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TRANSPORTATION AGENCY FOR MONTEREY COUNTY Memorandum | |
| | | | | | | | | To: | Board of Directors | | From: | Christina Watson, Director of Planning | | Meeting Date: | January 24, 2018 | | Subject: | Adoption of 2018 Legislative Program |
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| | | | | | | | | RECOMMENDED ACTION: | ADOPT final 2018 Legislative Program. |
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| | | | | | | | | SUMMARY: | The purpose of the legislative program is to set general principles to guide staff and Board responses to proposed legislative or budgetary issues. The program also notifies state representatives of the Transportation Agency’s position on issues of key importance to the agency. |
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| | | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT: | The 2018 TAMC Legislative Program is focused on maintaining and applying for transportation funding for priority projects. |
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| | | | | | | | | DISCUSSION: | Attached are the final 2018 legislative program (Attachment 1) and a version showing changes as compared to the adopted 2017 program (Web Attachment). Staff received comments on the draft program from the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee on November 1, from the Rail Policy Committee on November 6, from the Executive Committee on January 3, and from the Technical Advisory Committee on January 4. Staff also took input from partner agencies locally and statewide.
Key changes to the 2018 program as compared to the 2017 program are as follows:
- 1S: Adjust focus onto preservation of transportation funding.
- 2S: Adjust focus onto pursuit of transportation funding.
- 3S: Previous item regarding Prunedale Bypass properties deleted. Moved up item to support efforts to reauthorize Public Private Partnerships, even if TAMC is not the lead on the effort.
- 4S: The bill enabling rail corridors to extend beyond their statutory boundaries may be brought back in 2018, pending discussions with relevant stakeholders.
- 8S: Revised to support a consistent definition of "disadvantaged communities" among grant programs. This is due to varying definitions between different grant programs such as the Cap and Trade grant programs and the Active Transportation Program.
- 12S: the old 12S related to stormwater runoff was deleted due to new funding options for these projects.
- 16S: The old 16S related to lump sum payments of state funds was deleted as it is no longer an issue for TAMC.
- 1F: edited for clarity and to add support for Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loans, which TAMC may choose to apply for with Measure X funding stream as the security.
No other changes to the program are proposed. |
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