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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05201986 - X.1 ' THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA X. 1 Adopted this Order on May 20 , 1986 , by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Fanden, Schroder, McPeak, Torlakson, Powers NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None -------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBJECT: Proposed Public Transit Subsidy Cuts On recommendation of Supervisor Torlakson, IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that County Administrator and Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (CCTAC) are REQUESTED to review the proposed public transit subsidy cuts and report to the Board on the impacts of such cuts. I hembgy certify that this to as true iRnd correct copy of rata:a Von tak.:rf and entered on the nillnutes of the Boards of:supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: -Aan. .J q9L PHIL Gov't of the Goard of Supervisors and County Adinhi6strator BY Lo Deputy as�`��-4 P tY Orig. Dept. : Clerk of the Board cc: County Administrator CCTAC via Community Development CON'TRi TRI-VAL FINAL ' Tuesday, May 209 1986 ornia _ pian:,Deukmejian drop transit subsidy fares� TransitHigher . • Coahaued from Page A-1 clear that he merely wants to less service revenues,in tum,have fallen to defer the transit money for a reve million. short period of time, until oil may prices go back up. What other ilk � resu t The special sales tax on gas- choice does he have?To take it oline to raise money for public out of education or health and -By lFfrgil Mefbert transit was instituted in 1979 welfare?" TM►tnduno by former Gov. Edmund G. Statewide, the money would SACRAMENTO — Blaming Brown Jr., a champion of pub- be eliminated in two categor- a drastic drop in state gasoline lic transit over highway con- ies: $60 million in operating tax collections,Gov.Deukmeji- struction. subsidies for local transit dis- an has asked that the state's Deukmejian, on the other tricts and $50 million in-grants $110 million public transit sub- hand, hbeen ffor construction or equipment an , aseen accused ofa- be canceled next year. purposes. The request — which is the voring highway construction over public transitAl Huerby, senior financial . result of the collapse of gaso- analyst for the Metropolitan linerices — could result in His decision to even tempor Transportation Commission, service cutbacks and higher arily eliminate state public said $21 million in operating fares, stunned local transit of- transit subsidies brought im mediate criticism. subsidies would be lost in the ficials said yesterday. Bay Area and another$16 mil- Nearly $40 million would be "I can appreciate that the lion in capital improvement taken from Bay Area transit governor doesn't like public grants. projects. BART, AC Transit transit,but is this the way to go Some of the major Bay Area and San Francisco Muni would about it?"asked Gerald Meral, capital improvement projects lose $8.6 million in operating spokesman for the state Plan- jeopardized by the proposed subsidies. ning and Conservation League. cutbacks are $7.6 million for The governor's plan was re- Wallace defended Deukmeji- right of way purchases for the vealed in Department of Fi- an's decision,saying: San Ramon corridor transit nance letters to the chairs of "He is making it extremely line in Contra Costa and Ala- the Senate and Assembly fiscal committees last week. An ef- fort to salvage some $37 mil- Meda counties; $1.1 million to lion through a compromise buy sites for future Dublin and agreement is already under Warm Springs BART stations; $3.7 million for new Peninsula way.t caught. us completely commute trains; $608,000 for flat-footed," said Allan Lind, retrofitting BART cars;$6 mil- transportation consultant to lion for a San Jose train ter- the Assembly Ways and Means minal; and $5 million for a fu. Committee. ture transit right of way pur- Lois Wallace,assistant state chase in Marin County. finance director, said the gov- However, legislative sources ernor acted after the final revi- said that compromise talks are sion of state budget revenue es- under way between Deukmeji- timates showed an anticipated an and Senate Transportation drop of $116 million in state Committee Chairman John gasoline tax revenue because Foran,D-San Francisco. of falling gas prices- They said that under one ver- When state budget experts sion of a proposed compromise first began planning next the $60 million worth of oper- year's budget, they estimated ating subsidies would be fore- the 6 cents per gallon sales tax feited but the governor would on gasoline would bring in$620 agree to find $37 million else- million next year. where in the budget for the Since then, gasoline prices capital projects, have dropped from around ; The issue will be decided $1.25 a gallon to as low as 84 when a two-house budget com- cents a gallon. Estimated tax promise committee shapes a fi- nal budget to be submitted to See TRANSIT, Back Page Deukmejian in July. HIGHWAY 4 TASK, FORCE EAST COUNTY BART COALITION Y i v 19�F MEMO DATE: May 21 , 1986 TO: Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson, Chair Highway 4 Task Force/ East County BART Coalition ---------------------------------- ------------------------- Letters of support are still needed to help expedite the process of identifying the necessary funds for our desperately needed transit improvements. Would you please write the following letters at your earliest convenience. (examples of letters already written are attached) • Letter should be sent to: Robert I Schroder, Chair Metropolitan Transportation Commission MetroCenter 101 Eight Street Oakland, CA 94607 Regarding: Sales tax revenue generated in Contra Costa being used in Contra Costa County for desperately needed transit improvements. • Letter should be sent to: California Transportation Commission Joe Levy, Chairperson PO BOX 1872 Fresno, CA 93718 Regarding: Alleviating the bottleneck at the Willow Pass .Grade Your letter should urge the State Department of Transportation to do everthing possible to expedite the implementation of the lane widening on Highway 4 to Memo Support Letters May 21 , 1996 PAGE TWO alleviate the the bottleneck at the Willow Pass grade. We also need their assistance in funding this much needed interim solution. o Letters should be sent to: Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors 651 PiAe St. Martnez, CA 94553 Our egislative delegation ( see attached) Cont, a Costa County Transportation Advisory Committee Martinez, CA 94553 This letter should register your protest against any money being d��iverted from BART to AC TRANSIT and SF MUNI when BART can use the money in East Contra Costa County to accomplish our long promised extension or a viable transit alternative. Your letters are urgently needed today, please take time and write the above mentioned parties regarding our transit needs. Thank you for your immediate attention in this matter, your letters CAN make a difference! TT: shc 1 LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION ASSEMBLY SENATE loth Assembly District 7th Senatorial District Phillip Isenberg Senator Daniel E. Boatwright 625 W. 4th Rm. 5 1035 Detroit Avenue S. Suite 400 Antioch 94500, Concord 94518 778-4510 689-1973 and "11th Assembly District I00-37th Street, Room 117 Robert J. Campbell Richmond 94805 2901 MacDonald Averiue� 236-3620 Richmond 94804 237-8171 9th Senatorial District and Senator Nicholas C.*Petris 811 Ferry Street ill jack5on Street, Room 7016 Martinez 94533 Oakland 94607 372-791,10 .464-1333 12th Assembly Distrlc: Tom Sates 1414 Walnut Street, Room 9 Berkelev 94700- 540-317.6 15th Assembly District William P. Baker 1243 Aloine Road Walnut Creek .94590 932:2537 UPO NT REct Y-r- . .. Y % csTUUS»ED+602 cc : Tom Torl akson E. -1. DU PONT DE NEMOURS � COMPANY 45 Civic Drive 'H` A Pittsburg , CA 94565 ANTI OCH WORKS P. O. BOX 310—ANTIOCH, CALIFORNIA 94309 TELEPHONE (413) 7 7-1210 May 6 , 1986 Burch Bachtold District .Director State Department of Transportation P.O. Box 7410 San Francisco , CIA 94120 Dear Mr . Bachtold , I support the recent proposals to widen Highway 4 west of Pittsburg . The (current westbound back-up each morning and eastbound in the evening delays some twenty product shipments we send each day. We are having to look at longer , alternate routes and off-shift movement to meet our customers needs . Continuing slowdowns can affect our ability to do business by increasing costs . Anything you can do to expedite the lane addition would be appreciated . Dennis M. McNamara Plant Manager DMM: cap L2.145 You and Du Pont. There's a lot of good chemistry between us. cau POPT RECEIVED MAY 7 .. • ccT•cswce wz cc : Tom Torl akson- E. -I. DU FONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY 45 Civic Drive INCOR�ORAT[D Pittsburg , CA. 94565 ANTIOCH WORKS P. O. !OX 710—ANTIOCH, CALIFORNIA 94509 TELEPHONE (415) 71 57.1210 May 6 , 1986 Bay Area Rapid Transit District Board of Directozs 800 Madison Street Oakland , CA 9460 Sirs , I support the Highway 4 Task Force Request for funds to widen Highway 4 west of Pittsburg . The traffic not �arried by an overdue B.A.R.T. extension to East County is affectling commercial transportation requiring longer , alternate routes and off-shift shipping . Anything you can do to help fund this badly needed widening would be apprec iated . Dennis M. McNamara Plant Manager DMM:cap L2 . 146 You and Du Pont There's a lot of good chemistry between us. IF 4P-126 ( a PONT RECEIVED m aY 7 1588 [{TA{Lf H[O f0� cc: Tom Torl akson E. 1. DU PONT DE NEMOUR5 & COMPANY 45 Civic Drive INco�ro�wT[o Pittsburg , CA 94-565 ANTIOCH WORKS P. O. !O% 310-ANTIOCH, CALIFORNIA 94509 TELEPHONE (A 15) 7517-1210 May 6 , 1986 Joe Levy, Chairman California Transportat ion Commission P.O. Box 1872 Fresno , CA 93718 Dear Mr . Levy, I support the recent proposals to widen Highway 4 west of Pittsburg . The current westbound back-up each morning and eastbound in the evening delays some twenty product shipments we send each day. We are having to look at longer, alternate routes and off-shift movement to meet our customers needs. Continuing slowdowns can affect our ability to do business by increasing costs . Anything you can do to expedite the lane addition would be appreciated . Dennis M . McNamara Plant Manager DMM:cap L2 . 145 You and Du Pont. There's a lot of good chemistry between us. 126 UPONT RECEIVED MAY 7 1?86 CSTABLI{M[G 11602 cc : Tom Torl akson �. 1. DU DONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY 45 Civic Drive INC01111"IATED Pittsburg , CA 94565 ANTiOCH WO Ks P. O. SOX 310-ANTIOCH, CALIFORNIA 94509 TELEPHONE (413) 757-1210 May 6 , 1986 Joe Duffel California Transportation Commission 3730 Mt . Diablo Bl�, d . Lafayette , CA 94544 Dear Mr. Duffel , I support the recent proposals to widen Highway 4 west of Pittsburg . The current westbound back-up each morning and eastbound in the evening delays some twenty product shipments we send each day. We are having to look at longer , alternate routes and off-shift movement to meet our customers needs . Continuing slowdowns can affect our ability to do business by increasing costs . Anything you can do to expedite the lane addition would be appreciated . Dennis M. McNamara Plant Manager DMM:cap L2. 145 You and Du Pont. There's a lot of good chemistry between us.