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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 05242005 - C31 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ........... Contra FROM: DENNIS M. BARRY, AI • Costa COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR County DATE: May 24, 2005 e3l SUBJECT: Draft FY 2005/06 Budgets of the Congestion Management Agency and the Regional Transportation Planning Committees. SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATIONS ACCEPT Report. FISCAL IMPACT None to the General Fund. The County contribution to the Congestion Management Agency(CMA)and the Regional Transportation Planning Committees is funded from the Public Works and Community Development Department budgets using gas tax and Measure C-88 Return-to-Source revenue. Those budgets will be approved separately. BACKGROUND/REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION The agreements that created the county's Congestion Management Agency and the Regional Transportation Planning Committees require referral of their budgets to the member jurisdictions. In past years, these budgets have been of interest to the Board of Supervisors. Congestion Management Agency (CMA) Budget The County and the cities designated the Contra Costa Transportation Authority as the CMA and fund its operating costs through a joint powers agreement. The local contributions to the CMA are apportioned based on the formula used by the State for distributing Proposition 111 gas tax revenue to cities and counties. Proposition 111 was a 1991 statewide referendum that increased the state gas tax by five cents and enabled establishment of congestion management agencies in urban counties. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE 4-RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR . RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMIIJEE a.-APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOr ON oC1o:z,4Z640*"0 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE tLUNANIMOUS (ABSENT YO M6 AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE ABSENT: ABSTAIN: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. Contact: Steven Goetz (925/335-1240) cc: Community Development Department (CDD) ATTESTED S. Kowalewski, Public Works Department JOHN SWEETEN, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS A OUNTY ADMINISTRATOR B DEPUTY GATransportation\Board Orders&Gree nies\2005\cma budget.bo.doc FY 2005/06 BUDGETS FOR THE CMA AND THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COMMITTEES May 24, 2005 Page 2 BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS (continued) The proposed budget is three percent below the previous year's budget. The level of staff support funded by proposed budget is similar to the FY 2004/05 budget. The proposed budget includes funding for an update of the Congestion Management Program. Southwest Area Transportation (SWAT) Committee Budget FY 2005/06 is not available. A budget deficit of approximately $25,000 is projected by the end of the current two-year budget cycle, which ends in September 2005. The deficit is primarily a result of scheduling more meetings than planned to discuss the Measure J proposal. The budget is funded by equal contributions from the six participating jurisdictions. The SWAT Committee's budget deficit will be allocated to the participating jurisdictions in the same manner(approximately$4,250 each). As a cost saving measure, detailed minutes are no longer provided. The budget provides administrative support to the SWAT Committee, which consists of compiling and distributing agendas, staff support at the meetings, and providing meeting minutes. County staff provides administrative support through a contract with the SWAT Committee. Any proposal submitted by the County to continue administrative support for the SWAT Committee will reflect an expectation of the higher costs that have been experienced these past two years. Transpac Budget The proposed FY 2005/06 budget reflects increased staff/benefit costs. The COLA was 2%. A 3% contingency was added this year. There also are no unspent funds from the current budget to offset FY 2005/06 costs. Half of the cost to fund operations is apportioned equally to the six participating jurisdictions. The other half is apportioned to these jurisdictions based on their share of population and road mileage in the Transpac area. The budget includes Transpac operations only, which consist of a Program Manager provided through a part-time consultant contract, 0.5 FTE of an administrative assistant and related overhead. The budget does not include the 511 Contra Costa, which is housed in the Transpac office. Transplan Committee Budget The proposed FY 2005/06 budget is 6% higher than the current budget. This reflects COLA increases and a higher rate for the meeting scribe. Any carryover from the current budget will be retained as a contingency. The budget is funded by equal contributions from the five participating jurisdictions. The budget provides administrative support to the Transplan Committee as well as limited staff support to represent the Committee before other entities and to carryout decisions of the Committee. The Department allocates .15 FTE of a Senior Transportation Planner to provide this staff support to the Transplan Committee pursuant to a joint powers agreement. Tri Valley Transportation Council (TVTC) Budget The TVTC has not had a budget since it was formed. Responsibility for administrative support is rotated annually among the participating jurisdictions. The County was assigned this responsibility for 2005 and the staff costs have been included in the Department's budget. In FY 2005/06, the TVTC will fund a nexus study for revising its regional transportation fee program. The cost of that study is funded separately, through the Strategic Expenditure Plan, using revenue from the fee program. West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee (WCCTAC) Budget The FY 2005/06 budget represents a 60% increase over the current budget.The budget funds WCCTAC operations only, which consist of portions of the salary/benefits of a Managing Director, a Management Assistant, an Administrative Analyst, and a Transportation Project Specialist. WCCTAC support for 511 Contra Costa is not included in this budget and is funded by other sources. The proposed budget increase stems largely from: 1) a $55,577 allocation for the local share of the annual cost to operate and maintain the recently completed San Pablo Avenue SMART Corridor project, 2)a $25,000 allocation for legal assistance which previously was provided b the Cit of Richmond ro- Y Y p bono, and 3) a increase in salary/benefits costs by 1/3 ($21,500). WCCTAC is seeking g fundin from other sources to cover future operating costs for the SMART Corridor project and will meet with the Cit of Pinole to explore cost savings through a joint contract with the city for legal assistance. Staff was asked to remind participating jurisdictions that WCCTAC dues were waived in FY 1994-95. FY 2005106 BUDGETS FOR THE CMA AND THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COMMITTEES May 24, 2005 Page 3 There are ten voting members on WCCTAC. The County has one vote and pays 10% of WCCTAC's costs that are not covered by other funding sources. A different cost sharing formula is used for the SMART Corridor project. The County dues to WCCTAC for FY 2005/06 would increase about 30% compared to the current year. COMPARISON OF COUNTY CONTRIBUTIONS TO TRANSPORTATION PLANNING COMMITTEES FOR FISCAL YEARS 2004/05 AND 2005/06 County Budget Contribution Agency/Committee FY 04/05 FY 05/06 FY 04105 FY 05/06 Contra Costa Congestion Management Agency 2,895,216 21944,206 125,619 122,840 Southwest Area Transportation Committee *25,766 N/A 41294 N/A Trans ac Committee 160,477 172,238 24,904 269728 Trans Ian Committee 41,637 449052 81327 89810 Tri Valley Transportation Council - West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee 1899273 304,700 189116 28,361 Grand Total 39312,369 3,4651196 181,260 186,739 Notes: N/A = Not Available *Does not include projected deficit of$25,000