APPROVE the appointment of Robin Lee to serve as the alternate pedestrian advocate, representing  Communities for Sustainable Monterey County, and Gabriella Ulloa 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.

Communities for Sustainable Monterey County has nominated Robin Lee to serve as the alternate pedestrian advocate on the oversight committee. Robin is a founding member of Sustainable Salinas, and a founding member of Santa Rita and Bolsa Knolls Watershed Group, and a member of the Parks, Recreation, and Libraries Master Plan steering committee for the City of Salinas.  

Gabriella Ulloa, is a senior at Cal State University, Monterey Bay and the Sustainability Student Assistant at the university's Office of Inclusive Excellence & Sustainability. Gabriella's aspirations are to promote sustainability through awareness and education about ecological and environmental injustices in order to move towards a more equitable and sustainable future for all.  

This report seeks the appointment of Robin Lee to serve as the alternate pedestrian advocate  representing Communities for Sustainable Monterey County, and Gabriella Ulloa to serve as the alternate youth representative in accordance with their nominations on the Measure X Transportation Safety & Investment Plan Citizens Oversight Committee.