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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 06201995 - SD5 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: Gayle Bishop, District III Costa DATE: June 20, 1995 Caiqy SUBJECT: Correspondance from Tri Valley Transportation Council on the Tri Valley Transportation Plan/Action Plan SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION Consider action to betaken. FISCAL IMPACT The Tri Valley Transportation Plan/Action Plan, when adopted, will establish additional requirements for the County to satisfy in order to receive its share of the Measure C-1988 return to source funds, which amount to $1.4 million annually. BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS Millie Greenberg, the Chair of the Tri Valley Transportation Council, transmitted a letter on behalf of the Council, dated June 6, 1995 (see Exhibit A) . This letter explains that at the May 24 meeting on the Council, County staff indicated that an alternative to the Board' s April 11 action, Resolution 95-156 adopting the Plan, would be for the Board to consider adopting the Action Plan with the exception of those locations where violations of Traffic Service Objectives are projected to occur and where no consensus CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR _ RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) : ACTION OF BOARD ON c. 9 9,5 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER APPROVED in concept the issues proposed in the June 6, 1995,letter from Millie Greenberg,Tri Valley Transportation Council;REFERRED the matter to the Transportation Committee for discussion and report to the Board of Supervisors on June 27, 1995. VOTE .OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A UNANIMOUS (ABSENT �— TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN AYES: NOES: ACTION` TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Orig: ATTESTED g�i '2 D Contact Person, cc: PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY DEPUTY Correspondance on the Tri Valley Transportation Plan/Action Plan June 20, 1995 Page Two exists for actions to correct these violations. The Council requests that the Board formalize and ratify this proposal by adopting the Action Plan with the very specific exceptions noted in this letter. The Council will meet again on June 28, 1995 and will agendize this issue if requested by the Board. Please be aware that the Southwest -Area Transportation Committee (SWAT) discussed this issue at their June 5 meeting and informally encouraged the parties to resolve their differences and adopt a Tri Valley Transportation Plan/Action Plan prior to the Contra Costa Transportation Authority' s July 19 meeting when they consider the Countywide Comprehensive Transportation Plan. SWAT Committee members indicated their willingness to schedule a special meeting if necessary to facilitate inclusion of the Tri Valley Transportation Plan/Action Plan in the countywide plan. �. 06�9EJ2995 22:20 520-838-0350 TOWN OF BAt r,1ILLE PAGE 02 EXHIBIT A TRT-VALLEY TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL Ttam EOSioR' rws P. O. Box 520.204 Old B==O AV=X Ptxssama,CA 94566 (510)484-W41 �PU'�0p June 6, 1995 cadet cow coaw Ed ckmpba mm-wl Ms. Gayle Bishop, Chair 00 656.7w Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors b=k Grombm, I$ Crow Canyon Court, #120 Mror San Ramon, CA 94583 DWO&,CA W-Mi Dear Chair Bishop: Gay tdougm KSYVC At the May 24, 1995 meeting of the Tri-Valley Transportation Council (TVTC), Vet.ca Daniel Pulon of the County's Community Development Department indicated that o00 awi= he had been authorized to transmit a revised Board position with regard to the Draft Proposal for Adoption of the Tri-Valley Transportation Plan/Action Plans TOM MO' for Routes of Regional Significance (TVTP/AP). On behalf of the TVTC, I am Vke�,�~°r°'rY writing to clarify the Council's understanding of the County's revised position,and M 462-M14to forward some of the discussion which occurred at TVTC with regard to this (14 441-OW . topic.Tom RtWort As you know, at its April 11 meeting the County Board reviewed the TVTP/AP, Lkamm•CA and offered extensive and substantive revisions to the Proposal for Adoption. Many M=-i40 00443-mb of these revisions were (and remain) inconsistent with the provisions of the TVTP/AP as adopted unanimously by the other six Tri-Valley jurisdictions. Of U mma watt*, particular concern was the County's effective deletion of Transportation Service �It mi CA Objectives (TSOs) on many Routes of Regional Significance. In the view of the M Za4W other TVTC members, this revision essentially gutted the growth management sai provisions of the TVTP/AP, and negated our consensus on the appropriate TSOs for Regional Routes. However, in subsequent discussions, Supervisor Smith reiterated that the County did not object-to the TSO of level-of-service "D" as a standard for Tri-Valley Regional Routes. In a meeting at the Contra Costa Transportation Authority offices, Supervisor Smith clarified the County's position as being unable to support the adoption of a TVTP/AP which included TSO violations at locations where no consensus exists on possible solutions. 06/06/1995 12:20 510-838-0360 TOWN OF DANVILLE PAGE 03 Ms. Gayle Bishop, Chair Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors June 6, 1995 Page Two At the May 24 TVTC meeting, Mr. Pulon indicated that he had been directed by the Board's Transportation Committee to forward a proposal (as yet unofficial) to adopt the TVTP/AP as presented in the Proposal for.Adoption with the exception of those 11 intersections where TSO violations are projected to occur, and where no consensus exists as to possible mitigations to be included in the Action Plans for affected routes. Mr. Pulon's verbal presentation indicated that the County would be willing to rescind its changes to the TVTP/AP as presented in the Proposal for Adoption. TSO levels of service "D" would be restored and remedial actions would be incorporated pending completion of the "Transportation -Service Objective Management Study" which is under consideration by the TVTC at this time. If our understanding of this proposal is accurate, TVTC has expressed its interest in responding to the initiative at an upcoming pcoming meeting. In the interim, TVTC will continue to discuss the combined Transportation Model Update/TSO Management/Regional Traffic Mitigation Fee Study. The participation of Contra Costa County in this ongoing study effort will help to resolve some of the concerns relative to consensually acceptable actions to address the projected TSO violations which have concerned the Board. The TVTC encourages your Board to formalize the proposal offered by Mr.Pulon by adopting the TVTP/AP as drafted with the exception of the 11 intersections which are forecast to exceed TSO standards, and for which acceptable remedial actions will be developed as part of the TSO Management Study described above. It is the opinion of the Contra Costa jurisdictions of San Ramon and Danville that your -action would permit the TVTP/AP to move forward in the CCTA's Comprehensive Countywide Transportation Planning process, and be indicative of the County's commitment to the multijurisdictional cooperative planning framework required for compliance with Measure C. At the May 24 TVTC meeting, the proposed modified stance with regard to the TSO provisions of the TVTP/AP generated considerable comment and discussion. Some of the members expressed their frustration with the process, and were, concerned at a proposal which appears to sidestep the most difficult locations and issues. Several of the representatives in attendance commented that the County's endorsement of the TVTP/AP Proposal for Adoption should be a prerequisite for financial support of the combined study described previously. Others noted that the County's apparently modified position offers an opportunity to move beyond a point of impasse,and to continue the TVTC process toward eventual completion of a meaningful Tri-Valley Transportation Plan. 06/06/I995 12:28 510-838-0368 TOWN OF D4NVILLE PAGE 04 Ms. Contra Costa'County Board of Supervisors June 6, 1995 Page Three In conclusion, the TVTC encourages your Board to formali2e and ratify the position stated verbally by Mr. Pulon by acting to adopt the TVTP/AP with the very specific exceptions noted. The TVTC will next meet on June 28, 1995, and will agendize this issue if requested. -Please contact either myself, or Mr. Bat van Gelder if you have any questions or wish to schedule this item for the TVTC's .°ns°^..~..~°. Millie Greenberg, Chair ^_ . ___/ Transportation_ Council_ MG:c[ cc; Transportation Council Members omr. Robert McCleary, Executive Director, CCTA Southwest Area Transportation Committee Members ___ van Gelder _ 7VC