2019 Integrated Funding Plan and 2020 Regional Transportation Improvement Program:

1. APPROVE Resolution 2019-16 adopting the Monterey County 2020 Regional Transportation Improvement Program; and
2. APPROVE Resolution 2019-17 adopting the 2019 Integrated Funding Plan.

Several of the strategic goals identified by the Transportation Agency Board of Directors are to deliver the Measure X regional program of projects, while strategically utilizing debt financing to expedite delivery, and leveraging as much matching funds as possible. With the passage of California Senate Bill 1 (Beall), several new transportation funding programs were created from which the Transportation Agency will potentially be able to leverage Measure X and other existing fund sources. To ensure coordination between the various fund sources, which all have different requirements and eligibility, the Transportation Agency prepared a proposed 2019 Integrated Funding Plan that coincides with the 2020 State Transportation Improvement Program cycle.

The Regional Transportation Improvement Program (RTIP) is a program of highway, local road, transit and active transportation projects that a region plans to fund with State and Federal revenue programmed by the California Transportation Commission in the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). The RTIP is developed biennially by the regions and is due to the Commission by December 15 of every odd numbered year.

Monterey County’s 2020 Regional Transportation Improvement Program reflects TAMC’s dedication to improving statewide and regional travel by constructing high-priority highway, regional road, rail, and bicycle and pedestrian transportation projects throughout the region.  To that end, the Transportation Agency selected projects to program in the 2020 Regional Transportation Improvement Program that are either ready for construction or moving quickly through pre-construction phases; are regional priority projects in Measure X with multimodal features; are in the adopted or draft Sustainable Communities Strategy; and are excellent candidates for the Senate Bill 1 grant programs.  The Executive Summary and Board resolution to adopt the 2020 Regional Transportation Improvement Program are included as Attachment 1, with the full document included as a web attachment.

A draft of the 2019 Integrated Funding Plan project list was presented to the Transportation Agency at the September 25, 2019 Board of Directors meeting.  The attached project list (Attachment 2) is slightly modified from the previously presented draft project list based on subsequent new project and funding information.

A summary of the changes reflected in the final draft 2019 Integrated Funding Plan follows:

• Scenic State Route 68 Corridor: This project is currently programmed with $3,400,000 of State Transportation Improvement Program funds in fiscal year 2018/19 for the environmental phase.  Due to additional costs identified by Caltrans, the draft 2019 Integrated Funding Plan presented at the September 25, 2019 Board meeting programmed an additional $2,600,000 of State Transportation Improvement Program funds to this phase.  Subsequently, Transportation Agency staff was notified that $2,594,000 of federal Highway Improvement Program funds were available and that this project would be an eligible recipient to receive funding.  As such, with the final draft 2019 Integrated Funding Plan, Agency staff is proposing to use the Highway Improvement Program funds and shift the State Transportation Improvement Program funds to the US 101 South of Salinas Corridor project.
  
  
• US 101 South of Salinas Corridor: This project is currently programmed with $5,000,000 of State Transportation Improvement Program funds for the environmental phase in fiscal year 2020/21.  The draft of the 2019 Integrated Funding Plan presented at the September 25, 2019 Board meeting proposed to increase this amount to $7,000,000 and assumed additional funds would be need to fully-fund the phase.  The final draft of the 2019 Integrated Funding Plan increases this amount to $9,247,000 to fully-fund the environmental phase and shifts the funding out one year to fiscal year 2021/22 to align with the current project schedule.  Caltrans has the option to request these funds in an earlier fiscal year if the project moves ahead of schedule.