HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03171987 - 1.29 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil .Batchelor Contra
County Administrator
Costa
DATE: March 11, 1987 County
SUBJECT:
Legislation: Senate Bill 263 (Rogers)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(.S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position of support for SB 263 by Senator Rogers which
would transfer increasing -portions of the sales tax on aircraft
jet fuel to the Aviation Improvement Fund for specified purposes
in support of airport programs.
BACKGROUND:
Senator Rogers has introduced SB 263 . SB 263 would do all of the
following:
1. -Creates the Aviation Improvement Fund.
2 . Transfers to the Aviation Improvement Fund, from the
Retail Sales Tax Fund, portions of the sales and use
tax derived from the sale of aircraft jet fuel on the
following schedule:
1988-89 fiscal year - 20%
1989-90 fiscal year - 40%
1990-91 fiscal year 60%
1991-92 fiscal year - 80%
1992-93 and succeeding - 100%
fiscal years
3 .' Transfers from. the Aviation Improvement Fund to the
Division of Aeronautics of the Department of
Transportation sufficient funds to determine the level
of operations at each airport in order to allocate
funds to each airport based on its percentage of
operations in relation to the total statewide
operations of all airports in the category to which the
airport belongs. These funds shall also be used to
prepare the California Aviation Systems Plan, the
content of which is detailed in the bill.
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ABSENT; ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED MAR 17 1987
Public Works Director - - - -
Manager of Airports PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Director, Community Development SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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4. Requires the Division of Aeronautics to forward the
California Aviation Systems Plan to the California
Transportation Commission. The Plan is to be revised
and resubmitted to the Commission every two years.
5. Requires that funds from the Aviation Improvement Fund
be transferred to the California Transportation
Commission for the purpose of reviewing, holding
hearings on and adopting the California Aviation
Systems Plan and its updates.
6. Requires the State Board of Equalization to allocate
70% of the remainder of the fund to specified primary
air carrier reports, including any additional airports
designated by the Division of Aeronautics as a primary
air carrier airport. (Buchanan Field Airport is not
one of the primary air carrier airports designated in
the bill. )
7 . Requires the State Board of Equalization to allocate
30% of the remainder of the fund to counties operating
airports designated in the California Aviation System
Plan, but which are not designated as primary air
carrier airports.
8 . Authorizes the County' s transportation planning agency
and airport land use commission to each receive up to
2% of the County' s allocation from the Aviation
Improvement Fund. The Auditor-Controller is also
authorized to reimburse himself for his costs.
9. The bill details some fifty ( 50) types of developments,
or improvements, to an airport which are eligible
projects for receipt of the funds from the Aviation
Improvement Fund. These projects include primarily
capital and equipment items, but also include items
broadly described as "airport administrative costs" .
The Airport Manager estimates that initially Contra Costa County
could receive in excess of $100,000 per year which could be used
as matching funds for Federal aid, thereby bringing in an
additional $900, 000 for capital programs at Buchanan Field
Airport. Mr. Wight urges active support of SB 263 . This office
concurs in this recommendation.