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FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator
@ . Costa
DATE: April 14, 1987 COu,� }�
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SUBJECT; �Y
Legislation: Senate Bill 592 (Morgan)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position in support of SB 592 by Senator Rebecca Morgan
which would authorize the Metropolitan Transportation Commission
to adopt a resolution to be the Service Authority for Freeway
Emergencies in any of the nine Bay Area counties with the
concurrence of the Board of Supervisors and the City Councils of
the cities having a majority of the population of cities within
the County.
BACKGROUND:
Senate Bill 1199 (Chapter 1350, Statutes of ' 1985) became
effective January 1, 1986. It authorizes a Board of Supervisors,
and a majority of the cities having a majority of the population,
to establish a Service Authority for Freeway Emergencies
consisting of seven members. The Authority is authorized to
impose an additional $1. 00 registration fee on all non-exempt
vehicles registered in the county. The Authority could issue
revenue bonds, using the increased registration fee as pledged
revenue to repay the bonds.
The basic purpose of the Authority is to implement and maintain a
system of emergency call boxes and emergency mechanical service
patrols on California freeways within the County. Any plan would
have to be approved by the CHP and CALTRANS.
Several cities have expressed an interest in establishing such an
Authority in Contra Costa County. The County Administrator' s
Office investigated this program with the County Public Works
Department and County Risk Manager early in 1986 and eventually
decided to drop the idea for the time being because of the
potential liability exposure for failures of the system to work
as intended, etc.
Senator Rebecca Morgan has now introduced Senate Bill 592 . SB
592 authorizes MTC to adopt a resolution to be the Service
Authority in any of the nine Bay Area counties it serves.
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ABSENT; ABSTAIN'. OF SUPERVISORS ON T 1 THEDATEDATESHOWN.
CC: Listed on Page 2 ATTESTED APR 2 1987
PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY DEPUTY
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MTC' s serving as the Service Authority would, however, require
ratification by the Board of Supervisors and by the City Councils
of the cities within the County having a majority of the
population of cities within the County.
Passage of SB 592 would appear to have the advantage of shifting
some of the liability for operation of a Service Authority to MTC
while allowing the implementation of what could be a valuable
service to motorists.
The Public Works Director supports SB 592 and recommends that the
Board also support it. This office concurs in that
recommendation.
cc: Countv Administrator
Public 'Works Director
Larry Dahms, MTC
Robert Schroder, Chairman, MTC
Jackson/Barish & Associates
D. J. Smith Associates
Senator Rebecca Morgan
City Managers--All CCC Cities
Chair, Board of Supervisors,
All Rav Area Counties