Agency legislative analyst Gus Khouri will attend the meeting to present an update on state legislative activities and receive input on priorities for the Agency for 2018.
Of particular interest, the two bills TAMC is sponsoring this year are:
- AB 696 (Caballero): Department of Transportation: Prunedale Bypass: County of Monterey: disposition of excess properties: passed through both houses and currently pending Governor review. Many support letters have been sent to the Governor and are attached under correspondence of the appropriate Board packet.
- SB 477 (Cannella): Intercity rail corridors: extensions: Currently still on the suspense file for the Assembly Appropriations committee, nominally "dead" pending discussions among the bill's supporters.
Attachment 1 is a report on the cap and trade program; Attachment 2 is the updated bill list as of September 14, 2017. Online as a web attachment is the 2017 legislative program. Some of the priorities from 2017 will carry over to 2018.
Staff will present an update and a draft program to the October 25, 2017 Board meeting, then will solicit input from the Rail Policy Committee, Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Advisory Committee, and Technical Advisory Committee in November. Staff will also meet with partner agencies locally and statewide to discuss items for the program. This Committee will then receive an update and discuss the final draft program in January 2018, followed by adoption by the Board in January.