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San Joaquin Council of Governments Management and Finance Committee Ernie’S Food & Spirits 1351 N P1 SAN JOAQUIN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ERNIE’S FOOD & SPIRITS 1351 N. Main Street, Manteca, CA 95336 HOSTED BY: CITY OF STOCKTON Wednesday, August 15, 2018 Noon The San Joaquin Council of Governments is in compliance with the American with Disabilities Act and will make all reasonable accommodations for the disabled to participate in employment, programs and facilities. Persons requiring assistance or auxiliary aid in order to participate should contact Rebecca Calija at (209) 235-0600 at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. A G E N D A 1. Call to Order and Self Introductions 2. Public Comments 3. Approve Minutes of June 20, 2018 Action 4. 2017/18 Final Local Transportation Fund Revenue and Apportionment Action Schedule 5. Regional Transportation Impact Fee Third Party Cost Estimate Action for FY 18/19 6. State Route 99/Turner Road Interchagne Programming Action Recommendation 7. Revised Fiscal Year 2018-2019 State Transit Assistance Revenue & Action Apportionment Schedule 8. 2019 SJMSCP Development Fee Annual Adjustment Information 9. Tri-Valley San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority Update Information 10. Executive Director’s Report 11. Other Matters of Business 12. Adjourn to next regular scheduled meeting of Management and Finance Committee Wednesday, September 19, 2018. P2 AD HOC Committee for Transit To Start Immediately After Management and Finance Committee No Items. Chair: Randall Bradley Vice: Steve Schwabauer City of Tracy City of Lodi P3 AGENDA ITEM 3 P4 SAN JOAQUIN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE Meeting held at Ernie’s Food & Spirits 1351 N. Main Street, Manteca, CA 95336 June 20, 2018 M I N U T E S 1. The meeting was called to order at 12:10 p.m. by Chair Monica Nino. Attendance and Self Introductions: Tammy Alcantor, Escalon City Manager; Eric Alvarez, Stockton Public Works Deputy Director; Donna DeMartino, SJRTD General Manager/CEO; Midori Lichtwardt, Tracy Interim Assistant City Manager; Stacey Mortensen, SJRRC Executive Director; Monica Nino, County Administrator; Tim Ogden, Manteca City Manager; Steve Schwabauer, Lodi City Manager; Kevin Werner, Ripon Administrator; Andrew Chesley, SJCOG Executive Director; Steve Dial, SJCOG Executive Deputy Director/CFO; Diane Nguyen, SJCOG Deputy Director; Kim Anderson, SJCOG Senior Planner; Rosie Gutierrez, SJCOG Office Administrator. Other Attendees: None. Committee Members Not Present: Steve Salvatore, Lathrop City Manager; Kurt Wilson, Stockton City Manager. 2. Public Comments: None. 3. Approve Minutes of May 16, 2018: It was moved/seconded (DeMartino/Alcantor) to approve the minutes of May 16, 2018 with Donna DeMartino’s minor edits. Motion passed (8/0/1) with Monica Nino abstaining. 4. Revised FY 2018-19 Local Transportation Fund Revenue Estimate & Apportionment Schedule: Steve Dial gave a brief background on this item and stated last month the Board made the decision to make RTD the Consolidated Transportation Services Agency (CTSA). SJCOG staff revised the allocations to subtract 2% off the top for the Community Transit Services. The 2% off the top for the CTS equals approximately $552,000 which is identified in table 1 of the staff report. In table 2 of the staff report identifies the breakdown of the 2% by claimants based on population. It was moved/seconded (Alcantor/DeMartino) to adopt the FY 2018-19 Revised Revenue Estimate and Apportionment Schedule. Motion passed unanimously (9/0) by voice vote. 5. FY 2018/19 Unmet Transit Needs Findings: Diane Nguyen stated last month COG staff discussed the findings of the Unmet Transit Needs report. After reviewing comments received on UTN for the region there are two unmet transit needs findings. One finding is for weekend service between San Joaquin County and Dublin/Pleasanton Bart Station and the Mountain House service between Tracy, Mountain House, P5 and Delta College. The final report will go to Board this month for their consideration and adoption of these two unmet transit needs found to be reasonable to meet. Ms. Nguyen stated there are two additional recommendations for this committee to consider. One is regarding the weekend service to BART. If approved, COG Staff is recommending reprogram $175,000 from the FY 18-19 State Transit Assistance (STA) previously allocated to RTD for Non- Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT) to provide the weekend service to BART. Secondly, support COG staff to continue collaboration with RTD and City of Tracy to develop a scope and funding strategy for service between Tracy, Mountain House, and Delta College. It was moved/seconded (Mortensen/Schwabauer) to (1) adopt the Unmet Transit Needs Findings for FY 18/19 (2) set aside $175,000 from the section 99313 regional portion of the FY 18/19 State Transit Assistance Program previously allocated to RTD for Non-Emergency Medical Transportation to be reprogrammed for weekend service from San Joaquin County to BART (3) support continued collaboration with RTD and City of Tracy to develop a scope and funding strategy for service between Tracy, Mountain House, and Delta College. Motion passed unanimously (9/0) by voice vote. 6. 2018 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS) and 2019 Federal Transportation Improvement Program (FTIP): Kim Anderson stated the 2018 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy and the 2019 Federal Transportation Improvement Program will be considered for adoption by the SJCOG Board at their June meeting. At that time staff will also be asking the Board to consider the certification of the 2018 Programmatic Environmental Impact Report. Ms. Anderson discussed the RTP/SCS, comments and responses. It was moved/seconded (Ogden/DeMartino) to recommend approval of the 2018 RTP/SCS and 2019 FTIP. Motion passed unanimously (9/0) by voice vote. 7. Supporting SB-1: Andrew Chesley briefly discussed the background on this item and stated SB 1 was passed under the provisions of Prop 13, which requires a two-thirds vote in both the Assembly and the Senate. Mr. Chesley stated SB 1 revenue adjustments are listed in the staff report. Mr. Chesley said since SB 1 passed, much-needed funding has been funneled to our local cities and county to address a backlog of necessary transportation and public transit projects. Mr. Chesley discussed the proposed November ballot measure to repeal SB 1 and to support SB 1 and funding sources. **Kevin Werner left the meeting during this discussion. It was moved/seconded (Schwabauer/Ogden) to support transportation funding from SB 1 and oppose the November 2018 ballot measure to repeal SB 1. Motion passed (7/1) with City of Escalon opposing. 8. Executive Director’s Report: Andrew Chesley announced on the June COG Board agenda he is including SB 828 introduced by Senator Wiener from the Bay Area. Sen. Wiener wants to reform the Regional Housing Needs Allocation process. The action will be to oppose unless amended. P6 Mr. Chesley announced for the month of July, staff does not plan on having a Board meeting or scheduling committee meetings. Mr. Chesley mentioned an upcoming proposal that will be presented in September or October to the COG Board regarding changing local transportation fund apportionment policy. 9. Other Matters of Business: None. Adjourn to AD HOC Committee for Transit Meeting at 1:45 p.m. AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR TRANSIT A. Short Range Transit Plan Guidelines Diane Nguyen presented this item and stated the Federal Transit Administration requires any transit agency receiving federal funds must have a current Short Range Transit Plan (SRTP). Ms. Nguyen stated every agency has a SRTP in San Joaquin County but they vary in their adoption dates. Some plans are a year old while others are over four years old. Therefore, it is difficult to develop a consistent set of unifying assumptions for transit capital and operating needs when the plans are not coordinated. In collaboration with transit operators throughout the county, SJCOG developed the attached SRTP Guidelines to provide for greater consistency in SRTP development throughout the region. It will also involve a commitment by transit operators to better synchronize their plan update schedule. Ms. Nguyen discussed Kevin Werner’s concern with the cost for small cities and expressed that if there are no major changes to the plan, an agency should not be required to expend financial resources and hire consultants unnecessarily. Ms. Nguyen said staff’s intent is to ensure information is not dated; and, if the plan’s information remains current, there’s no need to expend financial resources. Monica Nino asked about identifying duplication, redundancies, or gaps in service at a regional level. Ms. Nguyen said that the short range transit plans will not do that on a regional level, but SJCOG’s Regional Transit Systems Plan will do this more effectively if local plans are more current. It was suggested that staff elaborate on the significance of the Short Range Transit Plan to SJCOG’s regional transit planning process. (Subsequent to the meeting, SJCOG staff revised the staff report to the SJCOG Board to outline the relationship between the local SRTPs and the RTSP). It was moved/seconded (Schwabauer/Mortensen) to adopt the Short Range Transit Plan Guidelines. Motion passed unanimously (8/0) by voice vote. The Ad Hoc meeting was adjourned at 12:55 p.m. P7 AGENDA ITEM 4 P8 August 2018 M&F STAFF REPORT SUBJECT: 2017-18 Final Local Transportation Fund Revenue and Apportionment Schedule RECOMMENDED ACTION: Recommend to the Board adoption of the Final FY 2017-18 Revenue and Apportionment Schedule DISCUSSION: BACKGROUND In February of 2017, the SJCOG Board adopted a Local Transportation Fund (LTF) revenue estimate for Fiscal Year 2017-2018 of $29,463,200 and an apportionment schedule which distributes the funds to LTF recipients. This revenue estimate considered economic conditions at the time and historical trends. In June of 2018, a revised LTF revenue estimate of $32,000,000 was adopted by the Board based on updated revenue collections for the fiscal year.
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