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Meeting Notice and Agenda MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA BICYCLE-PEDESTRIAN WORKING GROUP The Bicycle and Pedestrian Working Group may take action on any item appearing on this agenda. Wednesday, February 14, 2007 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. SANDAG, 7th Floor Conference Room 401 B Street, Suite 800 San Diego, CA 92101-4231 Staff Contact: Chris Kluth (619) 699-1952 [email protected] AGENDA HIGHLIGHTS • 2008 ANNUAL PROJECT STATUS REVIEW SANDAG offices are accessible by public transit. Phone 1-800-COMMUTE or see www.sdcommute.com for route information. Secure bicycle parking is available in the building garage off of 4th Avenue. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), SANDAG will accommodate persons who require assistance in order to participate in SANDAG meetings. If such assistance is required, please contact SANDAG at (619) 699-1900 at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting. To request this document or related reports in an alternative format, please call (619) 699-1900, (619) 699-1904 (TTY), or fax (619) 699-1905. BICYCLE-PEDESTRIAN WORKING GROUP Wednesday, February 14, 2007 ITEM # RECOMMENDATION 1. INTRODUCTIONS 2. PUBLIC COMMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS +3. SEAMLESS TRAVEL STUDY – BICYCLE AND INFORMATION PEDESTRIAN COUNTING METHODOLOGY SANDAG is participating in a regionwide study to develop a methodology for monitoring bicycle and pedestrian activity. Staff will provide a briefing on the study and request input from the Working Group about locations for monitoring nonmotorized traffic. +4. NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE INFORMATION REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: ESTABLISHING A BASELINE FOR MONITORING PERFORMANCE MEMO In 2006, SANDAG completed the Regional Comprehensive Plan: Establishing a Baseline for Monitoring Performance. The baseline monitoring report serves as the performance monitoring system for the Regional Comprehensive Plan (RCP). Attached is a copy of the notice of availability letter containing a link to the SANDAG Web site where a full copy of the report can be viewed and/or downloaded. 2 BICYCLE-PEDESTRIAN WORKING GROUP Wednesday, February 14, 2007 +5. LAKE HODGES BRIDGE FUNDING REQUEST APPROVE The San Dieguito River Park project to construct a bicycle and pedestrian bridge over Lake Hodges is under funded but must award a construction contract by June 2007 to avoid loosing its state grant funding. An allocation of $1.875 million from the FY 2009 TransNet Bicycle, Pedestrian and Neighborhood Safety program is recommended for approval to complete funding for the bridge. +6. INLAND RAIL TRAIL PROGRESS REPORT AND INFORMATION COST INCREASE The Inland Rail Trail is under construction but continues to experience cost increases. A progress report on the construction and discussion of the cost increase will be provided by the construction project manager. +7. ANNUAL PROJECT STATUS REVIEW INFORMATION The annual review of project status will begin with the distribution of a list of currently active projects. Working Group members will be asked to review the list of projects and provide updates to SANDAG staff by March 2, 2007. 8. SUMMARY OF FY 2008 TDA/TRANSNET INFORMATION PROJECT APPLICATIONS A list of this year’s project applications will be distributed to the Working Group at the meeting. Working Group members who would like to serve on the application review committee will be solicited. 9. ANNOUNCEMENTS +next to an item indicates an attachment 3 This Item Relates to Agenda Item #3 Bicycle-Pedestrian Working Group February 14, 2007 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 This Item Relates to Agenda Item #4 Bicycle-Pedestrian Working Group February 14, 2007 January 24, 2007 TO: Interested Parties FROM: SANDAG SUBJECT: NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF THE REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: ESTABLISHING A BASELINE FOR MONITORING PERFORMANCE In 2006, SANDAG completed The Regional Comprehensive Plan: Establishing a Baseline for Monitoring Performance. The baseline monitoring report serves as the performance monitoring system for the Regional Comprehensive Plan (RCP). Adopted in 2004, the RCP is the strategic planning blueprint for the San Diego region. Monitoring the region’s progress toward accomplishing the goals of the RCP will take place on an annual basis. The first annual report indicates that the region is moving in the right direction in a number of areas: y Nearly one-third of new housing units built in 2005 are in smart growth opportunity areas; y Ninety-nine percent of new housing built in the region in 2005 are located within the San Diego County Water Authority service area; y Transit ridership has outpaced population growth; y Crime has decreased; y Beach closures have declined; y Air quality has improved; and y The share of the region’s energy produced from renewable resources has increased significantly. However, the report indicates that areas for improvement exist: y The region continues to experience a serious housing affordability problem - only nine percent of residents can afford a median-priced home; 14 y Congestion on most roads and freeways, as well as total hours of delay per traveler, have increased during the past ten years; y Many waterbodies have some degree of pollution; y Several beaches are losing sand; and y Job growth has been concentrated in low-wage industries. The first annual monitoring report is now available on the SANDAG Web site at www.sandag.org/rcpmonitoring. For a printed copy of the document or for a compact disc containing the individual chapters of the document, please contact Christine Eary, RCP Monitoring Project Manager at [email protected]. Key Staff Contact: Christine Eary, (619) 699-6928, [email protected] 15 San Diego Association of Governments BICYCLE-PEDESTRIAN WORKING GROUP February 14, 2007 AGENDA ITEM NO.: 5 Action Requested: APPROVE LAKE HODGES BRIDGE FUNDING REQUEST File Number 3000800 Introduction SANDAG has allocated $500,000 to the San Dieguito River Park toward the construction of a bicycle and pedestrian bridge across Lake Hodges on the west side of I-15. SANDAG also has provided $2 million in federal Transportation Enhancements (TE) funding toward the project. When combined with other funding (described below), the agency has accumulated $7 million for the project, but the current estimated total cost is $9.5 million. The River Park has received assurances of receiving an additional $625,000 from the state and has requested an additional $1.875 million from SANDAG. A significant portion of the funding in this project is subject to “use-it- or-lose-it” rules imposed by the California Transportation Commission (CTC). Unless the agency awards a contract by June 2007, these funds will be returned to the state and lost to the region. Consequently, the San Dieguito River Park has requested that SANDAG make an allocation by mid-April on the additional funds. Recommendation The Bicycle-Pedestrian Working Group is asked to recommend that SANDAG allocate $1.845 million from future TransNet bicycle and pedestrian funds toward the Lake Hodges bicycle-pedestrian bridge. Discussion The Lake Hodges bicycle-pedestrian bridge has been under development since 1999, when the River Park first received an allocation of state TE funds of $3 million. The table below shows the currently available funding, the expenditures to date, and the current engineers estimate resulting in an estimated shortfall of $2.5 million dollars. 16 Lake Hodges Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge Funding Source Amount Federal TE Funds (Interregional, from Caltrans) $2,700,000 State Highway Operation and Protection Program 361,000 (SHOPP) Federal Transportation Enhancement Funds 2,000,000 (Regional, from SANDAG) SANDAG TransNet Bicycle Program Funds (FY 2004 500,000 and FY 2005) State River Parkway Proposition 13 Funds 1,500,000 Total Existing Funding $7,061,000 Expenditures to Date ($1,320,000) Available for Construction $5,741,000 Current Engineer’s Estimate $8,241,000 Shortfall $2,500,000 The River Park has pursued additional funding for the project from a variety of sources and has received a commitment from The Resource Agency to provide an additional $625,000. That would reduce the shortfall to $1,875,000. Under currently adopted procedures, a request for additional funding from Transportation Development Act or TransNet bicycle and pedestrian funds would require the River Park to submit this project for competition in the next funding cycle. However, an additional consideration in this case is that $4,561,000 of the current funding for the project is from state sources. The CTC has imposed restrictions on the TE funds they have approved for this project that require the River Park to award a contract for this project by June 2007. If they fail to do so, those state funds would be lost to the region. To prevent that from happening, The River Park Board would have to be able to authorize advertising the project for construction by April of this year. In order to protect those funds, the staff recommendation is to identify funding for the project at this time. Providing $1.875 million for the Lake Hodges Bridge out of existing and FY 2008 funds, when added to the previous commitments already made against those funds, would leave very little new revenue to allocate in the upcoming cycle. However, because the construction schedule for the bridge is constrained to periods outside the nesting season for endangered species, construction of the bridge is projected to take two years, beginning in September 2007. That means the additional funding could be allocated from the new FY 2009 TransNet Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Neighborhood Safety program, which will contain approximately $6 million in new revenues. Deferring the allocation to FY 2009 would meet the River Park’s needs for a commitment now, and still preserve the opportunity for a meaningful competitive grant program in the current cycle. 17 Next Steps This item is scheduled to be considered by the SANDAG Transportation Committee at their meeting on March 2, 2007. A decision is needed within that time frame to afford the San Dieguito River Park the opportunity to award a contract for the bridge construction by June 2007 as required under the terms of their grant from the CTC.
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