APPROVE the appointment of Cal State University, Monterey Bay student, Natalie Olivas, to serve as the alternate youth representative  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.

Youth representation on the oversight committee is one of the additional appointments the Board deemed to be important to assure that a broad range of geographic and stakeholders interests are represented. The nomination and subsequent appointment of Cal State University, Monterey Bay student, Natalie Olivas will fill a long-standing vacancy on the committee that has existed since members were appointed by the TAMC Board in 2017. 

This report seeks the appointment of Natalie Olivas to serve as the alternate youth representative on the Measure X Transportation Safety & Investment Plan Citizens Oversight Committee. Attached to this report is her application and resume.