APPROVE  the appointment of Alexis Garcia-Arrazola to serve as the youth/college advocate, Rachel Sanders to serve as the alternate habitat preservation representative, Jarrett Garife to serve as the alternate education representative and Kristine O’Dell  to serve as the alternate representative for Central Coast Builders Exchange on the Measure X Transportation Safety & Investment Plan Citizens Oversight Committee.

The Transportation Safety & Investment Plan Policies calls for the formation of a Citizens Oversight Committee representing a diverse range of community interests. Representatives of these interests must be nominated by their organizations and appointed to serve on the Citizens Oversight Committee by the Transportation Agency’s Board of Directors.

The Transportation Safety & Investment Plan, approved by voters on November 8, 2016, is anticipated to generate an estimated $600 million over thirty years through a retail transactions and use tax of a three-eighths’ of one-percent (3/8%). This funding will make a significant dent in the billions of dollars in unmet road repair needs and regional road safety and mobility project needs and, in some cases, will help get transportation projects off the ground sooner than planned.  

In accordance with the Policies & Project Descriptions for the Transportation Safety & Investment Plan, a Citizens Oversight Committee representing a diverse range of community interests was formed within 6 months of voter approval of Measure X.

Members and their alternates were nominated by the bona fide organization they are representing. Additional members were appointed by the Transportation Agency Board of Directors to assure that a broad range of geographic and stakeholder interests are represented on the committee.

Members of the Citizens Oversight Committee were appointed by the Transportation Agency Board of Directors on March 22, 2017. Initial terms were staggered, with half of the committee members serving a 2-year term, and the other half serving a 3-year term, as specified by the Transportation Agency.

At this time, vacancies have occurred on the Measure X  Citizen Oversight Committee for various reasons. This report seeks the Board's approval to appoint the following individuals to fill these vacancies on the oversight committee:

• Alexis Garcia-Arrazola is nominated to replace Anthony Tomas Rocha, following his resignation from the committee as the youth/college advocate for a 3-year term. Mr. Garcia-Arrazola is a student at California State University Monterey Bay. He has experience working as a communications and marketing specialist with Monterey Bay Community Power. He's also served two terms as Congressional intern in Washington D.C. 

• Rachel Sanders, Director of Conservation, Big Sur Land Trust to replace Sarah Hardgrave as the Big Sur Land Trust representative on the committee. As a member of the "'Keep Monterey County Moving" committee, Ms. Saunders was instrumental in helping the agency develop the Transportation Safety & Investment Plan. When appointed Ms. Saunders will serve two years as the alternate habitat preservation representative on the committee.       

• Jarrett Garife, Assistant Manager of Transportation, Monterey County Office of Education to replace Ruben Parra as the alternate education representative on the committee. Mr. Garife's appointment would be for him to serve the remainder of Mr. Parra's three-year term.

• Kristine O'Dell was nominated by the Central Coast Builders Exchange to serve as their alternate representative. Ms. O'Dell will replace Cliff Fasnacht as the alternate, as he will now serve as their representative with the resignation of their former representative and newly elected City Council member Christie Cromeenes.

Alexis Garcia-Arrazola Resume