion and action. | |
| | | | | | | | | 4. | PRESENTATION of Transportation Agency Employees of the Quarter Theresa Wright and Mike Zeller. | | | | - Hale | | | | Theresa Wright, Community Outreach Coordinator, has been selected by the employees of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County as the Employee of the Quarter for January 1st – March 31, 2016 and Mike Zeller, Principal Transportation Planner has been selected by the employees of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County as the Employee of the Quarter for April 1, 2016 – June 30, 2016.
| | | 5. | RECEIVE an update on the Transportation Safety & Investment Plan; and RECEIVE a presentation from Transportation Agency for Monterey County’s Legal Counsel on standards for discussion of proposed ballot measures. | | | | - Wright/Reimann | | | | The Monterey County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt Ordinance 2016-01, adopting the Transportation Safety & Investment Plan and Retail Transactions & Use Tax; and authorized placing the measure on the November 8, 2016 ballot. Now that the matter has been set for election, the TAMC Board and employees have certain responsibilities and constraints on proper discussion of this – and any – ballot measure.
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RECEIVE Holman Highway 68 Roundabout Update. | | | | - Leonard | | | | The Holman Highway 68 Roundabout will be the first state highway roundabout in Monterey County and will improve safety and access to the Community Hospital, Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach. Construction of the roundabout will begin the last week of August 2016 and finish in summer 2017.
| | | 7. | RECEIVE presentation on an evaluation of the Transportation Agency's regional planning efforts utilizing the Federal Highway Administration's INVEST (Infrastructure Voluntary Evaluation Sustainability Tool). | | | | - Fontanilla | | | | The Transportation Agency received a Platinum rating in this sustainability assessment developed by the Federal Highway Administration. The evaluation encompasses over twenty regional plans and programs, and highlights areas of strength in the Agency with recommendations for improvement.
| | | 8. | Reports on meetings attended by Board Members at Transportation Agency expense, as required by state law.
No Enclosure | | | | | | | | | | | 9. | Reports from transportation providers:
- Caltrans Director’s Report – Project Update - Gubbins
- Monterey Peninsula Airport District - Sabo
- Monterey-Salinas Transit - Sedoryk
| | | | | | | | | | | 10. | Executive Director's Report
No Enclosure | | | | | | | | | | | 11. | Announcements and/or comments from Transportation Agency members on matters that they wish to put on future Transportation Agency agendas. | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | BEGINNING OF CONSENT AGENDA: Approve the staff recommendations for items listed below by majority vote with one motion. Any member may pull an item off the Consent Agenda to be moved to the end of the CONSENT AGENDA for discussion and action. | |
| | | | | | | | 1. | | ADMINISTRATION and BUDGET |
| | | | | | | | | 2. | BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN, TRANSIT, and SOCIAL SERVICES |
| | | | | | | | | 3. | 3.1 | No items this month. | | | | - | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | 4. | PROJECT DELIVERY and PROGRAMMING |
| | | | | | | | | 6. | REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE |
| | | | | | | | | 3. | 6.1 | APPROVE the 2016 Strategic Expenditure Plan Update for the Regional Development Impact Fee program. | | | | - Zeller | | | | In 2008, the 12 cities and the County of Monterey adopted a Joint Powers Agreement establishing a countywide Regional Development Impact fee to mitigate the impact of new development on, and fund improvements to, the regional transportation system. TAMC administers the fee program and prepares an annual Strategic Expenditure Plan that includes updated project cost estimates, revenue forecasts, other matching funds, and a draft timeline for project delivery.
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| | | | | | | | | 3. | 7.1 | ACCEPT minutes from Transportation Agency committees:
- Executive Committee – No meeting
- Bicycle & Pedestrian Facilities Advisory Committee - Draft August 3, 2016 (online at www.tamcmonterey.org)
- Rail Policy Committee – Draft August 1, 2016
- Technical Advisory Committee – No meeting
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| | | | | | | | CORRESPONDENCE, REPORTS, MEDIA CLIPPINGS |
| | | | | | | | | C | 1 | July 28, 2016 letter to Todd Bodem, Sand City; Mike Watson, California Coastal Commission; and Ed Ghandour, Security National Guaranty, from Debra L. Hale, Executive Director re: Requirement for and Timing of Payment of TAMC Regional Development Impact Fees for Monterey Bay Shores Resort. | | | | | | | | | | C | 2 | Letters of Support for AB 2730 (Alejo): Department of Transportation: Prunedale Bypass: County of Monterey: Disposition of Excess Properties | | | | | | | | | | C | 3 | June 22, 2016 Letter to Assembly Member Stone, re: Oppose SB 885 (Wolk) - Contracts Indemnity - Shift to Burden to Public Agencies | | | | | | | | | | C | 4 | June 22, 2016 Letter to Assembly Member Frazier, re: Support SB 824 (Beall) - Low Carbon Transit Operations Program Modifications | | | | | | | | | | C | 5 | June 22, 2016 Letter to Assembly Member Frazier, re: Oppose SB 1259 (Runner): Exempt Veterans from Paying Highway Tolls | | | | | | | | | | C | 6 | July 22, 2016 Letter to Andy Cook, Chief, Rail Planning Branch, Caltrans, re: 2018 California State Rail Plan - Central Coast Draft Term Sheet | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Documents relating to an item on the open session that are distributed to the Board less than 72 hours prior to the meeting shall be available for public inspection at the Office of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County, 55-B Plaza Circle, Salinas, CA. Documents distributed to the Agency Board at the meeting by staff will be available at the meeting; documents distributed to the Board by members of the public shall be made available after the meeting. The Transportation Agency web site contains information from the Transportation Agency Resource Guide, including Transportation Agency Board members, Transportation Agency committee members, grant programs, etc. Visit us at: http://www.tamcmonterey.org. Transportation Agency for Monterey County 55-B Plaza Circle, Salinas, CA 93901-2902 Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. TEL: 831-775-0903 FAX: 831-775-0897 | |
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