HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05142013 - C.38RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE Chair of the Board of Supervisors to sign a letter to the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission on Draft Plan Bay Area as recommended by the Transportation, Water and Infrastructure Committee.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
On March 22, 2013, the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission (MTC) released the Draft - Plan Bay Area: Strategy for Sustainable Region, and the accompanying
Draft Environmental Impact Report. The release of the Draft - Plan Bay Area marks a key milestone for ABAG and
MTC in meeting the requirements of Senate Bill 375 ("The Californa Sustainable Communities and Climate
Protection Act of 2008"), which requires each of the state's 18 metropolitan areas to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions from cars and light trucks. The 2008 law directed the Californa Air Resources Board to assign GHG
reduction targets for the State's metropolitan areas - the Bay Area's assigned target reduction of GHG emissions is a 7
percent per capita reduction by 2020 and a 15 percent per capita reduction by 2035.
S.B. 375 requires that the Bay Area and all other regions in California develop a Sustainable Communities Strategy
(SCS) as a new element of the Regional Transportation Plan. The SCS is required to include three components: (1) a
land use component that identifies how the region could house the region's population over the next 25 years; (2) a
component that discusses the natural resource and farmland areas of the region; and (3) a component that
demonstrates how the development pattern and transportation network can work together to achieve the GHG
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 05/14/2013 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Patrick Roche, (925)
674-7807
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: May 14, 2013
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Stacey M. Boyd, Deputy
cc:
C.38
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Transportation Water and Infrastructure Committee
Date:May 14, 2013
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Comment Letter On Draft Plan Bay Area
emissions targets assigned by the California Air Resources Board. Another key feature of S.B. 375 is that it requires
the regional housing needs allocation process - adopted in the 1980s's as part of the Housing Element law - to be
synchronized with the regional transportation planning process triggering an update of Housing Elements for cities
and counties within the region.
For the San Francisco Bay Area, the SCS has been a joint effort between ABAG and MTC under the umbrella of
"Plan Bay Area". ABAG is responsible for the land use and housing assumptions and MTC is responsible for
transportation planning. The plan includes forecasts for population, employment, and housing by 2040 for all nine
Bay Area counties, forecasts of transportation revenues through 2040, and, based on testing and evaluation of several
land use/transportation scenarios, the plan forecasts how well the region can meet its GHG emission reduction targets
while also housing 100% of the region's projected population.
As noted above, the release of
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
Draft Plan Bay Area marks a key milestone in the SCS process under S.B. 375. As such, the Transportation Water
and Infrastructure Committee recommends the Board authorize the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to submit
the attached comment letter on the Draft Plan Area to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The comment period on Draft Plan Bay Area closes on May 16, 2013. The Board would miss an opportunity to
comment before the close of the comment period.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
None.
ATTACHMENTS
Draft Letter