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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08041992 - H.1 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: J. MICHAEL WALFORD, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DATE: 1uu s t 4 _1992 ..� _ SUBJECT: Approval of the Seven Year Capital Road Improvement Program SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) &BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION I. Recommended Action: APPROVE the seven year Capital Road Improvement Program(GRIP). The CRIP was distributed to the Supervisors' offices on July 1, 1992, for their review and is also on file with the Clerk of the Board. ACKNOWLEDGE the 1993 Capital Road Improvement Program Report. II. Financial Impact: APPROVAL of the CRIP will outline the expenditures of road related capital funds in the next seven years. The CRIP is a programming document. Approval of the CRIP by the Board does not automatically approve each individual project listed in the CRIP. Each project must undergo its own individual engineering feasibility analysis and environmental assessment. III. Reasons for Recommendations and Background: On May 19, 1989, a County Road Improvement Policy was adopted to guide the development and continuation of the Capital Road Improvement Program. On April 17, 1990, the Board of Supervisors approved the first annual CRIP. This is the third annual Contra Costa County Capital Road Improvement Program. The CRIP plans road improvement projects for the next seven years to conform with the Congestion Management Plan which is also a seven year planning document. Continued on Attachment: x SIGNATURE: ar _ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR _ RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON ADS 4 - 1992 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS JV"' UNANIMOUS (ABSENT 1 St ) AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy at NL:eh an action taken and entered on the minutes of. the C:6025.t7 Board of ATTESTED: upervis�on the��i��hown. Orig. Div: Public Works (RE) PHIL BATCHELOR,Clerk of the Board cc: County Administrator of Supervisors and County Administrator Community Development By _ Deputy County Counsel Auditor-Controller R. Gilchrist, Accounting Approval of the Seven year Capital Road Improvement Program July 28, 1992 Page 2 Adopting a CRIP to guide our capital improvements will do several things for the County: ♦Increased .public awareness of how and where funds will be spent on our road system. ♦Enhanced public image and public trust by showing that funds are programmed in detail and will be expended in accordance with a bona fide program. ♦More public involvement in the programming and expenditure of our capital funds. ♦Provide accurate "accountability" of whether our transportation system will meet acceptable levels of service to satisfy our growth management policies. ♦Provide a basis for projecting staffing needs over the next seven years. ♦Provide a budget tool to track expenditures of each type of funding utilized for capital improvements. The Transportation Committee has reviewed and approved the CRIP. IV. Consequences of Negative Action: Failure to approve the CRIP will greatly hamper the road improvements for the next seven years. Without an approved CRIP, the Public Works Department will lack direction for project planning and staff requirements in the coming years. Measure "C" and the County's proposed growth management policy also re uire a CRIP be enacted to meet the anticipated needs of new development impacts on the roadway systems. Without an approved CRIP program the County will not be able to fulfill this requirement, which would jeopardize our Measure "C" return to source funding.