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TAMC

Regional Transportation Planning Agency - Local Transportation Commission
Monterey County Service Authority for Freeways & Expressways - Email: info@tamcmonterey.org

AGENDA

TRANSPORTATION AGENCY FOR MONTEREY COUNTY

SERVICE AUTHORITY FOR FREEWAYS EMERGENCIES

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MONTEREY COUNTY REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE

JOINT POWERS AGENCY

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Agricultural Center Conference Room

1428 Abbott Street

Salinas, California

**9:00 AM**

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	(Agendas are on display and are posted 72 hours prior to the scheduled meeting at the Transportation Agency office and at these public libraries: Carmel, Monterey, Salinas Steinbeck Branch, Seaside, Prunedale, King City, Hartnell College, Monterey Peninsula College, and Cal State University Monterey Bay. Any person who has a question concerning an item on this agenda may call the Transportation Agency office at 831-775-0903 to make inquiry concerning the nature of the item described on the agenda.) The agenda and all enclosures are available on the Transportation Agency website: www.tamcmonterey.org, by clicking on Transportation Agency Board, meetings and agendas, click on agenda item and open it, click on report attachments listed at end of report.


	1.	QUORUM CHECK – CALL TO ORDER

Transportation Agency by-laws require a quorum of a minimum of 9 voting members, including a minimum of 7 city representatives and 1 county representative.

If you are unable to attend, please contact your alternate. Your courtesy to the other Transportation Agency Board members to assure a quorum is appreciated.


	PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE


	2.	PUBLIC COMMENTS


		Any person may address the Transportation Agency Board at this time. Presentations should not exceed three minutes, should be directed to an item NOT on today's agenda, and should be within the jurisdiction of the Transportation Agency Board. Though it is not required, the Transportation Agency Board appreciates your cooperation in completing a speaker request form available on the table at the entrance to the meeting room. Please give the completed form to the Transportation Agency Administrative Assistant. If you have handouts, please provide 30 copies for the entire Board before the meeting starts or email to Agency Administrative Assistant 24 hours in advance of the meeting.


	3.	CONSENT AGENDA


		Approve the staff recommendations for items listed below by majority vote with one motion. Any member may pull an item off the Consent Agenda to be moved to the end of the CONSENT AGENDA for discussion and action.


	4.	PRESENT Transportation Agency Employee of the Quarter to Grant Leonard.
		- Hale
		Grant Leonard has been selected by the employees of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County as the Employee of the Quarter for April – June 2018.
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	5.	ADOPT and PRESENT Resolution of Appreciation to departing Transportation Planner Virginia Murillo.
		-Hale
		After four years at the Transportation Agency, Virginia Murillo is departing the Agency to attend graduate school. She has been a tremendous asset to our agency in preparing the Active Transportation Plan, working on the Unmet Transit Needs Program, staffing the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee and preparing numerous grant applications. Her technical skills are particularly noteworthy and she has produced collision maps for the entire county which have been very useful for grant applications and targeting where safety projects are needed.
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	6.	Regional Project Funding Update RECEIVE update on funding for regional projects, including Measure X and Senate Bill 1 gas tax; APPROVE programming $724,000 of Fiscal Year 2019/20 Senate Bill 1 Local Partnership Formula funds to the Regional Wayfinding Project; and ADOPT an "oppose" position on Proposition 6.
		- Zeller
		The Measure X Transportation Safety and Investment Plan was approved by over 2/3rds of the voters in November 2016. The 3/8% increase in sales tax devoted entirely to transportation in Monterey County was levied starting in April 2017. The first payments of funding were distributed in July 2017. This report looks back at the first year of Measure X regional projects, and also includes a scenario and project delivery impacts assuming that Senate Bill 1 is repealed by Proposition 6.
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	7.	Regional Development Impact Fee Workshop: CONDUCT workshop on the Regional Development Impact Fee program; APPROVE CEQA Resolution 2018-15 determining that the projects listed in the 2018 Regional Development Impact Fee Nexus Study are already within the scope of environmental review of the 2018 Monterey County Regional Transportation Plan; APPROVE the 2018 Regional Development Impact Fee Nexus Study; and APPROVE the 2018 Strategic Expenditure Plan Update for the Regional Development Impact Fee program.
		- Zeller
		The Transportation Agency is required under state law to update the Regional Development Impact Fee every five years. This process includes reviewing the land use and population assumptions in the regional travel demand model, forecasting future travel demands, updating the project list as necessary to meet those demands, revising project costs, and developing an updated fee schedule.
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	8.	RECEIVE presentation on the Monterey-Salinas Transit Feasibility Study of Bus Operations on State Route 1 Shoulders and in the Monterey Branch Line right-of-way.
		- Lisa Rheinheimer, MST
		Mobility between Salinas and the Monterey Peninsula is a regional transportation priority. MST staff will present an update on the Monterey-Salinas Transit Feasibility Study of Bus Operations on State Route 1 Shoulders and in the Monterey Branch Line right-of-way. Currently, there is no preferred alternative; however, the Study's analysis showed that bus operations in the Monterey-Branch Line would yield the greatest travel time savings and has an acceptable cost-benefit ratio.
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	9.	RECEIVE reports from Transportation Providers: Caltrans Director's Report and Project Update - Rosales Monterey Peninsula Airport - Sabo Monterey Salinas Transit- Sedoryk Monterey Bay Air Resources District - Stedman
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	10.	Reports on meetings attended by Board Members at Transportation Agency expense, as required by state law.


	11.	Executive Director's Report.


	12.	Announcements and/or comments from Transportation Agency members on matters that they wish to put on future Transportation Agency agendas.


	13.	ADJOURN


	BEGINNING OF CONSENT AGENDA: Approve the staff recommendations for items listed below by majority vote with one motion. Any member may pull an item off the Consent Agenda to be moved to the end of the CONSENT AGENDA for discussion and action.


	1.	ADMINISTRATION and BUDGET


	3.	1.1	APPROVE minutes of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) the Service Authority for Freeways and Expressways, and the Monterey County Regional Development Impact Fee Joint Powers Agency for June 27, 2018.
			- Rodriguez

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	3.	1.2	ACCEPT the list of checks written for June and July 2018 and credit card statements for the months of May and June 2018.
			- Delfino
			The list of checks and copies of credit card statements are submitted to the Transportation Agency Board each month in accordance with the recommendation from the Transportation Agency’s independent Certified Public Accountant to keep the Board informed about the Transportation Agency’s financial transactions.
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	3.	1.3	RECEIVE report on conferences or training attended by agency staff.
			- Muck
			Agency staff occasionally attends conferences or training at Agency expense that are pertinent to their roles in pursuing the Agency’s mission. These events allow the staff to stay current and participate in the development of transportation practices and policies related to their roles.
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	3.	1.4	RECEIVE the 2017/18 workforce data analysis for the Voluntary Equal Employment Opportunity Plan.
			- Goel
			In 2015, the Agency adopted a Voluntary Equal Employment Opportunity Plan. There is no legal requirement for the Agency to have this plan; however, the voluntary plan supports the Agency’s policy of nondiscrimination in employment practices. Staff updates the workforce data on an annual basis.
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	2.	BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN, TRANSIT, and SOCIAL SERVICES


	3.	2.1	Monterey-Salinas Transit Intercity Bus Grant Application: ADOPT Resolution 2018-16 authorizing $835,288 of federal funding for Monterey-Salinas Transit under the Federal Transit Administration Section 5311(f) Intercity Bus Program through the California Department of Transprotation; and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to sign and submit regional agency certifications and assurances.
			- Murillo
			The Federal Transit Administration Section 5311(f) Intercity Bus Transportation program provides capital and operating assistance for public transit services with rural to urban connections on the state’s intercity bus routes. TAMC is required to authorize Monterey-Salinas Transit’s grant application, which will provide operating funding to continue service connecting Fort Hunter Liggett with Salinas, Soledad with Paso Robles, Fort Hunter Liggett to Templeton, and continued service between King City and San Jose.
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	3.	2.2	Fort Ord Regional Trail & Greenway Environmental Review and Engineering Design Contract: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to execute a contract with Alta Planning + Design for an amount not-to-exceed $1,084,008 from budgeted funds, for the period ending December 31, 2020, pending approval from Caltrans Audits and Investigations; APPROVE the use of Senate Bill 1 Local Partnership Program and local Transportation Development Act 2% funds as detailed in the staff report; and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to take other such further actions as may be necessary to fulfill the intent of the contract, including approvals of future modifications or amendments that do not signifcantly alter the scope of work, or change the approved contract term or amount.
			- Murillo
			The contract scope of work includes environmental review, engineering surveys and design, and an infographic report of costs and benefits for the Fort Ord Regional Trail and Greenway project. TAMC released the Request for Proposals in February, and received four proposals. The proposal review team and staff recommend Alta Planning + Design for the contract.
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	3.	2.3	AUTHORIZE the use of $3,000 in budgeted Measure X Safe Routes to School Program funds to sponsor the Ciclovia Gonzales event taking place on September 9, 2018.
			- Green
			Ciclovia Gonzales is a community event modeled after Ciclovia Salinas, that promotes health and active transportation. This will be the first Ciclovia event in Gonzales, and is part of a larger effort by the Monterey County Health Department and TAMC to promote safe and healthy transportation in the Salinas Valley.
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	3.	PLANNING


	3.	3.1	RECEIVE state legislative update.
			- Watson
			This report includes an update on Senate Bill 1, Proposition 6, and other state legislative issues, including an updated bill list.
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	4.	PROJECT DELIVERY and PROGRAMMING


	3.	4.1	APPROVE contract Amendment #1 with Moxxy Marketing to print Go831 marketing collateral and increase the approved not-to-exceed amount from $57,000 to $57,859.68.
			- Green
			The Transportation Agency contracted with Moxxy Marketing to develop a brand and marketing strategy for the traveler information/rideshare program, now called "Go831". The additional $859.68 will cover the cost of the printing Go831 brochures and associated taxes.
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	3.	4.2	APPOINT Daniel Hernandez, representing Communities for Sustainable Monterey County, to serve as the pedestrian advocate on the Transportation Safety & Investment Plan Citizens Oversight Committee.
			- Wright
			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.
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	5.	RAIL PROGRAM


	3.	5.1	ADOPT revised Coast Rail Coordinating Council Memorandum of Understanding.
			- Watson
			The Coast Rail Coordinating Council (CRCC) and the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG) have adopted the attached Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The Board adopted the MOU in February 2018. Since then, partner agencies have suggested edits. Due to the substantive nature of these edits, legal counsel advises the Board to reaffirm its previous adoption of this MOU.
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	3.	5.2	APPROVE contract amendment #5 with HDR Engineering, Inc., for the final design of the Salinas Rail Extension Kick Start Project, to amend the scope of work and budget to do plat maps and legal descriptions in preparation for property acquisition for the Salinas Rail Project, Package 2, without increasing the not-to-exceed amount.
			- Watson
			The Salinas Rail Extension project is in the final design phase. TAMC hired HDR Engineering, Inc., in 2014, following a competitive Request for Proposals process, for the final design of the Salinas Rail Extension Kick Start project. Staff recommends approving this contract amendment to increase funds for certain tasks to assist in the property acquisition for Package 2. These costs can be offset by reducing the budget for other activities that cost less than anticipated.
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	3.	5.3	Salinas Rail Project Package 2: Phase II Environmental Site Assessment RFP APPROVE Request for Proposals for a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment in preparation for property acquisition for Package 2 of the Salinas Rail Extension Kick-Start project, subject to counsel approval; AUTHORIZE staff to publish the RFP, and return to the Board of Directors with a recommendation for approval of a consultant; and APPROVE the use of funds from the approved project budget for this contract in an amount not-to-exceed $50,000.
			- Watson
			This request for proposals will seek bids from qualified consultants to assist the Agency with the Environmental Site Assessment of the Package 2 parcels, for the proposed train layover facility and associated improvements.
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	6.	REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE - No items this month


7.		COMMITTEE MINUTES and CORRESPONDENCE


	3.	7.1	ACCEPT draft minutes of the Transportation Agency Committees: Excellent Transportation Oversight Committee - July 17, 2018 Executive Committee - August 1, 2018 Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Advisory Committee - August 1, 2018 Technical Advisory Committee - No meeting this month Rail Policy Committee - August 6, 2018
			- Rodriguez

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	3.	7.2	RECEIVE Transportation Agency for Monterey County Correspondence for August 2018.
			- Rodriguez

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	END OF CONSENT AGENDA


	ANNOUNCEMENTS Next Transportation Agency for Monterey County meeting will be on Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Agricultural Center Conference Room 1428 Abbott Street Salinas, California 9:00 A.M.

Documents relating to an item on the open session that are distributed to the Board less than 72 hours prior to the meeting shall be available for public inspection at the Office of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County, 55-B Plaza Circle, Salinas, CA.

Documents distributed to the Agency Board at the meeting by staff will be available at the meeting; documents distributed to the Board by members of the public shall be made available after the meeting.

The Transportation Agency web site contains information from the Transportation Agency Resource Guide, including Transportation Agency Board members, Transportation Agency committee members, grant programs, etc. Visit us at: http://www.tamcmonterey.org.

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