The annual Transportation Agency Overall Work Program describes the activities to be accomplished during the fiscal year beginning July 1 and ending June 30. Adopting an annual work program is mandatory to utilize Rural Planning Assistance funds and discretionary planning grants that the Transportation Agency receives from Caltrans. Carry-forward amounts and new funding awards need to be amended into the Overall Work Program and Budget before associated tasks can be initiated.
The Transportation Agency receives an annual allocation of $422,000 in Rural Planning Assistance funds and has the flexibility to program these funds to eligible activities as it deems appropriate. Carry-over funds from the prior fiscal year can likewise be allocated as needed and approved by Caltrans. Rural Planning Assistance carry-over funds totaling $46,528 are available to be programmed into fiscal year 2019/20. An additional $10,570 from a discretionary allocation of Rural Planning Assistance for the Transportation Agency to administer scholarships for statewide leadership training is also carrying over from last year for the same statewide leadership training purposes.
Staff recommends the carry-over Rural Planning Assistance funds be used to pay for staff activities in Work Element 6220 and Work Element 6729. An additional $20,000 would be programmed to Work Element 2020 to augment existing Rural Planning Assistance funding to develop the Agency's 2022 Regional Transportation Plan. The balance of the carry over funding totaling $26,528 would be programmed to Work Element 6729, Salinas Safe Route to School Plan, replacing some of the Measure X funding currently programmed to the effort.
The ATTACHED revised Work Program pages reflect the above recommendations.