HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06162015 - C.137RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE the attached list of referrals to the Transportation, Water and Infrastructure Committee for action in 2015.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None. The cost to staff this Committee is included in the budget of the Department of Conservation and
Development. Cost for Committee reports are borne by the department or agency responsible for addressing the
referral item.
BACKGROUND:
Each year the Board of Supervisors is asked to approve a list of issues to be referred to its standing committees. The
attached list of issue referrals was reviewed and approved by the Transportation, Water and Infrastructure Committee
at its March 2, 2015 meeting for recommendation to the full Board of Supervisors.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The Transportation, Water and Infrastructure Committee will not have a Board-approved list of issues to discuss.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 06/16/2015 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
ABSENT:Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: John Cunningham (925)
674-7833
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: June 16, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
C.137
To:Board of Supervisors
From:TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Date:June 16, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Referrals to the Transportation, Water and Infrastructure Committee for 2015
ATTACHMENTS
2015 Referrals to
TWIC
DRAFT 2015 Referrals to the Transportation, Water
and Infrastructure Committee
(Approved by TWIC at their March 2, 2015 meeting)
1. Review legislative matters on transportation, water, and infrastructure.
2. Review applications for transportation, water and infrastructure grants to be prepared by the Public Works
and Conservation and Development Departments.
3. Monitor the Contra Costa Transportation Authority including efforts to implement Measure J.
4. Monitor EBMUD and Contra Costa Water District projects and activities.
5. Review issues associated with the health of the San Francisco Bay and Delta, including but not limited to
Delta levees, flood control, dredging, drought planning, habitat conservation, development of an ordinance
regarding single-use plastic bags and polystyrene, and water quality, supply and reliability.
6. Review issues associated with County flood control facilities.
7. Monitor creek and watershed issues and seek funding for improvement projects related to these issues.
8. Monitor the implementation of the Integrated Pest Management policy.
9. Monitor the status of county park maintenance issues including, but not limited to, transfer of some County
park maintenance responsibilities to other agencies and implementation of Measure WW grants and
expenditure plan.
10. Monitor and report on the East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservation Plan.
11. Review the ability to revise the County design standards for residential streets to address traffic calming
and neighborhood livability issues when these roads are built.
12. Monitor and report on the Underground Utilities Program.
13. Monitor implementation of the Letter of Understanding with PG&E for the maintenance of PG&E streetlights
in Contra Costa.
14. Freight transportation issues, including but not limited to potential increases in rail traffic such as that
proposed by the Port of Oakland and other possible service increases, safety of freight trains, rail corridors,
and trucks that transport hazardous materials, the planned truck route for North Richmond; and the
deepening of the San Francisco-to-Stockton Ship Channel.
15. Monitor the Iron Horse Corridor Management Program.
16. Monitor and report on the eBART Project.
17. Review transportation plans and services for specific populations, including but not limited to County Low
Income Transportation Action Plan, Coordinated Human Services Transportation Plan for the Bay Area,
Priorities for Senior Mobility, Bay Point Community Based Transportation Plan, Contra Costa County
Mobility Management Plan, and the work of Contra Costans for Every Generation.
18. Monitor issues of interest in the provision of general transportation services, including but not limited to
public transportation and taxicab services.
19. Monitor the statewide infrastructure bond programs.
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