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

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

 

Wednesday, December 2, 2020

**9:00 AM**

 

REMOTE CONFERENCING ONLY

There will be NO physical location of the meeting.

Please see all the special meeting instructions at the end of the agenda.


Join meeting online at:
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By teleconference at: +1 669 900 6833

 

Meeting ID: 446 951 513
Password: 194463

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 member of the public may address the Board on any item not on the agenda but within the jurisdiction of the Board. Under this item, each member of the public is allowed three minutes to address concerns. Comments in items on this agenda may be given when that agenda item is discussed. Persons who wish to address the Board for public comment or on an item on the agenda are encouraged to submit comments in writing to Maria at maria@tamcmonterey.org by 5:00 pm the Monday before the meeting, and such comments will be distributed to the Board before 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.

APPROVE Declaration of Appreciation of Senator William W. Monning for his service on behalf of Monterey County transportation.

- Hale/Alejo

Bill Monning has served two terms as State Senator, after serving two terms as Assembly Member, representing Monterey County in Sacramento. His term ends on November 30, 2020. This Declaration of Appreciation celebrates the work that Senator Monning has done on behalf of transportation in Monterey County, including his recent authorship of the successful Senate Bill 1231.

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5.ADOPT Certificates of Appreciation for outgoing Board members in recognition of their years of service on the Transportation Agency.  Outgoing Board members include Pacific Grove City Councilmember Robert Huitt, Supervisor Jane Parker, Gonzales Mayor Maria Orozco, and Salinas Councilmember Scott Davis.
- Hale/Alejo
Due to retirements and election results, certain representatives will be leaving the Transportation Agency Board in 2021.  This last meeting of the year provides an opportunity for the Board and staff to thank these members for their services in support of regional transportation improvements over the years.
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6.

RECEIVE presentation on US 101 Business Plan development process and PROVIDE input to Caltrans.

- Deal/ McClendon

The purpose of the US 101 Business Plan is to provide the data, strategy, and community support needed to secure financial investment in the US 101 corridor. It provides a medium to communicate with policy makers, partners, and the public.  Essentially, the US 101 Business Plan provides a roadmap to achieving the corridor’s goals. It identifies priority corridor needs and examines how well improvements will serve the corridor. The business plan will include a financial element, which will identify the total funding need for the US 101 corridor and explores potential funding sources.

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7.

Fort Ord Building Demolition Joint Procurement Agreement with Monterey-Salinas Transit:

  1. AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to execute an agreement not to exceed $1,303,498 with Monterey-Salinas Transit for the joint procurement and sharing of costs for the demolition of properties owned by the agencies located in the former Fort Ord, pending legal counsel approval;
  2. APPROVE the use of $1,303,498 in funds budgeted to this project; and
  3. AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to make administrative changes to the contract if such changes do not increase the Agency’s net cost, subject to approval by Agency counsel.
- Zeller
The Transportation Agency owns 12.1 acres of property in the former Fort Ord in the vicinity of Highway 1 and 8th Street. Seven buildings built by the Army between 1941 and 1953 are located on the property. Prior to its sunset, the Fort Ord Reuse Authority secured a bond for base-wide building removal. The Agency is seeking to coordinate the building demolition procurement with Monterey-Salinas Transit to secure cost savings from a bundled procurement.
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8.

RECEIVE reports from Transportation Providers:

  • Caltrans Director's Report and Project Update- Eades
  • Monterey Peninsula Airport- Sabo
  • Monterey-Salinas Transit- Sedoryk
  • Monterey Bay Air Resources District- Stedman
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9.

PUBLIC COMMENT on the Closed Session;

 

CLOSED SESSION:

 

Pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(1), the Board will confer with legal counsel regarding existing litigation:

 

  1. TAMC v. Rodney Karl Neubert and Susan Greco-Neubert, et al., Court Number 20CV000457
  2. TAMC v. The Baillie Family Limited Partnership, et al., Court Number 20CV000455
  3. TAMC v. Joyce M. Selby and Cheryl Latimer, et al., Court Number 20CV000456

 

RECONVENE in open session and report any actions taken.

- Zeller
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10.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
3.1.1APPROVE the Transportation Agency for Monterey County draft minutes of October 28, 2020.
- Rodriguez
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3.1.2

ACCEPT the list of checks written for October 2020 and credit cards statements for the month September 2020.

- 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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3.1.3RECEIVE list of contracts awarded under $50,000.
- Goel

The list of contracts awarded by the Transportation Agency for Monterey County for services under $50,000 approved by the Executive Director is submitted each month in accordance with the Agency's Procurement Policies to keep the Board informed.

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3.1.4APPOINT Board members Alejo and LeBarre as Nominating Committee to meet and return to Board of Directors on January 27, 2021 with recommendations for Board Chair, 1st Vice Chair, 2nd Vice Chair, and Executive Committee to serve one-year terms beginning upon their election through the next election of officers at the beginning of the January 27, 2022 Board meeting.
- Rodriguez
Agency Bylaws require the election of officers at the beginning of the January meeting. The Board officers are the Chair, 1st Vice Chair and 2nd Vice Chair. The Executive Committee includes the Chair, 1st Vice Chair, 2nd Vice Chair, the immediate past Chair, and a City and a County voting Board member.
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3.1.5

APPROVE calendar year 2021 schedule of meetings for Agency Board of Directors and Executive Committee.

- Rodriguez

In December of every year, the Agency Board approves a schedule of meetings for the following year. The Executive Committee met on November 4, 2020 and recommends approval.

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3.1.6

APPROVE Resolution 2020-14 providing authority for the Executive Director to execute amendment No. 1 to the fiscal year 2020/21 Overall Work Program and Budget to incorporate state planning funds carried over from fiscal year 2019/20 and updates information for existing approved funding for the Monterey County Resource Conservation Investment Strategy.

- Muck

This amendment will allow $28,327 of Rural Planning Assistance funds carried over from last fiscal year to be utilized in the Transportation Agency's current fiscal year activities and reconciles the fund balance for the SB1 state planning grant received to create the Monterey County Resource Conservation Investment Strategy.

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3.1.7

APPROVE calendar year 2021 schedule of meetings for Agency Board of Directors and Executive Committee.

- Rodriguez

In December of every year, the Agency Board approves a schedule of meetings for the following year. The Executive Committee met on November 4, 2020 and recommends approval.

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2.BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN, TRANSIT, and SOCIAL SERVICES
3.2.1APPROVE the appointment of Dr. Celine Pinet to serve as the City of Del Rey Oaks' primary representative on the TAMC Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Advisory Committee. 
- Jacobsen
The Board appoints agency representatives on an as-needed basis to serve on the Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Advisory Committee to advise staff on bicycle and pedestrian transportation issues and make recommendations to the TAMC Board. 
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3.PLANNING
3.3.1

Central Coast Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Coordination:

  1. APPROVE Resolution 2020-12 authorizing the Agency's participation in the joint submission of a grant application to the Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Program, with the Regional Transportation Planning Agencies for Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Ventura counties for the Central Coast Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Coordination project;
  2. AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to complete negotiations, and execute necessary agreements and amendments, pending legal counsel approval, if the Central Coast Coalition is awarded the grant; and
  3. AUTHORIZE an amount not-to-exceed $6,700 from TAMC’s Rural Planning Assistance funds, as TAMC’s share of the grant match requirements.
- Zeller
Transportation Agency staff are seeking to participate in a joint Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning grant application estimated at $200,000 with the Central Coast Coalition and Ventura County to develop a regional electric vehicle infrastructure coordination strategy.
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3.3.2

Salinas Valley Safe Safe Routes to School Plan

  1. APPROVE Resolution 2020-13 authorizing the Agency's participation in a joint Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant with the Monterey County Health Department and Ecology Action for the development of the Salinas Valley Safe Routes to School Plan; and
  2. AUTHORIZE the use of Measure X Safe Routes to School program funds in an amount not-to-exceed $130,000 as the grant match. 
- Green
This joint Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning grant application is for the development of a safe routes to school plan that will include a list of infrastructure and non-infrastructure recommendations for all of the K-12 public schools in the cities of Gonzales, Soledad, Greenfield and King City.
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4.PROJECT DELIVERY and PROGRAMMING
3.4.1

Senate Bill 743 Technical Assistance - Contract Amendment

  1. APPROVE Amendment #1 to the contract with Kimley-Horn Associates extending the term of the Agreement from December 31, 2020 to June 30, 2021 for Senate Bill 743 Technical Assistance for Vehicle Miles Traveled Threshold Development; and
  2. AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to make administrative changes to the contract if such changes do not increase the Agency's net cost, subject to approval by Agency counsel. 
- Jacobsen
The process of developing VMT Thresholds under Senate Bill 743 is individualized for all jurisdictions, and staff was overly optimistic about how long coordination with city and county staff would take for the seven participating jurisdictions. The proposed contract amendment will extend the timeline from December 31, 2020 through June 30, 2021, with no changes to the contract's not to exceed amount of $130,310.
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5.RAIL PROGRAM
3.5.1

Salinas Rail Project - HDR Engineering Contract Amendment #8:

  1. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to execute contract amendment #8 with HDR Engineering Inc., subject to approval by Agency Counsel, in an amount not to exceed $60,000, for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $2,869,148, to complete the design work for Package 1 at the Salinas train station, and to extend the deadline by six months from December 31, 2020 to June 30, 2021;
  2. AUTHORIZE the use of state funds budgeted to this project;
  3. AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to take such other further actions as may be necessary to fulfill the intent of the contract, including approvals of future modifications or amendments that do not significantly alter the scope of work, or change the approved contract term or amount; and
  4. APPROVE sole source finding.
- Watson

The Salinas Rail Extension Kick Start Project, package 1 (Salinas Station area improvements) is in the construction and final design phase. HDR Engineering, Inc. was originally hired for this work in June 2014 after a formal Request for Proposals process. The contract now needs to be amended to add funding and time to the contract to complete the project final design, including as-built plans, due to the longer timeframe now anticipated for construction completion and large number of change orders for that construction project. Staff recommends a sole source finding for this proposed amendment #8 based on the related nature of the tasks and efficiencies involved.

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3.5.2

Salinas Rail Project - Union Pacific Railroad Reimbursement Agreement:

  1. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to execute reimbursement agreement with Union Pacific Railroad to reviewing Monterey County Rail Extension Kick-Start designs, in an amount not to exceed $125,000;
  2. AUTHORIZE the use of Regional Surface Transportation Planning funds for this purpose; and
  3. AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to take such other further actions as may be necessary to fulfill the intent of the agreement, including approvals of future modifications or amendments that do not significantly alter the scope of work, or change the approved contract term or amount.
- Watson

Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) is the owner of the coast mainline tracks, upon which TAMC is proposing passenger rail service via the Monterey County Rail Extension Kick Start project. UPRR requires passenger rail projects to have a reimbursement agreement for UPRR to review the project designs that impact their property.

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3.5.3

Monterey Branch Line Easement to State Parks

  1. APPROVE the Memorandum of Agreement with the State of California regarding a non-exclusive utility easement for the Fort Ord Dunes State Park;
  2. AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to execute the Memorandum of Agreement and to take such other future actions as may be necessary to fulfill the intent of the Memorandum of Agreement including approvals of future modifications or amendments that do not significantly alter the terms of the approved Memorandum of Agreement;
  3. AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to execute the grant of a non-exclusive utility easement over that portion of the 1st Street Undercrossing within the TAMC rail right-of-way with the State of California for utility purposes for the Fort Ord Dunes State Park in the amount of Nine Hundred Twenty-Two Dollars ($922.00); and 
  4. AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to take such other future actions as may be necessary to fulfill the intent of the non-exclusive utility easement including approvals of future modifications or amendments that do not significantly alter the scope of work, or significantly change the approved easement term or amount.
-Williamson
The State of California is developing the Fort Ord Dunes State Park Campground and Beach Access project and has been working with the Agency to execute a Memorandum of Agreement and acquire a non-exclusive easement for utility purposes through that portion of the 1st Street Undercrossing within the TAMC Monterey Branch Line rail right-of-way.
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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:

- Rodriguez
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3.7.2

RECEIVE correspondence to and from TAMC for the month of  November 2020.

- Rodriguez
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END OF CONSENT AGENDA

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next Transportation Agency for Monterey County meeting will be on
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
9:00 A.M.

Important Meeting Information

 

Remote Meetings: On March 12, 2020, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-25-20, which enhances State and Local Governments ability to respond to COVID-19 Pandemic based on Guidance for Gatherings issued by the California Department of Public Health. The Executive Order specifically allows local legislative bodies to hold meetings via teleconference and to make meetings accessible electronically, in order to protect public health. The public is strongly encouraged to use the Zoom app for best reception. Prior to the meeting, participants should download the Zoom app at: https://zoom.us/download. A link to simplified instruction for the use of the Zoom app is: https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2018/07/03/video-communications-best-practice-guide/.

 

Remote Meeting Public Comment: Due to current circumstances, there may be limited opportunity to provide verbal comments during the meeting. Persons who wish to address the Board for public comment or on an item on the agenda are encouraged to submit comments in writing to maria@tamcmonterey.org by 5:00pm the Monday before the meeting. Such comments will be distributed to the Board before the meeting. Members of the public participating by Zoom are instructed to be on mute during the proceedings and to speak only when public comment is allowed, after requesting and receiving recognition from the Chair.

 

Agenda Packet and Documents: Any person who has a question concerning an item on this agenda may call or email the Agency office to make inquiry concerning the nature of the item described on the agenda. Complete agenda packets are on display online at the Transportation Agency for Monterey County website. Documents relating to an item on the open session that are distributed to the Committee less than 72 hours prior to the meeting shall be available for public review at the Agency website. Agency contact information is as follows:

 

Transportation Agency for Monterey County

www.tamcmonterey.org

Office is closed an all employees are working remotely until further notice

TEL: 831-775-0903

EMAIL: info@tamcmonterey.org

 

Agenda Items: The agenda will be prepared by Agency staff and will close at noon nine (9) working days before the regular meeting. Any member of the Board may request in writing an item to appear on the agenda. The request shall be made by the agenda deadline and any supporting papers must be furnished by that time or be readily available.

 

Alternative Agenda Format and Auxiliary Aids: If requested, the agenda shall be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with a disability, as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 USC Sec. 12132), and the federal rules and regulations adopted in implementation thereof. Individuals requesting a disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, may contact Transportation Agency staff at 831-775-0903. Auxiliary aids or services include wheelchair accessible facilities, sign language interpreters, Spanish language interpreters, and printed materials in large print, Braille or on disk. These requests may be made by a person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participate in the public meeting and should be made at least 72 hours before the meeting. All reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate the request.