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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 08111992 - TC.2 C Z TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS :;r` .,.� Contra ��- •s Costa FROM: TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE of - DATE: August 10, 1992' c�rgU-6- J County SUBJECT: Report on a request to reaffirm support for MTC' s New Rail Starts Resolution No. 1876 SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS Approve the attached resolution (see Exhibit A) reaffirming the Board' s support of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's New Rail Starts Resolution No. 1876. FISCAL IMPACT None directly. Successful implementation of the MTC resolution will ensure San Mateo County' s $200 million contribution for BART extensions to West Pittsburg and Dublin. BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS On July 21, the Board referred a letter from the Caltrain Citizens Advisory , Committee (see Exhibit B) which requested the Board to reaffirm Contra Costa County's support for the regional rail- plan embodied in MTC's New Rail Start Resolution No. 1876. The Board initially endorsed Resolution No. 1876 in March of 1988 . and urged all parties affected by this agreement to support MTC's resolution and to take all actions necessary to make the program a reality. On November 27, 1990, the Board of Supervisors submitted comments on the update of MTC's New Rail Starts Program. Those comments underscored the need for San Mateo County's contribution for the East Bay BART extensions, and compliance with the apportionment formula between Alameda and Contra Costa counties for the state funds allocated to the BART extensions. Our November 27 comments further requested that any update of the Program should CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: XX YES SIGNATURE RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR X RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE (S) : 4chroder Tom TorlakA ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED 1Z RECOMMENDED' OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS Cf- I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A UNANIMOUS (ABSENT TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Contact: S.Goetz, CDD, 646-2131 Orig: Community Development Department ATTESTED G� cc: Public Works Department PHIL B4TCHELOR, dLERK OF CCTA (via CDD) THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Alameda County (via CDD) AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Alameda County CMA (via CDD) �� MTC (via CDD) BY l/G DEPUTY Samtrans (via CDD) Caltrain Citizen Advisory Cte (via CDD) Report on Reaffirming Support for MTC Resolution No. 1876 August 10, 1992 Page Two be comprehensive, include a through rail planning study that addresses commuter rail alternatives, and a financing plan to implement the next group of high priority rail projects. MTC has deferred its update of the New Rail Starts Program. Resolution No. 1876 remains essentially as initially adopted by MTC on March 24, 1988. The recent enactment of the federal Intermodal Surface Transportation and Efficiency Act of 1991 provides additional flexibility to MTC for directing future federal investments to new rail projects which MTC will consider in its 1993 update of their Regional Transportation Plan. This year, the County, in partnership with our Transportation Authority, Alameda and Solano counties, and their Congestion Management Agencies, formed the Greater East Bay Rail Opportunities Coalition and embarked in a comprehensive evaluation of rail opportunities for the three-county region. The Coalition's activities will provide the comprehensive rail planning study necessary to identify new rail projects for incorporation into the 1993 Regional ,Transportation Plan and any subsequent update of the New Rail Starts Program. The Transportation Committee's review of prior Board action on the New Rail Starts Program and subsequent events finds that no change is needed to the Board's position on Resolution No. 1876, and the request by the Caltrain Citizen Advisory Committee does not conflict with the Board's position. The Committee recommends that the Board adopt the attached resolution (see Exhibit B) reaffirming prior Board action on Resolution No. 1876, and transmit copies to MTC, Alameda County, the Alameda County CMA, Samtrans, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority, and the Caltrain Citizen Advisory Committee. The Transportation Committee also wishes to point out that reaffirming the Board's support of Resolution No. 1876 does not give the Caltrain extension into Downtown San Francisco priority over the BART SFO extension, but considers all Tier I projects are of equal importance. caltrain.bo E X H I B I T A THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on August 11, 1992 , by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Powers, Fanden, Schroder, Torlakson, McPeak NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Resolution No. 92/566 SUBJECT: Reaffirm support for the MTC's New Rail) Starts Program Resolution No. 1876 ) The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County RESOLVE: WHEREAS, the Caltrain Citizen Advisory Committee has requested the Board of Supervisors to reaffirm support for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission's (MTC's) New Rail Starts Program embodied in Resolution No. 1876; and WHEREAS, in 1988 the Board initially endorsed Resolution No. 1876, and urged all parties affected by this agreement to support MTC's resolution and to take all actions necessary to make the program a reality; and WHEREAS, in subsequent action in 1990 the County commented to MTC on the need for San Mateo County's contribution to the East Bay BART extensions, and compliance with the apportionment formula between Alameda and Contra Costa counties for any state funds used for these extensions as embodied in Resolution No. 1876; and WHEREAS, the County further commented to MTC on the need for a comprehensive rail planning study, including an evaluation of commuter rail alternatives, prior to any future update to the New Rail Starts Program. NOW THEREFORE, the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County is hereby: RESOLVED, to reaffirm its position endorsing MTC's New Rail Starts Program and urging all parties affected by this agreement to support MTC's resolution and to take all actions necessary to make the Program a reality; and RESOLVED, to reaffirm its position on the need for San Mateo County's contribution to the East Bay BART extensions, and compliance with the apportionment formula between Alameda and Contra Costa counties for any state funds used for these extensions; and RESOLVED, to reaffirm its position that any update to the New Rail Starts Program be preceded by a comprehensive rail planning study that includes an evaluation of commuter rail alternatives. I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an order entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors of`the date aforesaid. Witness my hand and Seal of the Board of Supervisors affixed on this 11th day of August , 1992. Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator by: g , Deputy Clerk caltrain.res Orig.Dept.:CDD/TP RESOLUTION NO. 92/ 566