APPROVE  the appointment of Manuel Valencia to serve as the alternate Latino organization representative and Rick Heuer to serve as the alternate representative for the Monterey Peninsula Taxpayers Association on the Measure X Transportation Safety & Investment Plan Citizens Oversight Committee.

The Transportation Safety & Investment Plan's policies call 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.

This report seeks the Board's approval to appoint the following individuals nominated to fill two vacant positions on the Measure X Citizens Oversight Committee: 

• Manuel Valencia, a member of LULAC Salinas Council #2055, to serve as the alternate Latino organization representative for a 3-year term. 

• Rick Heuer, President of the Monterey Peninsula Taxpayers Association, to serve as the alternate representative for the organization for a 2-year term.