RECEIVE state legislative update and ADOPT positions on selected bills.

The Executive Committee received an update on March 7, 2018 and recommended Board adoption of positions on bills of interest to the Agency.

TAMC is applying for multiple state grants for various priority projects, as approved by the TAMC Board and enumerated in the attached report. If all grant applications are successful, combined they would bring in an additional $93 million for Monterey County transportation projects.

Attachment 1 is a state legislative update from Gus Khouri that outlines state grant programs available for transportation projects. Attachment 2 is the draft bill matrix as of February 21. The bill introduction deadline was February 16, so more bills may be added to the list, and most of the bills on the list are "spot bills" and therefore difficult to determine relevance or a proposed position. The Executive Committee received the report and recommended Board positions at its March 7, 2018 meeting. If approved at this Board meeting, staff will send letters of support or opposition to the bill authors and/or the committees at which the bill will be heard, and Mr. Khouri will testify at the hearings. In addition, the Executive Committee requested that staff coordinate with the appropriate parties at the City and County level to notify them of TAMC's positions on bills, as relevant.