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Agenda Item 3.4.3

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TRANSPORTATION AGENCY FOR MONTEREY COUNTY
Memorandum
To: 

Board of Directors

From:

Theresa Wright, Community Outreach Coordinator

Meeting Date:

August 23, 2017

Subject:

eXcellent Transportation Oversight Committee Appointees


RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE nominees Monica Gurmilan, representing Building Healthy Communities and Heidi Zamzow, representing Communities for Sustainable Monterey County for the eXcellent Transportation Oversight Committee.
SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Policies & Project Descriptions for the Transportation Safety & Investment Plan, the TAMC Board of Directors appointed nominees from a diverse range of community organizations and interests to serve on the Measure X Citizens Oversight Committee on March 26, 2017. This action will serve to fill two existing vacancies on the committee.  

FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The Transportation Safety & Investment Plan, approved by voters on the November 8, 2016 ballot, 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.  This local funding became even more significant due to the potential for leveraging state funds now available due to the enactment of Senate Bill 1 into law in April, 2017
DISCUSSION:

The Measure X Citizens Oversight Committee (Committee), known as the eXcellent Transportation Oversight Committee, was formed by the Transportation Agency for Monterey County Board of Directors in order to oversee implementation of the Measure X Transportation Safety and Investment Plan and Retail Transaction and Use Tax Ordinance..

 

Appointed members of the Committee, under the terms and conditions outlined by the Ordinance, serve as an oversight committee to review and report on the revenue and expenditure of funds generated from the sales tax. Their duties include conducting independent audits, reviewing and making recommendations on plan changes, project delivery and priorities and preparing annual and final reports regarding the administration of the Transportation Safety & Investment Plan.

 

Members of the eXcellent Transportation Oversight Committee were appointed by the Agency's Board of Directors on March 26, 2017. In an effort to ensure the committee had a broad representation of the county, the Board of Directors elected to add representatives from the following categories: youth/college, pedestrian and North County. Staff also recommended that a nominee be added to represent the construction industry.

 

This staff report is seeking the approval for the appointment of an pedestrian advocate and an alternative transit user advocate to serve on the Committee. The nominated candidates are listed in the attached revised eXcellent Transportation Oversight Committee roster.

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eXcellent Transportation Oversight Committee