HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07262011 - C.50RECOMMENDATION(S):
ADOPT Resolution No. 2011/292 approving and authorizing the Conservation and
Development Director, or designee, to submit a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA),
Transportation, Community, and System Preservation Program Grant application to FHWA
for up to $199,200 for FY 2011/12 for the purpose of developing the Knightsen-Byron Area
Transportation Study.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None to the General Fund. If awarded, the FY 2011/12 TCSP Grant would be the funding
source for the Knightsen-Byron Area Transportation Study. Total authorized funding for
the Federal TCSP Program is $61.25 million for FY 2011/12, and the program requires 20%
matching funds. The matching funds will be comprised of in-kind services (staff hours) and
gas tax or Measure J revenue.
BACKGROUND:
The TCSP Program provides funding for a comprehensive initiative including planning
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/26/2011 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Jamar Stamps,
925-335-1220
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: July 26, 2011
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: Patrick Roche, DCD, Jerry Fahy, PWD, Lara DeLaney, CAO
C. 50
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Catherine Kutsuris, Conservation & Development Director
Date:July 26, 2011
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Knightsen-Byron Area Transportation Study
grants, implementation grants, and research to investigate
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
and address the relationships between transportation, community, and system
preservation and to identify private sector-based initiatives. The program also seeks to
fund projects that plan and implement strategies which improve the efficiency of the
transportation system, reduce environmental impacts of transportation, reduce the need
for costly future public infrastructure investments, ensure efficient access to jobs, services
and centers of trade, and examine development patterns and identify strategies to
encourage private sector development patterns which achieve these goals. States,
metropolitan planning organizations, local governments and tribal governments are
eligible for TCSP Program grant funds. The TCSP Program $61.25 million per year since
FY 2006/07.
Last year the County submitted an application for the Knightsen-Byron Area
Transportation Study under the Caltrans Community-Based Transportation Planning
Grant Program, but the project was not awarded funding. This study proposes to
re-evaluate the Circulation Element of the General Plan to improve its consistency with
the Urban Limit Line and related policies that support preservation of non-urban,
agricultural, open space and other areas identified outside this line. The study area
includes portions of land designated as Agricultural Core in the County General Plan. A
map of the proposed study area is attached. This area is also a Priority Conservation
Area, which is a designation developed by the Association of Bay Area Governments to
describe areas that encompass regionally significant conservation values and demonstrate
community support and an urgent need for protection within five years. This study would
be conducted in cooperation with the Knightsen Municipal Advisory Council, Byron
Municipal Advisory Council, Discovery Bay Community Services District and the cities
of Oakley and Brentwood. Other stakeholders in the study area will be involved as well.
Potential outcomes of the study include:
• Revisions to the Circulation Element and related General Plan policies for the study
area;
• Revisions to the off-site fee program that funds transportation upgrades in the area; and
• Development code revisions for ultimate road cross sections and frontage improvements.
County staff was made aware of the FHWA Grant Program on May 10, 2011. The
deadline for submitting applications was May 20, 2011. County staff quickly prepared an
application in order to make the tight deadline. County staff has been seeking funding for
this project for a while, and this opportunity was available but only briefly. However,
unfortunately due to the time constraint staff was not able to execute a request for the
Board of Supervisors' authorization to pursue this grant opportunity and submit an
application. Therefore at this time staff is seeking retroactive approval and the Board's
authorization to continue to proceed with the grant application. All applications had to
pass an initial screening facilitated by Caltrans, and from there applications were
forwarded to FHWA on June 3, 2011 for further consideration.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The County would need to identify other funding in order to re-evaluate the Circulation
Element policies for the study area.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
The proposed study would evaluate policies to improve safe access to school facilities in
the study area.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution No. 2011/292
Study Area Map