HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05091989 - TC.1 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: SUPERVISORS TOM TORLAKSON AND ROBERT SCHRODER
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
DATE: MAY 9, 1989
SUBJECT: ADOPTION OF THE COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT POLICY
Specific Request(s) or Recommendations) & Background &
Justification
I. RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the attached County Road Improvement Policy and direct the
Public Works Director and the Director of Community Development
to start developing the five year County Road Improvement Program
for the Board's consideration in time for the 1990/91 fiscal year
budget process.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT
Public Works and Community Development staff time will be needed
to prepare the County Road Improvement Program Annual Report and
Recommendations.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
This policy is developed to guide the development of the Contra
Costa County Road Improvement Program.
The County Road Improvement Program (CRIP) is needed for the
following reasons:
1. The Growth Management Program of Measure "C" requires each
participating local agency to develop a Growth Management
Element of its General Plan to be applied in the development
review process and to develop a five year CRIP to meet
and/or maintain Traffic Services and Performance Standards.
Continued on attachment: X yes Signature,
Recommendation of County Administrator
Recommendation of Board Committee
Approve Other:
Signature(s) :
Action of Board on: May 9, 1989
Approved as Recommended x Other
Vote of Supervisors I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS
A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
x Unanimous (Absent — ) ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON
Ayes Noes: THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
Absent: Abstain: SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN.
Attested 6L4 fx 9, /.ff9
Orig. Div. : Trans. Comm. PHIL BATCHELOR,
cc: County Administrator CLERK OF THE BOARD
Public Works Director OF SUPERVISORS AND
Director of Community Development COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
County Counsel
PUTY CLERK
Board of Supervisors
May 9, 1989
Page Two
2. Government Code Section 66002 authorizes a local agency,
such as the County, to adopt a transportation capital
improvement plan to identify the use of developer fees.
3. Development of stable funding sources for transportation and
project delivery are of interest to the Board of
Supervisors. The GRIP, and the process in developing the
CRIP will allow the Board to focus on these issues.
The County Transportation Committee approved the adoption of the
CRIP on April 25, 1989.
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION
Assuming that the Board will develop and adopt the Growth
Management Element of the General Plan, without this policy,
there will not be any directions to staff as to the development
of the five year CRIP.
TBE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on May 9, 1989 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Powers, Fanden, Schroder, McPeak, Torlakson
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None RESOLUTION NO. 89/306
SUBJECT: COUNTY ROAD IMPROVEMENT POLICY
This policy shall be known as the County Road Improvement Policy.
It will guide the development of the Contra Costa County Road
Improvement Program (CRIP) as authorized by Government Code
Section 66002 and as required under the Growth Management Element
of the Contra Costa Transportation Improvement and Growth
Management Program ordinance approved by the voters in November
1988 (Measure "C") .
Under Section 15061(b) (3) of the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA) , it can be seen with certainty that there is no
possibility that the approval of this policy may have a
significant effect on the environment and therefore, the approval
of this policy is not subject to CEQA.
The Board of Supervisors FINDS and DECLARES as follows:
1. A shortfall -in road maintenance funding in the past has
created a $20 million backlog of road reconstruction and
rehabilitation, and this backlog is increasing at a rate of
several million dollars a year.
2. The existing revenue from gasoline tax only provides about
50 percent of the funding needed to adequately maintain the
County's road system.
3. The existing urban traffic congestion has substantially
reduced the quality of life in Contra Costa County.
4. This urban traffic congestion degrades the air quality of
Contra Costa County and wastes scarce energy resources.
5. Solutions to the urban traffic congestion problem require
coordination and cooperation between the State, regional,
and local governments as well as the transit providers. It
is the intent of the Board of Supervisors to work closely
with the cities in the County, the transit providers, the
Metropolitan Transportation Commission, and the State so
that the CRIP will become part of the region's effort to
solve the congestion problems in the region.
6. The intent of the funds set aside for local streets and
roads from Measure "C" is to correct existing maintenance
and capacity problems.
7. The Growth Management Program of Measure "C" requires each
participating local agency to develop a Growth Management
Element of its General Plan to be applied' in the development
review process and to develop a five year CRIP to meet
and/or maintain Traffic Service and Performance Standards.
8. The 1979 Bridge and Thoroughfare Policy of the Board of
Supervisors requires new development to mitigate traffic
impacts created by the development.
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Board of Supervisors
May 9, 1989
Page Two
9. Government Code Section 66002 authorize a local agency, such
as the County, to adopt a transportation capital improvement
plan to identify the use of developer fees.
10. There is a need to develop additional and stable funding
sources for County road maintenance, reconstruction and
capital improvement needs.
11. Road improvement projects require years of advance planning,
coordination and cooperation between various agencies before
construction.
12. The Contra Costa CRIP and the transportation systems
management efforts of the County are intended to compliment
each other to improve the quality of life, air quality and
safety, and to reduce traffic congestion in the County.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Supervisors RESOLVES as follows:
The Board of Supervisors hereby adopts the County Road
Improvement Policy set forth in this Resolution. The Policy
shall consist of the following elements: I) Program Priority,
II) Program Level and III) Program Procedure.
I. PROGRAM PRIORITY
Road funds shall be budgeted and expended to maximize the use of
Federal and State funds and shall be based on the following order
of priorities.
A. Maintenance of streets and roads.
B. Construction and installation of traffic safety
improvements.
C. Reconstruction and rehabilitation of roads.
D. Relief of traffic congestion which developed prior to
November 1988.
E. Relief of traffic congestion resulting from development
after November 1988.
II. PROGRAM LEVELS
Road funds are derived from many sources, and the Board of
Supervisors intends that the following priorities shall be used
in expending the different sources of road funds:
A. Highway User Fees (Gas Tax)
1. Road operation and maintenance
3. Traffic safety and hazard elimination projects
Sufficient funds shall be budgeted for operation and
maintenance at a level not falling below that of FY 1988.
If funds are available after operation, and maintenance,
they shall be budgeted for safety and hazard elimination
projects.
In the event that additional user fees become available,
either from State or Federal pass-through or from a locally
or regionally imposed user fee, the additional revenue shall
be used first to remove the shortfall in maintenance
funding, then it shall be used to fund other programs in
accordance with the priorities set forth in Section I.
Board of Supervisors
May 9, 1989
Page Three
B. Measure "C" Revenue Priorities.
1. A minimum program level of $300,000 a year for road
safety and hazard elimination projects less any funds
from gasoline tax, federal and state grants.
2. Reconstruction of County roads.
3. Rehabilitation of County roads.
4. Traffic congestion relief of problems which existed
before November 1985.
Priority shall be given to low cost system management
projects that will improve air quality and encourage the use
of carpools, van pools, and mass transit.
C. Area of Benefit Revenues.
Developer fees generated through areas of benefit shall be used
to fund projects designed to mitigate the traffic impact of
developments as identified in the area of benefit program report
and as mandated in the growth management program of Measure "C".
D. Additional Funding Sources.
The Board of Supervisors recognizes that existing funding is
inadequate to address the County's road maintenance and capital
needs. The Public Works Director is hereby directed to develop
additionalstable funding sources for maintenance, to reduce the
reconstruction and rehabilitation backlog, and to improve the
County's road system. The Public Works Director is further
directed to maximize the use of Federal and State funds. The
Public Works Director shall report to the Board periodically on
progress in developing additional funding sources.
III. PROGRAM PROCEDURE
A. As specified ' in Section 913 of the County Ordinance Code,
the Director of Community Development and the Public Works
Director shall jointly develop areas of benefit to require
payments by developments into trust accounts for
improvements to major thoroughfares and bridges as
mitigation for their traffic impacts. The areas of benefit
shall be developed to implement the circulation element of
the County's General Plan. The circulation element of the
General Plan is hereby considered to be the long range CRIP.
B. The following procedure shall be used to develop the five
year CRIP.
1. The five year CRIP is a short range implementation plan
of the Circulation Element and Growth Management
Element of the General Plan.
2. Each year no later than June 15, the Director of
Community Development shall provide the Public Works
Director with a forecast of development trends in the
unincorporated areas in Contra Costa County for the
five succeeding years.
3. The Public Works Director and the County Administrator
shall compile information on fund estimates from State
gasoline tax, local funds, State and Federal grants,
developer fees and other sources.
Board of Supervisors
May 9, 1989
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4. The fund estimate , shall be presented to the
Transportation Committee of the Board of Supervisors
for review and approval by September 15 of each year.
5. After fund estimate approval, the Public Works Director
shall prepare, with input from the Director of
Community Development and communities in the County,
the fifth year additions to the CRIP. All new project
additions and revisions will take into consideration
this policy, funding limitations, development trends,
and the Growth Management Program of Measure "C" .
6. Before January 1 of every year the Public Works
Director shall prepare a report to the Transportation
Committee which will include the following:
a. The draft five year CRIP.
b. Comparison of the current year's project
delivery schedule against the current CRIP.
C. Identification of the shortfalls in funding by
program categories.
d. Information about the progress in development of
additional funding sources.
7. The Director of Community Development shall provide an
analysis of the proposed CRIP with respect to any
applicable Growth Management Program of Measure "C" and
the General Plan.
8. Upon approval of the draft report by the Transportation
Committee, it shall be circulated for comment and
review.
9. The Transportation Committee shall hold a public
hearing . on the draft CRIP at the conclusion of the
public review period.
10. The Transportation Committee shall present the CRIP
findings and recommendations to the Board of
Supervisors for their action no later than March 1 of
each year.
The Board of Supervisors hereby directs the Community Development
Department to file a Notice of Exemption with the County Clerk.
This policy was reviewed by the County Transportation Committee
on February 27 and approved for adoption on April 25, 1989.
- - I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
an action taken end entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: 9
PHIL BATCHEL ,Cierk of the Board
of Supervisors and county Administrator
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RESOIMION NO. 89/306