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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07201999 - SD5 et-_ in 6 I• ` TO: Board of Supervisors " .% . Contra FROM: Dennis M. Barry, AICP � Costa Community Development Director County DATE: July 20, 1999 SUBJECT: Sponsor Contra Costa Centre Association Grant Application to the Transportation Fund for Clean Air SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS Adopt a resolution (See Exhibit A) to sponsor a grant application on behalf of the Contra Costa Centre Association to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District for the Transportation Fund for Clean Air. FISCAL IMPACT None to the County. BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS The Contra Costa Centre Association is an organization made up of property owners in the Pleasant Hill BART Station Area. The Association serves as the transportation management association for that area. The Association has operated a transportation demand management program for the employees of the station area since 1986. The Association operates a vanpool program for workers at the Pleasant Hill BART Station area. The grant proposes to use Air District funds ($38,850.) to help underwrite a portion of the lease payments on seven vans leased by the vanpoolers. The increased vanpooling would reduce auto trips and related air pollution. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE ACTION OF BOARD ON /;EEL APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND AYES: NOES: ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF ABSENT: ABSTAIN: SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Contact: Steven Goetz, planner(925/335-1240) ATTESTED 161 cc: Community Development Department (CDD) PHIL BA ELOR, CLERK OF THE Contra Costa Centre Assn. (via CDD) BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND J. Kennedy, Redevelopment COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR J. Coons, CDD sGrr . janetm:bo/cccentre.720 BY , DEPUTY EXHIBIT "A" THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on date by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Gt01A, MILKEMA, GERBER and CANCIAMILLA NOES: NONE ABSENT: SUEPRVISQR DESAULNIER ABSTAIN: NONE RESOLUTION NO. 99/1A SUBJECT: RESOLUTION SPONSORING AN APPLICATION BY THE CONTRA COSTA CENTRE ASSOCIATION FOR A TRANSPORTATION FUND FOR CLEAN AIR GRANT TO IMPLEMENT THE VANPOOL AFFORDABILITY PROGRAM. The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa RESOLVES that: WHEREAS, increasing traffic congestion and deteriorating air quality have resulted in growing support for commute alternatives, including ridesharing; and WHEREAS, Contra Costa County has required developers of the Pleasant Hill BART Station area to develop programs to promote commute alternatives among employees; and WHEREAS, the Contra Costa Centre Association represents employers at the Pleasant Hill BART Station area, an unincorporated area of Contra Costa County; and WHEREAS, the Contra Costa Centre Association has developed and managed a comprehensive employee trip reduction program which includes vanpools; and WHEREAS, the Transportation Fund for Clean Air (TRCA) provides annual grants for implementation of rideshare programs, and other purposes; and WHEREAS, the Contra Costa Centre Association has submitted an application for a TFCA grant in the amount of $38,850.00 to subsidize lease payments for seven commuter vans, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County agrees to sponsor this application; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this Resolution be forwarded to the Contra Costa Centre Association, TRANSPAC, and the Contra Costa Transportation Authority. hAnttby©wtify that this Is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the SGfjf Board of Supervisors on the date shown. JaneVh:bo/reso.720 ATTESTED:.'-'rl'-4 Y /1 .�_ PHIL.BATCHELOR,Cier of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator Contact: Steven Goetz, CDD (335-1240) „ ev . arty RESOLUTION 99/354