PREPARED BY: ELIZABETH DUNN DATE OF MEETING: 04/01/19
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO CERTIFY THE CALENDAR YEARS 2016 AND 2017 GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM COMPLIANCE CHECKLIST REQUIRED BY THE CONTRA COSTA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Major Policy Goal of Building a Healthy Community, which is an adopted policy goal under the FY 2018-21 City Council Priority Workplan, effective March 1, 2019.
CEQA Compliance Statement
The transmittal of the completed checklist is not a project as defined by CEQA, and further will not result in direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and would also be exempt from CEQA.
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 miles and population, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) allocates 18 percent of the Measure J sales tax revenues it receives to local jurisdictions that comply with GMP requirements. To receive these funds, each jurisdiction must:
* Implement actions called for in the regiona...
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