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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Costa
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FROM: TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
County
DATE: JUNE 17, 1996
SUBJECT: Status Report on AB 1720 (Hannigan) Capitol Intercity Rail Service
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATIONS
Accept status report on Assembly Bill 1720 (Hannigan) and endorse
necessary legislative action to reprogram the remaining balance of
Contra Costa Commuter Rail PVEA Grant Funds to support formation of
the new Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Board (JPB) as established
under AB 1720 .
FISCAL IMPACT
None. The remaining $225, 000 balance in the Contra Costa Commuter
Rail PVEA grant funds would be reprogrammed to support the start up
activities of the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Board created under
AB 1720 .
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS
AB 1720 would transfer from Caltrans to a newly created Joint
Powers Board all responsibility for administering the existing
Capitol passenger rail service operated between Roseville-
Sacramento-Martinez-Oakland.
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR x RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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VithSIGNATURE (S) : e Tom Torlakson
ACTION OF BOARD ON June 18 , 1996 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN
AYES: 1,3., 5, and 2 NOES: 4 ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE
ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Orig:P. Roche, CDD-TPD (335 1242) ATTESTED June 18, 1996
cc: State Senator Dan Boatwright PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF
Assemblyman Richard Rainey THE BO F SUPERVISORS
Assemblyman Tom Hannigan AND AD NI TO
Smith & Kempton
AB 1720
6/17/96
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The bill would require the SF Bay Area Rapid Transit District to
provide administrative support and other activities to the Joint
Powers Board for an initial 3 year period, which would be renewed
following a performance evaluation. The Capitol Corridor Joint
Powers Board, a sixteen member body comprised of representatives
from the counties served by the Capitol Route, would become the
governing policy body for operation and management of this
passenger rail service . Contra Costa County would be represented on
the new JPB by two local BART Directors appointed by the BART Board
of Directors . The bill also states the intent that short-term
funding for this newly created Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Board
should be provided from the remaining balance of remaining funds in
Contra Costa County' s Petroleum Violation Escrow (PVE) Commuter Rail
Program grant (approximately $225, 000) .
On June 21, 1995, the Board of Supervisors adopted a support
position on AB 1720 . The bill has worked its way through several
legislative committees and it is anticipated that the legislature
will soon take final action on AB 1720 . The next step is to insure
that legislative action is taken to reprogram the remaining balance
of Contra Costa County' s PVE Commuter Rail Program grant funds to
the newly created Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Board. This could
be accomplished by either amending AB 1720 to include specific
language authorizing a reprogramming of these grant funds or
through a separate legislative action that would reprogram these
grant funds via the annual bill which allocates PVEA grant funds
statewide . Staff is researching which legislative route best
accomplishes a reprogramming of Contra Costa ' s PVEA grant funds .
The Transportation Committee recommends that the Board of
Supervisors endorse in concept the necessary legislative action to
reprogram the Contra Costa PVE Commuter Rail grant funds,
approximately $225, 000, to the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Board,
contingent upon the state legislature adopting AB 1720 .
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