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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ? '
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FROM: TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE P
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DATE: January 25, 1993
SUBJECT: Report on Guidelines for Referrals to the Transportation Committee
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
Reaffirm Board policy, that all transportation matters, including
individual recommendations from Board members, shall be referred to
the Transportation Committee, except for the following Road and
Transportation "Consent Items" :
a. Obligation of state and federal transportation funds;
b. Approval and environmental clearance of construction projects;
c. Contract Administration items for construction contracts
including advertisement, addendums, award, and .change orders;
d. Cooperative Agreements and Joint Exercise of Powers Agreements
regarding minor construction projects;
e. Contracts for environmental clearance, right-of-way
acquisition, and design of construction projects; and
f.. Resolutions regulating parking, speed, and stop signs, or
vacation of right-of-way.
BACKGROUND .
On June 16, 1987, the Board of Supervisors enacted a policy
requiring all transportation matters, including individual
recommendations from Board members, be brought to the
Transportation Committee for review and action prior to placement
on a Board agenda.
The Transportation Committee subsequently adopted operating
guidelines because many transportation matters include routine
items placed on the Board's consent calendar for Road and
Transportation. The Committee felt that routine matters
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR X RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S) : Tom Powers Gayle Bishop
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED, OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: NOES: ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: S.Goetz, CDD, 646-2131
Orig: Community Development Department ATTESTED
cc: Public Works Department PHIL BATCH LOR, CLERK OF
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY , DEPUTY
Guidelines for Referrals to the Transportation Committee
January 25, 1993
Page Two
under Road and Transportation need not be reviewed. The operating guidelines
identify exemptions to the Boards' June 16, 1987 policy and are defined as
follows:
a. obligation of state and federal transportation funds;
b. Approval and environmental clearance of construction projects;
c. Contract Administration items for construction contracts including
advertisement, addendums, award, and change orders;
d. Cooperative Agreements and Joint Exercise of Powers Agreements regarding
minor construction projects;
e. Contracts for environmental clearance, right-of-way acquisition, and design
of construction projects; and
f. Resolutions regulating parking, speed, and stop signs, or vacation of right-
of-way.
The Board committee appointments of January 5, 1993 changed the composition of the
Transportation Committee. The new Committee members reviewed the Board's policy
and -the operating guidelines of the previous Committee on January 25. The
Committee concurs with the policy and guidelines and requests the Board to
reaffirm its policy on referrals to the Transportation Committee as described in
the recommendation.
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