PREPARED BY: Mel Mackson DATE OF MEETING: 03/17/2025
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CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO CERTIFY THE CALENDAR YEARS 2022 AND 2023 GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST REQUIRED BY THE CONTRA COSTA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
CEQA: This is not a project as defined by CEQA and will not result in direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment.
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COUNCIL PRIORITY WORKPLAN STATEMENT
FY 2023-2025 Council Priority Workplan Compliance Statement
Build a Healthy Community is a top Council Priority contained in the FY 2023-25 City Council Adopted Workplan, effective May 1, 2023, as amended through December 16, 2024. Transit Oriented Development Policies and Strategies is identified as Priority 107 and Develop Public Facilities for Active Living (Parks, Open Space, Sidewalks, Trails, Bike Lanes, etc.) is identified as Priority 109. The Measure J Program provides funding for a variety of infrastructure projects, thereby helping to meet these goals.
BACKGROUND
Since 1988, Contra Costa County has had a transportation plan funded by a half-cent on the dollar sales tax ("Measure C" through March 31, 2011, "Measure J" beginning April 1, 2011). This funding has been used to pay for major transportation improvements in Contra Costa County, as well as local streets and roads maintenance and improvements, transit services, bicycle and pedestrian pathways, and transportation for seniors and people with disabilities. Measure J includes a Growth Management Program (GMP) which has an overall goal to "preserve and enhance the quality of life and promote a healthy, strong economy to benefit the people and areas of Contra Costa County through a cooperative, multi-jurisdictional process for managing growth, while maintaining local authority over land use decisions."
Using a formula based on road m...
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