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 regional Action Plan for Routes of Regional Significance located within its jurisdiction;
• Adopt a development mitigation program that ensures that new development pays its fair share of the costs of additional facilities needed to support it;
• Address the balance of jobs and housing within the jurisdiction;
• Ensure that traffic impact studies are conducted as part of development review for major trip generators;
• Participate in cooperative planning with other jurisdictions in Contra Costa County;
• Develop a multi-year capital improvement program to meet or maintain traffic service and performance standards;
• Adopt a transportation systems management resolution or ordinance;
• Maintain a minimum level of local street and road expenditures using funding other than Measure J;
• Adopt a growth management element, as part of its General Plan, that establishes level-of-service standards for roadways and performance standards for other public facilities;
• Adopt and comply with a voter-approved Urban Limit Line.
Every two years, the CCTA requires that each jurisdiction provide an updated checklist to confirm local conformance with GMP requirements. The checklist is completed and is now submitted to the City Council for approval, covering reporting for Calendar Years 2016 and 2017. This checklist supports funding for FY 2015/16 and 2016/17. On May 15, 2017, the City Council adopted Resolution 2017-100 that provided the checklist for FY 2013/14 and 2014/15 funding, including reporting for Calendar Years 2014 and 2015.
The checklist, with attachments, confirms that the City is in full compliance with GMP requirements and continues to make progress to achieve implementation.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no impact to the General Fund associated with this resolution. However, submission of the certified Compliance Checklist to CCTA is required and will put the City in position to receive its current share of Measure J funding.