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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 03182008 - C.3 (2) TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS S ` >E 47, Contra Contra FROM: MAURICE M. SHIU, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR J Costa •cO lr ,G4��4�� DATE: March 18, 2008 s.- _=- County a coux'� SUBJECT: ADOPT I-80 Integrated Corridor Mobility Project Resolution of Support, Countywide. (All Districts) SPECIFIC REQUES r(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUS-I'11-ICATION .RECOMMENDED ACTION: ADOPT the I-80 Integrated Corridor Mobility Project Resolution of Support, as recommended by the Transportation, Water and Infrastructure Committee, Countywide. (All Districts) FINANCIAL IMPACT No financial impact to the County is expected as a result of this resolution. BACKGROUND The I-80 Integrated Corridor Mobility Project ("Project") encompasses approximately a 20 mile segment of Interstate 80 from Crockett in Contra Costa County to Emeryville in Alameda County.In 2006,this freeway segment ranked as the most congested location in the Bay Area in the AM peak in the annual analysis conducted by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Given this level of traffic congestion along the Interstate 80 Corridor,the California Transportation Commission ('CTC'') ranked the 1-80 ICM Project as one with the highest cost-benefit ratio submitted for the Bond Act consideration, with a return-on-investment of less than one year in transportation costs. In January 2007, the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency(ACCMA) applied to the CTC for $87.7 million to fully fund the Project. Of the total cost,approximately$63.4 million is needed for the freeway component and the remaining $24.3 million for the arterial and transit improvements included .n the Project. Continued on Attachment: ® SIGNATURE: [ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ❑ RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE [3-"APPROVE ❑ OTHER SIGNATURE(S): r ACTION OF BOON o3 O APPROVED AS COMMN:NDED O"I'HEIt ❑ 1 hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS ,f ATTESTED: 0'3 II B /-og 4— UNANIMOUS(ABSENT 0010 ) JOHN CULLEN,Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County AYES: NOES: Administrator ABSENT ABSTAIN: _ MO:tr By ,Deputy orig.Div: Public Works(TE Division) Contact: Mark de la O(313-2234) cc: S.Kowalewski,Deputy Public Works Director M.Carlson,Assistant Public Works Director M.Wara,Admin. file SUBJECT: ADOPT Neighborhood 'Traffic Management Program, Countywide. (All Districts) DATE: March 18, 2008 PAGE: 2 of 2 In March 2007, the CTC considered the ACCMA's application and approved $ 55.3 million in funding from the Corridor Mobility Improvement Account,which was created with the passage of Proposition 1 B,which enacted the Highway Safety,Traffic Reduction,Air Quality,and Port Security Bond Act of 2006 ("Bond Act"). The Bond Act directed approximately $4.5 billion in bond proceeds to be deposited into the Corridor Mobility Improvement Account for allocation for performance improvements on highly congested travel corridors. The Bond Act also directed$750 million to be deposited into the Highway Safety, Rehabilitation, and Preservation Account. Of that, $250 million has been earmarked for the Traffic Light Synchronization Program and other technological improvements to improve safety, operations and effective capacity of local streets and roads. ACCMA, the Contra Costa Transportation Commission ("CCTA") and the West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee intend to collectively apply for $24.3 million from the Bond Act's Traffic Light Synchronization Program to Rand the arterial and transit components of the Project. Local matching funds of$8.1 million, which ACCMA and CCTA plan to contribute, will make up the difference. The ACCMA has asked for the resolutions of support from local agencies to accompany the application for funding from the Traffic Light Synchronization Program. The attached resolution would set forth the County's support for the Project and commitment to participate in planning activities. CONSEQUENCES OF NEGATIVE ACTION The County will not submit the Resolution of Support for the I-80 integrated Corridor Mobility Project to the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency for use in collectively applying for the funds. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Subject: Support for I-80 Integrated Corridor ) RESOLUTION NO. 2008/ Mobility Project and funding plan. ) The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County RESOLVES THAT: WHEREAS, Interstate 80 (1-80") is an integrated freeway, arterial and principal transportation corridor from the Carquinez Bridge to the Bay Bridge Toll Plaza, a distance of approximately 20.5 miles, for the movement of people, goods, and services within Contra Costa and Alameda counties; and WHEREAS, Alameda County Congestion Management Agency ("ACCMA"), West Contra Costa Transportation Advisory Committee ("WCCTAC"), Contra Costa Transportation Authority ("CCTA"), California Department of Transportation District 4 ("Caltrans"), and Metropolitan Transportation Commission ("MTC") (collectively the "Sponsoring Agencies"), together with staff from Contra Costa County, the cities of Hercules, Pinole, San Pablo, Richmond, El Cerrito, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, and Oakland, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District ("AC Transit") and Western Contra Costa Transit Authority ("WestCAT"), jointly participated in the development of a Systems Engineering Management Plan ("SEMP") and a Project Study Report ("PSR") defining the i-80 Integrated Corridor Mobility Project (1-80 ICM Project")- and WHEREAS, the Sponsoring Agencies have identified overall goals of the I-80 Project as the improvement of mobility, enhancement of safety and increase in efficiency for all modes of travel along the corridor; and WHEREAS, due to physical and environmental constraints along the Corridor there are no other viable, short term roadway widening projects that can address congestion and mobility in the Corridor; and WHEREAS, other transportation and commute programs and projects are in place or are planned in the Corridor; and WHEREAS, the I-80 ICM Project has a total estimated cost of$87.7 million, $63.4 million of which is for freeway improvements and the remaining $24.3 million of which would fund improvements to arterials and transit; and RESOLUTION NO. 2008/ILI Page I of 4 WHEREAS, with the support of the other Sponsoring Agencies, the ACCMA applied to the CTC for finding for the I-80 ICM Project from funds generated by the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port: Security Bond Act of 2006 ("Bond Act"), approved by California voters as Proposition 1.B on November 7, 2006; and WHEREAS, the 1-80 ICM Project was ranked by the California Transportation Commission ("CTC") as one of the highest cost-benefit ratio projects submitted for the Bond Act consideration, with a Return-On-Investment ("ROP') of less than one year in transportation costs; and WHEREAS, on March 15, 2007 the CTC approved $55.3 million in funding for the Freeway component of the I-80 1CM Project from the Corridor Mobility improvement Account (CMIA), leaving an unfunded amount of$8.1 million to be satisfied with local matching funds; and WHEREAS, ACCMA and CCTA intend to provide the $8.1 million in local matching funds for the freeway component of the I-801CM Project, with the understanding that local agencies along the i-80 Corridor concur with the project elements and the funding plan; and WHEREAS, ACCMA, OCTA and WCCTA intend to jointly pursue the remaining $24.3 million needed for local arterial and transit components of the 1-80 iCM Project from the Traffic Light Synchronization Program ("TLSP"), which provides Bond Act funding from the Highway Safety, Rehabilitation, and Preservation Account; NOW, THEREFORE, COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA hereby: L Supports the I-80 ICM Project as described in 1-80 Executive Summary attached hereto as Exhibit A, with the understanding that the freeway component of the 1-80 IC.M Project will not be implemented separately from the local arterial and transit components; and 2. Supports the primary goal of the I-80 ICM Project to deploy a comprehensive systems management strategy in order to create a balanced, responsive and equitable system that will monitor and control traffic and improve the safety and mobility of all users, including transit customers; and 3. Agrees to participate in meetings to finalize the plans of the 1-80 ICM Project; and 4. Agrees to participate in the development of a Corridor System Management Plan (CSMP), to preserve corridor mobility, as described in the CMIA Program Guidelines adopted by the California Transportation Commission on November 8, 2006. RESOLUTION NO. 2008/ Page 2 of 4 5. Supports the application of ACCMA, OCTA, and WCCTAC for$24.3 million in funding for the local arterial and transit components of the 1-801CM Project from the Traffic Light Synchronization Program ("TLSP") of the Bond Act. RESOLUTION NO. 2008/ l� Page 3 of 4 Passed and Adopted on May-cNA Oo, 2008 by the following Supervisors vote: UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I hereby certify that this is a true and AYES: NOES: correct copy of an action taken and ABSENT:-jl;e ABSTAIN: entered on the minutes of the Board Of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: C) JOHN CULLEN, Clerk of the Board Of Supervisors and County Administrator B Deputy Orig. Public Works Contact: Mark de la O (313-2234) YAG,p1)at;ATranA:n AN1ark(ACummii leesU'.ast Bay SMAR"I'Corridors I'rogranAl-RO ICM I)iojectWinalired BI)and RessolutionTinal Renu lution.doc RESOLUTION NO. 2008/161 Page 4 of 4