APPROVE the appointments of Jesús Valenzuela and Andrea Manzo, to serve as the representative and alternate representative for Building Healthy Communities, Paul Arnaudo to serve as the alternate representative for the Monterey County Farm Bureau and Laurie Eavey to serve as the alternate representative for Communities for Sustainable Monterey County 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.

Cesar Lara and Monica Gurmilan, who served as the representative and alternate representative for Building Healthy Communities, are no longer with the organization. As a result, Building Healthy Communities has nominated Jesús Valenzuela, to serve as their representative and Andrea Manzo, to serve as their alternate representative on the Oversight Committee.

Bill Lipe, the alternate representative for the Monterey County Farm Bureau, has resigned from the Measure X Citizen Oversight Committee. In response, the Farm Bureau has nominated Paul Arnaudo to fill the vacancy.    

Communities for Sustainable Monterey County has nominated Laurie Eavey to serve as their alternate representative. Ms. Eavey's appointment will fill a position that has been vacant since the inception of the committee. 

This report seeks the appointments of Jesús Valenzuela, Andrea Manzo, Paul Arnaudo and Laurie Eavey to serve as an representative or alternate representative on the Measure X Transportation Safety & Investment Plan Citizens Oversight Committee in accordance with the nomination submitted by their respective organizations.