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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 06271995 - SD10 S.D lU Contra _ Costa TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS County FROM: TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE DATE: June 21, 1995 SUBJECT: Report on Assembly Bill 1720 (Hannigan) - Capitol Intercity Rail Service SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS Retain support position on Assembly Bill 1720 provided the following principles are included in the legislation: (1) that BART, as an experienced rail operator, should serve as the managing agency for passenger rail service in the Capitol Corridor with responsibility for the day to day operations; (2) a corridor committee should be established to provide evaluation, oversight, and general policy direct•ion. to guide management and development of passenger rail service in the Capitol Corridor; and, (3) the corridor committee should reflect the varied stakeholders and geographic interests along the entire 150-mile corridor. FISCAL IMPACT None. The remaining $225, 000 balance in the Contra Costa Commuter Rail Program PVEA. Grant funds would be reprogrammed to support activities of the new Capitol Corridor Committee which would be created by this legislation. BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS A.B. 1720, which related to the administration and management of the Capitol Corridor Intercity Rail Service, has undergone substantial amendments since April when the Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution in support of the legislation. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: x YES SIGNATURE RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR X RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE (S) : e f Smith Tom Torlakson ACTION OF BOARD ON June 27, 1995 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER X See Addendum for Boad action and votes. (Attached) r A (See Addendum for votes) 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 Dept: Community Development ATTESTED June 27, 1995 Contact: Patrick Roche, 646-2835 PHIL BATCHELOR, RK OF cc: Assemblyman Tom Hannigan THE BOA S ERVISORS D.J. Smith, Smith & Kempton CO . TY INIST Y , Y :.r Page Two Retain Support for A.B. 1720 6/21/95 4 .BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS (continued) As introduced, A.B. 1720 would restructure the existing ACR-132 Capitol Corridor Policy Advisory Committee from an advisory body into an interregional committee to plan and oversee development of an integrated passenger rail service program in the 150-mile Capitol Corridor (Roseville-Sacramento-Martinez-Oakland-San Jose) . In May, the bill was amended to create a new joint powers board (JPB) to oversee and manage the service. As amended on May 10, 1995, the new JPB would assume administration and management of the rail service from Caltrans . The amended bill provides for the JPB to contract with another public or private entity to provide management services and the actual rail service provider would be selected through a competitive process. The amended version of A.B. 1720 would still subsume the commuter rail planning activities of the Greater East Bay Rail Opportunities Coalition into the new JPB, and the remaining balance of Contra Costa County Petroleum Violation Escrow Account (PVEA) Grant Funds would be transferred to support the start-up activities of the new JPB. Additionally, passage of this legislation would lead to the dissolution of the Joint Powers Agreement creating the Greater East Bay Rail Opportunities Coalition. A.B. 1720 is scheduled for hearing on July 11, 1995 before the State Senate Transportation Committee. The bill ' s author is presently discussing amendments with the Senate Transportation Committee ' s Chair, Senator Kopp. Senator Kopp has raised concerns with creating a new rail agency that would serve the Bay Area. A key issue emerging from these discussions has been BART's potential role as the managing agency for the Capitol Corridor. The BART Board of Directors recently adopted position on A.B. 1720 is that they should assume management of the rail service as part of a 5-year pilot project, and a committee comprised of corridor jurisdictions would provide oversight, evaluation, and policy recommendations to BART. The Transportation Committee has reviewed the amended version of A.B. 1720 and believes that the key members in the Assembly and Senate should work to resolve issues which are preventing the bill from moving forward. The Transportation Committee recommends the Board of Supervisors retain its support position on A.B. 1720 provided the following principles are part of the legislation: 1. BART, as an experienced rail operator,, should serve as the managing agency for passenger rail service in the Capitol ,Corridor with responsibility for the day' to day operations; 2 . A corridor committee should be established to provide evaluation, oversight, and general policy direction to guide management and development of passenger rail service in the Capitol Corridor; 3 . The corridor committee should reflect the varied stakeholders and geographic interests along the entire 150-mile corridor. • SD. 10 ADDENDUM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Supervisor Smith presented the Transportation Committee Report to the Board of Supervisors on Assembly Bill 1720 (Hannigan) - Capitol Intercity Rail Service and moved acceptance of the report along with the following three amendments: 1) That BART be used as the Rail Operator for the Capitol Corridor Program; 2) That a Corridor Committee be established to provide evaluation and oversite and general policy direction; and 3) That the Corridor Committee reflect the varied interests of stakeholders along the entire corridor. The vote on the motion was as follows: AYES: Supervisors Smith and Torlakson NOES: Supervisors Rogers, DeSaulnier and Bishop ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Supervisor Torlakson moved to postpone any further consideration of the PVEA funding pending communication with other transit agencies in our County to ascertain if they have any plans or projects that they feel would be a higher priority for the PVEA funds; and if any agency had a proposal, it would be brought to the Transportation Committee before being brought back to the full Board for final consideration. Supervisor Smith seconded the motion. Supervisor Torlakson moved the following amendment to his motion: If the legislation moves forward, a separate examination of the funding issue of how such a Corridor Committee would be funded would be requested by the Board of Supervisors, but if there are other sources of money developed or if the bill moves forward, the Board would in that contingency situation; 1 ) Express to the County's legislative delegation that the Board of Supervisors supports BART as the preferred operator over CALTRANS; and if a Corridor Committee is established, then 2) The Board of Supervisors would suggest that it reflect the various stakeholders and geographic interests along the entire Corridor. Supervisor Smith seconded the amendment. The vote on the motion was as follows: AYES: Supervisors Smith and Torlakson NOES: Supervisors Rogers, DeSaulnier and Bishop ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None 1 I Supervisor Rogers moved to refer the issues of the spending of the $225,000 PVEA Grant funds and taking a position on the legislation to the Transportation Committee for review and report back to the Board of Supervisors and to communicate with the County's legislative delegation in order to indicate agreement with the Transportation Committee recommendation to name BART as the managing agency without taking a position on the legislation. Supervisor DeSaulnier seconded the motion. The vote on the motion was as follows: AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Smith, DeSaulnier and Torlakson NOES: Supervisor Bishop ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the report from the Transportation Committee on Assembly Bill 1720 (Hannigan) - Capitol Intercity Rail Service is ACCEPTED; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED BY THE BOARD that the issues of the spending of the $225,000 PVEA Grant funds and taking a position on the legislation is REFERRED to the Transportation Committee for review and report back to the Board and; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED BY THE BOARD that communication with the legislative delegation is AUTHORIZED in order to indicate agreement with the Transportation Committee recommendation to name BART as the managing agency without taking a position on the legislation. 1 hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken a entered on the minutes of the Board of 8upory n the date sh ATfESTE e"40fBA LOdR,Oerk tnh'e 8 rd 1Z cc: County Administrator - Transportation Committee (via CAO) Community Development Department - Assemblyman Tom Hannigan (via CDD) - D.J. 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