ADOPT Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Central Coast Coalition for federal legislative assistance and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to make administrative changes to the MOU if such changes do not increase the Agency's net cost, subject to approval by Agency counsel.

Staff recommends approval of this four-month Memorandum of Understanding with the Central Coast Coalition for federal legislative assistance.

TAMC's pro rata share of the $8,500 federal legislative advocacy contract costs is set at $2,210 in the MOU.  

In January 2011, TAMC originally entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the Central Coast Coalition to coordinate with partner transportation entities in the Central Coast to promote US 101 corridor improvement projects. Parties to that MOU are TAMC, Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG), Association of Monterey Bay Area Governments (AMBAG), Council of San Benito County Governments (San Benito COG), and the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG). That MOU was amended in November 2012 to add in annual dues to cover the cost of state legislative assistance ($10,000 total), of which TAMC's share was $2,390. The MOU was amended again in August 2015 to increase those annual dues to a total of $20,000; TAMC's share is $5,200.

This new MOU, pertaining to federal legislative assistance, does not impact the original MOU. This MOU is for a temporary, four-month contract with a federal legislative firm to organize meetings with federal delegation and administration members to discuss transportation priorities in the US 101 corridor, for a total of $8,500, of which TAMC's share is $2,210. The team is currently confirming dates for those meetings in September.

Staff recommends approval of this new MOU.