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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01062004 - D1 TO: � Board of Supervisors .,. FROM: Federal MContraover, Supervisor, District V '�� > . ';� ' Costa DATE: January 6, 2004 4 ' nty SUBJECT: Formation of Motivated Officials Vying to Expedite Improvements in Transportation MOVE IT task force for East Contra Costa Count SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS I. AUTHORIZE the Chair of the Board and the District III Supervisor to form a task force of representatives from all levels of government called Motivated Officials Vying to Expedite Improvements in Transportation (MOVE IT), which will be charged with designing a strategy to provide traffic relief for residents and businesses in East Contra Costa County; and 2. DIRECT Community Development and Public Works departments to provide staff support to the MOVE IT Task Force. FISCAL IMPACT Cost of this project could run to$20,000. Initially the efforts must come from existing resources from Community Development and Public Works. Public Works is in the process of contributing $20,000 in Road Funds to a study jointly funded by Alameda County and San Joaquin County that will evaluate issues and stakeholder interest for implementing the State Route 239/Brentwood-Tracy Expressway project. $20,000 would be sought from the budget for Unfunded Mandates to fund County staff or consultant support to the task force. Staff or consultant support would include sending out agenda materials for one-year, drafting communications to follow-up on the actions of the task force, handling logistics for meetings, providing a status report on the five transportation projects of interest, and assistance with economic development issues, BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS Many of our public leaders recognize the challenges that traffic congestion has placed on residents and businesses in East County, where 48% of our county's new development has taken place during the last decade. In addition to affecting frustrated commuters,this excessive congestion is also creating real road blocks for East County communities as they try to attract new businesses, new jobs and promote a stronger eco for the area. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE ' RECCMMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATI N`OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE ,OTHER ACTION OF BOARD ON JarnM 61 2(3 34 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X_ OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE x UNANIMOUS (ABSENT None AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Contact: Tim Farley (9251427-8138) cc: Community Development Department (CDD) ATTESTED J nary 6,:2004 Public Works Department JOHN SWEETEN, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR r A DEPUTY Formation of the MOVE IT Task Ford for East Contra Costa County January 6, 2004 Page 2 BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS Continued Success at speeding up transportation improvements, supporting eBART and relieving traffic congestion will be greatly enhanced if we develop a common strategy that Federal, state, and local government can follow,working closely together to achieve these important goals. The MOVE IT Task Force would be composed of the following representatives or their alternates: 1. Mayors of the Cities of Pittsburg, Antioch, Oakley and Brentwood; 2. Assemblymen Joe Canciamilla and Guy S. Houston; 3. Senator Tom Torlakson; 4. Congressional Representatives Ellen Tauscher, George Miller and Richard Pombo, Senators Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein; 5. Supervisors Federal Glover and Millie Greenberg; 6. Supervisor Scott Haggerty; 7. BART Director Joel Keller; 8. Member, San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors; 9. Office of the Secretary of Business, Housing and Transportation Agency; and 10. Interested cities in Alameda and San Joaquin counties. The agenda of the MOVE IT Task Force will be to: 1. Promote the highway and transit improvements to assist in relieving traffic congestion and promoting economic development in East County; 2. Estimate the costs for these improvements; 3. Identify a financing strategy to pay for these improvements; 4. Develop a timetable for implementing these improvements; and 5. Develop an Action Plan to promote this strategy to the planning and implementing agencies. While there are many ongoing efforts in the field of transportation at MTC, BART, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority, the Highway 4 Bypass Authority, the Transplan Committee and in the cities and County, none of these efforts are concentrated on an East County strategy that recognizes all of the improvements needed in East County,their implementation and how they relate to the area's economic well being. In recent years we have seen the development of projects such as the Capital Corridor rail line, part of the Highway 4 Bypass and other projects, in which a team of interested officials joined together in a common effort to get the job done. Our transportation needs require a larger team, and as the Board's representative on CCTA, State Route 4 Bypass Authority,Transplan Committee,and the East County Fee& Financing Authority, I will seek their cooperation on MOVE IT to work together in completing the following highway, bus and rail improvements for East County: • Highway 4 widening from Railroad Ave. to Route 160; • Vasco Road and Byron Highway widening; • Route 4 Bypass, remaining segments; and • eBART and feeder buses. Economic development activities are occurring in the cities, via the DeltaSix group. The Shaping Our Future Project also encouraged a more collaborative approach to economic development among Contra Costa jurisdictions. The MOVE IT Task Force would coordinate a regional strategy to support these ongoing efforts and 'would work to coordinate transportation improvements for East County's economic development needs. I strongly believe that we can jointly develop a strategy we all agree on both relieve traffic congestion and improve the economic climate of East County, I ',will devote my efforts to making MOVE IT happen.