PREPARED BY: ELIZABETH TYLER DATE OF MEETING: 04/05/21
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO CERTIFY THE CALENDAR YEARS 2018 AND 2019 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
FY 2021-2023 Council Priority Workplan Compliance Statement
Build a Healthy Community is a Top Council Priority contained in the FY 2021-23 City Council Adopted Workplan, effective March 15, 2021. Develop Public Facilities for Active Living (Parks, Open Space, Sidewalks, Trails, Bike Lanes, etc.) is identified as Priority 110. The Measure J Program provides funding for a variety of infrastructure projects, thereby helping to meet this goal.
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...
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